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Hal 9000 said:

I imagine people editing the Thrawn trilogy to fit in with the ST. Or things like the Han Solo Trilogy to fit in with how the Clone Wars ended up being portrayed.

Yeah I thought about approaching the Thrawn trilogy since it would be fairly simple to fit it into canon without adding anything new. The problem for me is that I’m pretty confident that the new shows and story direction will soon make it impossible to fit those books into canon. Mando S2 takes place just an year before Heir to the Empire does in Legends and the Thrawn plotline already seems to be going in a different direction.

Links sent.

Actually I just realized that my response to a similar question from JKMaxx above was incorrect. I am actually planning to work on a edit of the ROTS novelization. Labyrinth of Evil and the ROTS novel are so similar thematically and stylistically that I just started to think of them as one long novel. And yeah, there will have to be some additional content to fit in canon/Filoni stuff. Like with the Labyrinth of Evil edit, I’ll try to keep the additional stuff to a minimum, but when it’s there, I’ll do my best to make it seem seamless.

As the Labyrinth edit was for my personal headcanon (which includes the Battle of Nelvaan, a Legends event), the Nelvaan subplot may seem a bit forced. It follows the official explanation on how to reconcile Nelvaan and the events of this novel, but if people find that portion distracting, I’ll remove it from future versions. All of the other additions (CW references and general references to canon content like Dark Disciple) are fairly seamless and “at home” with the rest of the novel, imo. I’ll have to reread it though and I welcome feedback.

Links sent.

Nope, I edited the original EPUB using Calibre. So it just looks like the normal ebook version.
And I don’t have any plans at present to edit the other Legends books, but you never know. I think the general idea of novel fanedits is something that has a lot of potential in the SW community.

I don’t know if anyone has tried this before, but would any of you be interested in edited versions of existing Star Wars novels? I’d edited my copy of Labyrinth of Evil to fit in with the new season of Clone Wars. This included restructuring some scenes, adding some new lines, extending some scenes, and a new ending. The most important change is renaming Tythe (a planet which is incredibly important in this novel) to Yerbana, the planet that is seen at the start of the Siege of Mandalore arc. This minor change necessitates the other larger changes in the novel to make it fit with the TV show. It is still James Luceno’s novel. I’ve tried to keep additional content to a minimum and use clever editing to make sure that this doesn’t become glorified fanfiction. Consequently, it serves as a direct prequel to the Siege of Mandalore arc with references to the Filoniverse (Ahsoka). I’ve also included a gap where you can throw in the Battle of Nelvaan (see NumeralJoker’s standalone Nelvaan episode). The cool thing is that events in this novel that are technically not canon to the Disney timeline are still referenced in the actual story arc. The novel ends with Mace Windu and Yoda witnessing the initial attack on Coruscant and deciding to contact Anakin and Obi Wan. The TV arc starts with Mace Windu requesting Anakin and Obi Wan to return to Coruscant. Some minimal editing and dialogue tweaks have strengthened the connection further.

I basically did this just to include the novel in my general CW marathons, but then I thought that some might be interested in it. Or at least the general idea of fanedits of novels. If you’d like a copy, just let me know. As a note, this can be considered version 1.0. This is the same copy that I made for my own purposes. I’ll definitely make changes and new versions if people want changes.

CURRENT VERSION IS 1.5
Additional lines have been rewritten and adjusted to flow more cleanly. Formatting errors in the last chapter have also been fixed. Paja’s feedback about the Nelvaan chapter needing a heading has been taken into account. Now there is a “AFTER THE BATTLE OF NELVAAN” chapter heading. You can stop reading and download NumeralJoker’s edit of the Battle of Nelvaan. Separate edits of the Battle of Nelvaan can also be found in Youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6wTXHBsK4Y).

Restating that the upcoming novel “Brotherhood” will present a canon version of the Cato Nemodia incident. However, since Labyrinth of Evil has now been edited to fit into canon, you can choose which Cato Nemodia incident Obi Wan is referring to in ROTS. There is no reason why Obi Wan and Anakin can’t visit Cato Nemodia twice during the Clone Wars. Depending on how much that novel conflicts with Labyrinth and if they can even coexist, I may make another update of LOE to reconcile the two.

Mod Edit: Just a reminder of the Fan Edit & Preservation Rules on here, including… ‘Before obtaining any fan edits, you must be in ownership of the official retail release’.

Yeah what a great idea.

I’d love to look at your Hobbit edits. Doing a Middle Earth marathon with friends in January and I’ll use this for the Hobbit section

That does sound frustrating. Especially since it seems like a new Hobbit fanedit is uploaded every week on there. Not sure why yours would take some time. Maybe it might get another look if you resubmit it under the “The Third Age” title once you package it with a LOTR edits as a two season Middle Earth show.

This sounds very cool. Also recommend posting on ifdb to get more traction.

Yeah, the removal of Vader’s conflict scenes were pretty much my only gripe with your ROTJ. All the other changes were perfect imo. Some of the music additions (Padme’s Ruminations especially) were very effective.

This seems pretty bombastic and entertaining. Would definitely watch it.

Nice to hear that you’re working on a V2 and removing the story changes relating to Vader/Obi Wan. Will ROTJ get the same treatment? I love everything else you’ve done with that movie but the story changes personally weren’t to my taste.

Links have been sent. Again,just as a note, these are the older versions. I don’t know if the newer ones were ever completed

I definitely get it. Haven’t seen V3 yet, but I’ll use that for my next CW rewatch. Probably paired with the movie edits.

Also enjoyed your ROTS immensely. Honestly could’ve sworn that it was a professional cut if it weren’t for the 2003 scenes. Imo, those stand out too much in tone and style to fit in properly with the Lucas/Filoni stuff. The two jumps to Coruscant also feel weird.

Your New Hope supercut was great too. Liked how natural the deleted scenes felt.

Torrents would’ve been great, but it seems like no one is seeding the TFA edits.

In spite of its flaws, I love TLJ and the unique mythic feel of the movie. I was searching for a fanedit that improved on Rian Johnson’s vision, rather than negating it. This edit definitely sounds like that and it seems to have broom boy who I think has a great symbolic relevance. I’d love a link.

TROS was my least favorite SW movie on release. It wasn’t that it was horrendously unwatchable. The problem was that TROS was so bland and unremarkable for what should’ve been a momentous movie. This edit definitely does a lot of work in order to add that celebratory feeling and make the movie a bit more cohesive in the process. I enjoyed watching something that I had no interest in rewatching. One small change that had a surprisingly major effect were the “for skywalker” cries. The only time the original movie really mentions the mythic finale of TLJ (the best scene of the ST imo), it completely negate the impact of that scene (“crait didn’t inspire anything”). This fixes that. The force ghosts and the restructuring of the opening scenes are also great touches. Great job.

The Amazing Spider-Man 1 is a fantastic movie and Andrew Garfield has come the closest to really capturing 616 Spidey. I’ve never bought the “he’s too cool” argument. The Raimi/Ditko nerd with glasses that gets his lunch money stolen isn’t really what Peter Parker is about. The key concept about Peter Parker is his sense of alienation and Andrew really gets that. He constantly feels like an outsider. Just because he skateboards in the hallways doesn’t make him “cool.”

Anyone have links to DigitalMan’s Superman Returns edit? I’m a big fan of this movie and the changelist for this edit pretty much sounds like what I wanted out of SR.

Yeah I just stumbled across this and it sounds great. If OP is still active, I’d love a link

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. A New Hope
3. The Last Jedi
4. Revenge of the Sith
5. Return of the Jedi
6. The Phantom Menace
7. Attack of the Clones
8. The Force Awakens
9. Rogue One
10. Solo
11. The Rise of Skywalker

This is mostly a ranking of how I enjoy the films more than how I feel about them as movies. This is why Solo and Force Awakens are pretty low. I think they’re competently made, but I also think they’re incredibly bland. Solo feels like a filmed Wookiepedia page. However, TROS and Rogue One would also probably be in the same spot if this was a “rank the films by quality” list. Rogue One has an amazing last third, but everything else feels like a mess. Events are just smashed together and nearly every character is underwritten. It honestly feels like it was written on the editing table. Not much that I can add about TROS that hasn’t been said already.

I’m not the author, but I’ve got a link to these edits. Links have been sent. As a note, this is his first go at this series. I think he was planning a second edit of these episodes.

I don’t know if you’re still working on this Ziggy, but this sounds fantastic. ROTJ is one of those movies that’s so frustratingly uneven (the good parts are the best the franchise has ever been; the bad really pulls it down), and I’m always on the lookout for more VI fanedits.

I’ve grown to appreciate Hayden in ROTJ, so that’s the only sore point in this edit for me. But I love all of your other ideas, especially a new closing shot. Just wanted to say that I’m looking forward to this.