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Post #1066850

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NeverarGreat
Parent topic
TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1066850/action/topic#1066850
Date created
16-Apr-2017, 11:28 PM

Another idea to file under the ‘not directly applicable to the project’, this one uses video from the Last Jedi trailer:
https://vimeo.com/213469327
Password: reydream
The compression does unkind things for the effects.

Full quality:
https://mega.nz/#!LZMn1arC!IjhcfEcFzBnOo3d3yQDH4WzI4_UkFRNMApQjQ7gzWGA
Audio:
https://mega.nz/#!2MNH0aLT!ZxwOkkAfimlM-D4tmW63ttdbWz8hooQkARWJBHf0BnA

I feel that this addition makes sense for several reasons.

The first is that the audience doesn’t know much about Rey at this point in the movie, and this shifts her dream of flying to the island from a vague motivation to a strong, specific motivation. It also foreshadows her expansive Force Vision when she touches the lightsaber, and retroactively shows that she has some Force sensitivity even this early in the movie.

The second reason for this is to make sense of Kylo’s reference to her imaginings at night of the sea and the island. As the interrogation stands now his reference is news to the audience, making Rey into something of an unreliable ‘narrator’ when we most need to be sympathizing with her. Since the audience has shared in her daydream, his invasion is more personal.

The third reason for this addition is that it visually establishes Luke’s island from the beginning of the movie, and so when Rey finally reaches the island, the movie visually communicates that one of her strong motivations is now satisfied, bringing greater closure to the film.