Just uploaded the general changes. Although I feel calling them “general” is kind of misleading. But it’s the best terminology I can come up with for now. There are no additions this time around, since I can’t find (nor do I believe there is) an official release with deleted scenes. So, instead, we’re left with just “-” for deleted, and “/” for changed or altered. I’ve removed a few lines of dialogue via sound editing, so those will be marked as “Audio:”
Keep in mind that, due to my concerns about consistency with the other two, this list isn’t final and subject to change.
Okay, that’s enough talk. Click on the spoiler tab below to see the changes I’ve made so far:
/ Opening crawl
– Kylo Ren’s visit to Mustafar (Ren finding the wayfinder is mentioned in my rewritten opening crawl instead, making this scene pointless)
– Epilepsy-inducing close-up shot of Palpatine
– “Everything.”
– “Kill the girl.”
– Falcon lightspeed-skipping scene, as it isn’t needed
– “They’re not with me. Ugh.”
– Part of Rey’s training course to make her less invincible
– “General, the falcon still hasn’t arrived. Commander’s asking for guidance.”
– Rey handing Luke’s lightsaber back to Leia
– First half of Rey’s conversation with Poe and Finn over the falcon
– “We’ve decoded the intel from the First Order spy, and it confirms the worst. Somehow, Palpatine returned.”
– Leia giving Luke’s lightsaber back to Rey
– Stormtrooper’s talk about the Knights of Ren
– Kylo Ren’s meeting with the First Order about the spy
– Shot of laughing Passana child (Too Disney-fied for me)
– “Palpatine wants you dead.”, “Serving another master?”, “No. I have other plans.”
– “…Why didn’t you?”, “You could’ve killed me. Why didn’t you?”, “You can’t hide, Rey. Not from me.”, “I see through the cracks in your mask. You’re haunted. You can’t stop seeing what you did to your father.”
– “I don’t want to have to kill you. I’m going to find you and I’m gonna turn you to the dark side…”
– Poe’s “They fly now.”
– Leia and Rose’s conversation with the X-Wing pilot about being more optimistic
– Rey and Finn’s conversation about what Finn was gonna tell Rey
– “Bones! I don’t like bones!”, “Bones? Never a good sign.”
– “I’ma blast it.”, “Don’t blast it.”
– Knights of Ren entering Pasaana
– All of Rey and Kylo Ren’s confrontation on Pasaana
– Chewie’s capture and “supposed” death scene
– The First Order’s capture of the Millennium Falcon
– Pryde and Hux’s discussion on Chewie, including the reveal that he’s alive
– All mentions of Chewie’s death during Rey, Finn, Poe, and C-3P0’s conversation on Ochi’s ship
– And yes, all “For Chewie” lines
– Pride and Hux informing Kylo that the scavenger is on Kajimi
– Rey sensing Chewie on the ship
– Zorii giving Poe the imperial medallion (due to the removal of the next scene)
– The entire episode on Kylo Ren’s ship, including the following four subplots:
---- Rey finding out she’s a Palpatine (Luke reveals this instead, and it’s stated that Rey found this out earlier, either in this movie, or possibly even in TLJ)
---- Chewie getting rescued
---- General Hux’s rebel spy reveal (and eventual death by Pryde)
---- The crew getting the Falcon back
– “I don’t know why they’re not following us, but I don’t trust it… Landing gear’s busted? How busted?”
– Scene with Palpatine reminding Kylo to kill Rey
– “Wh-wh-wh-what is that?”, “It’s the death star. It’s a bad place from an old war.”, “It’s gonna take us years to find what we’re looking for.”, “Oh, dear.”
– Scene where BB-8 and D-O play with Endor wildlife
– Scene where Finn and Jannah start getting romantic with each other
– Scene where Finn and Poe argue with each other
– “You can’t go back to her now. Like I can’t.”
– “The Dark Side is in our nature. Surrender to it.”
– “Leia knows what must be done, R2. To reach her son now will take all the strength she has left.”
– “REY!”
– Shot of Rey leaping higher than the wave
– “…Ben’s hand.”
– Palpatine making Pryde general and ordering him to destroy a planet
/ Moved Kylo Ren’s scene with Han Solo to after the destruction of Kajimi instead of before, fixing a flaw in the plot structure. Scene now begins after Lando’s line, “We had each other. That’s how we won.”
– “She’s going to Exegol.” Thus includes the cutaway to Rey flying over there, too.
– Poe’s big speech intercut to the montage of the resistance preparing for their flight to Exegol. (Doesn’t feel very Star Wars-y. Plus, Finn and Poe’s discussion before the montage gets the same point across just fine.)
– “How do you know?”, “A feeling.”
– “They’ve landed a troop carrier.”, “Jam the speeders.”, “We can’t, sir.”, “Why not?”, “They’re not using speeders.”
– “Not bad for one lesson.”, “You had a good teacher.”
– “You’re doing great, buddy. Tower’s up ahead!”
– “I never wanted you dead. I wanted you here…”
– “You will take the throne.”
– “…Our blood.”, “I haven’t come to lead the Sith. I’ve come to end them.”, “As a jedi?”, “Yes.”, “No. Your hatred, your anger. You want to kill me. That is what I want…”
– Audio: “…As all the Sith live in me…”
– “I’m staying with you.”
– “With your hatred, you will take my life, and you will ascend.”, “All you want is for me to hate, but I won’t. Not even you.”, “Weak. Like your parents.”, “My parents were strong. They saved me from you.”
/ Moved Kylo Ren’s return to just a little later for greater emotional impact
/ Same with Kylo running inside Palpatine’s lair
– Audio: “The ritual begins! She will strike me down and pledge herself as a Sith.”
– Audio: “She will draw her weapon! She will come to me! She will take her revenge… And with a stroke of her saber, the Sith are reborn!”
– “…Every one we knock out is a world saved!”
– “Where did they get all these fighter craft? They have no navy.”, “It’s not a navy, sir. It’s just people.”
– “As once I fell, so falls the last Skywalker!”
– “Do not fear that feeble attack my faithful. Nothing will stop the return of the Sith!”
– “Let your death be the final word in the story of rebellion!”
– “You are nothing! A scavenger girl is no match for the power in me! I am all the Sith!”, “And I… Am all the Jedi!”
– General Pryde’s reaction before he dies
– Rey and Kylo kissing
– Shots of Cloud City, Endor, and Jakku as the Final Order is destroyed
– A few shots of rebels hugging
– The lesbian kiss
– Chewie getting his medal
– “Where are you from, General?”, “The Gold system.”, “Well, what about you, kid?”, “Oh, I don’t know.”, “Well, let’s find out.”
– Reaction shot of Rey looking at the Skywalker dinner table
– Rey burying Luke and Leia’s lightsabers
– “Rey Skywalker.”