Last Minute Episode III Cuts

I think people are misunderstanding this. The Dark Horse guy is not saying is that 70% of the film's dialog has been cut. He's saying that, out of the dialog that Dark Horse thought was important, 70% has been cut. This doesn't bother me at all. George has always been a primarily visual storyteller. Just because he cut some dialog doesn't mean that he cut out character development and emotion. Personally, I find that the most emotional scenes in most films are those with sparse dialog. I mean, how often do real people go into big monologues about their feelings and stuff. I've always thought that most comics have way too much dialog / narration and don't rely on their visuals enough, and I think that Lucas knows better than the folks at Dark Horse.

Unno

Besides, if all 3 ot the PT films suck the title of A New Hope for Epi IV will make sense on several levels. 😆

LOL!! you said it bro 😉

GL's journey to the dark side is now complete...

for once he starts down the dark path, forever will it dominate his destiny, CONSUME HIM IT WILL, as it did all the other corperate companies!

would you guys just quit criticizing Lucas! we havent even seen the movie yet, so none of us can say sh!t at the moment. Damn good job someone around here still loves every minute of the PT so far

Oh my god people i said it before and ill say it again just wait until May 19th, 2005 then we will know what was cut and was wasnt cut from the movie although i have already ready the whole movie from start to finish thanks to milleniuemfalcon.com so i already no what is going to be in the movie....

i envy you stunrun i really do

Thank you, Stunrun. I don't get why everyone's in an uproar over what the VP for Publishing for the comic adaptation said. These aren't even necessarily "last minute cuts" (why was this thread given that title?), they're just bits cut out of a movie. That's what you do when you make a movie. You cut out certain bits and leave others. I think one of the most successful directors in history probably has a better idea of what needs to be cut out of his own screenplay than a few people who are doing the comic book adaptation of it.

Unno

and whatevers cut out will most likely be on the dvd

That's true, I hope so.

Well i guess im one of the few that thinks this sounds good E2 had to much dialogue not enough Action/adventure, now if he cuts the good dialogue thats one thing, but i have no interest spending the hole movie in a room watching to people talk. Dialogue that should be left in is probably things like little remarks in battle or short conversations in a public setting just things to help the story along, Lucas probably shouldnt take much out of the Palpi-Ani conversations ethier. The best Character interaction you can get in SWs id during action sequices, the rest just comes together, This is seen best in ANH, its not very entertaining just having them talk in a room.

Well i'm sure George intends to tell his story , so whatever he cuts must be expendable , he'll tell the story in his way , it's his film , and to be honest i believe truly that he will cut the things that are needed to keep the flow of the film speedily and the story at it's max .

....Have faith !!! 😄

George is an editor, its what he does best

Well, I guess your right, probably should have thought about it before slamming GL, I guess I just don't want to dislike this movie. I don't know why I think I might since I love episode I (though can get boring) and II.

if you look at all the ep2 cut scenes, none were really worth keeping....even though thy mighta added a bit more development, we really didnt need them.

so hopefully hes doing pretty much same thing....cut out just crap....

(do we really need more anakin/padme love scene time? i think weve got the point they like each other 😉 )

I actually would have love it if the padme's parents scene hadn't been cut, that scene adds a lil' more to their relationship and introduces their parents, instead of seeing them in the funeral (epIII) and going "who the hell are those guys?"

Originally posted by Obi-OneManShow
I'm sure ROTS will be great, I just have the feeling that after Lucas finishes a great movie and deems it too long, he cuts the dialogue and character development in favor of the action. So we get eye-candy in the end. It's like he finished a great emotional 3 hour film, and cuts it to a "best of ROTS" 2h30.
I'll like the film, but I'll probably get a rushed feeling. I hope he'll release an extended (and when I say extended I mean EXTENDED) DVD.

I couldn't agree more with you 🙂
I think that in favour of the action he cuts scenes that are much more important the "character development" way. Personally I didn't give a damn about all that shooting in epII after the arena scene (which was brilliant) before the final duel (also brilliant), I was just waiting for it to end. Action is good of course but it can be veeeery boring if it is only perceived in itself. I also completely agree with you Jay about Padme's parents, the thought had occurred to me.

i agree, i cant believe he cut the parents scene. When i watched the deleted scenes i screamed "What?" I want a way to watch the DVD with the scene back in! It was way too beneficial to the story.

Originally posted by Jedi Priestess
I think its time to say that people have to realise that they are going to be seeing the final movie from GEORGE'S saga. Some of you are not going to be happy with everything. Some of you have built this movie up in your minds so much that NO ONE could make it in a manner that would make you happy. There are going to be people that come out of that theater complaining about dialog, costuming, continuity etc ad nauseum. Please don't allow yourselves to over hype this movie to the point there is no way you are going to enjoy it. Every single movie made has flaws. EVERY ONE OF THEM.

I think if Star Wars fans go to ROTS just for the "fun" of it, they'll be rewarded. I think if people go to ROTS expecting the Holy Grail they are going to be disappointed. It's the last time any of us get to experience this whole Star Wars movie opening thing, relax, savor it, don't ruin it for yourselves ruminating over silly little details.

Of course there are also those of us that will love it no matter whats on the screen. eyes
JarJar turning out to be Vader excluded of course! 😂