Heavy Star Wars: Episode VII

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Heavy Star Wars: Episode VII
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Original Release Date:
2015
Original Running Time:
138
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Fanedit Running Time:
107
Time Cut:
31
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Brief Synopsis:
Star Wars with a rocking soundtrack! Heavy Star Wars takes the existing action and adventure, trimming away unnecessary story/action/bad acting, and replaces the soundtrack with Rock music!
Intention:
My intention was to make a Star Wars movie a bit more easier to watch, especially if you are not a fan. I started with Episode III on a whim, finished Episode I, then II, and now this is the first move into the original trilogy! John Williams' Music is forever tied to the Star Wars movies, but I decided to use music from a completely different genre to not only tell the story, but to add a bit of humor and perhaps some subtle insight as to the motives of the Jedi Knights. I tried to make this movie a bit more mature, by removing some silly scenes, and removed some moments of doubt among the Jedi to make them more assertive and confident. I also added a bit more contrast and a cooler color palette with brighter colors to give it a more comic book feel.
Other Sources:
Music in order of Appearance:

Heavy Metal - Sammy Hagar
Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll - Blue Oyster Cult
Rainbow - Snowman
Back in Black - AC/DC
Planet Caravan - Black Sabbath
Silver Machine - Hawkwind
Emergency -Motörhead
Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste of Honey
Battle of the Planets - Tatsunoko Production Company
Around the World - Daft Punk
Rock the Casbah - The Clash
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Strange Days - The Doors
The Ballroom Blitz - Sweet
Stargazer - Rainbow
Barracuda - Heart
Across the Universe - The Beatles
Special Thanks:
Special Thanks to George Lucas for truly creating a world that is believable, MatrixGrindhouse for reviewing the film, and JJE-187 for putting together the look of the DVD cover!
Release Information:
Digital
Editing Details:
The inspiration for my approach was the movie Heavy Metal, and also my background in editing music videos helped with creating a hopefully visually interesting experience.
Cuts and Additions:
MTV music video editing was used in the action scenes, but in the moments where I had to cut down scenes for time and what not, whatever was left and I had to piece together, I edited the movie as close as possible to the pacing set by the original movie.
Cover art by mredthefed (DOWNLOAD HERE)
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Truly amazing! As a Star Wars fan it made watching the movies again like I was watching it for the first time :)
It gave a sense of just pure badass energy to the whole franchise that I’ve never seen before
Great job!!!!!

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Again no techie stuff from me. I have all the edits in this series and I will say they are all very enjoyable. I like the soundtracks and the inserts of "actions" when somehting happens or is about to happen. And I will admit that sometimes I will put one on so it is playing in the background while I am doing something else, for the music and when I hear a certain song I look and go oh yeah this is happening in the film. When I try and explain the concept of a fan edit one of the "examples" I put on is edpisode four since that is the one most people I know are familiar with along with a couple different versions of episode 4. These edits are a goood weekend binge watch. Multiple bags of popcorn here. Watch any film in this series and you won't be disappointed.

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Continuing on with my Heavy Star Wars reviews, I head for the beginning of the end with Episode VII. And I'm happy to say that this one is a strong entry in the Heavy Star Wars edits. I don't think it's number one, but I will say that the soundtrack is my favorite of the seven I've reviewed.

This entry has what is arguably the heaviest and most metal soundtrack out of all seven. And I'm not using the meme. I mean the songs really are metal! Blue Oyster Cult, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Motorhead, and Deep Purple are all on this one. And I welcome it! You know how people praise Rogue One because it's the only Star Wars movie that feels like a war movie? That's how I feel about the song choices for Heavy Episode VII. Most of the songs throughout the entire saga have been more rock than metal. Of course, this is because Heavy Star Wars is not referring to heavy metal, the music genre, but Heavy Metal, the 1981 animated cult film which also had a rock n' roll soundtrack. Not that I'm against it. I've enjoyed most of the previous six just fine. But I have wanted to see just one of these with an actual metal soundtrack, and this one granted my wish!

If you've enjoyed the other Heavy Star Wars edits prior to this one, this review isn't gonna stop you. Check this one out and enjoy!

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I am biased to this edit as I have seen every Heavy Star Wars video in the series and I love them. They are well executed and the rock n roll concept make these fresh. Some great trimming of the fat of the original film and is perfectly handled. Actually I can not fault the editor for any of his choices and his music is, well inspirational and funny at the same time.

This edit is another winner so if you want an excellent, well thought out edit with subtle comic book humor that rocks, you must see this and if you haven’t seen the rest of the series-seek them out. A splendid time is guaranteed.

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