Star Wars - Episode I: The Phantom Edit

Review by mvhl — August 22, 2009 @ 11:05 pm

I love this edit. Episode I was a much too childish movie, here with Jar Jar mouth shut, no more “ooups” from Anakin, and deleted digression scenes, it’s a much better movie. Of course we’d still like to see less Jar Jar (his encounter with Sebulba ; at the table by Ankin’s ; could also have been cut) but it’s death in the waterfall in the bonus tracks is very enjoyable ;o)
Thank you ! I’m going to get the Attack of the Phantom now …
Marc, Belgium
Note : I used ImgBurn and a DVD+R and got no problem.

The one that started it all...

This edit deserves it's hallowed place in editing history, despite the fact that many episode 1 edits have arguably improved on it since. You have to remember that no fan really re-edited anything before this came out, and it was pretty big news that someone had been bold enough to stick it to The Man (...George) and put this out into the stratosphere. I love listening to the commentary when watching this thing, and hearing the perfectly reasonable and thoughtful ideas behind the edits. In fact, they're so clearly stated that one wonders if maybe even George Lucas himself would be convinced...but then, probably not.

This edit belongs in a Museum. But Shadow of the Sith is my replacement disk.

Review by boon23 - July 17, 2008 @ 7:47 pm

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Review by Sunshine1970 — July 28, 2008 @ 4:42 pm

I have been wanting to see this one for a very long time. On the whole it’s a much tighter movie than the original version. Many of the annoying parts are gone, for the most part. I only wish Jar Jar could have been removed completely which would have made it a really great movie :)

Sadly, I had trouble with this and one of my DVD players which skipped all over the place (tried burning it a few different times, same results–although watching the files on my computer were fine), and trouble with the sound. At times the music and special effects would be too loud, and voices too quite while other times the were just fine.

I’m glad to have finally seen this one, though. The one that started fan editing.

Review by Kolpitz — August 9, 2008 @ 7:06 am

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