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Help: looking for... a TLJ fan edit more in line with JJ Abrams' The Force Awakens?

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Hi Everyone,

I’m new on the forums and thought I’d ask. Is there a Last Jedi edit/cut that essentially cuts as much as possible without cutting stuff that would potentially be featured/reference/have impact in The Rise of Skywalker? Something that cuts the more poorly written/unnecessary moments, and moments which lessen the Force Awakens but keeps Leia using the Force, the caretakers, and reincorporates worthwhile deleted scenes. Or a cut/edit of The Last Jedi that feels more inline with J.J. Abrams and The Force Awakens.

Thanks!

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Unless someone has the script to the new film, I don’t think anyone could know what could be cut while not impacting the Rise of Skywalker, other than the obvious Luke and Leia fates. I don’t know if you could make a film that feels like JJ Abrams Star Wars from Rian Johnson’s Star Wars. They’re two completely different beasts.

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Ah I see, in my mind I had an idea where you cut the film down to it’s bones and plot points. (Without cutting stuff that might be referenced in TRoS. Basically a Sparknotes/Summary version of TLJ.

Stuff TRoS might keep/reference:
• Finn, Poe, Rose meeting
• Holdo Death
• Snoke Death
• Leia using the Force
• Luke imparting his wisdom to Rey
• Luke becoming one with the force
• Kylo becoming the Supreme leader
• Poe learning to be a leader
• A New Rebellion rising

That way you could eliminate the more questionable aspects/scenes/moments of the film. An edit that focuses primarily on Luke, Kylo and Rey without completely eliminating Poe, Finn, Leia, Rose, and Holdo.

If that isn’t possible then a edit of the film that you could watch with someone before TRoS comes out. Cause it’s been tradition among my friends to rewatch the Saga before every new entry and let’s just say TLJ divided our group and nearly turned/burned one of my friends off Star Wars. There’s just no way in hell I’d be able to get that half to sit through regular TLJ.

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From the multiple edits I have watched of TLJ done by the great fan edits here, there isn’t one that will tick all boxes. For me personally, the best edit is TLJ:Rekindled by poppasketti as this edit keeps most of the movie intact. The worst \ cringy parts of the movie have been removed including Poe’s mama joke, Luke guzzling the green milk, Leia’s force space walk, nearly all of Canto Bight, Phasma and Finn fight removed and Rose and Finn’s awkward smooch on the battlefield. These are all great changes and make the movie enjoyable. However, the perfect edit for me would be all these changes but the Phasma and Finn fight re-introduced, the deleted scene of Luke’s third lesson and Holdo’s hair colour changed from purple to brown.

The other edit I enjoy is ForceGhostRecon Last of the Jedi (Purist version) where it does have the the deleted scene of Luke’s third lesson and the Leia’s force space walk. But it does not show Finn and Roses backstory and Rose suddenly appears out of no where on Crait which I believe will cause consistency issues with Episode 9. These are both great edits but I don’t there is a perfect edit that will tick all boxes.