I personally still think that the movie should start with this clip. And completely erase mustafar. (Which doesn’t seem to mustafar)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4k12QPAh_cGood call, jonh! Here’s a quick mockup of that idea:
TROS - Alt Opening without Mustafar
pw: faneditYeah, I agree. I think of the issues the Mustafar scene has, the simple one I remember raised here is that it was unusual for a Star Wars opening to smash-cut from space to a planet surface. Usually there’s a couple establishing flybys. It’s one of the many pacing issues, and a little scene buffer could help.
Personally, I’m indifferent to Mustafar. Kewlfish, Chase Adams and others have done a good job mining options for this. I do think the battlefront footage, while fun, feels like a lot of extra outside material. If we do add 1-2 establishing shots to this scene, I think they should be simple shots that match well with the Kylo stuff.
I couldn’t agree more with Jonh and Poppa here.
It’s just cleaner this way.
Mustafar as it is is just visual filler.
It’s action for action’s sake.
Maybe once upon a time there was a meaningful scene here but all that remains is a cool fight scene for Kylo…which although ‘cool’ brings nothing.
The Sith way finder is nothing more than a prop. There’s no exposition, no lore…
The movie would be so much better starting at this jumping off (or in) point.
Let the crawl bring you up to speed and let this be the opening.
It’s immediately mysterious, dark and Intriguing.
And the quiet of space interrupted by kylo dropping out of hyperspace is a great opener. You don’t need the rollercoaster through the nebula to sell it. It’s all just excess.
It’s so much better to keep it clean and functional. This new opener is exactly that.
Mustafar and the nebula might be cool and/or pretty, but I don’t think they bring enough to the table to justify themselves on any other basis other than that…and certainly not narratively speaking?