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RogueLeader
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Unusual Sequel Trilogy Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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18-Aug-2022, 12:36 AM

EddieDean said:

Here’s an idea I don’t think I’ve seen here before-

Someone on Youtube has added scenes from the ST to a vision Luke has as he looks within Kylo’s mind during the Rashomon flashback scenes, so that the audience can see the darkness within Kylo that horrified Luke enough for him ignite his lightsaber in reaction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg4fZlt197U

I think it works really well, and actually seeing what Luke sees (show, don’t tell) helps the audience understand why Luke considered striking a student.

You could use scenes from all three movies. I’d probably choose the some shots more focused on Kylo than on Sidious, but either way it also adds a layer of irony - played out this way it’s almost like Luke saw a dark future that he feared, but through his fear, he actually brought it to pass.

This is an idea I’ve had before! You can find other versions of this idea around YouTube. I don’t think I ever posted this here, but I wrote up this idea awhile back.

Third, in Luke’s second vision, we actually get a glimpse of what Luke sees. Glimpses of a dark figure, but never a direct look. Silhouettes. A man in black with a red flaming sword, striking down his opponents (taking from Rey’s TFA vision, and maybe Kylo killing the Mustafarians at the beginning of TROS if that’s fair game). We could potentially see him killing Han (maybe just the shot of him falling to keep it ambiguous), the burning temple, etc. One of the last vision shots could be of Leia in the base on Crait, looking down the hallway to see a cloaked figure. We briefly cut back to Leia looking up at the figure, then cut to a shot of Kylo Ren, when he is bringing his saber down to kill Lor San Tekka. Making it seem as if it is Kylo coming to kill his mother. Then it hard cuts to Luke igniting his saber in response. So whether or not you have it as an uncut vision or make it intercut with him reaching for his saber, it makes it feel like Luke is totally absorbed in this vision of the future and is igniting his saber as almost a defensive reaction to the last vision shot of Kylo striking, an action to defend Leia, rather than taking a few moments to contemplate killing his sleeping student. It puts the audience in Luke’s mind, showing how he is enthralled by this prescient hallucination. Luke is so powerful that the clarity of his visions makes him lose sight of what is present and what is future.

I wouldn’t even be against a subtle Palpatine laugh, like TLJ: Legendary has it. Doesn’t necessarily mean Palpatine played a part in manipulating Luke, but it can be interpreted that way by those while like that.

A lot of tribute videos on YouTube do a variation of a vision montage, so there’s a lot of ways you could do it. I just specifically like the idea of the last shot being Kylo striking, and then Luke immediately igniting his saber in return.