This whole edit reminds me of how the original Star Wars was saved in the editing room. As I’m sure many of you are aware, originally the Death Star was just gonna be at some random point in space. Post production made it so that they were targeting Yavin.
I see this restructuring the same way.
Yeah, I know what you mean. I’ve gotten Marcia Lucas vibes from TLJ Rekindled and TROS Ascendant too. My favorite type of fanedit is when the editor goes at it from the perspective of a Hollywood studio: treating the original movie as a “rough cut” that the “test audience” (AKA the Internet) is unsatisfied with, and expending whatever resources are necessary to fix the movie’s issues while still feeling seamless and professional.