I saw an edit of Version 1 about a week ago & I absolutely loved it. Completely changed how I feel about Force Awakens, it feels much more deliberate, purposeful, a remix instead of a remake of ANH (my favorite bits are Kylo reading Han’s thoughts & the new lines for TR8R). Simply great.

I don’t want to rehash what others have said too much (especially Eddie Dean’s equally great review on Page 64), but there are a few things I’m hopeful for in Version 2:

-There are still a few too yellow-looking shots of the sand of Jakku, which is a shame because the parts where the sand’s white are incredible

-It took me awhile to figure out what the tracking device on the Falcon was for Han. I had to play this edit & the movie to figure out you added a humming to the light Han turns off. It wouldn’t hurt to add a voice saying “tracking off” to make it clearer

-I’d love to see you incorporate the Visions ending in V2, where Rey dreams of seeing Luke on Ach-To rather than actually meeting him. Until the end, Ach-To is always something that Rey’s seen in her dreams, and that fits nicely with Rey’s idealism in this movie (as well as contrasting very well with TLJ, where we see the “reality” of Rey meeting Luke). Plus, it allows for more time to have passed between TFA & TLJ, rather than seemingly taking place one after the other.

In any case, good luck with V2!