Star Wars: Downfall of The Old Republic

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This edit was ambitious, but due to some amateurish editing and continuity errors brought on by the editing, this edit suffers. If you wish you can PM me and I can point out things that need to be fixed seeing as how the edit had tons of potential. As for good things: I love how you used TPM as a monologue though you should have used the scene when Yoda makes Obi-Wan a Jedi Knight and gives him permission to train Anakin so that when we see him in later we are not confused as to who he is. The scene in which Palpatine revealed himself to Anakin was masterfully crafted and went along with what you were trying to do with Anakin (Until you had the Padme/Vader scene on Mustafar in which he says "I am becoming more powerful than any Jedi has ever dreamed of. To protect you" and he also says "I won't lose you the way I lost my mother"). The way you ended the Obi-Wan vs Vader duel was kind of awesome and I haven't seen that in another fan edit. Kudos for that. The way you had Vader put at the suit is something no other fan editor has done yet and it was masterfully done. Like I said don't hesitate to PM me because I would like to help you in making this fan edit the best it possibly can.

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(Updated: April 29, 2014)
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I watched the 720p MP4 version of this edit and the quality of this file suggests to me that the Blu-Ray version thats available would probably be on par with the official release, I just didn't have the bandwidth to spare.

The visual and audio edits are mostly seamless. The only edits that are obvious are the joining of TPM to AOTC and then to ROTS.

Narrative wise I would not suggest this to a first-time viewer. It feels more like a "TV to Movie" edit that cuts out all the filler (filler that is sometimes necessary for character development) and gives the viewer the overall plot in a condensed form.
What this edit REALLY exceeds at is highlighting how much of the prequel movies is completely unimportant. There are no Gungans (except for Jar Jar), no Kamino subplot and it really doesn't doesn't affect the overall story arc. It works for the better!

I would suggest this edit to someone who wants to rewatch the prequels at a quicker and more serious pace but I probably wouldn't recommend it as someone's first experience of the prequels.

I certainly enjoyed it more than the actual films... Haha... Keep up the good work HanShotFirst!!
I look forward to your next project!

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Owner's reply April 29, 2014

Thanks so much for the review. I also agree that there are a couple of transitions that are not completely smooth. Perhaps I will try to improve them in the future with an updated version when I have some more editing experience under my belt. As far as the character development I don't know if added any footage back in would help. Anakin's character is so whiny that it just makes the viewer hate him, Padme is boring, and the scenes of them supposedly falling in love on Naboo just make me less likely to believe their relationship. I appreciate you giving your honest opinions on the edit and agree with most of them, except maybe the "feels like a tv movie" part.

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