Fall of the Jedi: Episode II – Attack of the Clones

Much better edit of AOTC. More believable love story. Less whiny Anakin. No more yoda fighting with a light saber. No more flying R2. And great deleted scene additions that add a lot to the story emotionally.

I'm pretty sure I'm only going to watch this version from now on. So much better than the original.

My only complaint is that the color of the video seems a bit off, which is evident when Dooku's light saber appears a tiny bit pink and some skin tones are off, especially during the scene between Obi-wan and Jango when they first meet.

But other than that, it is a great edit!

This, for me is the perfect edit for Attack of the Clones.

In my opinion, Attack of the Clones is the worst out of the 3 prequel movies. The romantic bullshit, the love cliché environment just made this movie silly, ridiculous.

Now the movie is compact, the romance is BELIEVABLE, adding the deleted scene was a wise decision, and it sets the relationship more as a normal one... even if it is special.

The scene after the Tusken Raider killing is now in a good level of tension, and removes the silly sentences by Anakin.

Removing R2 and C3PO works perfectly too, you don't even realise many of the cuts. This also happens with all the unnecessary bullshit in this movie... now it is a good movie!! A whole new experience for me...

Also, Yoda is not a flying rat with a lightsaber anymore. Thumbs up!!!

This is my new Attack of the clones version. Thank you!!!!


Just a couple of suggestions:
- I know it is not a big issue but I would have chosen a different moment to cut after Anakin is defeated by Dooku... it seems a bit weird, even if I get the idea.
- I would try to cut out the "Yep" of Boba Fett. He should be, for me, the quiet little guy...

This is the first Episode II fanedit I’ve seen, and the first time I’ve seen the movie at all in several years.

My impression before viewing was that I hated this movie, I literally had to convince my self to sit and watch it. I recall it being very slow, and ultimately very pointless. Very little was gained from this movie that couldn’t have been surmised by simply watching the first half of Episode III.

But that was before Q2’s edit. I can honestly say I now prefer Episode II over Episode I. Q2’s cut at least. He’s taken a very flawed movie and distilled it to a much finer flim. As well as tightening up the plot, Q2 has also adjusted the tone to be more adult. That being said, I think kids can still enjoy this movie. Sure the most pointless and over the top battle scenes have been trimmed, but there’s a surprising amount of good in this movie once the cheesy/cliche parts are taken out of the way.

As usual Q2’s edit is technically flawless. Id say it’s even better then FOTJ Episode I. The pacing feels totally right, and there was never a time where you could tell something was cut. A great example is how he removed the droid factory scene. And although R2 and C2PO make brief cameo’s, they’re never on scene for more then 5 seconds at a time. Also, Anakin and Padme’s love finally made sense. When they kiss for the first time, it doesn’t feel forced or rushed. They feel like two kids in a desperate situation, finally giving in.

As I haven’t seen the original in some years, I can’t recall many other specific cuts. I do remember there being a fair amount of cheesy dialog that I didn’t see this go around.

I feel like this review is a little scattered, so I’ll sum it all up here. This edit is a major improvement over what was originally an awful, awful movie. Q2 trims the fat, and once he does it becomes clear the story told here is actually sort of interesting. I can’t compare it to other edits but I can say this is damn well worth your time. I’d watch this again before ever watching Episode I again (that movie is beyond saving).

I’d give George’s original film a 5/10.
I’d give Q2’s version a 7.5/10 (to say nothing of his technical ability, which is always 10/10).

Well, what can I say? Q2 has done it again! just as promised this version of Ep II, as is Q2′s other edits, they cut anything that breaks continuity with the OT, well mostly. Warning: Spoilers ahead.
It is obvious, and you can’t blame no one, except for Lucas himself, it is impossible to cut all of C3PO and R2. But they’re never referenced by name but that is certainly okay, at least for me. These OT focused cuts, are what really drives me to love these edits. On the other hand I’m not so certain on other thematic matters.
While the droid factory is, for the first time I know of entirely cut, and the wonderful execution of the “toxic dart” plot (and this totally adds to Padme’s character. Although the trial deleted scene might have been a nice addition to add some much need clarification of what exactly is going on) there are several times I asked myself, “What?” Several examples come up. One, I always liked the “I hate it when he does that” line, when you properly cut all the sh*t between Anakin and Obi-Wan, that line changes meaning, and in my mind, makes it feel like they’re best friends, in the way that they like to poke at each other from time to time. Another thing was Obi-Wan going to get a drink. For one, it’s humor, but not childish humor. And two, it adds a lighter tone to the mind tricks used in “A New Hope”. Another thing, was the action between Jango and Obi on Kamino. Just gonna say it. It screams PT! I would much rather have cut it down similar to L8’s version and replaced it with the sequence over Geonosis. “This is why I hate flying”. Now what I cannot believe is that, “I have a bad feeling about this…” is cut. It’s legendary Star Wars! No further explanation. Finally, I would have cut the public execution scene down further, it just felt a tad long compared to the rest of the pacing. Otherwise, the edit was perfect.
Anyhow, I highly recommend seeing this edit for anyone here. It might or might not be your go-to version of Ep II.
Great Job, Q2! 9/10

First of all, I’d like to say that I completely adored your menace edit. I loved what you did with the pacing as well as the R2/3po problem and was hugely surprised to see the subtle ways you improved the characters. But I’ll elaborate on that in a review on the other picture, for now we’re talking clones.

You did your best with this one man, you really did. Yet again a few neat edits here and there have massively improved the pacing of the film, you cut all the shitty contrived dialogue(Accept of course for “as you can see my Jedi powers are far greater than yours so…back down). But in all honesty this film is beyond saving. That creepy/vommity look of early digital cinema is never going to leave this film. The lack of any real locations still makes the film feel claustrophobic and unreal. All criticisms of course directed at George, not you.

A few things I would say to you is that there must have been a way around the whole Jango thing, I can’t think how but there must be a way to change the dialogue so he just IS Boba Fett. Because…well…a plot where all the storm troopers turn out to be clones of Boba Fett’s dad is way too fan fiction. Even if someone was to view these films in order from phantom to jedi, they would be way confused as to why Boba wasn’t more uncomfortable around all the storm troopers in empire.

Also, you gave up on the cutting 3po and r2 thing I guess, because at one point they have a scene together where they talk to Annikan and stuff and it’s real dumb.

The ending of this film is non-salvageable. I never realised it would be this way but in cutting the yoda scene (which obviously had to go) the film has no climax, Dooku just maims our two main characters and leaves. For this to work the atmosphere surrounding this scene would need to be far darker. Or something…I dunno..as it stands this ending is way to abrupt. Also, Mace Windu is the stupidest fucking character ever. And that’s never gunna change.

Ps loved the way you got rid of all those goofy BSG style zooms in the battle scene.