Synopsis:

After 10 years it's about time I could watch the Star Wars Prequel trilogy without feeling physical pain! But not just that, they should be out and out pleasures to watch! ...and so the idea for 'Star Wars:Reborn' arrived.

Intentions:

My goal with these edits was to create versions of the PT that were to put it simply 'enjoyable to watch'. I wanted to make good versions of these films that still felt like the same films in essence. The watch word is CHARACTER! Other great edits streamline the films down to 90 mins but for me a true SW film should give you around 2 solid hrs of entertainment (And not 2.5hrs either!). So I've made sure you'll enjoy spending these 2 hours in this universe.

Change List:

I was excited by reading Adywan's plans for the SW:PT trilogy on the Revisited website and knew this would be years in the making. So I decided to try and fix them for myself. I felt the problem with the PT was "Likeability". If you liked the characters, liked the scenes and liked the dialogue you shouldn't need to chop the films down to 90 mins or less. Because you'll want to spend the full standard SW 2 hours in this world just like the OT. In this edit I've trimmed bad dialogue and acting throughout, recut, condensed or removed scenes, rewrote most subtitles, inserted the classic Fox and Lucasfilm logo opening, made Padme more powerful and important, made Anakin likeable and made their romance believable. I've also added back five deleted scenes (But trimmed those for quality too). I hope this is the second part of a trilogy that people are truly going to ENJOY! Cuts and Additions: Attack Of The Clones: Reborn - Changelist - Young Boba remains silent making him seem angry, cold and more in keeping with ESB's Boba. - Anakin and Padme do not have a number of bitter arguments (Before inexplicably falling in love). - No uses of the phrase "Younglings". - All subtitles partially or completely rewritten to alter character and story. - 00.00.00 Old ROTJ Fox fanfare used - 00.00.10 OT Lucasfilm logo used - 00.02.17 Fake Senator on board shot removed - 00.03.00 Closeup of Padme removed - 00.03.05 "We made it..." line removed - 00.03.09 "There was no danger..." line removed - 00.04.07 Padme addressing the senate scene partially re-instated - 00.04.10 "Must I remind..." and other Palpatine lines from senate scene removed - 00.04.28 Close-up of Jar-Jar replaced with shot of Palpatine - 00.05.14 Shot of Jar-Jar removed - 00.05.17 Palpatine's aide waggling his CGI tongue removed - 00.06.25 NEWSUB "The oyalist Commitee has arrived, your honor." - 00.06.29 NEWSUB "Shall I admit them?" - 00.08.42 "You'resweating" line removed - 00.09.04 New Jar-Jar dub and SUB "Obi...? Ha ha Obi," - 00.09.07 New Jar-Jar dub and SUB "it's been so many years." - 00.09.11 New Jar-Jar dub and SUB "Senator Amidala..." - 00.09.12 New Jar-Jar dub and SUB "our old Jedi friend has arrived," - 00.09.16 New Jar-Jar dub and SUB "master Kenobi." - 00.09.40 "You'll always be that little boy" line removed - 00.10.19 "Overkill master" argument removed - 00.10.52 New Jar-Jar dub and SUB "You've sure grown in 10 years Ani," - 00.11.06 New Jar-Jar dub and SUB "No, it's just a long time my friend." - 00.16.01 CGI Alien in speeder removed - 00.16.02 Obi-Wan reacting to Alien shot flipped - 00.16.05 CGI Aliens in Taxi shot part one removed - 00.16.06 CGI Aliens in Taxi shot part two removed - 00.16.14 Establishing shot of Xan removed - 00.16.29 Xan aiming shortened - 00.16.39 Shot of Obi-Wan falling shortened - 00.16.41 Shot of Anakin banking shortened - 00.16.49 Shot of Obi-Wan falling shortened - 00.17.01 "There he is..." exchange removed - 00.17.02 "If you spent..." line brought forward - 00.17.18 Anakin flipping speeder shot shortened and shot removed - 00.17.34 Shot of Ob-Wan pleading Anakin to pull up and Anakin just laughing removed - 00.17.35 Shot of Anakin grinning removed - 00.17.49 Whole of the pink-forcefield/Blade-Runner-pastiche sequence removed - 00.18.04 "Where are you going..." conversation and footage removed - 00.18.27 "That was some shortcut..." dialogue removed - 00.18.28 OT Hero music sting inserted - 00.18.29 "I hate it..." line removed - 00.18.35 Anakin falling shot shortened - 00.18.45 Anakin hanging on shot flipped and all footage of Anakin climbing about removed - 00.19.02 Shot of Obi-Wan catching saber shortened - 00.19.29 Fake looking CGI crash shortened - 00.20.27 "Think" single word removed - 00.20.34 Final "Yes master" and "Try not to..." lines removed - 00.20.40 "You're the closet..." line removed - 00.20.41 Shot of sports bar interior brought forward - 00.20.49 Brief shot of Obi-Wan and Anikin scanning the room removed - 00.21.07 Shot of Anakin searching removed - 00.23.47 "Anaking go to..." line and footage removed - 00.24.44 Jedi temple scene completely removed - 00.24.47 "I'm taking line.." removed - 00.24.52 Padme talking to Jar-Jar removed - 00.25.42 "In some ways..." dialogue removed - 00.25.46 "All mentors..." dialogue brought forward - 00.26.41 Shot of handmaiden crying shortened - 00.26.47 "It's not me..." line removed - 00.28.13 Opening diner shot flipped - 00.28.20 Obi-Wan "Hello" shot flipped - 00.28.22 "Take a seat..." shot flipped - 00.28.23 Obi-Wan walking to seat and 'Jawa Juice' shots removed - 00.28.28 "Hhhhheeeeeyyyyyyy!" single word removed - 00.29.05 All dialogue refering to analysis archive droids in this scene removed - 00.29.44 Pickup closeup shot of 'candyfloss-beard/mullet-wig' Obi-Wan removed - 00.29.45 Obi-Wan searching archive scene completely removed - 00.31.09 "Younglings" removed - 00.31.12 Kids "Hello Master Obi-Wan" chorus and Obi-Wan's reply removed - 00.33.24 Bag carrying scene removed - 00.33.25 Padme's parents' house scene partially re-instated - 00.34.23 "It's so good..." line removed - 00.34.28 "I had to..." line removed - 00.34.43 "Oh Padme..." and following lines removed - 00.34.51 Padme's mother's cringe worthy look removed - 00.34.52 "Why haven't you.." and following lines removed - 00.34.58 "Anakin and I..." line removed - 00.34.59 Shot of Anakin in the garden pushed back - 00.35.00 Shot of Padme glancing at her mother brought forward - 00.35.01 Shot of Padme's mother shortened - 00.35.07 Jedi landing platform deleted scene fully re-instated - 00.37.44 Padme and Anakin argument removed - 00.37.47 "Perfect" line removed - 00.40.53 Picnic scene brought forward - 00.40.54 First part of scene removed and intro re-dubbed with "You really..." lines - 00.41.53 Rest of cow mis-treatment and Julie Andrews scene removed - 00.41.54 Lake/Kiss scene pushed back and Army tour scene brought forward - 00.44.18 "We used to let..." line and rest of sand dialogue removed - 00.44.26 Anakin rubbing Padme's back removed - 00.44.53 Padme stopping the kiss removed - 00.45.19 "Yep" line removed - 00.45.22 "Sure" line removed - 00.45.24 "Dad" line removed - 00.45.26 "Taun We's here" line removed - 00.47.23 "What is it dad?" line removed - 00.47.34 Floating-pear-lunch and fireside-basque scenes completely removed - 00.47.35 Anakin's dream removed and Balcony/morning scene brought forward - 00.51.13 "Dad look" line removed - 00.51.36 All shots of Boba firing a massive laser cannon at an indestructible Obi-Wan removed - 00.51.37 Reaction shot of Boba pushed back - 00.52.11 Shots of Digi-Double Jango and jetpack shortened - 00.52.22 Digi-Double Obi-Wan flip shortened - 00.52.28 Two shots of Boba and Obi-Wan slowly sliding removed - 00.52.44 Long shot of Obi-Wan falling removed - 00.52.39 Shot of Obi-Wan hanging around removed - 00.52.40 Obi-Wan flipping onto gantry and opening door brought forward into one smooth sequence - 00.53.03 Shot of Obi-Wan still hanging around removed - 00.53.04 Shots of Obi-Wan swinging back and forth removed - 00.53.25 Shot of Jango banging his head partially removed - 00.53.26 Shot of Obi-Wan igniting his saber brought forward - 00.54.27 NEWSUB "Away with you!" - 00.54.30 NEWSUB "Hello Watto," - 00.54.33 NEWSUB "Let me fix that for you." - 00.54.36 NEWSUB "What? What o you want?" - 00.54.40 NEWSUB "Wait! You're a Jedi!" - 00.54.43 NEWSUB "Whatever it is, I didn't do it." - 00.54.51 NEWSUB "I'm looking for Shmi Skywalker." - 00.56.40 "He must of..." line brought forward - 00.56.42 "Dad, I think..." line removed - 00.56.44 Shot of Slave 1 enter asteroid field brought forward - 00.56.45 "Hang on son..." line pushed back - 00.56.47 Shot of Jango pressing a button brought forward - 00.56.50 Boba laughing removed - 00.56.59 Shots of mines being deployed removed - 00.56.50 Mine rotoscoped out of long shot of Slave 1 and shot shortened - 00.56.63 "Seismic charges" line removed - 00.56.64 All shots of Obi-Wan evading exploding mines removed (R4 and cockpit shots retained) - 00.56.59 "He doesn't seem to..." line pushed back - 00.57.00 Shot of Jango entering asteroid interior brought forward - 00.57.16 "Watch out" line removed - 00.57.36 "Get him dad... fire" line removed - 00.57.35 Slave 1 coming at the screen shot shortened - 00.57.43 Slave 1 wheeling round shot shortened - 00.57.46 Slave 1 rapid fire shot shortened - 00.57.48 Slave 1 closing in shot shortened - 00.57.53 "We got him..." line removed - 00.58.02 Missile homing in shot shortened - 00.58.16 Missile banking shot shortened and then next pursuing shot removed - 00.58.40 "Well we won't..." shot shortened - 01.01.12 Introduction of Owen, Beru and Padme removed - 01.01.58 "Mindless monsters..." lines removed - 01.05.49 NEWSUB "The commerce Guild's forces are arriving as we speak" - 01.05.52 Banking clan pledge brought forward and shortened - 01.05.56 Techno-union guy twidling his right nipple-nut to make his voice work (And presumably not to 'Pick up JazzFM') removed - 01.07.39 Couple of "Ani"s removed - 01.07.45 "My grown up son..." line removed - 01.07.49 "Now I am complete" line removed - 01.08.05 second "I love you" removed - 01.08.55 Transition redone to follow direction and speed of Anakin's saber blow - 01.10.13 "This is Obi-Wan Kenobi" line cut and footage re-dubbed with next line - 01.12.17 "Why'd she have to die..." dialogue removed - 01.12.45 'Blame it on Obi-Wan' tantrum removed - 01.13.55 "I know I'm better than this" line removed - 01.14.15 "Loving partner" line removed - 01.16.53 Padme and Anakin argument over Obi-Wan removed - 01.16.54 "But you heard..." shot of Anakin flipped - 01.16.69 "I'm going to help..." shot flipped - 01.17.11 Anakin smiling shot flipped - 01.17.32 Impressive Gran makeup showcase shot removed - 01.17.33 NEWSUB "The time for debate is over, we must have an army." - 01.17.48 "But what senator..." dialogue and footage of Jar-Jar removed - 01.17.49 Emergency powers senate scene brought forward - 01.17.56 Mace walking into senate re-dubbed and scene re-cut to remove Jar-Jar proposal - 01.18.21 Shot of Jar-Jar looking smug replaced with shot of Yoda and Mace - 01.18.43 Added a sprinkle of darkside music - 01.19.23 Obi-Wan "Traitor" line removed and re-dubbed with "Dooku" - 01.19.27 "This is a terrible..." and "I thought you..." lines removed - 01.23.32 Two shots of Threepio following R2 removed - 01.23.37 Shots revealing approaching Geonosians removed - 01.23.40 "Wait" line removed - 01.23.45 Shot of R2 and Threepio removed - 01.24.12 Shots of Padme negotiating obstacle course removed - 01.24.13 Shots of Padme getting knocked into the vat brought forward - 01.24.33 Several shots of Anaking battling Geonosians removed - 01.24.34 Several shots of R2 and Threepio entering the factory and R2 flying removed - 01.24.35 Footage of molten metal danger brought forward - 01.24.48 Flipped shot of Threepio still on the ship inserted and re-dubbed - 01.24.52 Edited shots of R2 saving Padme brought forward - 01.25.15 Shot of Padme's capture brought forward - 01.25.22 Shots of Anakin getting hit by arm removed - 01.25.24 Shots of Anakin's arm trapped on the belt removed - 01.25.36 Shot of Padme surrounded pushed back - 01.25.48 Early establishing shot of the arena removed - 01.25.48 Dooku interrogates Padme deleted scene fully re-instated - 01.26.41 NEWSUB "Prepare her for trial" - 01.26.43 Anakin & Padme on trial fully re-instated - 01.26.44 NEWSUB "You have been charged and found guilty of espionage." - 01.26.55 NEWSUB "War is our business Senator Amidala," - 01.26.58 NEWSUB "Your senate will find us more than prepared." - 01.27.07 NEWSUB "Your Jedi friend is waiting for you Senator..." - 01.27.13 NEWSUB "...in the arena!" - 01.27.30 "I've been dying a..." and "What are you..." lines removed - 01.27.40 "I thought we had decided..." discussion removed - 01.29.40 NEWSUB "Welcome, today's games are in honor of Viceroy Guneray!" - 01.29.20 NEWSUB "Guards, open the cages!" - 01.29.28 "I've got a bad feeling..." line and part of footage brought foward - 01.29.57 Shot of guards removed - 01.30.20 "Just relax..." dialogue removed - 01.30.29 Shot of Obi-Wan evading mantis creature shortened - 01.30.32 2nd shot of bull creature charging removed - 01.30.48 Face on shot of Padme screaming removed - 01.30.50 Guneray's chuckle removed - 01.30.51 Shot of mantis creature roaring at the camera removed - 01.30.54 POV shot of mantis creature and aerial shot removed - 01.31.59 "Shoot her or something" dialogue pushed back - 01.31.14 Areial shot of cat creature shortened - 01.31.20 POV shot of mantis creature screaming removed - 01.31.30 Close up of bull creature removed - 01.31.47 Close up of bull creature removed - 01.31.51 Fake digi-double shot shortened - 01.32.10 Aerial shot of cat creature shortened - 01.32.13 Shot of Padme inserted - 01.32.17 Padme kissing Anakin removed and "Yah!" pushed back - 01.32.32 "This isn't how..." line pushed back - 01.32.55 Mace early reveal shot removed - 01.33.06 "This parties over" line removed and "Brave but foolish..." dialogue brought forward - 01.33.27 "We'll see" line removed - 01.34.01 Shot of Threepio's body clowning removed - 01.34.09 First chariot sequence removed - 01.34.13 Second chariot sequence removed - 01.34.20 Shot of Threepio's head clowning removed - 01.34.33 Threepio's body getting shot sequence removed - 01.34.35 Shot of Guneray ducking laser blasts brought forward - 01.34.36 Jango's shots hitting Jedi and Jedi falling shortened - 01.34.40 Berserk bull creature sequence and Jango vs Mace pushed back - 01.34.41 Obi-Wan finishing mantis creature brought forward - 01.34.58 Obi-Wan twirling his saber shortened - 01.34.59 Fearsome young Jedi sequence pushed back - 01.35.00 Last few chariot ride shots removed - 01.35.01 Padme and Anakin taking shelter sequence brought forward - 01.35.19 New scene created from several elements showing Guneray asking Jango to join the fight - 01.35.26 First part of berserk bull creature sequence shortened - 01.35.28 Jango taking off brought forward - 01.35.33 Jango landing and grabbing for Mace's saber sequence flipped - 01.35.37 Jango scuffle with bull creature sequence removed - 01.35.37 Jango standing up shot brought forward and linked with Mace attack shot - 01.35.39 Long shot of Mace bearing down removed - 01.35.42 Jango's head bouncing shot shortened - 01.35.52 Geonosian cannon and Jedi charge shots flipped - 01.35.54 "Die Jedi dogs..." and "Such a drag..." Threepio sequences removed - 01.36.00 R2 repairing Threepio scene removed - 01.37.07 "Look" line removed - 01.37.21 Yoda's "...A perimeter create" re-dubbed to "...Create a perimeter" - 01.38.14 Last shot of R2 and Threepio removed - 01.39.20 NEWSUB "Our communications have been jammed." - 01.41.15 NEWSUB "We have to order a retreat." - 01.41.23 NEWSUB "I'm sending my warriors to hide in the catacombs" - 01.41.27 NEWSUB "They must not find our designs for the ultimate weapon." - 01.41.33 NEWSUB "If they find out what we're planning," - 01.41.36 NEWSUB "we'll lose all support in the senate." - 01.41.40 NEWSUB "Here my Lord." - 01.44.09 Padme rolling shortened - 01.44.31 "You will be expelled..." line removed - 01.45.00 Padme waking up scene brought forward - 01.45.07 Padme ordering the Clone trooper removed - 01.45.08 Shot of Dooku removed - 01.46.33 Shot of Anakin just waking replaced by later shot of Anakin nearly recovered - 01.46.45 Fake Anakin digi-double leap removed and audio remixed - 01.47.19 Excessive and pointless saber twirling reduced - 01.47.30 Long shot of Anakin just waiting for his arm to be lopped off removed - 01.47.44 Shot of Dooku turning round replaced with closeup of Dooku - 01.47.57 Force pull contest sequence pushed back - 01.48.00 "I've become more..." line and force lightning sequence brought forward - 01.48.22 "It is clear this..." line removed - 01.48.25 Yoda drawing his saber shortened - 01.48.31 Shot of Dooku in mid air removed - 01.48.32 Yoda leaping removed - 01.48.32 Yoda leaping removed and next shots flipped - 01.48.41 Extended Yoda leaping sequence removed - 01.48.56 Long shot of Yoda clopped closer to remove Dooku from the frame - 01.49.17 "The darkside I sense in you..." line inserted - 01.49.26 Shot of Dooku using force pull inserted - 01.49.30 Long shot of Dooku and Yoda with lit sabers removed - 01.49.35 Dooku's lit saber rotoscoped out of ramp shot - 01.49.37 Two orce power shots removed - 01.49.50 Dooku escaping brought forward and Padme arriving removed - 01.50.12 Yoda picking up his cane and hobbling removed - 01.55.29 Cheeky credit for yours truly Change total 279

Additional Notes:

I've achieved this by:- Trimming action scenes to increase pace. Reworking all major Lightsaber duels. Evaluating and then editing every line of dialogue that I felt didn't work. Adding a few OT music queues. Adding portions of most but not all deleted scenes back in. Removing over-the-top CGI shots and Digi-Doubles and changing characters to be likeable and believable. Of my 3 'Reborn' edits AOTC required the most editing to put it right. TPM:R had more changes (Well over 300) but alot of those were subtitle or audio changes, AOTC's 279 changes are almost all edits to the actual footage. It's not just that the editing was bad from an acting/dialogue, story and character point of view, it's that the pacing was all over the place and the scenes were badly constructed (Especially the action scenes). This edit clocks in at just over 2 hours, 27 minutes shorter than the theatrical cut, despite re-introducing an extra 6 minutes of deleted material. As with all three of these edits I've kept 'Improving Character' as my primary goal over other considerations. In the theatrical cut Anakin was an annoying and petulant kid who was constantly arguing with his hated mentor Obi-Wan before turning his dislike towards Padme. They then have a series of bitter rows that somehow culminates in them falling in love. But in this cut Anakin is likeable yet fallable, he has a friendly rivalry with Obi-Wan and his romance with Padme grows naturally accross the length of the picture (Oh and I also implied through editing that they "Get jiggy with it" one night on Naboo). Padme herself is now a powerful and important Senator, so much so, that much of the plot revolves around her and the Army-creation-act she opposes. Also Jar-Jar's role is minimised and rewritten while young Boba is a silent angry kid, much like his father and the man-of-few-words that he will grow up to be. So sit back Popcorn in hand and prepare to actually enjoy AOTC!...as unlikely as that sounds.

Other Sources:

Attack Of The Clones DVD Bonus Disc Star Wars: The Complete Saga Blu-Ray Bonus Disc Attack Of The Clones CD Soundtrack Return Of The Jedi CD Soundtrack GOUT Return Of The Jedi DVD

Special Thanks:

Thanks to all those that have contributed to the 'Star Wars:Reborn' threads on www.originaltrilogy.com