The only two things that leapt out at me to cut out of a potential fan edit is Leia being chased on Alderaan and the dialogue about Padme between Leia and Ben. (Just to cut it off after, “You remind me of someone.” Let the audience assume it’s in reference to Anakin, and avoid straining continuity with my own fan edit of Episode 3. Also lop off the opening recap to part one.)
Yes and yes. Agreed.
The omittance of the Alderaan Chase was painfully easy and euphorically rewarding.
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I also removed Bail Organa’s “One last fight” line. It just felt too on the nose, and the line before (“For her”) is much more impactful.
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Also, Obi-Wan working at the factory is repeated a total of four times in the first episode. I’ve reduced it down to three, and removed the unecessary long one (the second one).
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Removed the “Ten years later” text upon the wideshot of Tattooine as well. The time gap is delivered by a line ten minutes later.