I can confirm from having shown friends your trilogy edits that they are heading in the right direction and I’m frankly surprised they haven’t gotten wider attention yet. I’ve been pushing this cut to people for quite awhile (especially those who ask if I’m going to edit IX myself).

At this point, my only question is how long we debate the merits of what must be changed in the v2 before we’re all (mostly) satisfied with it. The scope of the project keeps growing and growing, and it’s hard to keep up with what’s going to be in the “final” version.