This breaks down along the idea that extended/director’s cuts only happen because the audience asks for it. That’s not usually how that sort of thing happens, it’s not a supply/demand sort of deal for the most part.
The times they are a changin’. I made the thread because the demand is there and Hollywood does seem to respond when there is significant demand (not that this is a form of petition or any call to action), the means might be unconventional but not unprecedented in the social media age.
The whole reason we’re even discussing the possibility is tied to a single Saltier Than Crait post that is fairly ridiculous, and supported by an unsourced, unverified report from a heretofore unheard of “news” site nobody knows anything about that is also ridiculous in its own way.
Again no, or not my intention at least, I didn’t start this thread as confirmation of anything or a reaction to any news I read, that’s actually why I posted so early after release. More of a prediction coming from a hunch as to where they play their next move. It seems very likely from even casual observation that among other things TROS was at least somewhat hacked in the edit, an extended cut is what’s on a lot of fans’ minds and I’m sure Lucasfilm is looking closer than we might expect. Nothing is ever concrete enough the tide cannot turn, the real magic trick is when a studio makes you think everything ended up exactly as they had planned in the first place.