Star Wars: Attack of the Clones 'Sanded Down'
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Faneditor: Octoroxx 
Fanedit Type: FanFix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st March 2017
Fanedit Runtime: 1h:48m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:44m:0s
Time Added: 0h:10m:0s
Franchise: Star Wars
Genre: Action • Adventure • Fantasy • Sci-Fi
Original Title: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Original Release Date: 1st January 2002
Original Runtime: 2h:22m:0s
Certificate: PG
Source: Digital
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Fanedit Type: FanFix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st March 2017
Fanedit Runtime: 1h:48m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:44m:0s
Time Added: 0h:10m:0s
Franchise: Star Wars
Genre: Action • Adventure • Fantasy • Sci-Fi
Original Title: Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Original Release Date: 1st January 2002
Original Runtime: 2h:22m:0s
Original Links:
Certificate: PG
Source: Digital
Resolution:
Sound Mix:
Language:
Subtitles:
Synopsis:
This edit takes many popular fan edits of Attack of The Clones and combines their best ideas with my own to create one "ultimate cut" of the film. It's mostly the same story you remember but streamlined: with more believable character interactions and a quicker, lighter pace.
This edit takes many popular fan edits of Attack of The Clones and combines their best ideas with my own to create one "ultimate cut" of the film. It's mostly the same story you remember but streamlined: with more believable character interactions and a quicker, lighter pace.
Intentions:
Like The Phantom Menace, it's sequel is one of the most fanedited films of all time, but also like The Phantom Menace, no one fanedit has ever fully satisfied me. In particular, I don't think any edit has quite nailed the film's pacing or created a version of the romance arc that fully tracks with me. I feel they all have their strengths and weaknesses, so I set out to make a cut that combined my own ideas with curated edits from various fan cuts to match my vision for the film.
Like The Phantom Menace, it's sequel is one of the most fanedited films of all time, but also like The Phantom Menace, no one fanedit has ever fully satisfied me. In particular, I don't think any edit has quite nailed the film's pacing or created a version of the romance arc that fully tracks with me. I feel they all have their strengths and weaknesses, so I set out to make a cut that combined my own ideas with curated edits from various fan cuts to match my vision for the film.
Change List:
I've put an emphasis on matching the professionalism of the original edits I used as sources and wanted to make the film a suitable replacement for someone who has never seen Attack of the Clones before. While I tried to improve the storytelling and characterization through editing, I did strive to keep everything relatively 'canonical' so you can watch other Star Wars media like The Clone Wars without skipping a beat. The toughest call was probably the Death Star plans sequence. While it does tie directly into Rebels, it has no real context or reason for being in this film. I ultimately decided to cut it for story flow and pacing reasons, but other references like 'Darth Tyranus' remain.
I've put an emphasis on matching the professionalism of the original edits I used as sources and wanted to make the film a suitable replacement for someone who has never seen Attack of the Clones before. While I tried to improve the storytelling and characterization through editing, I did strive to keep everything relatively 'canonical' so you can watch other Star Wars media like The Clone Wars without skipping a beat. The toughest call was probably the Death Star plans sequence. While it does tie directly into Rebels, it has no real context or reason for being in this film. I ultimately decided to cut it for story flow and pacing reasons, but other references like 'Darth Tyranus' remain.
Additional Notes:
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Other Sources:
While some of the non-original cuts were recreated by myself, I confess that most of them were cribbed directly from the source material: the original fanedits (with permission) Fanedits and other sources used include: - Hal9000’s 'The Approaching Storm' (primary source) - l8wrtr’s 'The Republic Divided' - The Phantom Editor's 'Attack of the Phantom' (audio only) - 20th century Fox logo from official 4K Blu-Ray release.
While some of the non-original cuts were recreated by myself, I confess that most of them were cribbed directly from the source material: the original fanedits (with permission) Fanedits and other sources used include: - Hal9000’s 'The Approaching Storm' (primary source) - l8wrtr’s 'The Republic Divided' - The Phantom Editor's 'Attack of the Phantom' (audio only) - 20th century Fox logo from official 4K Blu-Ray release.
Special Thanks:
Initabsolute, Hal9000, l8wrtr, Mike Nichols (The Phantom Editor), MalàStrana, TM2YC, George Lucas, Lucasfilm and Disney.
Initabsolute, Hal9000, l8wrtr, Mike Nichols (The Phantom Editor), MalàStrana, TM2YC, George Lucas, Lucasfilm and Disney.
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