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Post #1318250

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StarkillerAG
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Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker Redux Ideas thread
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Date created
7-Jan-2020, 10:12 PM

Some ideas I have for editing this movie:

-Rewrite the opening crawl to remove overt mentions of Palpatine, making his return feel less abrupt.

-Cut Snoke clones in a lobster tank. It makes no sense.

-Cut lightspeed skipping. It breaks the rules of hyperspace travel, and it feels contrived.

-Trim Rey and Poe’s argument to remove mention of lightspeed skipping.

-If there is any deleted material that could pad out the first act, I’d really like to add it.

-Cut the little alien asking Rey’s name, for continuity with later changes.

-Cut “They fly now.” It’s really dumb.

-Cut the heroes encountering a big snake, and Rey healing it.

-Cut all uses of Force healing throughout the movie. It creates a huge plot hole if you can use the Force to resurrect people.

-Cut Rey seemingly killing Chewie. He turns out to be alive a few minutes later, so it feels pointless.

-Remove fakeout deaths throughout the movie. Actions must have consequences.

-Trim the scenes immediately afterward to remove mention of Chewie’s apparent death.

-Trim Zorii as much as possible, removing all romantic implications with Poe.

-Trim the Force bond lightsaber duel to remove Kylo saying that Rey’s parents weren’t actually drunkards.

-Remove Rey Palpatine completely, preserving TLJ’s plot twist.

-Cut Rey aligning the dagger with the Death Star wreckage. It feels contrived, especially when the dagger was created 20 years ago.

-Cut Rey healing Kylo on the Death Star, for reasons stated above.

-Cut the Final Order destroying Kijimi, along with the idea that every ship has a mini Death Star.

-Cut R2 restoring 3PO’s memory. Actions must have consequences.

-Cut Palpatine saying he never wanted Rey dead. It doesn’t mesh with the rest of the movie.

-Cut Zorii showing up in the final battle. Even without Kijimi being destroyed it feels contrived.

-Cut Ben climbing out of the pit and healing Rey, for reasons stated above.

-Trim the victory celebration to remove Maz giving Chewie a medal, Lando acting creepy to Jannah, and Poe’s interaction with Zorii.

-Cut Rey returning to Tatooine, ending the movie with the group hug. It’s a far better ending, and it doesn’t reuse the end music from TFA.

Those are just the ideas I have right now. If I have any more I’ll post them.