I’ve been lurking here for weeks now and I’ve gotta say that what you guys are doing here is incredible!
On to my possible contribution. In the early days of lockdown I did a very rough edit merging TLJ and TROS together. I’ll probably never going to release it as I mainly did it to pass the time.
Here’s some of my “big” ideas from the TROS end of it, perhaps something works for you?:
- Cut the guys seeing Rey leave Exegol. It makes her reunion with Finn much more emotional:
https://vimeo.com/423996042
pass: fanedit
- Got rid of the space horses, it was always ridiculous to me. Video below is not how it’s edited as it’s missing a massive chunk. Just wanted to quickly show how Finn not saying “I have something for that” works and then showing how the landing bit works:
https://vimeo.com/423995968
pass: fanedit
- Shifted Rey and Finn’s conversation about her on the Sith throne in Ochi’s ship to after they rescue Chewie and are talking in the Falcon. Where Finn says she doesn’t sound like herself, it just fits better here for me (had to do some minor FX + grading to make the shot fit):
https://vimeo.com/423995946
pass: fanedit
- Experimented with Rey not stabbing Kylo, but we do see her give her life force to snake thing earlier to establish the force power. Imo, this gives Rey’s death more impact and makes Ben’s life force sacrifice more meaningful:
https://vimeo.com/423995990
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- Cut Chewie’s “death” and Rey’s extreme burst of lightning power that blows up the transport ship and all mentions of his death. Although I’m not sure if this works all that well because of the way the guys react when they found out he’s still alive:
https://vimeo.com/423995874
pass: fanedit
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C3PO never gets his memories back, nor is there any mention of R2 being able to restore it. It makes his emotional goodbye actually mean something! I truly hated the “no consequences” element of the movie.
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Removed Finn trying to tell Rey something…he never actually does, so it always felt a bit weird to me.