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Post #1433060

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Burbin
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The Rise of Skywalker: Ascendant (Released)
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Date created
29-May-2021, 4:16 PM

sherlockpotter said:

Then, for that Kylo scene, get rid of the entire ADR conversation with Palps. It’s all useless, repetitive dialogue that really doesn’t progress the story at all, so who cares about that.

I think the moment the scene is placed in V1 it helps keep Palpatine as a looming threat (where in the original he just kinda vanishes for the first half of the film), and it sets up a bunch of things: Palpatine immediately starts suspecting Kylo wants to betray him, and Kylo deflects the question, which helps with the new direction we’re taking Kylo where he doesn’t want to “take the throne” and inherit the Sith legacy. Palpatine also immediatley threatens Kylo with turning the Sith fleet against him which helps explain why he’s “working for him” despite the conflicting interests.

And his answer “I know where she’s going, she’ll never be a Jedi” also builds on (and helps spell out) Rey’s struggle in the film, and it sets up their confrontation on the DSII. With the original placement of the scene the setup and payoff were pretty much immediate (or reversed in the case of the “betray Palpatine” reveal), now it’s set up early and paid off across the latter part of the film. So I think it’s a pretty useful scene.