krausfadr said:
One thing I never needed was a CW version of Star Wars where baby Leia remarks to a bizarre acting Santa Claus Bail Organa that she’s not a real Organa. I wish I could unsee that.Right, because god forbid Bail Organa show any fatherly affection or Leia struggle at all with being an adoptee. That might be too relatable for kids.
Look, everyone has different opinions but I thought young Leia was one of the best parts of this series. I’m totally willing to put aside my pre-existing knowledge and watch an edit as it’s own thing, but if it feels like some of the cuts rob the of warmth or character that’s needed for the story to hang together as well as it can, I’m gonna point it out. Spence’s goal with this edit was to trim the series (which was conceived as a movie originally) into something that feels brisk and watchable at under 2h30m. Nowhere did he say anything about cutting Leia scenes because they were “cringe”, which is what you’re implying.
I find that fan edits play like highlight reels and just cut out all the stuff the editor didn’t like regardless of narrative cohesion to be mostly boring and soulless. Sure, it makes sense to cut around things that break the audience’s suspension of disbelief or hurt the story being told, but it requires a careful hand that I find not all fan editors have. I respect Spence a lot as an editor and I give him feedback because I know he’s not one of those people.
Well said.