WOW!! This thread has been a great inspiration. I’ve been a long time lurker here and have many fan editing ideas but I’ve always put off starting any of “my projects”. Until now! I was toying with starting with TLJ because I love the film but just want to twaek a few things here and there. It seems we share very similar ideas with what to leave in and what to cut out and I love the progress you seem to be making with your edit, well done.

The Crait battle sequence with Rose’s dumb collision is a deal breaker for me and thanks to RogueLeader’s idea above and darthrush’s edit I am genuinely excited with what might be achievable here. So I dusted off my Photoshop skills, took the plunge and began editing TLJ. I’ve learnt so much (and made so many mistakes) in the space of a few short days.

Your latest clip above is wonderful, I tried removing one of the speeders myself and you did a much better job of it than me.

My current thinking is to have Rose get shot after she turns and heads back to the base on Poe’s command. There is a very brief clip of her retreat that I think can be used. This gives the advantage that it leads directly in to Finn turning off his comms and I think it sells his reaction (of his friend being shot down) much more favourably. To him, hope is lost and he is even more willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. With the correct audio I think that this can work and I would love to know what you think:

https://vimeo.com/287343498
(password: fanedit, Apologies this is video only, I really haven’t mastered the audio for this sequence yet). Rose gets shot around the 01.15 mark, the laser blast kind of locks on to her.

Also version 2, I think this blast effect is better and more in keeping with Star Wars but it just makes the event seem a bit too quick.
https://vimeo.com/287352195 (password: fanedit, video only)

I’m hoping that these might give you further thought into what might be achieved and then you can use your superior skills to sell it better 😃