The Last Jedi: Legendary (Released) — Page 31

I have to go back and watch again, but pretty sure it wasn’t during the Luke and Kylo fight. And what I remember is it was a trooper.

Whoa, I hear it! Wait, so did you add 2 Wilhelm screams? Because I definitely hear one in the scene DZ-330 references. I can give timecode if we want to drop all mystery. 😉

I like how Snoke’s last line or two was removed and how you have just the music and Rey/Ben’s expressions sell the moment when he betrays Snoke, but did you ever make a version of this with its theatrical music? Nothing against it, just think the music in that moment was already good, and the TFA music just sticks out to me. I see why it was used, though.

I was able to watch the dvd version and enjoyed quite a lot! Already being a big fan of the film, I was hesitant towards some decisions when reading them but found they worked nicely, e.g. the occasional trimmed dialogue and all the reinserted deleted material (any interest in incorporating this little moment? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tneHUL3LRWI such a wonderful image + a nice build-up to to the confrontation)

There were a few things that I found jarring though. The truncated Canto Bight section is just too quick in the first half, it’s almost played as a weird joke for the audience – subversion to the extreme (Here’s a fun new planet! Just kidding we’re in jail!). It came off as one of the most immediate examples where I was watching something edited. Alongside that, the Yoda scene feels very out of place, making an already long last section even more oddly paced. I’m not sure if this project is still in progress but if it is those would be the two I would play around with the most.

Thank you for putting these together Hal. I really loved the restructuring everyone did on TFA and think there’s a similarly lovely edit of this in the future.

#justiceforcaretakers

I see what you mean, and it almost worked for me in that way. I think when it goes wrong is the next scene in the jail, when the tone is much more dire and “how are we gonna get out of this one”. It makes the contrivance of them then instantly finding a new code breaker and (in this cut) immediately escaping feel even more strange. I don’t know, if other people aren’t feeling that maybe it’s just me!

I watched this having not seen TLJ since the theater, and I thought the movie was pretty seamless. I had forgotten some of it since then and only now remember things like the iron joke. I would have made a few more cuts like Hux repeating Kylo’s orders at the end, because he’s no longer the butt of a bunch of jokes, and things like the “reach out” joke and the Jakku being nowhere joke, only because I don’t care for the type of humor that breaks the flow of a scene. The same reason why my least favorite gag in TFA is Poe’s “Who talks first” scene, but the prank call actually worked quite well in this edit and is now a nice callback to that first joke in TFA, regardless of how I feel about that type of humor.

And speaking of TFA, I watched this after Hal’s TFA edit, which I had never seen and hadn’t seen TFA since sometime before Rogue One, and I honestly had a blast with both because I managed to rekindle the same excitement I had before all this current BS going on. I wasn’t a fan of TLJ, but I liked it a lot more this time through.

I think Rose’s kiss doesn’t work in this version, but I didn’t think it worked in the original either. Also not a fan of Broom Boy, but I like the idea behind it. I wouldn’t have minded if the movie had ended with the Falcon going to lightspeed.

Again, I would have made some more tweaks, but it would probably only total to less than 60 seconds. I still don’t love the film, but I liked it this time, which is more than I can say about the theatrical version. Everything related to the resistance plot feels unnatural and just an excuse for drama, in my opinion (glad others like the movie, though!), and Canto Bight being cut just felt like another part of that weak plot, except this time I was spared a long sequence further derailing the pace and themes of the film. I honestly didn’t notice anything jarring.

Thanks for making both of these edits! It was nice to kick back and enjoy some SW stuff again. 😃

I remember reading about this edit from the reddit thread. I’m glad to come across an edit that doesn’t cut the film down so much. The various trims and tweaks help tighten up the story and keep it from dragging too much.

Personally, I would have preferred at least a cut down version of the Fathier escape; however, I understand why it was removed. It feels as if Finn and Rose’s side story is too brief. I know Canto Bight is not highly regarded, but I enjoyed seeing a new part of the Star Wars universe even if it was brief.

Still, this is probably my favorite edit of TLJ so far. Well done!

This version is MUCH better than the theatrical release. Thank you! I love your prequel trilogy edits!

I like how you handled the phone prank with Poe and Hux. I like that the fish-nuns are completely cut, I like how you handled Canto Bight, I like how you handled the Porg giving Chewie the puppy eyes scene(the scene is still needed because it shows Luke sneaking into the Falcon). I like that you cut Luke saying “Nothing you can say…”, I like that you left in the leaf tickle scene, I like the Rey from Nowhere joke, it’s fine. I don’t mind the green milk scene… it shows how young and immature Rey is, and gives her something to work with as far as growing as a character, an adult, a leader, a Jedi, etc.

I would like to see a bit more trimming of terrible jokes though… such as the BB-8 whack-a-mole, followed by a head-butt to the X-wing computer to “fix it”. Other’s have cut it down to BB-8 just using the first arm fix and moving on… and I think it works really well. It helps with the tone of that scene, to convey urgency. He doesn’t have time to goof around on a stupid joke.

Trim the Paige and the remote scene so that the remote doesn’t CLEARLY fall well below the catwalk, with Paige on her back, then a split second later she’s on her stomach and the remote is now suddenly just under the catwalk where she grabbed it… aarrrrgh!

Please trim out Leia slapping Poe.

Also, cutting part of Leia flying in space scene… cut the part where she appears to be a mile out into space, and just use the close-up of her, then show her hand twitch. This makes it look like she’s a lot closer to the cruiser, and within the “shields\protective bubble”, making it a little more believable. That shot clearly shows her WAY outside of the protective shields, due to the background First Order fire hitting the shields. Also, if you can remove her opening her eyes and just as she starts to fly towards the cruiser, cut away to Poe and Finn at the window(their eyes make it look like she’s really close), then cut back to Leia entering the bridge area, flying to the door… This way we can assume that the shields give her SOME protection from the vacuum of space and don’t completely remove us from the immersion of what we’re watching. If you don’t show her open her eyes, it makes it look like the force is saving her or she’s subconsciously saving herself via the force, instead of her using the force herself directly, which she has never done before(other than ‘feeling’ Luke, emotionally). This scene made me yell “OH COME ON!!” in the theater… sigh… It was not a good start to the movie, after watching Poe and Hux goof around on a phone prank and BB-8 head-butt a computer to fix it…

I would like to see the “May the force be with you” between Holdo and Leia at the end cut, and just let Holdo say it. It’s just plain awkward…

I would like to see Finn’s fake out sacrifice completely removed - The crash right in front of the walkers that is completely ignored, Finn dragging Rose on a sled for what looks like a couple MILES(how long was he driving in that mono-ski speeder to get close to that cannon), but then he’s able to just drag her back to the door with nobody noticing or shooting them, the cringe dialogue and kiss - it can all be done away with… just make it look like they turn back when Poe gives the order… Just cut Finn and Rose out of the scene where the cannon blows up the door. Plenty of people are able to remove them from that scene. The debris can be from another speeder or something.

The kid at the end is ok, but I would like to see just the shot of the ring cut out… just have the kid staring off into space, dreaming of leaving that place and maybe joining the Resistance\Rebels. He was just talking about Luke, so we know what he’s thinking at that moment… we don’t need the ‘super awesome decoder ring!’ to tells us what he’s thinking…