TPM - Streamlined

The Phantom Menace – Streamlined fan-edit.

The video is a H.264 1080p MKV, with 5.1 48 kHz AAC English audio.
Alien subtitles are burned-in.
English subtitles are also included.

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Details, and a list of changes:
I’m in the process of completing my edits of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, and have completed version 2 of my TPM edit.
I have trimmed many scenes to improve pacing, removed as much exposition as possible, and altered dialogue of the alien characters throughout the film.

An overview of what I’m doing:
New opening crawls for each prequel.
Opening titles: I’ve used the 4K77 versions of the 20th Century Fox opening titles, the “A long time ago…” text and the green Lucasfilm title.

Some colour correction where appropriate, in particular to remove the magenta tint and blue tint found in The Phantom Menace Blu-ray release.

I am aiming to have these films match the tone, pacing and storytelling style of the original (pre-Special Edition) Star Wars Trilogy. I want to edit these films so that the prequels wouldn’t give away too much information that you would later find out in Episodes 4, 5 and 6, so that these edits could be viewed prior to watching the original trilogy if desired. For example, in my edit of episode 3 there is no hint that Palpatine is a Sith Lord until he reveals his true self in Revenge of the Sith, and the name “Darth Vader” isn’t used in my edit, thereby retaining the surprise revelation in The Empire Strikes Back.

I’ve sought to remove the poorly-timed, and poorly-executed attempts at humour throughout the prequel trilogy. This means that there is no slapstick humour, no poo or fart jokes, and no silly conversations from Battle Droids or Super Battle Droids.

I’ve re-recorded and replaced the dialogue for the Gungans as well as the Neimoidians. Replacing the dialogue allowed me to create new subtitles for them, which in turn granted me the opportunity to alter and hopefully improve their characters.

I also added in new subtitles for these characters, with alternate dialogue to what was in the films, and did my best to improve the flow of the story, and also improve the characters too.
I have upscaled two deleted scenes, several deleted shots, plus some alternate footage.

Thanks to:
JoyOfEditing.
Dazman.
Greenturnedblue.

A list of the major alterations, cuts, trims and additions:
I’ve been able to utilise an SFX-only track, which when coupled with an isolated score, means that I have been able to remove a lot of dialogue, without deleting any SFX or music.

1.	Colour grade: I’ve greatly lessened the blue tint and magenta tint found on both the 2011 and 2019 Blu-ray releases.
2.	New opening crawl.
3.	A light film grain has been added.
4.	Jedi: no prophecy, no “chosen one”, no midichlorians.
5.	Battle Droids: no more “Roger Roger!”, “D’oh!” or other silly comments.
6.	Jar Jar Binks: I’ve removed the childish antics, and instead tried to make him more of an adult, and someone who isn’t a useless, bumbling Buster Keaton-style clown. I did my best to actually make him an interesting and useful background character.
7.	The Neimoidians: using subtitles and re-recorded dialogue allowed me to make these characters seem far more sinister and ruthless.
8.	Anakin Skywalker: no more “whoops!”, “yippee!”, or other unnecessary antics. I tried to edit it in a way that made him a far less silly young boy.
9.	Ric Olie: his name should really be changed to “Captain Obvious”, as he spewed out an enormous amount of exposition. I’ve cut as much of his nonsense as possible.
10.	Naboo: I have added city lights visible from space in a few shots.
11.	See-Threepio has been completely removed from the film. His appearance in the original film seemed to serve no other purpose other than for expository purposes.
12.	Tatooine: I’ve added city lights visible from space.
13.	Republic Cruiser: there is a shot where a portion of the captain’s neck is missing, during the shot where she turns to Qui-Gon and says “Yes, sir?”. I’ve restored her missing neck.
14.	Republic Cruiser approaching the Trade Federation starship: I’ve replaced the planet as well as the Federation starships.
15.	Trade Federation starships: I’ve added blue shields to the hangar bay areas, similar to what is seen in ROTS.
16.	Trade Federation starship: the use of ‘power windows’ by the colourists was sloppily done, resulting in there being no colour on Qui-Gon for several frames. The colours have now been restored.
17.	Trade Federation starship: since I’ve removed the dialogue from Qui-Gon about trade negotiations (heard when the chrome-coloured TC-14 droid is serving drinks), I’ve adjusted his mouth movements so that the dialogue could be removed.
18.	Trade Federation starship: slightly trimmed the explosion of the rebel cruiser, to improve the pacing.
19.	The Droids going to confront the Jedi: I’ve created a clean background plate, in order to use a few frames of footage of the commander droid opening up the door, but still removing the hologram of Nute Gunray.
20.	One of the Droids has incomplete VFX, resulting in the left hand passing through the blaster. I have now corrected this, and placed the hand and fingers in the correct place.
21.	The Jedi battling the droids: this is one continuous shot, with no cutaways to the Neimoidians.
22.	The Jedi getting away from the Destroyer Droids: I’ve cut to remove the “Force Speed” run.
23.	The Queen’s Royal Starship escaping from Naboo: as the ship passes the Federation starship, I have inserted closed hangar bay doors, to help sell the idea that they weren’t quick enough to dispatch Droid Fighters to intercept the Queen’s starship.
24.	The Jedi meeting Jar Jar: I’ve removed the underwater city sequence.
25.	Queen Amidala: slightly pitched her voice up, to reduce the deep voice heard in the original film.
26.	Queen Amidala: the power cable visible in the background has been removed.
27.	Partial deleted scene added back in: the Jedi and Jar Jar walking up some stairs in the city of Theed, simply to establish that they have reached the city.
28.	With the insertion of the deleted scene of the Jedi arriving on Theed (walking up some stairs past a fountain), the original music in the deleted scene didn’t match up with the rest of the film. I’ve removed the audio tracks, inserted background ambient sound & sound effects, plus used a different piece of music from the TPM soundtrack, so that this footage & music will join up seamlessly with the original film.
29.	For the scene with the Queen and handmaidens walking down the steps in Theed, I’ve replaced the overly cheerful, upbeat music, when the citizens of Theed are being put into prison camps…I’ve used a different piece of music for this scene, in order to create a more serious tone.
30.	The Jedi rescuing the Queen: I’ve used the VFX done by JoyOfEditing, to remove Jar Jar jumping to the ground below.
31.	Battle Droids: I’ve added in some sparks, as well as a damaged section of wall after Qui-Gon does a “Force Push” on them.
32.	Qui-Gon talking to Captain Panaka and Sio Bibble: in the Blu-ray release, the flowers in the background behind Qui-Gon were accidentally drained of their colours. I’ve added the purple colours of the flowers back in.
33.	Naboo hangar: removed Panaka saying that there were too many Battle Droids, and the reply from Qui-Gon that it wouldn’t be a problem. That line ruined any potential interest in a short skirmish between the Jedi and the Battle Droids.
34.	Battle Droids: removed the silly attempt at comedy after Qui-Gon approaches.
35.	Panaka: removed the “…sitting ducks” line during their escape.
36.	Artoo repairing the shields: trimmed some shots, to have less of the “Oh look! It’s Artoo!” type of moments.
37.	Darth Maul hologram: in the original film, the stars behind him are blue; this has now been corrected to show white stars in the background.
38.	The Queen thanking Artoo: a few trims to improve the pacing.
39.	Removed the scene of Padme cleaning Artoo and chatting with Jar Jar; the audience already knows how and why Jar Jar is there, so the recap during their conversation serves no real purpose other than more exposition. There is also no need for Padme to introduce herself, as the Queen called her by name in the previous scene.
40.	Ric “Captain Obvious” Olie: removed him saying “That’s it: Tatooine”.
41.	Captain Panaka: no second instance of him saying “Wait!” when calling to Qui-Gon on Tatooine.
42.	Removed Qui-Gon saying “No more commands from Her Highness today”.
43.	Qui-Gon speaking with Watto: no second instance of Qui-Gon using the Force, and no speech from Watto about him being a Toydarian.
44.	No extra instance of Anakin saying “An angel?”.
45.	Jar Jar Binks: entirely removed his juggling antics in Watto’s shop, yet retained the full video of Qui-Gon walking.
46.	Padme and Anakin chatting: small trims to improve the pacing, and cut down on unnecessary information (reduce exposition). Some other dialogue has been removed, as both characters wouldn’t be able to see Watto & Qui-Gon from where they are inside the shop, nor would they be able to hear the conversation outside, yet in the film they are seen to be reacting to what is going on outside.
47.	Watto: new subtitles, with alternate text to what was in the original film.
48.	Removed Anakin saying “Your buddy here was about to be turned into orange goo”.
49.	Removed the second instance of Anakin saying “very” in regards to sandstorms.
50.	Qui-Gon and Padme walking to Watto’s shop: in the background there is some unfinished VFX, whereby a Landspeeder passes through a person’s head (to the left of Qui-Gon). I’ve adjusted it so that the Landspeeder is now behind the person’s head.
51.	Anakin building his podracer: I’ve removed Threepio from the background, and added in Kitster.
52.	Starting up the podracer: removed Jar Jar’s antics, and removed Threepio from the scene too. I utilised some production artwork from an ILM employee, which removes Threepio from the abovementioned scene. This artwork helped me to create a new composition, where I erased both Jar Jar and Threepio from the scene.
53.	Removed Anakin saying “Whoa!” when Qui-Gon lifts him up and into the Podracer.
54.	Podrace: this has been greatly reduced in length, and some scenes have been reorganised. The podrace looks amazing, however it does take up a large amount of time, and in some parts is a bit slow (there are even some duplicate shots during the race). I relocated some scenes, and have inserted new audio of crowds cheering, as well as music from the TPM soundtrack. I have edited it to hopefully be a much more interesting and fast-paced sequence now. Anakin’s podracer doesn’t stall at the start, and there is no “spinning out of control” sequence either, plus no commentary from the two-headed race announcer.
55.	Scenes of other racers having engine trouble, Tusken Raiders, droids collecting damaged parts, Jabba The Hutt, and the food vendor have all been cut. No final shot of Sebulba sliding to a stop; his fate is left unknown. Also cut is Shmi saying to Anakin that he has given hope to people; winning a sporting event is hardly going to inspire the citizens of Tatooine!
56.	I’ve also reduced the excessive amount of close-ups of Anakin, plus made several trims so that he fixes his podracer much more quickly. The last moments of the race have been trimmed to improve the pacing, plus shots right near the end of Kitster, the crowd, Qui-Gon et al have been relocated.
57.	No Jabba The Hutt or other galaxy-shrinking cameos.
58.	Obi-Wan walking to Qui-Gon (who is on an Eopie): fixed a missing section of picture, where a section of blue screen is visible in-between his legs.
59.	No “pathetic lifeform” remark from Obi-Wan. In my edit, Jar Jar is no longer useless or pathetic!
60.	Obi-Wan’s braid: I flipped a shot to correct a continuity error, where his braid was on the wrong side of his head.
61.	The final conversation between Shmi and Anakin has been trimmed, so there’s less conversation, and more of a focus on the emotional aspect of what is occurring.
62.	Deleted scene added back in: Sith probe droid following Qui-Gon and Anakin.
63.	Removed Anakin saying “Qui-Gon sir! Wait, I’m tired!”, as well as Qui-Gon’s line “Tell them to take off!”, since Anakin isn’t shown doing that.
64.	Darth Maul & Qui-Gon’s Lighstaber duel on Tatooine: re-coloured the Lightsaber blades so that their glow has been restored. There are some shots where Maul’s blade is translucent; the blade’s solid core has now been restored.
65.	Removed the sounds of Jar Jar snoring during the trip from Tatooine to Coruscant.
66.	The Jedi Council: altered Mace Windu’s dialogue, so that he now says “The Sith could have returned without us knowing”.
67.	I’ve removed Jar Jar calling the 14-year old Queen “pretty hot” in the air taxi sequence on Coruscant.
68.	Senate: removed any reference to the taxation of trade routes, to comply with the revised opening crawl of the film.
69.	Removed the tiny hint of a smile from Palpatine after Queen Amidala decides to go back to Naboo.
70.	The Jedi Council: removed the line “This may be the clue we need to unravel the mystery of the Sith.”
71.	Captain Tarpals: no introduction by him of the Queen (“Your Honour, Queen Amidala of the Naboo”), as she later introduces herself anyway. His dialogue has been re-recorded, with new subtitles.
72.	Boss Nass is now referred to as being a Prime Minister.
73.	I’ve upscaled deleted footage of an N-1 starfighter being destroyed, and inserted the footage into the film. JoyOfEditing has done a fantastic job with compositing the footage into the film!
74.	Naboo: restructured and relocated some scenes, for example when the Naboo starfighters are about to battle the Vulture Droid fighters, it originally went: shot of N-1 starfighters > shot of Vulture Droid fighters > Pilot saying “fighters straight ahead”. The audience could already see that fighters were approaching, so this line is a bit useless. I have reorganised it, and removed the Pilot saying “fighters straight ahead”. It now looks like this: shot of N-1 starfighters > shot of Vulture Droid fighters > straight into battle.
75.	Naboo: no “ascension guns” sequence. I’ve cut it to appear that Padme & the Naboo Soldier’s search for the Neimoidians all takes place on the one level of the palace.
76.	Slightly restructured the beginning of the Gungans seeing the Battle Droids. Originally it went from: Gungans stop > raise shields > Trade Federation tanks come over the hill. I’ve changed it to: Gungans stop > Trade Federation tanks come over the hill > the Gungans raise their shields.
77.	Going to the hangar: trimmed the conversation between Qui-Gon and Anakin, plus reorganised some scenes to follow the Jedi into the hangar, and show their movements in sequential order instead of being interspersed with other footage.
78.	Removed multiple shots of Anakin looking at the battles around him; these shots seem to only be there to direct the viewer’s attention to a different area.
79.	Anakin getting into and starting up the starfighter: I’ve removed a lot of the unnecessary cutaways.
80.	Anakin flies the starfighter into battle of his own accord (no autopilot).
81.	Final shots of the Naboo pilots flying away from the Federation starship: I have removed the pilot who was yelling and whooping for joy.
82.	The Jedi and Sith duel mostly plays out in full. I’ve added two deleted scenes of the duel, which I have upscaled and colour corrected.
83.	Obi-Wan knocked off the ledge: corrected a continuity error, where his Lightsaber hilt in the original film didn’t match the location of the hilt when he goes to pick it up again.
84.	Obi-Wan hanging off the ledge: I’ve slightly altered his position in one shot, in order to correct a continuity error.
85.	Qui-Gon dies after Maul kills him. There is no request from him to Obi-Wan to train Anakin.
86.	I’ve trimmed this scene so that there is only one shot of Qui-Gon on the floor. In the original film, there are two shots, with one shot showing Qui-Gon in a different position than where he fell.
87.	Obi-Wan uses his own blue Lightsaber, and never uses Qui-Gon’s weapon. Also, Obi-Wan doesn’t fall over the edge of the shaft.
88.	Removed the blood spray when Obi-Wan cuts Darth Maul in half. There was no blood spray when other characters in the prequels or original trilogy were cut by a Lightsaber.
89.	Maul falling down the shaft: I’ve added in his missing Lightsaber hilt.
90.	In the wide shot of Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, I’ve added in both hilts for each Lightsaber in their correct positions.
91.	No line from Palpatine stating that he would watch Anakin’s career. It’s best to hide his ideas and motivations, to retain some kind of mystery about his real intent and identity. He is the phantom menace in this story, after all!
92.	The conversation between Yoda and Obi-Wan prior to Qui-Gon’s funeral has been trimmed.
93.	The funeral scene is cut differently; there is no final shot of Palpatine, as it is unnecessary to draw attention to that character. The original final shot of him makes it far too obvious that he has something to do with what has transpired during the course of the movie.
94.	I’ve altered part of Anakin’s movements; in the original film, he turns his head twice to talk to Obi-Wan. Now he only moves his head once.
95.	There is no end celebration; after Mace and Yoda speak, there is a final shot of Qui-Gon on the funeral pyre, then there is an iris-wipe to the end credits, thus creating a far more sombre finish to the movie.