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Best Star Wars prequel Edits?
- Thread starter Jindrax
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They commonly take out all the Gandalf stuff.
removes all gandalf/sauron scenes, all love story scenes, all azog scenes, all legolas scenes, and then some cuts here and there.
Comes to 4h30min
From Auralnauts: Not one movie, but easily the best Prequel edits
STAR WARS EP 1: Jedi Party
STAR WARS EP 2: The Friend Zone
STAR WARS EP 3: The Revenge of Middle Management
STAR WARS EP 1: Jedi Party
STAR WARS EP 2: The Friend Zone
STAR WARS EP 3: The Revenge of Middle Management
Poodlestrike
Banned
Definitely Backstroke to the West.
a shame considering that stuff was frankly the most interesting
Anyone have this in good quality?
That opening crawl.. Lol, cringe fest
Count Dookkake
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Lucas's.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
None of the prequel fan edits actually improve the prequels. They're placebos.
CloudyTuba
Member
There are a series of edits by HAL 9000 that people seem to highly recommend. I've only ever seen his ep3 renamed Labyrinth Of Evil.
I'll put it this way. There's definitely a limit to what a fan edit can accomplish. It isn't going to transform the movie in a significant way, but it can smooth some hiccups out and remove some annoyances. I'll say that I enjoyed Labyrinth as an exercise and that I did like it better than theatrical for the sole reason that it took out some bad bits, but it's still the same movie. I'd recommend it though, as far as fanedits go.
Can't recommend these enough. I hope you've all seen the full Backstroke dubbed version. It's a bit hard to get your hands on a good copy.
I'll put it this way. There's definitely a limit to what a fan edit can accomplish. It isn't going to transform the movie in a significant way, but it can smooth some hiccups out and remove some annoyances. I'll say that I enjoyed Labyrinth as an exercise and that I did like it better than theatrical for the sole reason that it took out some bad bits, but it's still the same movie. I'd recommend it though, as far as fanedits go.
Can't recommend these enough. I hope you've all seen the full Backstroke dubbed version. It's a bit hard to get your hands on a good copy.
This is also true.
The Phantom Edit is ok, but for all the editor's talk about cutting out large chunks of Jar Jar, there's still large chunks of Jar Jar.
The same editor also did a fan edit Attack of the Clones (called Attack of the Phantom), but I haven't watched that yet.
I'm still waiting for some one to make Topher Grace's edit. All the "cut into one movie" fan edits I've come across are longer than his.
A long time ago, before streaming and the ubiquity of broadband, a kind soul sent me DVDs of edited versions of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Unfortunately, I forget the name of the edits, and even more unfortunately, they both stunk. The edit of TPM was just all the deleted scenes added back in and some completely unconvincing editing to try to make the Trade Federation problem about slavery. The Attack of the Clones edit made Dooku's lightsaber yellow. It was not pleasing to the eye.
Edit: Found the fan edit of TPM. It''s called Balance of the Force. I forgot that it had all the Gungans, including Jar Jar, speak in gibberish with subtitles. That was actually a neat idea. The AotC edit is called The Clone War.
The same editor also did a fan edit Attack of the Clones (called Attack of the Phantom), but I haven't watched that yet.
I'm still waiting for some one to make Topher Grace's edit. All the "cut into one movie" fan edits I've come across are longer than his.
A long time ago, before streaming and the ubiquity of broadband, a kind soul sent me DVDs of edited versions of The Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones. Unfortunately, I forget the name of the edits, and even more unfortunately, they both stunk. The edit of TPM was just all the deleted scenes added back in and some completely unconvincing editing to try to make the Trade Federation problem about slavery. The Attack of the Clones edit made Dooku's lightsaber yellow. It was not pleasing to the eye.
Edit: Found the fan edit of TPM. It''s called Balance of the Force. I forgot that it had all the Gungans, including Jar Jar, speak in gibberish with subtitles. That was actually a neat idea. The AotC edit is called The Clone War.
This. Just watch them for what they are. You can't fix bad writing and direction with a few cuts and dubs.
Arthr2ShdsJcksn
Banned
Editing ALL of the footage out of all three films is my preferred way to watch them.
As for edits that cut all 3 movies together, there's a bunch on YouTube. Turn to the Dark Side, A Phantom Edit, and Vergence in the Force. I haven't watched any of them, so I can't comment on the quality.
C00kie M0nster
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Anyone saying anything other than the Hal9000 trilogy honestly doesn't know too much about the fan edit scene.
They are above and beyond the best versions of the prequels hands down.
They are above and beyond the best versions of the prequels hands down.
A.D. Skinner
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If you haven't seen them before...just watch them as they are.
Interfectum
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Watch Clone Wars.
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
I'm sick of people hating on the prequels. Revenge Of The Sith was good. Attack Of The Clones were Ok, and even Phantom Menace. I guess I just love saber duels too much and that's something the prequels have a lot of and the original trilogy lacks (for obvious reasons).
OT- Like the guy a few post above me said. If you haven't seen them, just watch them. Episode III and II are awesome.
OT- Like the guy a few post above me said. If you haven't seen them, just watch them. Episode III and II are awesome.
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Deleted member 102362
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These are simply amazing. I will never get tired of them.
Sadly, your opinion doesn't matter now that you admitted you like the prequels.
Clones is still garbage to me, but you're on point with TPM being meh/ok and Sith being pretty decent.
Fancy Clown
Member
Anyone saying anything other than the Hal9000 trilogy honestly doesn't know too much about the fan edit scene.
They are above and beyond the best versions of the prequels hands down.
Those titles are really bad...particularly "labyrinth of evil"
Interfectum
Gold Member
I'm serious... If you want to like the prequels more, watch the Clone Wars series. It really does give you a good perspective of that era and it makes the prequels more tolerable.
There are some things in Clones which really would have made the movie stand out, but they ruined it overall. It's my least favorite Star Wars movie. George Lucas cast the best looking Anakin, but one who couldn't act for shit. I still think the ending of Attack of the Clones was superb from setting up the story, coupled with Williams' music, seeing the hundreds of thousands of Clones etc. I hate what Clones did for Yoda though. Ruined what he was in my mind.
Phantom Menace, with less insistence on Jar-Jar, more use of Darth Maul, getting rid of some of the cheesy dialogue and Droid humor, cutting down some of the hokeyness of child Anakin and that pod race would have made it a much better film.
My issue with Revenge of the Sith again comes down to some poor writing and acting, as well as awful pacing and directing. Obi-Wan is basically chasing Grievous on a lizard while days pass on Coruscant while Anakin being seduced by the dark side. It was just too abrupt, far too much CGI and green screen sets, nothing was real, wasted Mace Windu and then tried to set everything up in a series of endings that made no sense. 'She's lost the will to live', 'If you're not with me then you are my enemy'.
He just took them from Star Wars prequel books.
Mikey Jr.
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Lol, did this cut out 99% of the first episode?
XGRaViSmOrSX
Member
I watched the anti-cheese versions recently and those weren't bad. edited out a lot of the cringe parts with young anakin and jar jar. The natives also speak in their native language and not that jive talking shit they did in the original edits.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/include-these-anti-cheese-star-wars-prequels-while-you-1747781701
doubt they are still up on youtube but you can probably find them elsewhere if you look.
http://io9.gizmodo.com/include-these-anti-cheese-star-wars-prequels-while-you-1747781701
doubt they are still up on youtube but you can probably find them elsewhere if you look.
QualityPixel
Banned
The Hal 9000's edits are acutally pretty good.
Link to a list of edits, not actual links to downloads.
http://www.fanedit.org/ifdb/2012-08-20-02-19-12/tag/faneditorname/hal-9000
Ep 1 edit actually makes it the best of episodes 123 if you ask me. And the Anakin & Padma courtship was a lot better in this version of Ep2.
Link to a list of edits, not actual links to downloads.
http://www.fanedit.org/ifdb/2012-08-20-02-19-12/tag/faneditorname/hal-9000
Fancy Clown
Member
that makes a lot of sense actually. I was thinking they sound like titles of some EU novels or something
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Nah, I know plenty about the fan-edit scene.
It's why I can tell you to avoid all of the prequel edits.
3/4ths of these cut & paste motherfuckers don't even understand how movies work, much less how to fix 'em.
They sure as hell know how to fit their name in a credit block though. It's almost like that's the first shit they learned.
opticalmace
Member
What Hobbit edit was it, OP? Sounds interesting.
This.
Skellig Gra
Member
The one they showed in theaters.
Anyone saying anything other than the Hal9000 trilogy honestly doesn't know too much about the fan edit scene.
They are above and beyond the best versions of the prequels hands down.
To be honest these sound like titles of Clone Wars episodes that you would only know existed because you were watching them on Netflix lol.
Edit: There's actually an episode of Clone Wars called "Cloak of Darkness" lmao.
That's great lol
-shadow-
Member
I saw this once with corrected colours but man is this link messed up. And the link it provides is taken down because of a copyright claim by a Chinese studio or so. That kind of sucks because I really liked this edit.
C00kie M0nster
Member
I completely understand your dislike of fanedits because I have seen so many terrible ones. The only ones I like in regards to Star Wars are the Hal9000 prequel edits and Adywan's Episode IV. They retain the essence of the original films which is important.
I know I'm not convincing you but Hal9000's Episode II was masterful in my opinion. It makes what I considered a very difficult film to sit through into something I enjoyed and would absolutely watch again.
Again, I completely agree with you on almost every other fanedit in existence with the exception of these ones. Star Wars has a unique spin on the fanbase I guess. I refuse to watch fanedits of the Hobbit trilogy or any other movie for example. Star Wars is... different.
Transistor
Banned
I want reverse edits. Instead of them taking out the bad parts, they take out the good parts, leaving a pile of refuse for me to watch while I drink and cry myself to sleep
MrRudiMentary
Member
The plot in the prequels was dumb, and it's commendable that people try to edit it to improve it, but the largest problems were with the acting, directing, dialogue and tone of the films. And that can't be fixed by editing.
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