Okay, just finished watching your workprint, version 1.0.

I fully admit that some of this is just me thinking out loud. Some of these are things specific to your fanedit, and others are just points about the film that I wish were changed. You may agree or disagree with some of my comments, but these are just my gut feelings on what I just watched. I hope this helps.

The Poe & Hux "telephone call"
- MUCH better — your edit retains the humor without making it over the top
- Absolutely my favorite rendition of this scene that I’ve watched so far
- I wouldn’t touch this any more: it’s perfect in this form
BB-8 fixing Poe’s X-Wing
- Full disclosure: I’ve never been a fan of this sequence
- Having BB-8 stick his whole head into the panel seems silly
- I really have no idea if there’s a way to improve this, so I might just have to get over it
Paige Tico (bomber pilot) sequence
- After she climbs the ladder to grab the remote, she falls
- She keeps kicking the ladder again and again to get the remote to fall, but I think this goes on for way too long
- I find myself screaming at my TV, “Just get up and go get it! You could have gotten it by now!”
- I understand that maybe she’s injured, but we never see that, so it just looks like she’s lazy
- I would recommend cutting it so that the remote falls on perhaps her third kick of the ladder
- Also, I would cut the shot of the remote flying past her (keep the slow motion and her catching it, but the shot where she just watches it fly past her head is annoying).
Luke lightsaber toss
- Still not sold on Luke tossing the lightsaber over his shoulder
- Other people’s edits have Luke simply dropping the lightsaber, which is a good alternative
- But this alternate take of the throw (from BTS footage) remains my favorite
The space attack on the Resistance cruisers
- Is it possible to trim or cut the shot of Poe being thrown back from the explosion in the hanger? It looks ridiculous, he’d be dead
- I cannot support the floating Leia / Mary Poppins sequence whatsoever
- My suggestion: have the explosion on the bridge, but the next time we see Leia is when they put the Oxygen mask on her
Ahch-To Stuff
- Great job on cutting the “sad eyes” porg. The scene remains funny, but not over the top
- Also, great work to you (and the community) for the work done to remove the caretakers from the island
- Getting rid of the “Luke tickling Rey” scene was smart, but I do admit that it felt rather rushed
- After Rey says, “Okay,” you currently have it cut to Luke throwing away the leaf and telling her to breathe. I would suggest having her say, “Okay… but what is it?” (just as she does in the actual film), and THEN cut to Luke throwing away the leaf. I think this would make the scene feel more complete. Maybe I’m wrong.
- When Rey confronts Luke just before she leaves Ach-To, I really would like the idea of us seeing some of the TFA “force back” / flashback clips integrated into the moment when Luke looks into Ben Solo’s mind… that way when he ignites his lightsaber, it truly seems like it was out of instinct. Maybe not in your edit if you don’t want, but I would like to see it done by someone.
Canto Bight
- AMAZING. The fact that I can make Canto Bight into only one bullet point should tell you that it was a success. It’s so much faster paced, and I’m all for removing the political BS. You nailed it.
On the Star Destroyer
- I’m not crazy about BB-8 driving an AT-ST, but I don’t know if there’s a way to cut it
- When Hux is looking at Snoke’s dead body, his lower half falls out of the chair for no reason… cuttable?
Finn’s sacrifice scene
- I’m just sort of thinking out loud for this one
- I’m still of the opinion that Rose shouldn’t run her speeder into his ship… instead I wish we could make it look like his ship gets shot or maybe that it breaks down before he can sacrifice himself
- But if we really have to keep Rose, then I like the change you made to cut the stupid “love” line. While I wish they didn’t kiss, that’s going to be hard to cut out, so I guess I’ll deal with it.
Luke facing down the First Order / Kylo Ren fight
- Selfishly, I still like my edit to play The Jedi Steps during this sequence. But to each their own. 😉

Only other thoughts…

Was really hoping to see a few of the deleted scenes
- The Finn / Poe deleted scene where Poe is catching Finn up on what’s happening
- “Luke Mourns,” though I don’t know exactly where it would fit, to be honest
- And the stormtrooper / elevator deleted scene… the fan-edited one that removes their voices and just makes it more of a tension building sequence is pretty great
Finally, I’m curious about your reasoning for moving the Luke / Yoda sequence later in the movie? Not sure how I feel about it because it seems like a much slower scene compared to all the fast paced stuff going on before/after its new placement. Maybe I can appreciate it if I understand the reasoning why it was moved there.

Great work for this first version. I really enjoyed this immensely more than the actual film. While I still have little things to nitpick about, I would absolutely take this over what we initially received. Once again, awesome job.