Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Episode II: A New Threat

A superb edit, that uses the freedom of not having the obligation to include moments that just don't fit to create a thrilling adventure film.
Grievous becomes properly menacing and the plots of the sith grow darker and more intriguing. Totally recommended.

Once again, this is a very well put together edit. This one is perhaps slightly more disjointed than his other two edits, the two main plotlines have little connecting them together. The edits were for the most parts seamless and well integrated. However, the dialogue track sometimes would jump from the centre to the right speaker between scenes. This may just be a problem with the Vimeo version. Overall, this is a good edit and I would recommend this.

Disclaimer: I know TCW quite well at this point, so am hyper-aware of where narratives come from and how they interlock. In this sense, what smudger9 is achieving is brilliant - he is condensing the show into accessible films that tell the story, and where necessary he is able to cleverly repurpose a scene for a new narrative.

Unfortunately the problems of the show still plague this edit, but some of the narrative choices are a tad questionable. For example, by the time the film wraps we have seen about 6 plots and subplots introduced, with at least half of them going unresolved. That's a lot of plot for 2 hours 10 minutes, and the first half is very disjointed for this reason.

Overall I can't recommend these edits highly enough if - like many - you'd rather not trudge through the series itself. Smudger's video/audio editing is superb, and if there are problems with the narrative that's at least partly the source - TCW was *very* condensed (some would say ambitious) in the way it told big narratives in short time frames.

Overall, a very very good edit.

I think this EP II is somewhat less than EP I. In terms of narrative i think it is not very cohesive, we jump from one story to another and back too quickly and a bit confusing. Audio editing is good but could be better, sometimes lines would feel a little out of place. Although i'm pointing out this things i won't give you anything less than a 10 because you, and other fans, who can make these excellent edits with such passion don't deserve otherwise. Face it as a good "critic" and i'm looking forward to see the EP III.

PS: Hope you continue to silly droids and other character moments as much as you can, and if possible to make the droids more voice menacing and soulless or silent for the most part. I for play the mod empire at war for forces of corruption and I've used as much as i could of star wars battlegrounds droids voices as much as i could. =)

As a huge fan of The Clone Wars series, I went looking for something else to get a look at the series in a new light. It was such a gem to find that someone was making films out of the episodes to enhance the stories.

The stand-out point of this film was the visuals. From the title crawl to the end credits, it was perfect. Brilliant transitions and swipes were seamlessly edited in.

The quality of the video and audio were also perfect, I heard everything and it all looked beautiful.

A slight downside would be the audio editing, sometimes lines would feel a little out of place, but it didn't detract from the experience.

The narrative focused mainly on two arcs from season 1 and the season 2 finale. I liked how the overarching plot was about the Malevolence, culminating in the destruction of it.
The Boba Fett arc however, felt a little unresolved. With the omission of Lethal Trackdown, Fett's story was left hanging. Personally after crashing an entire cruiser on a planet and then executing the survivors, if I found out my target survived. I wouldn't just stop there and then.

Perhaps in future there could be a film starting with Lethal Trackdown togive Fett closure, maybe an improvised plot concerning Padme and Ziro the Hutt using footage from the Clone Wars film, Assassin and Hunt for Ziro, the episodes could also intertwine with Dooku Captured so as to introduce Hondo Ohnaka (a favourite of mine).
It would make for some good Ahsoka scenes and character development, as I think she has sort of been neglected so far, with her meant to be one of the main cast.
Of course this is all just an idea though. It's all up to the editor.

Overall, this film was great and I'm easily anticipating the coming seven. Keep up the outstanding work! ;)