Thanks Spence for an amazing edit. I watched it last night and was impressed at how well the story flowed in this format and I agree with virtually all the editing decisions that were made.

If I had any further suggestions It would only be that the first 20 mins or so take a little longer than I’d prefer to really get into things and their are a few elements up front that might be extraneous. I’d like to see how the beginning flows with an even briefer introduction of Leia. I don’t care too much for the scene with her cousin for example and the scene with Bail that follows is nice but it’s hard to have one without the other. I’m also not sold on opening with the arrival of the Inquisitors on Tatooine. With the rest of your edits their presence there doesn’t serve the story that well, I’d prefer opening with the re-introduction of Obi-wan working then looking after Luke followed by the possibly briefer introduction of Leia and her kidnapping as an opening which are all the main characters we really care about and are excited to see up front. I do still like the scene of the Jedi asking Obi-wan for help and subsequent scene of him hanging however if you remove the scene of the arrival of the inquisitors on Tatooine we are left assuming either he was killed by an inquisitor off screen or he was killed by locals that sided with the Empire. Even if you kept all the scenes in your current edit, I still feel like opening with Obi-wan rather than the inquisitors might flow better as an opening. Introduction of Obi-Wan (which orients the viewer to place and time of the story) -> Arrival of Inquisitors -> introduction of Leia and her kidnapping… etc.

After the first half hour of setup I think the story as you have edited it flows very well so thanks again for all the hard work. I know you are essentially done with this until maybe some more VFX shots are available but just providing some thoughts for consideration.