Yeah, if this edit idea doesn’t work with only TLJ (for mostly in-universe continuity reasons), it might work in the context of the whole trilogy being out, using shots from IX.

But another idea would be to simply say “to hell with their structure” and re-edit the whole trilogy as either 2 movies, 3 totally different movies in terms of structure, or something else.

There’s something truly great hidden somewhere within this trilogy. Some of the scenes in The Last Jedi are among the best this saga has to offer so far.

Rian said in an interview yesterday that the Knights of Ren weren’t in the movie primarily because the movie was already “full”.

link: https://soundcloud.com/empiremagazine/star-wars-the-last-jedi-spoiler-special

Well seeing all the great cut ideas people proposed in here so far, I’d say it’s because the movie is full of crap.

Studio-mandated crap perhaps? He said Leia’s horrible Mary poppins scene was Kathleen Kennedy’s idea = Studio idea, not his. What other ideas were not his? Sky is the limit.