I had a lazy Saturday afternoon today, so I watched TFA Restructured, Poppasketti’s edit of TLJ, and I finally got around to watching Ascendant for the first time. I only saw the original once back during pandemic lockdown days in 2020.
Nice job to all the people involved! I gotta say, going from the “find me” line at the end of TLJ to the creepy line added to the first Wayfinder scene ended up being a fantastic lead in, even if it was unintentional. It got me pretty pumped for the movie.
The movie was okay, I watched the Rey Nobody version. Definitely better than the theatrical. Still wish all the characters weren’t total dicks to Threepio the whole way through though lol.
Anyway, I just wanted to give kudos to the work that went into this.
Funny you should mention this, because my six-year-old daughter just asked to watch the sequel trilogy (for the first time), and we just watched Starlight/Rekindled/Ascendant (Rey Palpatine version though). On this rewatch, knowing what to expect, I massively enjoyed Rise of Skywalker. Not just found acceptable, as in my previous rewatches - enjoyed. Without all the weaker shots, and knowing to accept Palpatine and some of the other suprises, and with the addition of the polish and new content, a lot of what was great about the original movie (and there is a lot!) really shone through. It helps to be free of four years of anticipation building, and come into this knowing what you’re getting, but I genuinely feel like the sequel trilogy works now, and that each episode in it is great.