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The Star Wars Fan Edit Thread of Making the Prequel Trilogy Watchable

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Buttchin

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Wii said:
Really now? But Greedo's frown is neccesary?
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i think its less of a frown and more of a menacing look.... i think he simply was trying to make all the extras be less like stoic masks and show some typicaly facial movement. Not sure if it worked or not as all i ahve to go by are the stills.
 
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thefit

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Speevy said:
If the 70 minute review taught us anything, it's that there's no gem buried underneath all the crap.
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I waddled through it guys, there is absolutely nothing in that pile of shit worth or able to be salvaged.
 
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SpacLock

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chubigans said:
I thought that looked cool and then lost it when Jar Jar appeared. :lol :lol :lol

edit: I know that's not actually Jar Jar but still... :lol
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Maybe it really is Jar Jar. That would be a great thing for the fans.

Anyway, after watching some more clips of Revisited on Youtube, it seems like he fucked up on some of the extra CG scenes. The added scenes in the Death Star battle seem to be running at least 30fps or more. They look smooth, which is wrong. Does he not know that the actual film is running at 24fps? It's very noticeable and it pulls you away from the film.
 
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Marty Chinn

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SpacLock said:
Maybe it really is Jar Jar. That would be a great thing for the fans.

Anyway, after watching some more clips of Revisited on Youtube, it seems like he fucked up on some of the extra CG scenes. The added scenes in the Death Star battle seem to be running at least 30fps or more. They look smooth, which is wrong. Does he not know that the actual film is running at 24fps? It's very noticeable and it pulls you away from the film.
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Link? It didn't stand out when I was watching the actual movie.
 
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mrkgoo

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Half of the little stupid things that show up in the original trilogy are awesome, like the Stormtrooper hitting his head or Han solo grabbing Leia's boob.

To edit them out is kind of taking out the original spirit of the films (this includes lucas).

Also, we get it - you think Jar Jar wasn't cool. Personally, I had no problem with him and thought Phantom Menace was great fun overall. Flaws in some of the plot points for me, but meh, I still enjoyed it. I thought it was the best movie of the prequel trilogy.
 
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cory

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I really want to try out the Spider-Man 3 one. I was walking out of that hoping we would get a director's cut or something. I find it harder to watch than Phantom Menace.
 
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Sibylus

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mrkgoo said:
Half of the little stupid things that show up in the original trilogy are awesome, like the Stormtrooper hitting his head or Han solo grabbing Leia's boob.

To edit them out is kind of taking out the original spirit of the films (this includes lucas).

Also, we get it - you think Jar Jar wasn't cool. Personally, I had no problem with him and thought Phantom Menace was great fun overall. Flaws in some of the plot points for me, but meh, I still enjoyed it. I thought it was the best movie of the prequel trilogy.
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I agree (better fights, villain, etc), but to be honest all three were pretty terrible.
 
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Salazar

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The Lego vid of Eddie Izzard's Star Wars canteen sketch will still be more entertaining than any edit of the prequels.
 
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wRATH2x

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I would love to see photo's of everything Lucas changed in the remastered dvds, if there was a site for it I would appreciate a link.
 
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cartoon_soldier

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elrechazao said:
you both need to read the other star wars thread and watch that review on why lightsaber duels were better in the original movies.

Shit looking cool is why these movies sucked on all 4 cylinders.
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You forgot to read the part where I said that I watched the Star Wars Movies In Sequence of the Episodes. So my Star Wars experience went, 1,2,3,4,5,6.

So, keeping that in mind, the Yoda fight scene in Episode I is probably the only decent thing in it.
 
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RedShift

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I remember once someone made an edit where they cut the three prequels down into one film, does anyone know what it was called?
 
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I should be doing hw

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I have a question that always bugged me. Why does Mark Hamil become really ugly in the sequels? He was goodish looking in A New Hope, he kind of looks drug abused in the next ones. More so in Return of the Jedi.
Before:
MV5BMTY3NTAwNTQ5M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwODE4OTE2._V1._SX420_SY256_.jpg


After:
luke-skywalker.jpg

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?!?

But seriously, is there an explanation as to why he looks like he has aged 20 alcohol abusive years?
 
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Cindres

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He's had another 3 years of fighting the Empire since the first movie.
...that's my reasoning.
 
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NotWii

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I should be doing hw said:
I have a question that always bugged me. Why does Mark Hamil become really ugly in the sequels? He was goodish looking in A New Hope, he kind of looks drug abused in the next ones. More so in Return of the Jedi.

But seriously, is there an explanation as to why he looks like he has aged 20 alcohol abusive years?
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Motorcycle accident IIRC
 
Wark

Wark

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RedShift said:
I remember once someone made an edit where they cut the three prequels down into one film, does anyone know what it was called?
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It's called Star Wars: Rise of the Empire. I haven't actually seen it myself though.

I should be doing hw said:
I have a question that always bugged me. Why does Mark Hamil become really ugly in the sequels? He was goodish looking in A New Hope, he kind of looks drug abused in the next ones. More so in Return of the Jedi.
Before:
http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTY3NTAwNTQ5M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwODE4OTE2._V1._SX420_SY256_.jpg

After:
http://lorimgrant.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/luke-skywalker.jpg
WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FACE?!?

But seriously, is there an explanation as to why he looks like he has aged 20 alcohol abusive years?
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He was in a car accident.

From Wikipedia:
On January 11, 1977, a day before he was set to shoot one of the final scenes needed for Star Wars, Hamill was in a car accident in which he fractured his nose and left cheekbone.[4] According to Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz, Hamill was in surgery from 9 AM until 4 PM. As a result of the accident, a double was used for the landspeeder pickup shots.
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Amalthea

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Star Wars-purists can be happy that they watched the first three films as kids for the first time or they would have to edit even the older films to make them watchable. :D
 
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jaxword

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Wii said:
Oh my... this is far worse than anything Lucas did with the Special Edition :lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBAZGtBfcY4
:lol :lol :lol
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I thought that was pretty neat and fun to watch, especially the death of Jar Jar.


If people think that's unjust, realize Lucas gave Jar Jar the final line in the ROTJ special edition JUST to spite fans. Listen for him, he's there...

So it goes both ways.



Does anyone know what happened to MAGNOLIAFAN? He was doing some good SW edits as well...
 
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gerg

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jaxword said:
I thought that was pretty neat and fun to watch, especially the death of Jar Jar.


If people think that's unjust, realize Lucas gave Jar Jar the final line in the ROTJ special edition JUST to spite fans. Listen for him, he's there...

So it goes both ways.
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Perhaps, but I don't think that these fans can claim to be "cutting the fat" and trimming down the series to its "necessary" elements when they add a superfluous scene of Jar Jar's death just so they can have an extra little nerdgasm whenever they play their homemade remix of A New Hope.

It's deep in irony to say the least.
 
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Spiritreaver

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Here's something I've always wondered. How do people feel about the ending song for ROTJ? Do you prefer the Yun Nub Ewok song, or the SE celebration theme?

I am a Yub Nub fan personally.
 
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NotWii

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DarthWufei said:
Here's something I've always wondered. How do people feel about the ending song for ROTJ? Do you prefer the Yun Nub Ewok song, or the SE celebration theme?

I am a Yub Nub fan personally.
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I prefer the SE song, but yub nub is fun :D
 
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hiredhand

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I don't get why Star Wars: Ep IV Revisited would be less offensive than the official special editions.

At least they are by the original director/writer/producer not some butt hurt fanboy.

BTW, I prefer Yub Nub too.
 
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Whimsical Phil

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DarthWufei said:
Here's something I've always wondered. How do people feel about the ending song for ROTJ? Do you prefer the Yun Nub Ewok song, or the SE celebration theme?

I am a Yub Nub fan personally.
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I'm in the Yub Nub camp.

Somewhere in my parents' house, I still have my old Ewok Celebration LP. I played that thing countless times when I was a kid.

I need to dig it up when I visit sometime...toss it in an LP frame.

ykp3may
 
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Dr Zhivago

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I quite liked that Alderaan scene. I always thought more should have been made of that bit, it's the single most evil act in the whole saga - billions of people killed simply to make a political point.
 
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Spire

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Whimsical Phil said:
I'm in the Yub Nub camp.

Somewhere in my parents' house, I still have my old Ewok Celebration LP. I played that thing countless times when I was a kid.

I need to dig it up when I visit sometime...toss it in an LP frame.

ykp3may
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An ewok holding a wine glass. :lol
 
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I should be doing hw

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fizzelopeguss said:
Yub nub rules, ewoks fucking rule, fuck the haters.
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Ewoks rock. How can the same guy that made Ewoks and motherfucking Wookies make shit like Jar Jar. I loved the aliens and gross mutants of the old Star Wars movies, the ones from the prequels were pretty lame and boring imo.
How can you not love that ugly as fuck guy that gets his arm cut off in the Cantina at Mos Eislely.
 
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Frenck

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Star Wars Episode I.I – The Phantom Edit is a fan edit of the movie Star Wars Episode I – The Phantom Menace, removing elements of the original thought by some to be unsuccessful by critics and adult fans.
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Yeah right, let's split the fandom up to make us look superior to those stinking normal fans. We're adult fans. So adult in fact that we spent much of our free time re-editing a shitty movie that was made to sell action figures because we care so much about it.

Take that you manchildren who think it's OK to let the movie exist in it's former state.
 
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Osaka

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I thought the nerds that thought they could edit the movie better than the director, weren't serious.

Fuck. That shit is not any better.
 
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Raydeen

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viciouskillersquirrel said:
The Spence edit cuts out the Yoda/Palpatine fight >:-(

I know it was redundant, but it was FREAKING YODA FIGHTING THE EMPEROR.
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I remember when Sixth Sense came out. Shalymanmananmanman said the hardest part of being a director is having to cut out your favourite scene because it isn't working in the context of the entire film. Shame he never did the same thing to the entire running time of The Happening.
 
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gerg

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It amazes me how people are incapable of accepting a film as it was made by the director, warts and all. Some of the edits reach new heights of banality.
 
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