I’m not sure shoehorning in offscreen Carrie dialogue would be helpful, but might be worth taking a look at. I’ve never seen Clerks but wasn’t it made 1991ish?
And thanks for saying that about the synthesized or curated nature of the prequel edits in particular. I guess it’s like a communal soup that many have nevertheless drawn from and further modified in our own bowls. I feel similarly with some of the ROTS edits that have been produced since mine.