Why did you cut "What About The Droid Attack on the Wookiees" That is a key point of the whole franchise

"I have the high ground" isn't here so I basically just wasted 2 and a half hours.

Having the first scene be Maul vs Obi Wan and Qui Gon was genius could you imagine going to see that in cinemas and this being the first scene

Lol starting Ani in the cockpit with no context is a huge "wtf is a child doing in a war zone?" moment

Why would you not show Anakin slaughtering the Sand People? That was pivotal in demonstrating his rage and anger that made him prime target for Palpatine's manipulations.

Finally a movie where the good guys won!❤❤❤❤

It doesn’t work. You’ve cut out stuff that makes the whole cut make no sense in many areas.

Did you seriously cut out the entire planet of Kamino? What the hell? That's kind of important to the whole plot of the trilogy!

I think it relied too much on the audience having seen the prequels as they are already. Right from the start, there's no reason for kid Anakin to be in one of the Naboo Starfighters. Some of the other leaps in narrative rely on the audience being aware of what was edited out. It's a valiant effort and herculean task, regardless. I applaud the work put into it. By far my FAVORITE departure was the use of the sequel trailer music over the ending montage.

IMO, the only reason this version "works" is because the intended viewers have already seen the prequels in their original form. A good test would be to show this cut to someone who has never seen the prequels before. If it makes sense to an impartial audience, it works great. Otherwise, I love it. Brilliant work.

I couldn't take my eyes off this. Sure, some people will say it's only editing, but it's still better than anything Disney have done. 🎉😂

Phantom menace done after less than 10 mins! Qudos😂

Ian McDiarmid is truly amazing as the Emperor.. They really should make a movie with him before it's too late.

Sound is great. I am just now becoming a fan at 46. Look forward to seeing all your work. Thank you so very much. Enjoying it.

Mace Windu- A sith lord? Thats impossible. The sith have been extinct for thousands of years Palpatine- Allow us to introduce ourselves *Maul and Dooku walk behind*

I've seen the prequels and this edit made absolutely no sense

Well done! Simply well done. You have an extraordinary artistic talent. Can't imagine the amount of time it took to put this together.

"I failed you, senator." No you didn't. You did EXACTLY what your job description entails.

I'm so engrossed watching this I forgot it's a full prequel edit. I felt like I was watching a single new film. Brilliant editing. I love it.

Best fan edit out there. Good job, started off curious and couldn't stop watching... although I don't agree with every edit of course, its pure genius work...

The Phantom Menace stuff would be confusing to someone not familiar with the film. Who's the little kid? There's no reference at all. You've got Obi saying, "There's Kamino" and he lands somewhere else. I stopped watching there.

This was a really well done edit. Some scenes did not flow so well, because of slight missing context, but otherwise, it really is a superb effort. Enjoyed watching it.

I am at the beginning of episode 3 rn, and so far I love it. Great job!!!!

Saw 25th Anniversary release of Ep1 in cinemas today, May 2024 in Perth Australia. Came across this edit straight after, perfect companion piece. Loved it, all killer no filler! Removing the whiney / outright sociopathic tendencies of Anakin made his arc and romantic relationship infinitely better! Thank you. This was therapeutic, ha!

Why did you cut out the Sand People Massacre ?????? no beauno

An amazing edit truely. The beautiful compositions of scenes and the way you blended the film's together was wonderful. Also no jar jar, thank fuck for that.

i loved the ending...using the Force Awakens trailer music works surprisingly well. it's such a tragic tale of love & loss. the last act of Revenge of the Sith is something I actually find hard to watch without a few tears. even though I'm 53 I'm not ashamed to admit it. the quality of Episodes 1 to 6 is still just incredible. Disney haven't got a hope of making something worthy of the Star Wars name. very good edit - there's a few bits I'd leave in like Anakin's first time losing it & slaughtering sand people who raped & killed Smee & the locket Anakin gave to Padme that you see in her hands at the funeral (it 's just a little thing but it's so sad & melancholy - it hits u that there's nothing left) but generally excellent stuff

I like this as a noir edit, in particular the opening sequence and the transition between the end of episode 2 and beginning of episode 3. I think in the opening crawl when referring to the space battle around Naboo you could have mentioned Anakin as a child prodigy pilot of something to that effect. I would not have cut out Anakin's slaughter of tusken raiders, that is all.

I don't understand the beginning, Why did they blow up that ship = where those people bad or is the kid in the yellow fighter the bad guy. Same with the red guy with the double sword, is he bad? He seemed like a nice guy that gets ganged up by the 2 hippies with swords. Only 15 min in so far

Wait, so Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon are on the Federal Planet fighting Darth Maul while Naboo fighters blow the whole thing up? Obi even takes his time to hold Qui-Gon in his arms... And Jango attacks Obis ship out of a sudden and just keeps landing on the planet though he surely knows the intruder is alive? That aside the cuts make many scenes pretty weird. Like, why is a kid in a spaceship attacking a base? or how did this 55:01 go to 55:45? Is the command central of the Invisible Hand always empty? Even during war?? Obi-Wan became a simple sidekick. he is one (if not the most) important person in Anakins life (even if the latter one wouldn't admit that). And btw you cut out nearly every meme source!

The segment following 1:30:00 I think is some wonderful editing. Here we see a real threat, Palpatine, the dark lord of the sith, and we feel the menace there, then right after we see the Jedi winning. Without grievous there is a lack of threat from the opposition, a real sense the war is ramping down, which is seen in their victories and battles, but something feels off, as the audience knows that a larger threat is still out there, that everything is about to go wrong; so the somewhat menacing music fits perfectly to those battles. Well done.

Just finished watching, and I have to say the editor DID accomplish what he set out to do. Now, I do think the story does work best as a trilogy, warts and all, if you had to compress it into one film, this was probably close to the best you could do. It left out a few key points and plot-lines, but overall it tells the story well. If I had seen this before seeing the trilogy, I might have been confused at certain points, and it could use some sort of transition to show the passage of time, but as just a straight edit without any added effects, it's good.

You actually made these movies entertaining! Though if I hadn't seen them already I think I would have been lost (who is this kid? who is this older kid? who is this senator? how does she know him? etc.). Wonder if there is one more fine cut happy medium that gets the necessary exposition across but still moves as well as this video. Loved how the climax of Phantom Menace was used as a slam-bang James Bond style opening.

This is fantastic. It's like you watched Mr. Plinkett's reviews of the prequel trilogy and cut out as much of the shit as possible. I find it funny that you managed to mash the first 2 into an hour, but then show most of ep 3. Awesome job, I'll be watching this whenever I marathon Star Wars from now on.

I liked how Anakin was right at the beginning of this edit. Gives more realism to how Jedi and Sith make child soldiers for their holy crusades. So weird in a good way!

Much was cut. No doubt. But, its free. Its edited together quite well. Im sick and off work, and im really enjoying this. Unlike many comments, im thankful i can watch this when i dont feel well. Thanks for a job well done. As the great master Yoda would say. Listen not to bad comments..for sad inside they are. Everything now they want. Appreciation for nothing they have.

Just remember you can’t please everyone. I thought you did a really good job with the pacing and got the most relevant story/plot lines. You even made the love story bearable. You hit the emotional beats. I’m still wondering how to incorporate TPM stuff into Act 1 as none of the fan edits were able to make that transition smooth. It’s still clunky right now. But A for effort. Thanks.

The killing of the Sand People were, actually, pretty integral to his path to the Dark Side, IMO. Also, while Yoda's fight with Dooku was kind of cheesy as rendered, it did solidify Yoda's prowess with the lightsaber. And, come on...the high ground... Kudos for the minimization of Jar Jar :)

I think this edit is a brilliant idea! I hope you explore it further and produce more of these. :-)

I'm gonna be able to watch this anytime soon (will take too long) but respect for all the work with the editing. Must've taken ages to do.

I really enjoyed this for the most part, I LOVED the edit at 1:10:55 that was a really cool transition between episodes 2 and 3. I personally wish the death of Anakin's mother and her funeral weren't cut down so much. Also, it was a pretty bold choice to gut all of General Grievous, but it surprisingly worked for the context of this edit. I also think it was a mistake to cut the rise of the empire montage that intercuts with Anakin slaughtering the separatists, I definitely would've kept that in. The opening is a little awkward, but I don't think all of the comments are giving this version (and the audience) enough credit. The opening crawl perfectly makes it clear who the jedi are and the Sith they are fighting. The opening crawl just needed to be a bit longer. And yeah, we don't know why a kid is in a spaceship. But then we see a jedi master die, and his dying wish to his apprentice is "train the boy". After that, we see the masters funeral and his apprentice telling the same boy we saw in the space battle that he will be a jedi. So, we know everything we need to know about these characters in just a few minutes. You just have to keep watching for a few minutes to understand the full context of what is going on. This edit reminded me of epics like Excalibur that span many years over the course of just one film. It can be done, I just think this cut would've benefited from an extra 20 minutes or so. But trimming down a lot of the jar jar stuff and the bad love dialogue was nice, that always helps. If this version was over 3 hours long, I would start it with Queen Amidala and the jedi arriving on tatooine, since that's pretty much where the story really starts honestly. But how DARE you cut out Obi wans famous line about the HIGH GROUND! You can't mess with the high ground, it's so essential! You live and die by the high ground. High ground is love, high ground is life...

>Leaves in the boring romance section >Cuts sand people massacre Why

Fantastic. And you're right to say this should be viewed after Empire. Watching this story before the others ruins not only the surprise about Vader, but also the surprise about Yoda. People forget that his reveal was a surprise, too. This was a badly made trilogy, but it had some great elements that could be distilled into a good flashback. Well done.

For some one who didnt really grow up watching star wars . But as now seen all the films i injoyed this fan made film anybody who spends so much time on a project weel done 👏👏👍

Each of these fan edits makes me realize even more how much I love the prequels! They are amazing just as they are, and I wouldn´t want to miss one minute of them! And I wish Star Wars movies were still this good!

honestly, i feel like removing most of Phantom Menace just kills most of anakins character, someone who had never seen star wars before would have no idea about any of what anakin is doing, like what his relation to any of the characters is, especially padme

This is awesome, i have watched the whole saga including solo and the spies, i watch all in order and sometimes by the last couple movies it starts to get a bit much, i would love to find some more edits like this of the other movies to create a shorter version that i could binge watch in a day.

My few “complaints” if you ever want to do another alternate cut: The sand people sequence should have been included somehow and at least a little context with qui gon and young anakin… The deleted scenes with Padme’s family would’ve been a nice touch too and I feel like Grievous was cut pretty heavy? However, I’m knitpicking. This is my second favorite fan edit (following one that cuts ROTS, it’s deleted scenes, the clone wars, & parts of the bad batch S1 premiere) so seriously, props to the editing. My favorite artistic type of change was the “silent” ending more reminiscent of the originals. It explained without it having to be said there. A very good edit/fan cut from someone with all of them in just about every format down to records with the movies audio & a narrator… 😂. This is what I’d show someone if they didn’t want to sit through all the prequels at this point or to get them interested.

These are good people Padme. You’ll be safe.” Hey Anikan they didn’t keep your mama safe.

Best Star Wars edit ever

What made me laugh is that you compressed ep.1 in 5 mins 😂😂

"and make complete sense to the viewer." The cut is so rough that if you are not a fan you will not get it at all.

This isnt the movie we were looking for.....

Kudos for keeping the death-sticks guy scene.

Cutting it so that Yoda pull out his ridiculous little lightsaber at the moment he did was exactly the right decision. Good on you!

Love it..Thanx for sharing! looking forward to future projects!

Watching through this, adding in my 2c. The intro straight into the space battle/maul confrontation needs more explanation, whether that is from the title scroll, or screen time. I think Mace Windu telling Anakin: "dont use registered transport, travel as refugees" is required to explain the difference between the sleek elegant transport to Coruscant, and the rough, dirty transport to Naboo since its a high ranking senator. The scene where Anakin tells Padme (on Naboo in the throne room) that he is in charge of security, then having Padme tell him she knows better should be included - it would have also added on Obi Wan telling Anakin "and you will know your place" This Geonosis/Kamino arc doesnt fit in my opinion, i think the traditional Kamino with obi wan meeting Jango, Jango fleeing, and obi wan tracking Jango to Geonosis (so no confrontation) would have been a better choice. C3P0 recognising Padme should have been cut, since it hasnt been shown that C3P0 has met Padme before. The seen where Anakin tells Padme she needs to stay with Owen/Beru should have been cut directly to Anakin leaving on the speeder. Anakin slaughtering the Tuskens should have been kept, showed the anger inside him, and him tapping into the dark side, his hatred for the sand people. Anakin saying "he killed them all" should have been kept, further reinforcing his hatred" Dooku telling kenobi "I can assure you, there are no bounty hunters here" should be kept so he answers Kenobi's question/tries to mislead kenobi. Anakin telling "smoke stacks, we can land there" (or whatever the line is) should have been kept, shows that he has a vast mechanical knowledge, and the scale of the droid manufacturing. More of the execution arena, lots of cuts with the characters all over the place The scene where padme's back is sliced should be there to explain why her back is cut up The scene where the chanceller is granted emergency powers and creates an army is needed, and some of the Kamino arc to explain the clones/Jango's significance. Dooku leaving the hanger on a speeder, the gunship intercepting Dooku, Dooku waving off his fighters, cut to Anakin & Kenobi jumping of the gunship, then it is destroyed by the fighters. I think this is needed to explain how Anakin/Kenobi got to Dooku. A lot of Anakin/padme wedding could have been cut. EP3 Need some transition between EP2&3 Dooku bringing the platform down on Kenobi could have been cut, same with Anakin pulling Kenobi out from under, but still keeping Dooku forcing Kenobi into the railing and Anakin's "he seems to be all right". Anything relating to how they took the bridge of the ship should be there, instead of finding it vacant. Anakin's dreams of padme should be audio only since there were no scenes of Anakins mother in dreams. Scene of Anakin running up the opera steps could have been cut, he was already running in the next scene to the doorway to show urgency. HOW DARE YOU REMOVE "HIGH GROUND"!!! Im torn, on one hand I think having vader crush everything around him is needed, but on the other i think adding anything else to Anakin/Vader's ending would ruin the feel. And lastly, I dont feel as though the final theme fits. I think Lucas King's 'Star Wars - Imperial March | Heroic Version | Piano & Orchestra' or something else would fit much more appropriately. Not too bad mate, A lot of unnecessary stuff, the awkward Anakin/Padme scenes have been cut which is nice. I dont feel like this takes away/missing anything overly major, it has the Star Wars Feels that the movies do. Another iteration of this cut and I think you would be right on the money. Well Bloody Done. Probably shows some of the major complaints with the Prequels, so much filler, characters that could be taken out without affecting the main storyline (RIP Grevious, Boba, and others)

just amazing, not enough words to describe to perfectly you combines 3 movies into 1

I like how it starts with the parts I almost always fell asleep/ lost interest before watching.

If the person that attempted this is a child, well done, keep working on your craft. If it's anyone above the age of 15 quit and never attempt anything like this ever again.

There are some scenes that needed to be here, in my opinion. But you managed to cut Jar Jar short and skipped a good bit of the irritating ''love scenes'' between Padme and Anakin. And above all, it was well edited, I think. Good job, man.

I love how 90% less creepy Anakin and Padme's relationship looks in your version lol

All that effort !!! Thank you very much.

You have done well Jedi! Your depiction of this story and your editing of the prequels put together, I love it! BRAVO!!!!

Very interesting cut (so far). Though if I was watching this for the first time, it probably would have been good to have a short summary in the credits of who Anikin is and why he s randomly in the assault on the trade federation.

You left out a few parts that I loved...especially where Anakin killed the sand people and Vader overlooking the death star with palpatine. But that ending? The way you changed the ending and included the music from the trailer for episode 7...that was fuckin BEAUTIFUL. seriously it brought tears to my eyes. Overall, it was a very well mapped out version. Nice job.

I am so glad this is on KZfaq thankyou :)

I can't imagine how much of hard work u put into this... It's outstanding, but I have many issues with it. Of course I prefer watching the three movies instead of this for the moment, I think this edit made me appreciate something I already loved even more so I'm cool with it either way.

What an amazing edit on the attack of the Clones lightsaber duel. The movie cut was so over choreographed, but that was perfect.

Oh, damn, I am so HOT in this

I love these edited versions.😂❤

The amount of effort put into this should be appreciated.

This shows why it needed to be broken into parts. Everything is way too rushed, even if you were viewing it as it's own movie: the love story, the war, Obi Wan and Anakin's relationship, etc. I already thought it would have been better to combine the first two movies into one, keep the 3rd the same, while the second could expand more on the Clone Wars and the story as a whole. Thankfully there's the tv series to cover that, though.

Great job on editing Revenge of the Sith. I would have made some different decisions on the first two movies but congrats to you on the time and work you put into it. Thanks for sharing.

Great job! Wow powerful editing

I really enjoyed this, thank you.

Good edit. Nice for those of us that watched the prequels growing up but dont have the time/patience to sit through 6+ hours of soap opera schlock. Just under 2.5 hours of frantically paced action schlock is more like it 👌

Master, apprentice. Which one was destroyed? Maul. They pan over to Palpatine after, holy shit never picked that up from the scene

I think you did an excellent job condensing his role in the first 3 movies into a somewhat streamlined timeline for his character background.

Thank you for this videos you’re the best because I love anakin saga and almost the Star Wars saga!

Damn. That was truly enjoyable. It must have taken you a very long time to do this fan edit. Any criticisms that came to mind while watching it were due to my prior knowledge of the original trilogy and my awareness of what footage you chose to exclude that I was particularly fond of, which wasn't that much to begin with. Two or three scenes at most. But once I began to pretend this was the first time I was watching any of this footage, it allowed me to more deeply enjoy and appreciate your fan edit. Way to go. Really, I must commend you. What a joy this was to watch. I hope it never gets taken down, since I really enjoyed this version. It also increases the appreciation for the original source material it's based off. Bravo dude. I'll be watching this again.

The total cut out of Kamino would be totally confusing to a first time watcher

Great effort I had never imagined something like this

I've never thought about it but YES, it is very Shakespearean!

This is brilliant! Great job.

Best yet. Excellent use of subtext, and letting the viewer connect the dots.

Outstanding, thank you Lord Bartlett

15:22 "Don't forget: she's a politician and they are not to be trusted." Sage, Obi-Wan.

This edit is phenomenal. It's amazing how much bloat has been cut out. I was impressed that the edit managed to merge Kamino and Geonosis into a single planet, and that General Grievous was cut out entirely without any real damage to the story whatsoever. And of course the ejection of so many terrible, useless scenes, like the "I hate sand" monologue everyone hates, and the final goofy "NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Even the reveal of Leia as Luke's sister is kept secret. This is frankly a masterpiece of cutting room decision making, especially given the extremely problematic sources. Well done.

I have been collecting fan edits for a long time now and I can say that I have enjoyed almost all of them, I have fun seeing different interpretations and points of view. Some make a smother vies, some make more since and some leave you with a different emotional feeling. I for one hope new edits will keep coming because frankly I hate everything on TV and in theaters anymore but always find these very entertaining! Thanks!

The first 41seconds... nostalgic tears pour from my eyes then I saw episode1

Thank you for showing this version....even though I have seen the whole saga, I know you are unable to do the whole series because of copyright issue....thank you for sharing this portion of it....it still is a good movie for me...:)

YES! YES THAT SONG WAS FUCKING EPIC AND DESERVED TO BE IN A MAIN SERIES MOVIE. YOU MADE ME BUST INTO TEARS. Good cut, sir. made a classic even better for me.

Good fan edit.

Impressive. Now, put it on Impossible Mode and do the same for the sequel trilogy.

I like how when mace windu said which one was destroyed it immediately changed the camera view to Palpatine

Wow, I just finished watching it and I have to say you did a great job. You focused on the main story, Anikan's rise and fall. Beginning with the best of the first bad movie was excellent and it was nice to focus more on Anikan and Kenobi's relationship. Delighted you took out all the boring politics, most of the cringy love scenes and the silly characters like Binks and the Cartoonish Grievous. I only heard "Roger roger" once which was a blessing, those droids had ridiculous voices and dialogue. I see people here complaining about the Geonosis/Kamino error but you can only work with what you have. I like the way you kept Jango Fett mysterious too. I also like that you cut out the American diner and the football game on the big screen in the bar, that stuff took me out of the star wars universe when I saw Clones, too American and cheesy. Great job and thanks for making it.

By far the best cut of the prequels I have seen so far, you manage to keep a cohesive narrative and mostly a flowed passing, wich I think lacks in the other cuts I've seen. you don't cut or leave to much and the song at the end of The Force Awakens trailer was a good touch and fit quite nicely. This made me appreciate more the prequels, I love it.

The ending was far superior (both music & timing)

Something like this could potentially work but not this way. Right off the bat we see little Ani and R2 in battle with zero introduction or setup. If you want to start off with the Maul battle, you'd have to cut out any scenes with Ani, and then find a way to reintroduce him on Tattoine later. Probably not possible without shooting nw scenes or at minimum dubbing in new audio.