1st POST - An INTRODUCTION
Just for clarification before we start…the following ideas are NOT actual fan edits that are being worked on by me now or in the future…and the visual descriptions shown in this thread are just to show the specific ways I’d choose to amend the existing footage and dialogue more to my liking.
And while not everyone will agree with all of the potential changes I’ve described, perhaps some of you will find something of interest amongst them.
Welcome fellow STAR WARS fans!
There was a time long ago when things were a whole lot simpler for me concerning the ‘Skywalker saga’…back in my youth when only STAR WARS, EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and RETURN OF THE JEDI existed as a completely satisfying, self-contained trilogy telling the story of Luke’s adventures.
But over the years, each of the additional instalments have conflicted me badly…as although there’s been plenty of moments throughout the various PREQUELS and SEQUELS that I’ve liked, I’ve also ended up wanting to unlearn what I had learned where a lot of their content and storylines were concerned!
So I thought I’d discuss some of the material which bothers me, and show the ways I came up with to tweak, rearrange, or COMPLETELY DISCARD that particular footage and dialogue more to my liking.
Every now and then over the coming months, I’ll add my proposed changes to the Original Trilogy’s PREQUELS and SEQUELS in separate, numbered posts…and will update the bottom of this initial 1st post with the scenes/subjects I’ve covered so far, for quick reference for myself and everyone else.
Any thoughts are welcome of course, but for the sake of everyone’s scrolling sanity…please don’t ‘quote’ the WHOLE of any of these lengthy posts if you wish to comment on anything, as just posting your thoughts will suffice, without everyone having to scroll through every single one of my screenshots again! Thanks. 😃
FIRST UP, I’ll go into some of the possible ‘viewing orders’ available for the current movies in my next post, as well as describe my own preferred method for any future rewatch of them.
HERE’S WHAT’S BEEN COVERED IN THIS THREAD SO FAR, FOR EASY REFERENCE -
An INTRODUCTION - this 1st POST
A roundup of potential ‘viewing orders’ of the Star Wars movies, along with my OWN preferred choice. - see my 2nd POST
My proposed NEW OPENING for THE PHANTOM MENACE - see my 3rd POST
My proposed NEW ENDING for REVENGE OF THE SITH - see my 4th POST
My alternative NEW ENDING for REVENGE OF THE SITH, which I originally had in mind - see my 5th POST
My proposed NEW OPENING for ROGUE ONE - see my 6th POST
My proposed RESTRUCTURE of Luke’s introduction for THE FORCE AWAKENS and THE LAST JEDI…as well as my proposed NEW ENDINGS for both movies - see my 7th POST