Synopsis:

The story of Anakin Skywalker, his training at the hands of his master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and his eventual fall to the dark side.

Intentions:

The prequel trilogy is filled with fun moments and cool set pieces. Sadly, a lot of those moments and set pieces are surrounded by scenes that are a slog to get through and really don't add much to the overall story. Things like the trade federation issues in Episode I or the less than stellar dialogue between Padme and Anakin in Episode 2 can really bring down the overall viewing experience. This is a really great story and I wanted to make this edit for those who have not seen these movies in a long time (or maybe ever). The goal was to make the story of Anakin's fall to the dark side fit into one long, but concise movie.

Change List:

- A new opening crawl with the new title of the film. - The movie opens with Padme being saved by the Jedi on Naboo, everything before that is cut. - The ship fight escape from Naboo is cut. They simply get on the ship, leave, and then land on Tatooine. - JarJar is not deleted entirely but he has very few lines. Only the lines that could not be seamlessly cut out are still included. In general he is considered a background character. - Darth Maul is seen for the first time just before the 9 minute mark rather than around the 40 minute mark in the theatrical film. - The pod race is included but trimmed down a bit. - Any mention of midi-chlorians is cut. I get it, some like it, some don't. I'm not changing cannon here, I simply took out them being mentioned. - Everything with the Gungans is gone. No trip to Gungan city and no Gungan meeting with Padme. - Dual of the Fates is the only real fight at the end of the first movie. The Gungan battle and Padme and her company fighting through the building is gone. Padme is still clearly fighting with her company but after they leave the Jedi they are not seen again. - Anakin flying in the ship is gone along with all of the fighting in the ships above Naboo. - The first movie ends at Qui-Gon's funeral and fades into the second movie just before Padme's ship blows up. - A new "10 Years Later" graphic has been added. ? - The scene showing that Anakin and Obi Wan have been away for a while is gone. There is no scene with them reconnecting with Padme. It is said later that they have not seen each other for a long time so it was an unnecessary repeat of information we will already get. - The vehicle chase through the city is cut down. - Greater emphasis is put on Obi-Wan's journey to find Kamino and then what he does on Kamino. The Anakin and Padme storyline is trimmed. It is not cut completely. They are still shown to be falling in love but some of the less well written scenes have been cut. - Anakin killing the sand people is still included but the aftermath is cut down. I liked the idea of him not talking about what he went through and the anger just building rather than him having that outburst to Padme like he does in the theatrical edition. It seemed to fit better in his descent leading into the third movie. - The droid factory sequences are edited down along with any trace of R2 or C3PO being there. Anakin and Padme simply leave them on the ship. All of the C3PO head getting put on a droid scenes are gone. They are not in the droid factory and they are not shown during the battle in the arena. - The second movie ends just after Padme and Anakin get married and cuts to Anakin and Obi-Wan flying towards the grevious ship. - A new "3 Years Later" graphic has been added. - Some of the Grevious ship scenes are cut out or trimmed to make it flow better. - A few scenes are rearranged in the third movie to make the flow better. - In the theatrical cut Yoda fighting Palpatine and Anakin fighting Obi-Wan was stitched together. I never liked this as I felt it took away a lot of the drama of the Anakin and Obi-Wan fight every time we cut away from them. I have re-edited it so the Yoda and Palpatine flight takes place before the Anakin and Obi-Wan fight. That fight between the two Jedi is now one long sequence. - The movie ends with Vader and Palpatine watching the Death Star be built.? - Through all three films new captions have been added for the non-english speaking characters.

Additional Notes:

My edits are really for people who want to get the story without having to watch hours on hours of content. I like to shorten films, or sets of films, into digestible content that lets you understand everything the director was trying to show in much less time.

Special Thanks:

My brother for being the first person to watch it and give me notes before the full release.