Star Wars - Episode I: Attack of the Federation

Review by jelio — April 9, 2010 @ 6:12 pm

I love this edit!
It is superior to The Phantom Edit.

Things work really well and i support everything done in this cut, except for a couple minor things, that should not dissuade anyone from seeing it.

The negative too much Jar Jar during the battle scene at the end, however overall Jar Jar wasn’t bothering me during the entire film and thats amazing …well except for in those tiny bits.

I thought the pod race was too silent … there was no dialogue for what felt like a very long time. This is because of the removal of the announcer.
I think something is lost by having it so dialogue free. Maybe a trimming the announcer and not totally removing him could have worked better for me personally. I defiantly understand how other people can dislike him and want him totally surgically removed.

I also liked seeing Jabba the Hut in the original and would have preferred seeing him here.

Overall amazing cut! 10/10

Better than the other cuts that i have seen on Fanedit

-Jelio

Review by searcher — March 29, 2009 @ 7:13 pm

Well not much to say after all the above comments, I thought it was a great edit of the PM, loved the sidious voice, and thought you did a great job of removing Jar Jar’s stupidity . Video and Audio quality are very good. I shall look forward to your next 2 releases. 10/10 from me great edit.

Review by BladeRunner391 — May 6, 2012 @ 8:46 pm

*This rating was given before reviews were required*

Review by Radi0n — September 18, 2010 @ 2:44 pm

**OVERVIEW**
The Good:
-No Jar-Jar ‘Tarzan’ yell when jumping in the lake.
-Sidious’ lowered voice and obscured face really strengthen his menacing, phantom-like threat over the Republic.
-The Gungan-city scene was handled perfectly! It still feels weird, because you know what the original was like, but it flowed so perfectly. Excellent job!
-Boss Nass’ tics have been completely removed.
-The Planet-core sequence wasn’t missed at all, although you have to admit the Sando Aqua monster was pretty awesome! :)
-No Jar-Jar stepping in poo, and no Jar-Jar bout with Sebulba. Another great cut.
-Anakin’s fight with Greedo was a great addition.
-Jar-Jar’s pod-test antics completely removed!

The Bad:
-Instead of completely removing Fodesinbeed Annodue (the two-headed announcer), he should have been trimmed down, at best.
The introductory scene to the pod-race now feels weird, as if everyone is greeting the crowd for no reason whatsoever.
-It makes no sense for the Tusken Raiders to shoot two podracers without any difficulty, only to miss several Jawa’s repeatedly.
-Anakin’s introduction to Obi-Wan, and the following scene between Anakin and Padmé, could have, and should have, been cut.
-Anakin’s scene with Amidala should have been cut. The smirk on Anakin’s face when he thanks Amidala is too much to bear.
-Again, this editor claims to have removed Anakin’s autopilot sequence, yet here as well, Anakin tells R2 to “override it”.
If there were no autopilot, what could he possibly override? This sequence seems to be overlooked by every single editor.

Annotations:
-Anakin’s ‘Angel crap’ dialogue could have been cut too, although it serves as a stepping stone to Anakin’s later feelings. So, okay, not too bad.
-Jar-Jar’s bumbling in Watto’s store couldn’t possibly have been left out, due to Qui-Gon’s “we’re leaving” bit, but again, no hard feelings there.
-The build-up to the original midichlorians could have been dropped altogether, although going from the pod-test scene to Darth Maul would have been too much of a good/evil contrast.
-Jabba the Hutt’s removal was spot on. This was another one of George Lucas’ “special cameo” appearances, and served no purpose whatsoever.

TECHNICAL ASPECTS

VIDEO:
No technical flaws whatsoever.
Perfect editing

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars

AUDIO:
No hard cuts, no mid-sentence cuts, no hard fadeouts, or anything of that kind.

Overall:
5 out of 5 stars

PRESENTATION:
Static menu with fanedit trailers of Episodes I, II and III.
The fanedit trailers were a nuisance, to be honest.
JasonN is a great faneditor, but should get help when it comes to creating Fanedit titles and trailer texts. “Every history has a past”? By definition, history is everything that took place in the past. It doesn’t make any sense. Furthermore, those lines kept being used in all three Episode trailers. It made everything fall apart. In my opinion, the films could use better titles than “Attack of the Federation”, “Twilight of the Republic” and “The Black Knight Rises”.

Overall:
2,5 out of 5 stars

IMPROVEMENT OVER THE ORIGINAL:
Even though it could do far better by removing all remarks listed under ‘The Bad’, it still deserves merit as the best Phantom Menace edit released so far. Jar-Jar’s antics have been severely reduced, Palpatine’s identity as Sidious has been hidden, as it should have been, and Boss Nass is no longer a spastic twit.

Overall:
4,5 out of 5 stars

FINAL SCORE: *** out of 5 stars

Adds up to a fanedit score of:
8,5 out of 10 stars
(Since I find this edit superior to The Phantom Edit, I gave it a solid 9 instead.)

Review by eksif — June 24, 2010 @ 3:54 am

Very enjoyable edit!

My favorite parts:
-Blue crawl (it’s just neat to see a change up)
-No stupid battle droid voices
-Much less stupid Jar-Jar antics
-Less stupid/childish Anakin lines
-No stupid podrace announcer(s)
-No stupid Anakin’s introduction to Obi-Wan
-Anakin piloting the starfighter (works great and makes perfect sense)

What works well:
-The Emperor’s face being disguised and voice altered
-Jar-Jar jumping into the water sans voice (I liked this better than The Phantom Edit)
-The deleted scene of Qui-Gon cutting down the probe droid and then he and Anakin racing to the ship (this is the reason why they’re running to the ship)
-No “Chosen One” dialogue + Obi-Wan deciding to train Anakin on his own (this really works well at then end and in Obi-Wan’s conversation with Yoda)

Room for improvement:
-There are few scenes where mouths or heads move but no dialog is there (maybe either put back in the dialogue or cut the scene)
-There’s one cut to Anakin in mid-sentence when he takes off in the Naboo Starfighter (maybe just cut to him putting his helmet on)
-In the attack on on the control ship there are two pilots (male and female) who redundantly respond with “roger Bravo leader”. I think we just need one of them to respond. A man perhaps?

Overall great edit though: 9/10