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| 3 | ''The Blackened Mantle'' is a Japanese ''Franchise/StarWars'' FanEdit that combines the three prequel films (''Film/ThePhantomMenace'', ''Film/AttackOfTheClones'' and ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'') into one. Famed for its unconventional editing style, this edit quickly became some people's preferred way to watch the prequels. |
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| 6 | !! Tropes different from the vanilla prequel films include: |
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| 8 | * AnachronicOrder: One of the edit's defining traits is that the first two prequels are told as flashbacks. |
| 9 | * CompositeCharacter: See RoboticPsychopath below |
| 10 | * CompressedAdaptation: The film has most of it's 160 minute running time from ''Revenge of the Sith'', with the rest as flashbacks. |
| 11 | * DeathByDespair: Averted, as Padme dies from being force-choked by Vader. |
| 12 | * DeliberatelyMonochrome: One cut of the film has the entire film in black & white. |
| 13 | * DemotedToExtra: Like most prequel edits, Jar Jar Binks is reduced to a background extra. |
| 14 | * FlashbackEffects: A newer reconstruction of the edit has the flashback scenes in sepia tone. |
| 15 | * GratuitousEnglish: During Order 66, some of the Clones say in English "Yes, my lord.". |
| 16 | * OpeningScroll: Averted, as the first thing we see is the duel with Darth Maul. After that is Obi-Wan agreeing to train Anakin, then the film cuts to the battle over Coruscant. |
| 17 | * RecursiveTranslation: The film places retranslated English subtitles inside the picture. |
| 18 | * RoboticPsychopath: Darth Maul gets rebuilt as General Grievous after his supposedly-fatal fall in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''. |
| 19 | * TheTeaser: The climax of Phantom Menace starts right after the 20th Century Fox logo, before the "A long time ago..." card. |
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