rocknroll41

Gave this more thought last night. I think I know how I would do this now:

So I’m aware of at least one TFA edit and at least one TLJ edit that narrows both movies down to 1 hour and 30 minutes each, just about.

I’m also aware of a TLJ edit in the making that makes it feel like the ending of the saga by adding just some bits and pieces of TRoS at the very end (there’s a thread on here for that one).

So my proposition is to simply just combine all of those together, and what you’d get from that is a movie that’s just a little over 3 hours long that’s about one half TFA and one half TLJ, with just some light sprinkles of TRoS at the end.

I think that’d be really cool!

EDIT: One thing I forgot to mention earlier is that doing it this way would lose the explanation as to where Snoke came from. Before TRoS, my “fix” for that was to have Rey faintly hear his voice in TLJ when she walks into the ancient Jedi temple by the cliff and sees that little pool with the mural thing (I always thought that the figure in the mural kinda looked like Snoke). This would imply that Snoke is an ancient being of some kind, maybe even one of the first Jedi ever, who became corrupted long ago.

Cool! I get the impression that the show creators wanted this arc to be a movie anyways!

This sounds cool! Hope this comes to fruition. 😃

StarkillerAG said:

rocknroll41 said:

idir_hh said:

It’s a shame that even after Carrie’s death, Iger refused to give them an extra year.

He did give them an extra six months though, to be fair, since it was originally supposed to come out in May 2019.

At the same time as Avengers Endgame…

Imagine how hard that would have bombed.

Yeah idk what they were thinking initially. Disney really overestimated the power of starwars, I guess lol.

idir_hh said:

It’s a shame that even after Carrie’s death, Iger refused to give them an extra year.

He did give them an extra six months though, to be fair, since it was originally supposed to come out in May 2019.

I’ve been giving this more thought, and I’m starting to think that maybe the ST would’ve been better received if it was just a one-movie, self-contained “saga epilogue,” of sorts. I agree that TLJ as the “core,” with bits of the other two sprinkled throughout, would be the way to go.

Gonna give it more thought!

thebluefrog said:

I always thought the movie was going to end with Rey and Kylo both alive but running their own schools separately, giving Disney the “reboot” template they wanted. As in the series could pick up in 100 years or so with the simple good vs bad dynamic already set up for the next generation of viewers to start over with.

Yeah I think a good thematic “beat” for the ST to end on would’ve been to have the Jedi evolving into multiple factions that all interpret the idea of “embracing the light” in their own unique way. You could’ve had Finn, Rey, and maybe even Kylo each starting their own independent Jedi orders, and then make a new series set thousands of years later with a bunch of different Jedi factions thriving, but not getting along with one another, until a new “team” forms that consists of one person from each faction, to symbolize things “coming back together.” That would’ve been cool, in my opinion.

Knight of Kalee said:

DominicCobb said:

The main Star Wars theme has been a general theme for the franchise post OT. Williams’s decision, and it just makes sense.

Exactly. The same way the Force theme was originally conceived as Obi-Wan Kenobi’s theme.

Was it really supposed to be Obi-Wan’s theme at first? Damn! You learn something new everyday!

joshuabri said:

A couple of things if anyone out there is willing to help with.

First off, any suggestions for a title change? I’ve been trying to think of something that encapsulates what makes this edit unique, but haven’t come up with anything as its uniqueness comes from a lack of something.

A couple of alterations I would like to make but are beyond my ability:

A line from Poe along the lines of “We have to go back. It’s Leia.” This is to indicate why they had back to Ajon Kloss before Rey finds the Wayfinder. My though is that as Leia is going off to lie down, she calls Poe back to be put in charge.
Add a Force glow around Leia during the shot where she says “Ben.”
An audio effect to add during the transitions to and from the Luke vision.
Remove Leia’s lightsaber from the Tatooine sequence as I haven’t found a way to introduce it in the movie itself.

Any help with these things would be appreciated.

Something like “Rise of the Galaxy” or maybe “Fate of the Galaxy” would probably be a good title for your case, since you seem to be focusing in on the idea of everyone in the galaxy rising up for one last stand.

poppasketti said:

Ok, here’s a version without the lightning scars and scaled down a bit! Still need to tweak the track a little.

Palpatine Clones - Clear
PW: fanedit

This is amazing! Excellent job!!

IlFanEditore said:

Opening test.

https://vimeo.com/412439087
password:fanedit

Not a bad start! The way the starts cut to black and then come back though (right before the hyperspace transition) is a little awkward. Any way to fix that?

IlFanEditore said:

Thanks, I’ll try that. Do you remember which TLJ edit it was? Or the editor’s name?

It was Last of the Jedi, by ForceGhostRecon. He’s banned from here now though, unfortunately.

idir_hh said:

idir_hh said:

So in this hypothetical version, Palpatine is dying, all this time he has been grooming Kylo and Rey, a prophesiced Dyad, to inherit the throne after his death. Palps gives the rundown to Kylo but he knows that there has to be a catch, he plays along but plans to kill him together with Rey. I think the dynamic between Kylo and Palps has to change, Palps will play the act of a weak, harmless old man, like the good old days with Anakin. Make Kylo less hostile, rather more intrigued. I’m working on a mockup that will go something like this:

• At last! My boy.
• Snoke trained you well.
• I killed Snoke.
• I made Snoke. I have been the voice inside your head.
• The first Order was just the beginning, I will give you so much more.
• I have died before, now I don’t have long, I’m weak - more than a clone, less than a man.
• What could you give me ?
• Everything - a new Empire, the might of the final order will soon be ready, It will be yours if you do what I ask.
• Become what your grand father Vader could not! Find the girl, Turn her and bring her before me. Together you will rule the galaxy as emperor and empress. Two that become one. A dyad of the dark-side of the force.
• Who is she ?
• Our blood. (just my crazy headcanon)

Here’s a proof of concept:
https://vimeo.com/411776713

-Added in a hint of the “Palpatine’s teachings” track.
-Axed Snoke’s clone, as well as switching around the shots for better fluidity.
-Cut Snoke’s line “you have ever heard”.
-Cut Kylo’s aggression, he’s almost submissive, which in the context of this story makes his plan to kill Palps all the more pronounced.

I like the way you worked in “more than a clone, less than a man.” Good job!

adobewan said:

rocknroll41 said:

Hey I have an idea @adobewan !

Instead of going through the trouble of trying to edit Leia’s Saber out the epilogue, just add the flashback of her and Luke training together during the bit when Luke is opening himself back up to the force (on the cliff at night)… Or maybe just after he sees the hologram of her that R2 plays. Make it look as if it’s Luke himself experiencing that flashback.

EDIT: forgot to mention earlier that, in order for this to work, the narration Luke does during that training sequence would obviously have to be removed. It would have to be just a silent sequence, with music.

I suppose it could be left to the audience to conclude in their heads that Leia did some training, and then left to focus on rebuilding the Republic.

I really appreciate the suggestion. That’s the best idea I’ve heard for this aspect of the film so far. I’ll give it a shot and see how it comes out!

Glad I could help! Hope it goes well!

I also have an idea for what you could do with broom kid:

During the sequence when all the star destroyers are falling, keep all the music the same, but get rid of cloud city, so that the only planets from that sequence we see are Endor and Jakku, and then in the space where Jakku used to be, add the close-up shot of broom kid’s hand with the rebel ring on it, followed by the close-up of his face smiling, and then followed by the final wide shot of him looking at the stars (and fade to black there, just as the music ends). The Tattooine epilogue can then immediately follow that!

Hey I have an idea @adobewan !

Instead of going through the trouble of trying to edit Leia’s Saber out the epilogue, just add the flashback of her and Luke training together during the bit when Luke is opening himself back up to the force (on the cliff at night)… Or maybe just after he sees the hologram of her that R2 plays. Make it look as if it’s Luke himself experiencing that flashback.

EDIT: forgot to mention earlier that, in order for this to work, the narration Luke does during that training sequence would obviously have to be removed. It would have to be just a silent sequence, with music.

I suppose it could be left to the audience to conclude in their heads that Leia did some training, and then left to focus on rebuilding the Republic.

StarkillerAG said:

Mocata said:

rocknroll41 said:

$1.073 billion at the moment. Hopefully it at least ends up making more than Joker (which ended its run at $1.074 billion).

Why?

I guess he hates Joker.

Nah, I just think it’d be embarrassing if TRoS made less money than an r-rated film that wasn’t even released in China.

$1.073 billion at the moment. Hopefully it at least ends up making more than Joker (which ended its run at $1.074 billion).

Movie is at $1.066 billion now, it seems. When can we expect the total to plateau? Are we there yet, or does it make sense to wait a few more weeks just in case there’s one last spike?

Do we know whether or not the Rey/Poe romance was still in the second Trevorrow draft that MSW talked about?

I finally read the whole Duel of the Fates draft. I hate it even more now. A bunch of ideas that are good in isolation, but don’t really fit together at all. Too many lore-breaking contradictions, no central theme, too much expository dialogue… I can go on, but you get the point.

Despite its shortcomings, I’m glad we got Rise of Skywalker instead.

i will say this, tho: Opening scenes were very good. Also, I listened to the Empire Strikes Back soundtrack as I was reading, and some moments fit perfectly with the music right as I was reading them… it was pretty freaky!

Rodney-2187 said:

Just to recap:

Rodney-2187 said:

Official domestic opening weekend total:
$177,383,864

Congrats to rocknroll41 for predicting the closest (175m).

Still too close to call between these predictions for Domestic and Worldwide totals:

User	Opening	Domestic	Worldwide
rocknroll41	$175M	$500M	$975M
StarkillerAG	$200M	$500M	$900M
DrDre	$180M	$540M	$1.2B

I did the math and yeah you’re right. It still has a shot at getting closer to $540 million that it would be to $500 million flat. It’s a tight call, tho! Nonetheless, I apologize for prematurely assuming that myself and StarkillerAG were locked in for winning that round.

DominicCobb said:

Rose and Hux (fun moment for both characters):
https://twitter.com/Benredemption/status/1224405854457417731?s=20

Lando and Leia (good stuff):
https://twitter.com/Benredemption/status/1224407397571219456?s=20

3PO and R2 (genuinely great joke):
https://twitter.com/Benredemption/status/1224408383278796800?s=20

Kylo and Palpatine (hologram recording):
https://twitter.com/Benredemption/status/1224409548812931073?s=20

Ok I’ll admit that all of those are actually pretty decent.

DominicCobb said:

idir_hh said:

DominicCobb said:

idir_hh said:

DominicCobb said:

pleasehello said:

idir_hh said:

Art is subjective. You might think some of this is stupid, I happen to think it’s a masterpiece.

The grass is always greener, but “masterpiece” seems a tad strong for a partial screenplay of a film that was never made.

Yeah I don’t get how you can call 5 pages of a first draft script of an unproduced script a “masterpiece.” That’s more than a little silly.

Robert meyer Burnett read out most of the script on his YouTube channel and based on that script I think we would have gotten a film worthy of the Star Wars name.
The world building, the drama, the lore, the classic comedy and the politics, it’s all in there for me.

Personally I’m waiting to get my hands on the script myself.

Maybe there’s a chance it gets adapted into a novel.

Doubt that’d happen anytime soon, if ever. We only ever got one unproduced Lucas script adapted into anything, and that was literally the very first SW draft (so much more historically interesting).

A lot of these unused concepts can get repurposed into other stories, tho. I’m holding out for that, at least!

Regarding the script screenshots that just leaked:

I like Leia’s role better, but obviously the change in her role from this draft to the final cut was dictated by tragic circumstances that nobody is to blame for.

Regarding all of the other characters:

I prefer the roles of Rey, Poe, Kylo, Hux, Force ghosts, and Sith in the film we actually got, whereas I prefer the roles of most of the other characters like Finn, Chewy, the droids, etc., in this draft.

I also prefer the aesthetics from the concept art of this draft, when compared to the look of the film we actually got.

Regarding the time jump: 9 or 10 years (as it is in this draft) is too much. For this version in particular, a jump of 2-5 years would’ve been a nice sweet spot, me thinks.

So, ultimately, more of a hybrid between the two visions would’ve been the ideal.

Just checked the predictions chart again. Myself and StarkillerAG are closest to the domestic total, and I’m closest to the worldwide total, it seems.

Congrats @StarkillerAG for getting the domestic total right with me. 😃