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The Force Awakens - 'The End' Edition (WIP)

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The Force Awakens is by far my favorite film in the sequel trilogy and I have always wished I could end my Star Wars viewings on such a high note. This fanedit seeks to accomplish the same goals as my “TLJ - ‘The End’ Edition” edit, but this time with The Force Awakens being treated as an epilogue to the saga. The edit is still in progress but I have the skeleton of the film completed and it’s looking promising. Thus far, the changes are as follows:

  • New crawl, establishing Kylo Ren as the leader of the First Order and doing away with the episode number. Instead, the film will be an “epilogue”
  • Remove Snoke entirely. All references to him are gone from the film.
  • Remove a few references to Rey’s parents that draw too much attention to their identity
  • Kylo Ren now tells Hux “perhaps I should consider using a Clone Army”. I really like that line 😛
  • Move Kylo/Rey interrogation to just after Han’s “I saw our son”, which acts as the reveal of Kylo’s parentage. I think it’s a good transition
  • Finn dies in his duel with Kylo Ren
  • Kylo Ren dies in his duel with Rey
  • Use HAL9000’S color corrected Ach-to scenes from TFA
  • When Rey finds Luke, the film doesn’t end. He gives the lightsaber back and goes to mourn Han
  • Luke’s character is less grumpy and more sad due to the loss of his friend and his failure with Kylo
  • Luke’s first line of dialogue in the film is “Who are you?” in the tree scene. He rejects Rey but does not have dialogue about wanting to die.
  • Finally, Yoda is the one to get through to him. Luke goes to burn the tree and Yoda convinces him to train Rey. We fade to black on the wide shot of the two old Jedi.
  • Fade in and Luke has begun training her. The film ends on a training montage. Currently, this mimics JXEditor’s wonderful montage on Youtube, but with different music.

The ending is proving to be the most difficult part of the film to get right. I have put together this VERY ROUGH proof of concept. I believe the idea is there but I am still going back and forth and which individual moments to keep or cut.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZYbdD1keaaeH303hdMnvnSnWyndPc2JL/view?usp=sharing

UPDATED LINKS:

Ending Including R2 Scene:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xRfS0gjjuGh1xeN01SQKq7vHEtIcubX8/view?usp=sharing

Ending Without R2 Scene:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UBg2yW33ABIukMngZdr3tJD5b0knCaEv/view?usp=sharing

Any feedback or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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ExpandedUniverses said:

Are you planning to keep the destruction of the New Republic?

I think so, to add some stakes to the film, but I’d like to better establish the state of the galaxy in the new crawl and possibly soften the blow of Hosnian Prime’s destruction in the process. It would feel too weird to keep showing Starkiller base but never show them using it IMO.

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For a rough proof on concept, I can see what youre trying to acheive. This is gonna work gloriously. My only concern is maybe the final scene, the montage is great but it is cut off quite short for the end of the saga. I’m sure you could find a scene from The Last Jedi or Rise of Skywalker to amend that though. I’m really looking forward to this 😃

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Kanemedhurst said:

For a rough proof on concept, I can see what youre trying to acheive. This is gonna work gloriously. My only concern is maybe the final scene, the montage is great but it is cut off quite short for the end of the saga. I’m sure you could find a scene from The Last Jedi or Rise of Skywalker to amend that though. I’m really looking forward to this 😃

Really appreciate it! Do you think the montage should be longer or more should be added before the montage?

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I think the montage should be longer. The beginning of the montage is a great transition from the original cut of TFA.

Possible scenes could be:
.Rey training scene from TROS
.Luke and Yoda scene from TLJ
.The legendary broom kid scene
.maybe all three?

You’ve got this!

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The Mandalorian (Season 1) - V1 Complete
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Absolutely love this idea, as I am the same as you, love TFA, want it to end on a high note instead of what comes next. For a proof of concept, I think this is great, the only complaint I would have is the music transitioning between some of the scenes and the muffled sound hiding Luke’s ‘go away!’ line. But I’m sure that will be fixed in no time. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

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Kanemedhurst said:

I think the montage should be longer. The beginning of the montage is a great transition from the original cut of TFA.

Possible scenes could be:
.Rey training scene from TROS
.Luke and Yoda scene from TLJ
.The legendary broom kid scene
.maybe all three?

You’ve got this!

I’ll keep experimenting. I think the Yoda scene would be perfect here but I can’t quite figure out how to fit it in yet. Guess I’ll finally have to rewatch TROS to see which training scenes can fit in

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Borth said:

Absolutely love this idea, as I am the same as you, love TFA, want it to end on a high note instead of what comes next. For a proof of concept, I think this is great, the only complaint I would have is the music transitioning between some of the scenes and the muffled sound hiding Luke’s ‘go away!’ line. But I’m sure that will be fixed in no time. Looking forward to seeing this finished.

I’m still relatively new at editing but I’ll definitely get those sounding as good as possible before the edit is released

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You could have the scene where Luke sneaks off to the Falcon past Rey and transition to him going to burn down the tree (would need to possibly include a reason why in his discussions with Rey earlier) and then have Yoda appear and have that scene play out. Then Luke sneaks on to the Falcon and has the scene with Artoo. Then it would be both his old master and an old friend bringing him back to the light?

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^ what he said. The Yoda scene can be used to help Luke realise that with Rey, he should train her outside of the old Jedi traditions.

It’s a very warm scene which then can lead into the Luke/Rey training scene. The whole thing should feel quite triumphant.

The TROS training scene could just be useful the improve the pacing a tad. It’s basically Rey swinging and slicing. It could even be cut in to pretend that she’s doing this on the island itself with a touch of recolouring .

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The Mandalorian II (Season 2) - TBC
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The only slight problem you may have with using TROS footage is the costume change might be slightly jarring but it could work!

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Not sure I’ll get the chance to work on it today but I’ve thought about it and I have a good idea of what I hope to do with the Yoda scene. I’ll add it at night, after the first tree scene and have it end on a fade to black on the wide shot of the two old Jedi. The screen stays black fo a few seconds and then the training montage plays with a more gradual beginning

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Thanks. But you need to change the viewing setting for the link to ‘anyone who is sent the link’

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adobewan said:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UBg2yW33ABIukMngZdr3tJD5b0knCaEv/view?usp=sharing

Here’s an updated link including the Yoda scene. This version omits the R2 scene as one possibility. I’ll include a version with that scene shortly. I think this works really well! I may still have to trim some of the dialogue but once I get the outline of the film looking right I’ll start focusing on editing the audio

Great job! I love the scene reordering. The pacing is beautiful for most of it. That last montage feels off though. I would make the cuts tighter and keep the original rhythm of her words. But the concept is lovely. Well done.

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Lifeincontext said:

adobewan said:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UBg2yW33ABIukMngZdr3tJD5b0knCaEv/view?usp=sharing

Here’s an updated link including the Yoda scene. This version omits the R2 scene as one possibility. I’ll include a version with that scene shortly. I think this works really well! I may still have to trim some of the dialogue but once I get the outline of the film looking right I’ll start focusing on editing the audio

Great job! I love the scene reordering. The pacing is beautiful for most of it. That last montage feels off though. I would make the cuts tighter and keep the original rhythm of her words. But the concept is lovely. Well done.

Appreciate the support! I’m certainly not totally satisfied with the montage yet. I’m planning on adding to it and syncing it much more to the music. Right now I’m focusing on the lead-up to it and getting that perfect

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absolutly wonderful idea, i cannot wait to see it completed

How was I to know your kind can’t eat sweetweed?

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Loving the placement of the Yoda scene. It works so well after the scene where Rey discovers the "sacred text!"😅

Current Edits:
Obi-Wan Kenobi - TBC
The Mandalorian (Season 1) - V1 Complete
The Mandalorian II (Season 2) - TBC
The Mandalorian Returns (TBOBF) - TBC

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The edit is still underway. Unfortunately its not done yet. I’ve been busy with school lately but I should be able to have it done (if not very close) by the new year! 😄

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Due to an unexpected family emergency, I had to halt editing for a few weeks. I should be ready to begin again in the next few days and really iron out the rest of the kinks with the ending of the film.