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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Edit (renamed The New Order) (Released)

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I did an edit of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker for fun that massively overhauled the film to be more narratively consistent with the other sequel trilogy stories. Unlike a lot of edits however, this is not feature length as my goals with this would simply cut too much and lack a sense of pacing to be coherent or watchable. Due to this, my edit subscribes to the 24-minute pseudo-summary format with a film-like structure. It’s very fast-paced as a result and also uses some montage-style editing; a choice that was very deliberate and necessary for certain character interactions.

Story wise, this is structurally similar to the original film but changes the details and certain aspects of characters. This also meant that it’s slimmer too as I was able to remove the fluff and narrative pinballing from ROS. However, the most massive difference of all: the absence of Palpatine altogether.

Also know that structurally, this is more an anthology of adventures with sprinkles of character moments and a conclusion. More like a companion piece to the other films than anything, so know that if you wonder why Rey, Finn, and Poe are just having random adventures. That’s an unfortunate byproduct of the Sith Wayfinder removal, but I didn’t want to jerk around pointlessly as much as the original film. Really the main throughliine is the rise of the Sith Empire, so that’s what I opted for instead of a Macguffin. Just wanted to set the expectation.

I’m not going to say that this is ENORMOUSLY better than the film, but I found it watchable which is helped by the very short runtime. This is not a middle finger to Disney or anything, I was just humoring an idea in my head and it was more done for fun. I even tried to keep certain respect to the original film by working within it’s parameters by only using footage and music from the original film (with a couple brief exceptions). Music was very deliberate in this edit, as it narrowed down character and situational motifs and tried to use them when appropriate (unlike the theatrical film, but that’s a whole other thing). Even if it’s not liked, I tried to make sure this project was very technically polished with proper music transitions, edits, convincing sound design, etc. So hopefully it comes off as professional as possible. Anyways, I’d love to hear what you guys think, although since it’s finished I won’t be able to make any changes. I will send a link to those interested!

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“Always in motion is the future” 🌌

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Apologies, I’m new here. Just took down the link!

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👍 Welcome to the site!
Your edit sounds pretty neat. I enjoy TROS for the most part, but I’d be interested to see how you cut it down so short. Also I dig the title. Could you PM me the link? 🙂

“Always in motion is the future” 🌌

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Sure! I’m envious of you, I wish I enjoyed that movie. But I’m really happy that you liked it, that’s awesome. 😃
Yeah, just know that this edit is light and acts as unrelated adventures while a threat rises. I think I already said that, but I’d like to emphasize so you know where it’s going!

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Sounds interesting, I would like a link!

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Curious to hear any thoughts either here or on the private topics! Thank you!

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This was a really enjoyable watch, with a really smart way of using the Ajan Kloss footage as new connective tissue. The only thing that took me out of it was the environment of the final Rey/Kylo duel if it’s supposed to take place on Exegol.

But all in all, TROS is a collection of solid individual bits trapped in an insufferable movie, and this was a very cool and clever way to enjoy those bits without the BS. Thanks!

Co-author of STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER - THE TEAM DALE REWRITE

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Oh I’m glad you enjoyed it! And yeah, I totally get that, but I made that choice as it served the narrative better even if the location is different. It’s supposed to be on Exegol, and I guess I opted to go on the logic of “well, they’re both blue so that’s good enough.” I wouldn’t have done that if this was feature length, but since this takes so many editing liberties anyways, I figured it would be fine.

I appreciate the kind words on it, I hope otherwise everything felt fairly clean and seamless. I worked very much on adding music transitions, redoing sound entirely, and mixing all that for a cohesive package.