You can also watch the video blog I recorded after the screening with Peter from Slashfilm, Alex from First Showing and director Kyle Newman ( Fanboys) below the trailer. I'm really hoping Grace decides to show his cut at the some point in the future (like Comic-Con) because I think fans would get a kick out of seeing what he did with the films.įor a lot more on what Grace did with his edit, click here for my original article. However, maybe time and constantly being asked about it has started to change his mind, because Grace has just released a trailer for his cut of the films and you can watch it after the jump. At the time, Grace said it was a one-time screening and he sounded very adamant about his decision. When I first wrote about it, the one question everyone kept asking was, 'how can I see it?' The unfortunate answer was never. Gone are the politics, General Grievous, Jar Jar Binks (except for one shot), the clone army, and about 99% of the first movie.' His combined prequel trilogy moves quickly and omits huge chucks of story in favor of action and streamlining the narrative events of the prequels. As I said at the time, 'while you may think there is no way to make the three films work as one coherent movie, Grace accomplished it with only a few minor flaws. Both “Rogue One” and “Solo” are featured as flashback motifs.Topher Grace Edited the STAR WARS Prequels into One 85-Minute Movie and now he has released a trailer.Ībout two years ago, I wrote about a very cool screening I got to attend: an 85-minute version of the three Star Wars prequels that was cut together by Topher Grace. While moviegoers might think Grace has simply made a supercut of the best “Star Wars” scenes across the franchise, the trailer plays more like a thrilling exploration of the emotions that weave through Lucas’ original Skywalker saga and into Daisy Ridley’s Rey in the new trilogy. Released to social media and on YouTube, “Star Wars: Always” is Grace’s compilation of the 10 live-action “Star Wars” movies released in theaters into a single five-minute trailer.

So what’s next on the editing docket for Grace? The ultimate “Star Wars” trailer, naturally. Following his work playing Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke in “BlacKkKlansman,” Grace turned to editing Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit” trilogy into a single-two hour movie. The actor screened his “Star Wars” cut to select press and earned strong reactions, although legal restrictions prevented him from hosting further screenings.

Grace first gained respect from the “Star Wars” fandom when he edited together George Lucas’ three prequel films into a single 85-minute feature film. Topher Grace is primarily known as an actor, but he has unexpectedly become a beloved editor over the years.

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