Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Episode III: Children of the Force

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Episode III: Children of the Force
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Original Release Date:
2009
Original Running Time:
202
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Fanedit Running Time:
143
Time Cut:
59
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Brief Synopsis:
The third episode of my Clone Wars Movie Series. Nine episodes of the TV series are presented in the classical Star Wars movie structure.

Carrying on from Episode II, the Separatists have taken control of the Outer Rim and launched an attack on the Planet Ryloth. With jedi master Di trapped on the surface, Anakin Skywalker leads an assault to break the blockade and free Ryloth.
With the Jedi distracted the evil lord of the Sith plans a strike on the Jedi Temple, which could spell the end of the jedi order.
Intention:
The Clone Wars movie and TV series were a great addition to Star Wars canon. However, there was a lot of filler, it was often very child-orientated and had villains that were less than threatening. I wanted to create a movie series that stuck to the Star Wars movie structure while also stripping out the filler, removing the childish elements and creating threatening villains.
Release Information:
  • Blu-Ray
  • Digital
Special Features
Blu Ray contains the Teaser Trailer, Full Trailer and a selection of Deleted Scenes.
Editing Details:
This edit uses the classical Star Wars movie structure.

I have produced a classical Star Wars opening sequence.

The Movie is cut from Supply Lines, Storm over Ryloth, Innocents of Ryloth, Liberty on Ryloth, Evil Plans, Hostage Crisis, Holocron Heist, Cargo of Doom and Children of the Force to produce a single, flowing movie.

Cuts and Additions:
Supply Lines is intercut with Storm Over Ryloth.
All scenes involving Todaria have been cut from Supply lines, leaving only the Ryloth Scenes.

Creature scenes cut from Innocents of Ryloth.

Initial battle scene from Liberty on Ryloth has been heavily cut and the scene of Mace Windu discussing battle plans has been moved forward.
Final Celebration scene cut from Libery on Ryloth.

Evils plans is intercut with Innocents of Ryloth and Liberty on Ryloth.
All scenes except the scenes directly involving Cad Bane have been Cut from Evil Plans.

Hostage Crisis is cut directly into Holocron Heist to produce a coherent story. All scenes involving Ziro have been cut from Hostage Crisis.

An additional space battle scene has been inserted between Holocron Heist and Cargo of Doom to produce a smooth story.
Cover art by Smudger9 (DOWNLOAD HERE) image

Teaser


Trailer


Opening Sequence

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(Updated: November 28, 2022)
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Episode 3 heavily features the devious Cad Bane who was definitely the standout character for me in the show. While he doesn't wield a lightsabre, his intelligence and planning make him more than a worthy adversary and a serious threat to the jedi. This plus the battle of Ryloth story at the beginning makes for the best episode yet.

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars tells a universal story of war between good and evil, and in that turmoil the daunting challenge to not become that-which-you-fight in Anakin's efforts to stop the Dark Side. A scope that cries out for feature-length presentation on the big-screen.

The storytelling gap between Star Wars Episodes II and III is big enough to fly a Star Destroyer through, the Corellian type. Clone Wars fills that gap.

Smudger9's selection of story-arcs remains outstanding. These are the gems of the series, even if they aren't always easy to integrate. It might be easier to integrate one or two filler stories with one strong story, but then Smudger9 would be making Clone Wars movies for many years. So thumbs up for sticking with the most important narrative, even if that means storylines in an edit can feel like twin suns vying equally for attention.

If you haven't the time to watch the feature film plus 6 seasons, settle in with Smudger9's movies instead.
If you want to find out why (and how) the clones turned on the Jedi, insert these Clone War stories in your Star Wars movie line-up.
If you enjoy animated Star Wars and are sad that Rebels is ending, watch Smudger9's Clone Wars.

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Another winner in this ongoing series from smudger9. This one combines two narratives rather seamlesslly. While the 2nd film is the most exciting, this one has plenty going for it. The usual qualms I have about the Clone Wars I've mentioned in other reviews; suffice it to say they still exist her, but that's not our intrepid editor's fault....those battle droid voices, basically, are what bother me. And, also.....why does Bane have to be such a Leone clone?

The strongest, most resilient point made in this and the other edits is, as I have mentioned, the perfectly realized character of Anakin. He starts here to show the barest signs of not having a good handle on his own identity with the force. By the 4th film this has started to slip again for him as it did in AOTC. The relationship between Anakin and Ashoka is quite strong by now, and it's the emphasis on those relationships, as well as the one between Anakin and Windu/Obi-Wan, that bring the entire series' weight back to your favorite ROTS edit.

IF, that is, you can abide by seeing Hayden take back over the role.

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Smudger's Clone Wars fanedits are probably the most enjoyable fanedits all around I've seen so far. I've watched the first two parts and this 3rd part continues strong. However I don't personally think it's as good as the first two are.

The first part (Ryloth) is nearly perfect. I've always enjoyed the grand battles in Clone Wars and it's amazing how well they're done. Pacing, dialogue and the edit overall is very good. However after the strong start the Bane story starts to cut in and takes over for the latter part of the fanedit. The story is good, Bane is a great character and all but I felt exhausted towards the end. I feel the Bane story could have worked better as a separate fanedit or at least needed a bit of trimming.

Smudger has been doing good job editing out childish/stupid dialogue and character and the trend continues strong in this one as well. However there are some lines I personally would have edited out. For example at 00:08:02 when the admiral says "It's too late" and Anakin yells "Run for iiit!". The latter part feels a bit too childish for me. But then again the whole Clone Wars has full of those upbeat liners :)

There are some very small nitpicks about the video and audio. The scene transitions were quite good in this one. Only once or twice I felt the image cut too fast or in the wrong time. HD video quality and file size are great. So often the HD fanedits are too low in quality.

The audio somehow seems to lag a bit in the .m4v version at least, some ~100ms to be more precise. It's the same in the previous fanedits too. It may not be the same for everyone as people have different video players. It's all ok though as I'm used to shift the audio in my player. This really is a very small nitpick as it's barely noticeable.

Overall I'm very happy of smudger9's Clone Wars fanedits. They are so good and I wish that all Star Wars fans who didn't like Clone Wars initially could see these. They really make already a great series even better.


In a nutshell Episode III: Children of the Force was a lot of fun but a bit overwhelming experience due to its length and extensive Bane story arc.

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Another triumph for smudger 9 who manages to fuse two interesting storylines to create a wild ride with plenty of action, mystery and tension.
Children of the force is a complicated arc but here all the best moments shine seamlessly and leave a bittersweet taste kwowing what's coming for those future jedi initiates.
The sieges of the outer rim also become more devastating and intense than ever, truly giving the Clone Wars an epic scope they never reached anywhere else.

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