JAWS (released 1975/directed by Steven Spielberg)

Teaser Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yqGZP7RlQc NOW GONE! Will look for replacement soon.

Theatrical Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIFNJVTIETc

Re-release Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU01ACGKNE8 NOW GONE! Will look for replacement soon.

But then things went downhill, unfortunately…

JAWS 2 (released 1978/directed by Jeannot Szwarc)

Theatrical Trailer 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkiRVhwoqvw

Theatrical Trailer 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJi8Oek6_iU

Re-release Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96wk9ok0dbw

JAWS 3-D (released 1983/directed by Joe Alves)

Theatrical Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMlx33ov82c

JAWS: THE REVENGE (released 1987/directed by Joseph Sargent)

Theatrical Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQDXfB1nBnk

Hopefully though, this will eventually get a DVD release someday…

THE SHARK IS STILL WORKING (as-yet-unreleased JAWS documentary/directed by Erik Hollander)

Preview Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWLG3uWyop0 NOW GONE! Will look for replacement soon.

NOTE - Just in case anyone happens to stumble across this old ‘Trailers’ thread of mine sometime, I’ve just temporarily used this space to put the following edit ideas/shots on here to remind myself about them at some point! 😃 -

My THE LAST JEDI restructure ideas - DO ‘STREAMABLE’ CLIPS OF SOME OF THESE TOO.

MENTION INSPIRED BY TMBTM AND ORIGINALLY WANTED EXTENDED VERSIONS OF PREQUELS, AND VERY KEEN ON MUSIC MATCHING UP WELL.

SAY I REALLY WANTED TO HEAR LUKE’S VOICE WHEN WE SAW HIM, EVEN IF HE SAID ONLY ONE WORD!

Seeing as I want to totally DO AWAY with REY FINDING LUKE DRESSED AS A JEDI at the end of THE FORCE AWAKENS, I’m going to re-edit that movie so that it ENDS on the shot of the Falcon going to lightspeed, as Rey and Chewie BEGIN to look for him instead! - and therefore I’m going to ADD the conclusion of Rey’s journey to Luke’s island IMMEDIATELY AFTER Finn asks Poe “Where’s Rey?” during THE LAST JEDI instead! (NOTE - I want to keep Luke dressed in his black robes right up until he’s decided to re-engage with ‘the Force’, so that we only see him wearing his symbolic Jedi robes when he’s doing his ‘astral projection’ trick. And delaying seeing Rey approach Luke’s island until THE LAST JEDI will give a better impression of it taking longer to find him! - HOWEVER, I MIGHT decide to incorporate a re-edited version of the Luke and Yoda scene which has Luke dressed in his Jedi robes earlier, as there’s a way I can improve on it for myself if need be) -

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7th POST

Okay, onto THE LAST JEDI now…

There’s a WHOLE HEAP of changes and stuff I’d prefer to get rid of throughout this movie someday…so just as J.J. rounds the SEQUEL trilogy off with THE RISE OF SKYWALKER finale, I’ll now describe the BIGGEST alteration I’d prefer to make to THE LAST JEDI for myself…to show how I’d keep Luke dressed in his darker robes THROUGHOUT, and ONLY reveal him wearing his lighter ‘Jedi robes’ near the end of the movie, when he eventually saves the day…WITHOUT him being ‘momentarily tempted’ to kill his nephew, NOR being evasive about it to Rey in any way!

To do this, I’d split up ‘the search for Luke’ differently during the first two movies…and START OFF by ending THE FORCE AWAKENS with Rey and Chewie just BEGINNING to look for him, in the same kind of way that DigModiFicaTion did for his ‘Heir To The Force’ edit. -

…Rey and Chewie prepare to take off -

…as Leia and the rebels watch them leave -

…and the Falcon jumps to lightspeed -

…as Rey and Chewie’s search for Luke BEGINS -

NOTE - I’d prefer to totally discard the original ending of this movie where Rey travelled to the island and found Luke…because he was already dressed in his ‘Jedi robes’ at that point for one thing, which is one of the things I want to eliminate in this entire restructure…and because I found it frustrating that we didn’t get ONE SINGLE WORD out of Luke before the end credits kicked in, as I yearned to hear his voice! So as great as it was to see him again after all those years, I’m content to lose that footage for an ALTERNATIVE introduction to his character at a later point in the SEQUEL trilogy instead.

HOWEVER - I’d include Rey’s journey to ‘Ahch-to’ and some of her initial climb up the island in a restructured version of THE LAST JEDI for myself, to make it look as if her journey to find Luke took LONGER.

…and we FINISH on a circular ‘iris’ wipe to the end credits music…

…and then THE LAST JEDI begins in the usual way -

…and the movie CONTINUES ON until we eventually get to the point where Finn has recovered, as Poe goes over to assist him…and Finn eventually asks “WHERE’S REY?”

…and then we continue on as normal, as dawn breaks on an island which comes into view -

NOTE - At this point, I’d prefer to use the footage from THE FORCE AWAKENS to make it look as if Rey’s journey to ‘Ahch-to’ took LONGER…but rather than join the footage of Rey and Chewie travelling in hyperspace to immediately after the shot of Finn and Poe, I’d prefer to KEEP the atmospheric island shot and music cue which appears at this point above…which would work for me as a kind of precursor of where Rey is headed, before we see it’s location more fully when the Falcon eventually reaches the planet, and heads towards it. -

…and then we CUT* to THE FORCE AWAKENS footage of Rey and Chewie in hyperspace as Rey stares ahead expectantly -

…as the Falcon drops out of hyperspace to reveal the watery planet ‘Ahch-to’ -

…and the Falcon dives down towards the island -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Rey looks back at Chewie and Artoo beside the Falcon -

NOTE - Although the Falcon landing place shots are mismatched between THE FORCE AWAKENS and THE LAST JEDI, I’d prefer to KEEP the shot above to retain the flow of the music at this point, and just ignore the difference by the time we see the Falcon again later on. If it bothered me that much, I would just cut directly to the close-up of Rey below as she begins to climb the island instead, immediately after we see the Falcon reach the island.

…and then we continue on as normal, as Rey begins to climb up the island -

…and we end on this shot from THE FORCE AWAKENS -

…and then we CUT* to this shot from THE LAST JEDI, as the music rises and we see a stone settlement -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Rey enters a deserted courtyard surrounded by several stone dwellings -

…where she suddenly hears a scraping sound and looks round -

…and we see a door close shut on a stone dwelling -

…as Rey approaches the door -

…and says “MASTER SKYWALKER?..I’M FROM THE RESISTANCE…YOUR SISTER LEIA SENT ME…” -

…and continues to say “…WE NEED YOUR HELP” -

…as she knocks the door with her staff when there’s no response -

…and then says “HELLO?..” as she looks around -

…and then we continue on as normal, as we see a porg squawking -

…and we end on this shot -

NOTE - I’d discard the next shot of the porgs checking out the lightsaber which appears at this point - CLICK HERE , as well as the shot of Rey picking it up which comes just after - CLICK HERE

…and then we CUT* to Rey contemplating Luke’s lightsaber as she sits near a cliff edge -

…and she sees Luke’s X-wing submerged in the sea, and thinks about her next move -

…and then we continue on as normal, as we see some random items inside the dwelling -

…and we hear a ‘knock, knock’ sound as we see hands on a folded ‘Jedi robe’ -

…and then we hear another ‘knock knock’ sound as we finally get our FIRST introduction to Luke Skywalker…who responds “GO AWAY!” -

…as his door suddenly gets smashed in, and Luke turns around -

…as Chewie enters roaring, followed by Rey -

…and Luke says “CHEWIE…WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!” -

…as Chewie grunts and we end on this shot -

NOTE - I’d prefer to discard the next shot of Rey saying “HE SAYS YOU’RE COMING BACK WITH US!” which appears at this point, as I’d rather continue Luke and Chewie’s interaction a little, WITHOUT Rey translating.

…and then we CUT* to Luke asking “HOW DID YOU FIND ME?” -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Rey says “LONG STORY, WE’LL TELL YOU ON THE FALCON” -

…and Luke looks at Rey saying “FALCON?..” -

…as Chewie sighs despondently -

…and Rey looks saddened, as Luke says “WAIT…” -

…and he continues to say “…WHERE’S HAN?..”

…and then we continue on as normal, as the first scene featuring Kylo Ren begins -

…and then the movie CONTINUES ON as Luke proves difficult, and Rey fails to convince him to help out several times…until we eventually reach the point where Luke reluctantly agrees to give Rey three lessons, telling her that he WILL teach her the ways of the ‘Jedi’, and why they need to end…and after his FIRST lesson with Rey (where he frustratedly walked off on her because she was easily tempted towards a ‘dark place’, and we discovered that Luke had ‘closed himself off from the Force’) , we later reach a point in the movie where Luke is willing to resume with his SECOND lesson with her…

…as Rey follows him to the top of the island and Luke says “LESSON TWO…”

…as he continues to say “…NOW THAT THEY’RE EXTINCT, THE ‘JEDI’ ARE ROMANTICISED, DEIFIED…IF YOU STRIP AWAY THE MYTH AND LOOK AT THEIR DEEDS…THE LEGACY OF THE ‘JEDI’ IS FAILURE, HYPOCRISY, HUBRIS…”

…and Rey walks towards him saying “THAT’S NOT TRUE!”

…as Luke continues to say “…AT THE HEIGHT OF THEIR POWERS THEY ALLOWED DARTH SIDIOUS TO RISE, CREATE THE EMPIRE, AND WIPE THEM OUT…IT WAS A ‘JEDI MASTER’ WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRAINING AND CREATION OF DARTH VADER…”

…and Rey says “…AND A ‘JEDI’ WHO SAVED HIM…”, as she sits down beside Luke and continues to say “…YES, THE MOST HATED MAN IN THE GALAXY, BUT YOU SAW THERE WAS CONFLICT INSIDE HIM…YOU BELIEVED THAT HE WASN’T GONE, THAT HE COULD BE TURNED!”

…as Luke responds “…AND I BECAME A LEGEND…FOR MANY YEARS THERE WAS BALANCE, AND THEN I SAW…‘BEN’…MY NEPHEW…WITH THAT MIGHTY ‘SKYWALKER’ BLOOD…IN MY HUBRIS I THOUGHT I COULD TRAIN HIM, I COULD…PASS ON MY STRENGTHS…‘HAN’ WAS…‘HAN’ ABOUT IT, BUT…LEIA…TRUSTED ME WITH HER SON…I TOOK HIM…AND A DOZEN STUDENTS…AND BEGAN A TRAINING TEMPLE…”

…as he stands up and walks away a little, and continues to say “…BY THE TIME I REALISED I WAS NO MATCH FOR THE DARKNESS RISING IN HIM…”

…and he continues to say “…IT WAS TOO LATE…”

…as Rey quietly asks “WHAT HAPPENED?..” and we end on this shot -

…and then we CUT* to a ‘flashback’ of Kylo asleep, as we hear Luke say “I SENSED IT BUILDING IN HIM…” -

…and his voice continues to say “…I’D SEEN IT IN MOMENTS DURING HIS TRAINING…BUT THEN I LOOKED INSIDE…”

…as his voice continues to say “…AND IT WAS BEYOND WHAT I EVER IMAGINED…”

…and we hear the sound of lightsabers and anguished cries, as Luke quickly pulls his hand back in shock, and his voice continues to say “…SNOKE HAD ALREADY TURNED HIS HEART!..”

…and we end on this shot -

…and then we CUT* to the exterior shot of the training temple, as Luke’s voice continues to say “…I WENT TO CONFRONT HIM…AND HE TURNED ON ME…” -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Luke yells “…BEN…NO!..” and Kylo uses the ‘Force’ to bring the building crashing down on top of him -

…and in the blackness, we hear Luke’s voice say “HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT I WAS DEAD…” -

…as we see Luke’s metal hand rises out of the burning rubble, and his voice continues to say “…WHEN I CAME TO…” -

…as Luke staggers to kneel beside Artoo in front of a scene of devastation and dead bodies, as his voice continues to say “…THE TEMPLE WAS BURNING…HE HAD VANISHED WITH A HANDFUL OF MY STUDENTS…AND SLAUGHTERED THE REST…LEIA BLAMED SNOKE…BUT…IT WAS ME…I FAILED…” -

…and then we continue on as normal, as we revert back to Luke ruefully continuing to tell Rey “…BECAUSE I WAS LUKE SKYWALKER…JEDI MASTER…” -

…and he continues to say “…A LEGEND…”

NOTE - So that’s the SINGLE version of the ‘flashback’ I’d prefer to see Luke relay to Rey at this point, which tells the whole truth from the start, without any evasiveness on Luke’s part…as I’d much rather that he DIDN’T contemplate killing his nephew with his lightsaber there-and-then as he slept…even for a ‘moment’, thanks!

…as Rey says “THE GALAXY MAY NEED A LEGEND…I NEED SOMEONE…TO SHOW ME MY PLACE IN ALL THIS…” -

…and Luke listens silently -

…as Rey stands up saying “…AND YOU DIDN’T FAIL KYLO…” -

…and she continues to say “…KYLO FAILED YOU…I WON’T!”

…as Luke continues to listen silently -

…and we return to Rey once again -

…and then at this point, I’d definately prefer to continue on with the DELETED ‘Third Lesson/Caretaker Village’ sequence, but with a couple of alterations which I’ll come to shortly. Here’s the best clip I could find of it for the sake of showing it -

Third Lesson/Caretaker Village clip - CLICK HERE

NOTE - I really like this scene a LOT overall, and would absolutely want it in my version of the movie…as I want Rey’s final words in it to be the catalyst which finally brings Luke around…NOT Yoda’s intervention, which I’m discarding anyway…because I don’t want Luke to be wearing his ‘Jedi robes’ at that point yet…but also because I really dislike the fact that Yoda’s ‘Forceghost’ had the ability to powerfully control a lightning bolt in the ‘living’ world to destroy the tree!

So here’s the ALTERATIONS I’d like to make to the Third Lesson/Caretaker Village scene -

1. I’d discard the unfinished shot of Rey running on the beach in the distance…and would join the end of the footage where she’s running with Luke’s blue lightsaber in close-up, directly to where she starts to run up stone steps towards the entrance instead, which should work fine enough in motion for me.

2. I happen to really like the look of the Caretaker Village set where Rey and Luke talk, but I’d discard the unfinished shot where Rey walks away from him, as the sea etc. doesn’t match the earlier view…and would join from the end of where Rey has turned her back to leave after exasperatedly telling him “I UNDERSTAND THAT ACROSS THE GALAXY OUR REAL FRIENDS ARE REALLY DYING!..THAT OLD LEGEND OF LUKE SKYWALKER THAT YOU HATE SO MUCH, I BELIEVED IN IT!..I WAS WRONG!”, directly to the final close-up of Luke’s face instead.

It’s at this point that I’d prefer to have Rey give up trying to convince Luke to leave the island with her, as she’s totally disillusioned with him now…WITHOUT any further lying ‘relevations’ from Kylo, or ‘hand-touching’ with Kylo, or confrontation with Luke, all of which I’d prefer to discard.

…and then we CUT* back to green laserbolts being fired, as we CONTINUE ON with the ‘space chase’ at the same point as it appears in the the existing movie -

…and then we continue on as normal from here, as Hux destroys the rebel’s helpless medical frigate…and we eventually conclude the ‘Canto Bight mission’, as we see several fathiers look up at the night sky as the 'codebreaker’s stolen ship flies off to safety -

NOTE - Yes, I’d include a lot of the Canto Bight ‘side-mission’, as I want to show how the friendship that builds between Rose and Finn started off…as I’m guessing it’s likely to be expanded upon a lot more in THE RISE OF SKYWALKER anyway…but I’ve got a shortened, heavily-tweaked version of it in mind, which I’ll eventually cover here sometime too.

…and then we continue on as normal, as the scene ‘transition wipes’ to the island at night -

…and we end on this shot -

NOTE - Luke would normally come out of the shadows to rejoin with the ‘Force’ at this point in the existing movie…but I’d prefer to DELAY that moment until a bit later for myself.

…and then we CUT* to a very disillusioned Rey walking away, until she suddenly stops -

…and we end on this shot -

I’m discarding the entire scene of Rey getting into a ‘Force-connection’ conversation with Kylo which appears at this point, so that means two things thankfully…it means I can get rid of ‘topless Kylo’ being told by Rey to cover himself up - CLICK HERE …and also means I can get rid of the image of ‘scary Luke’ attacking him for no reason in his lying version of the ‘flashback’ too - CLICK HERE

This next cut is one of my favourites…because if I ever have to watch those particular scenes again, it will be too soon!

…and then we CUT* to a tearful Rey deciding to TURN AROUND and head off in another direction -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Rey approaches the ‘dark place’ she felt in her unsuccessful first lesson with Luke -

…and she jumps down towards the ominous hole -

…as she walks to the edge of it, and kneels down to look inside -

…as she looks closer into the hole -

…and is suddenly sucked into it -

…as she plunges into the water below -

…and then scrambles ashore in the cavern -

…as she finds herself facing a mirrored surface, and walks towards it to see several duplicates of herself -

…as she touches her reflection -

…and finds herself on the other side of it -

…as she turns to see the illusion of many duplicates of herself stretching into the distance -

…and we end on this shot -

NOTE - I like this variation of when Luke went into the ‘dark place’ on Dagobah in RETURN OF THE JEDI, as it comes across as quite creepy overall…but I’d prefer that it didn’t go on for SO LONG…so I’d discard the shots of Rey twisting her hand around which appear at this point…as well as all the finger-snapping shots and speeded-up multiple shots of her too, which I’m not keen on either…which means that I can also get rid of Rey’s voice (in another ‘Force-talk’ with Kylo it turned out) saying “I SHOULD HAVE FELT TRAPPED OR PANICKED…BUT I DIDN’T…IT DIDN’T GO ON FOREVER, I KNEW IT WAS LEADING SOMEWHERE…THAT AT THE END IT WOULD SHOW WHAT I CAME TO SEE…”, seeing as I don’t want her to be ‘Force-talking’ to Kylo at this point in the movie.

…and then we CUT* to Rey clenching her fist -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Rey approaches the mirrored surface again -

…and reaches out to touch it -

…as she whispers “LET ME SEE THEM…”

…and she continues to whisper “…MY PARENTS…”

…as she continues to whisper “PLEASE…”

…and two shadows appear in the mirror, while Rey watches intently-

…as the two shadows approach and meld into one -

…as the shadow turns out to be a reflection of Rey -

…and she drops to her knees in deep disappointment -

…as she says “I THOUGHT I’D FIND ANSWERS HERE…I WAS WRONG…”

…and we end on this shot -

NOTE - I’d discard the entire scene of Rey ‘Force-talking’ to Kylo and touching hands as Luke interrupts which appears at this point - CLICK HERE , and I’d ALSO get rid of the entire scene where she confronts Luke just afterwards - CLICK HERE

*** NOTES TO MYSELF *** - Although I’m now thinking about completely scrapping the entire ‘REY GOES DOWN A ‘DARK SIDE’ HOLE’ AND SEES MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF HERSELF’ scene altogether, show the way I was intending to recut/shorten it by ‘hiding’ the screenshots in a ‘collapse’ link.

…and then we CUT* to the Falcon taking off as Rey decides to leave the island, and Luke watches from afar -

…as Luke turns away -

…and then we continue on as normal, as the island comes into view -

…and we end on this shot at the point where the wind whistles and there’s a brief lull in the music cue that plays -

NOTE - I’d definately discard the entire scene of Luke meeting up with Yoda which appears at this point - CLICK HERE, as I don’t want to see Luke wearing his ‘Jedi robes’ yet…but also because I’d rather he resolved to ‘rejoin’ with the ‘Force’ and help out the rebellion on his OWN accord, with Rey as the catalyst…WITHOUT having to be prompted into it by Yoda’s musings…and ALSO because I really dislike the fact that Yoda;s ‘Forceghost’ was shown to be able to powerfully affect the ‘living’ world by controlling lightning to strike the tree!

ADDITIONALLY - I’m not going to feel bad about losing him in this, as I’m guessing that he’ll make another brief appearance of some sort in THE RISE OF SKYWALKER anyway!

…and then we CUT* to Luke appearing out of the shadows into the moonlight, as the wind whistles -

…as he finally decides to ‘rejoin’ with the ‘Force’ -

…and we see Leia’s brain activity start to fluctuate -

…as Luke continues to concentrate -

…and Leia’s ‘Force-connection’ response to him continues as she whispers “Luke…”

…and Luke’s eyes open suddenly as he whispers “Leia!..”

…and we end on this shot -

…and then we CUT* to the 'codebreaker’s stolen ship flying in hyperspace -

…as Rose and Finn make their way back to continue their mission -

…and the movie CONTINUES ON at this point, until we eventually reach the point where Luke has decided to get involved…as he appears as an ‘Force’-connected ‘astral projection’ of his younger self…complete with BLUE lightsaber…

…and saves the day by distracting Kylo long enough to give Leia and all the other rebels a chance to escape…

…as we see that he has FINALLY embraced his ‘inner Jedi’, and donned the ‘Jedi robes’ from his stone dwelling for this task…

…and the movie CONTINUES ON from here, as the rebels find a way out of the Crait base, and the exertion of Luke’s ‘astral projection’ ends up killing him…as he becomes ‘one with the Force’…

So Luke unfortunately ‘passes on’ thanks to Kylo…and I’m intending to describe the way I’d prefer to restructure the likes of the Crait battle and Luke’s ‘projection’ encounter with Kylo leading right up to his death, when I have more time another day…but in the meantime, I’ll finish this off by showing how I’d prefer to redo the VERY END of the movie for myself someday. -

…Luke becomes ‘one with the Force’, as his cloak drifts away -

…and the sun sets on Luke’s island -

…as Kylo and his troops appear, and search the rebel base -

…as Kylo kneels down in the rebel control room when he sees something -

…and then looks up when his ‘Force-connection’ to Rey suddenly begins to re-establish -

…as Rey looks back silently, and closes the door of the Falcon -

…as Kylo sees his father’s ‘dice’ disappear -

…and we ‘transition wipe’ to the Falcon escaping -

…as it jumps to hyperspace and we end on this shot -

NOTE - I’d prefer to discard the hijinks of everyone hugging each other at this point…especially the moment where Poe seems to introduce himself to Rey for the first time, despite having been in her company in the rebel base near the end of THE FORCE AWAKENS…so that there’s a more suitably sombre mood inside the Falcon at this point overall, before the hopeful ‘group’ shot appears to cheer things up!

…and then we CUT* to Finn rummaging about -

…as he finds a blanket to put over Rose, and Rey looks on -

…as Leia sits down beside Rey -

…and Rey says “LUKE IS GONE…”*

…as she continues to say “…I FELT IT…BUT IT WASN’T SADNESS OR PAIN, IT WAS…PEACE AND PURPOSE…”, and Leia replies “I FELT IT TOO…”, as Rey asks her “HOW DO WE BUILD A REBELLION FROM THIS?..”, and Leia puts her hand on Rey’s, and says “WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED…” -

…as Rey gives a little smile at her reassurance -

…and we get the hopeful ‘group’ shot to cheer us up -

…as we end the movie on the Falcon flying in hyperspace -

NOTE - I’m fine with ending this instalment on the Falcon too, as I definitely don’t want to end things on the ‘broom boy’ scene…because that whole sequence feels more like a full stop to the story, instead of a continuation at this point…and I’d prefer to end things with the regular characters, rather than some random kids.

…and we finish on a circular ‘iris’ wipe to the end credits music…

So that’s that then.

I’ve somehow managed to avoid the majority of trailers and spoilers for THE RISE OF SKYWALKER so far, and will be going to see it over the weekend with a couple of family members. But at this point, I’m interested to find out several things -

1. Will Kylo be ‘turned’ to the ‘light side’, and be ‘redeemed’ by the end of the movie? - I hope not, as he’ll certainly get no forgiveness from me for killing off his old dad in the first SEQUEL instalment, and being the cause of Luke’s death in the second instalment too!

2. Will ‘Forceghosts’ continue to wield amazing power that can affect the ‘living’ world at will? - I hope not, or Yoda might as well just zap Kylo with an electric bolt from the heavens whenever it suits him.

3. Will Leia be integrated in a manner which pleases her fans? - I really hope so.

4. Will Luke get a better deal as a ‘Forceghost’ than he did in this movie? - Again, I really hope so.

5. Will we see a heap of ‘Forceghosts’ turn up for a final ‘group shot’ ending? - Good grief, I hope not.

6. Will I feel the urge to overhaul a heap of moments throughout this final instalment too - Probably, and I’m certainly expecting to!

MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all, and NEXT UP I’ll go into my proposed NEW OPENING for SOLO sometime in the new year… 😃

THEN FADE TO IRIS AND CREDITS (NOTE - I MIGHT cut from Falcon to close-up of 'broom boy’s legs as he brushes courtyard, then looks up at streaking ship, as we see his ‘rebellion symbol’ ring, and see him watching the stars BEFORE I ‘wipe’ to ‘iris’! - as this would get rid of all the other annoying kids and monster, as well as the shot of him ‘Force grabbing’ the broom! It would also make for a different ending, seeing as I’m already planning on ending THE FORCE AWAKENS with the Falcon flying off…although this time it would actually be seen in ‘hyperspace’ mode) -

FINAL SHOT BEFORE ‘WIPE’ TO ‘IRIS’ (although I MIGHT decide to REMOVE the ‘streaking ship’ shot in my version of the scene, as it kinda gives the impression that he’s looking at the Falcon taking off, when it’s ALREADY in motion, and he WOULDN’T be able to see it anyway!) -

*** possible change of plan! *** - I MIGHT decide to split the Luke vs Kylo fight into THREE sections instead!

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AND THEN FINISH OFF WITH REST OF SHOTS AS WE EVENTUALLY SEE OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION OF LUKE SAYING “GO AWAY!” AS CHEWIE AND REY BREAK THE DOOR DOWN.

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DON’T have Rey having the conversation with ‘topless’ Kylo!..DON’T have Rey ‘touching’ hands with Kylo!..DON’T have Rey fighting with Luke and telling him she thinks he can be ‘turned back’ to the light side! - I might do something like this instead - once Rey walks away from Luke totally disillusioned by him…CUT to ('island shot first??) Rey walking in dark, then stopping…CUT to Rey turning, then walking back towards ‘dark hole’ which she enters…CUT OUT some of the ‘finger snapping’ etc., and shorten the overall scene (should I end it with Rey saying “I thought I’d find answers here, I was wrong” or not?)…CUT to Falcon flying away as Luke watches it leaving, then turns away… NOTE - AT THIS POINT (OR JUST AFTER THE “…I was wrong” POINT??), SHOULD I CUT TO SOME OTHER SCENE GOING ON ELSEWHERE, TO BREAK THIS UP A LITTLE BEFORE COMING BACK TO LUKE?? …CUT to ‘island’, as we then see scene of Luke emerging from cave in moonlight having finally decided to ‘rejoin’ the ‘Force’, as he ‘sees’ his sister Leia on a hospital bed…CUT to Luke gasping “Leia!” (I’m still undecided on whether to include Leia whispering “Luke” or not) - the next time we see Luke will be as a ‘Force’-induced astral projection meeting Leia, so DON’T include Yoda scene where Luke intends to burn down the JEDI tree! - Rey proved to be the catalyst for Luke ‘rejoining’ with the ‘Force’, so no sudden urge to burn down a treestump and some old (unread!) books needed!! (I also don’t like ‘Forceghost Yoda’ being able to physically influence ‘real world’ lightning, and would rather that Luke comes around to helping Leia out without Yoda’s persuasion) - ALSO, explain WHY I’m discarding the entire ‘Yoda and Luke’ sequence - don’t like look of Yoda ‘Forceghost’ in certain shots/don’t like Yoda’s ‘Forceghost’ being able to directly influence ‘realworld’ (the lightning strike on Jedi tree)/don’t like Luke being bothered about loss of Jedi texts, considering he wanted to burn them just minutes earlier/don’t like Luke implying he DIDN’T read them when Yoda asks if he did…considering he was on the island all that time, and the fact he tells Rey what they advise when she wants to help ‘caretakers’ from attack!

**** HOW I’D LIKE TO RECUT LUKE VS KYLO FIGHT AT END OF LAST OF THE JEDI ****

Kylo is inside the cockpit of his ship, and has just ‘Force-thrown’ Hux -

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to tell her what happened between him and Kylo in the past

/////////until the conclusion of the ‘Canto Bight’ antics** (although I’m definately including someday, I’ll show how I’d prefer to shorten and tweak all that) , and we reach the point where the fathiers look up at the night sky as the 'codebreaker’s stolen ship flies off -

…and then we continue on as normal, as we ‘wipe’ to the island at night -

NOTE - Luke would normally come out of the shadows to rejoin with the ‘Force’ at this point…but I’d prefer to DELAY that moment until a bit later for myself.

…and then we CUT* to 1st shot of portion of island which comes after Luke says Leia…on page 47

IMPORTANT NOTE - SHOULD I CARRY ON WITH THIS PORTION AFTER WE SEE LUKE SAY LEIA…, AND THEN CUT TO THE HYPERSPACE SHOT OF ROSE AND FINN RETURNING SHOT?? - WHICH WOULD AFFECT WHERE I CUT REY WALKING TO A STOP SHOT FROM TOO.

LAST SHOT -

…and then we continue on with Rey walking in disillusioned tears until she suddenly stops -

1ST SHOT -

…and we end on this shot -

LAST SHOT WHERE REY HAS STOPPED (CHECK THIS IS CORRECT ONE I WANT), AS SHE WOULD NORMALLY GO ON TO TALK WITH TOPLESS KYLO AND HIS LYING VIEWPOINT AT THIS POINT -

**I’m discarding the entire scene of Rey getting into a conversation with Kylo which appears at this point, so that means two things thankfully…it means I can get rid of ‘topless Kylo’ - CLICK HERE …and also means I can get rid of his lies about ‘scary Luke’ attacking him for no reason too - CLICK HERE

…and then we CUT* to Rey turning around -

…and then we continue on as Rey heads towards the HOLE -

LAST SHOT -

WE CONTINUE ON AS NORMAL, 1ST NEXT SHOT -

LAST SHOT -

WE CONTINUE ON AS NORMAL, AS REYS LEGS APPROACH HOLE 1ST SHOT -

WE CONTINUE ON AS NORMAL, AS REY JUMPS DOWN TOWARD HOLE -

AS WE SEE HOLE -

LAST SHOT -

WE CONTINUE ON AS NORMAL AS REY WALKS TO EDGE OF HOLE -

LAST SHOT AS BACK OF REYS KNEELS DOWN -

1ST SHOT OF FRONT OF REY KNEELING DOWN AS SHE LOOKS DOWN -

1ST SHOT OF BACK OF REY LOOKING DOWN -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF REY PULLED IN -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT IN FALLING DOWN AFTER ENTERING HOLE -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF PLUNGE INTO WATER -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF COMING UP FOR BREATH -

LAST SHOT

1ST SHOT OF SCRABBLE ASHORE -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF CLOSEUP -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF CLIMBING UP -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF STANDING IN FRONT OF MIRROR -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF TOUCHING MIRROR -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT ON OTHER SIDE OF MIRROR -

LAST SHOT AS SHE TURNS -

1ST SHOT -

LAST SHOT END HERE? -

OR END ON THIS SHOT MAYBE? -

NOTE - While this comes across as a variation of when Luke went into the dark cave on Dagobah in RETURN OF THE JEDI, I quite like this ‘duplicates’ sequence overall, as it comes across as quite creepy I reckon…but I’d prefer that it didn’t go on for so long…so I’d discard the shots of Rey twisting her hand around which appear at this point, as well as all the finger-snapping shots and speeded-up multiple shots of her too, which I’m not keen on…which means that I can also get rid of Rey’s voice (talking to Kylo it turns out) saying “I SHOULD HAVE FELT TRAPPED OR PANICKED…BUT I DIDN’T…IT DIDN’T GO ON FOREVER, I KNEW IT WAS LEADING SOMEWHERE…THAT AT THE END IT WOULD SHOW WHAT I CAME TO SEE…”, seeing as I WON’T be having her talk to Kylo at this point.

…and then we CUT* to close-up of Rey’s fists clenching - 1ST SHOT -

LAST SHOT -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Rey approaches a mirror again - 1ST SHOT OF CLOSEUP -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF CLOSEUP -

LAST SHOT -

…as Rey reaches out - 1ST SHOT OF HAND TOUCHING MIRROR-

LAST SHOT -

…and she whispers “LET ME SEE THEM…” 1ST SHOT OF CLOSEUP-

LAST SHOT -

…and she continues to say “…MY PARENTS…” 1ST SHOT OF FINGERS-

LAST SHOT -

…and she continues to say “PLEASE…” 1ST SHOT OF CLOSEUP -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT HAND ON MIRROR -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF EYES -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF SHADOWS APPROACHING -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT CLOSEUP -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF SINGLE SHADOW -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF EYES-

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF HAND ON MIRROR AS FACE APPEARS -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT AS REY DROPS DOWN ON KNEES -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF CLOSEUP-

LAST SHOT -

…as Rey says “I THOUGHT I’D FIND ANSWERS HERE…I WAS WRONG…” -1ST SHOT OF REY ON KNEES IN CAVE -

…and we end on this shot -

…and then we CUT* to Rey leaving in the Falcon as Luke looks on - 1ST SHOT OF REY STARTING TO LEAVING ISLAND IN FALCON -

MIDDLE SHOT -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF LUKES BACK AS HE WATCHES -

MIDDLE SHOT -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF FRONT ON LUKES FACE -

LAST SHOT OF FRONT OF LUKES FACE AS HE TURNS -

1ST SHOT OF ISLAND -

…and we end on this shot, WHERE WE STOP AT POINT WHERE WE HEAR WIND WHISTLE AS LUKES THEME FADES DOWN -

WE THEN STOP HERE WHERE LUKE APPEARS IN JEDI ROBES BEFORE MEETS YODA - https://i0.wp.com/img.screencaps.us/201/7-swlastjedi/full/starwars-lastjedi-movie-screencaps.com-9506.jpg?ssl=1

…and then we CUT* to Luke appearing out of the shadows -

NOTE - THIS ORIGINALLY FOLLOWED THE SHOT OF THE NIGHTTIME ISLAND WHICH CAME JUST AFTER THE ANIMALS LOOKED UP AT THE CODEBREAKERS STOLEN SHIP FLYING AWAY AFTER RESCUING FINN AND ROSE

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF LUKE WALKING OUT IN MOONLIGHT -

LAST SHOT -

!ST SHOT OF HANDS ON STONE -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF LUKES FACE AS HIS EYES CLOSE -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF BACK OF LUKE -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF LEIA ON BED -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF LUKE WITH EYES CLOSED -

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF LEIA SAYING LUKE… (NOTE- DO I NOT HAVE HER SAYING THIS? CAN IT BE EDITED TO NOT HAVE IT WITHOUT AFFECTING THE MUSIC OKAY ANYWAY??)

LAST SHOT -

1ST SHOT OF LUKE OPENING EYES SAYING LEIA…

…and then we end on this shot -

…and then we CUT* to FINN AND ROSE FLY BACK WITH THE CODEBREAKER -

CONTINUE ON TO INSIDE OF SHIP -

AND WE WON’T SEE LUKE AGAIN UNTIL HE HIS ‘ASTRAL PROJECTION’ APPEARS AT THE END TO SAVE THE DAY, AND WE FINALLY SEE HIM IN HIS JEDI ROBES BEFORE HE DIES!

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AND THEN FINISH OFF WITH REST OF SHOTS AS WE EVENTUALLY SEE OUR FIRST INTRODUCTION OF LUKE SAYING “GO AWAY!” AS CHEWIE AND REY BREAK THE DOOR DOWN.

put a few other pics of Rey’s Falcon journey to Luke’s island here sometime

END OF REY’S FALCON ARRIVAL AT LUKE’S ISLAND -

DON’T have Luke being ‘tempted to kill his nephew’ with his lightsaber! - just have him telling Rey what happened using certain footage of Luke ‘reaching out’ over the sleeping Kylo, before he is seen to ‘Forcepush’ Luke through the wall, and kill some students etc… (then when the overall scene ends with Rey telling Luke that she won’t let Luke down, we’d continue straight on with the ‘deleted’ scene of the ‘Caretaker’s village’, which ends with Rey walking away from Luke totally disillusioned by him) - it wasn’t the fact that the movie made the triumphant hero of the Original Trilogy feel like a failure that bothered me…it was the fact that Luke was made to look utterly batsh*t ridiculous during Kylo’s ‘flashback’ of event - SHOW PIC OF JAKE SKYWALKER HOLDING GREEN LIGHTSABER - as well as being made to look ‘evasive’ with the truth, by not showing us the FULL version of his retelling of the events to Rey in the first place! ADDITIONALLY, I don’t need to see Luke momentarily tempted to kill his own nephew as a reason he ended up so disillusioned…as the fact that he lost Kylo and some students to the dark side in the first place, who then killed Luke’s other students, is more than enough to explain his state of mind after those events.

…and then we end on this shot - LAST SHOT OF LUKE ABOUT TO TELL REY WHAT HAPPENED WITH KYLO -

…and then we CUT* to Kylo asleep, as we hear Luke say “I SENSED IT BUILDING IN HIM…” -

…and his voice continues to say “…I’D SEEN IT IN MOMENTS DURING HIS TRAINING…BUT THEN I LOOKED INSIDE…”

…and his voice continues to say “…AND IT WAS BEYOND WHAT I EVER IMAGINED…”

…as we hear the sound of lightsabers and anguished cries, as Luke quickly pulls his hand back in shock, and his voice continues to say “…SNOKE HAD ALREADY TURNED HIS HEART!..”

…and we end on this shot -

…and then we CUT* to the exterior shot of the training temple, as Luke’s voice continues to say “…I WENT TO CONFRONT HIM…AND HE TURNED ON ME…” -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Luke yells “…BEN…NO!..” and Kylo uses the ‘Force’ to bring the building crashing down on top of him -

…and in the blackness, we hear Luke’s voice say “HE MUST HAVE THOUGHT I WAS DEAD…” -

…as Luke’s metal hand rises out of the burning rubble, and his voice continues to say “…WHEN I CAME TO…” -

…and then we continue on as normal, as we revert back to Luke ruefully continuing to tell Rey “…BECAUSE I WAS LUKE SKYWALKER…JEDI MASTER…” -

…and he continues to say “…A LEGEND…”

…as Rey says “THE GALAXY MAY NEED A LEGEND…I NEED SOMEONE…TO SHOW ME MY PLACE IN ALL THIS…” -

…and Luke stares at her silently -

…as Rey stands up saying “…AND YOU DIDN’T FAIL KYLO…” -

…and continues to say “…KYLO FAILED YOU…I WON’T!”**

…as Luke stays silent -

…and we return to Rey’s face -

**At this point I’d definately prefer to continue on with the DELETED ‘Third Lesson/Caretaker Village’ sequence, but with a couple of alterations which I’ll come to afterwards. So here’s the best clip I could find of it for the sake of showing it -

https://streamable.com/l7kox

NOTE - I really like this scene a LOT overall, and would absolutely want it in my version of the movie…as I want Rey’s final words in it to be the catalyst which finally brings him around…NOT Yoda’s intervention, which I’m discarding anyway.

And here’s the alterations I’d like to make to the scene -

1. I’d discard the unfinished shot of Rey running on the beach…and would join from when she’s running with Luke’s blue lightsaber in close-up, directly to where she starts to run up stairs towards the entrance instead, which should work fine enough in motion for me.

2. I happen to love the look of the Caretaker Village set beside the sea where Rey and Luke talk, but I’d discard the unfinished version where the sea etc. doesn’t match in the shot at the end where Rey walks away from him…and would join from where Rey has turned to leave after exasperatedly telling him “I UNDERSTAND THAT ACROSS THE GALAXY OUR REAL FRIENDS ARE REALLY DYING!..THAT OLD LEGEND OF LUKE SKYWALKER THAT YOU HATE SO MUCH, I BELIEVED IN IT!..I WAS WRONG!”, directly to the final close-up of Luke’s face instead.

…and then we CUT* back to green laserbolts being fired, as we resume the space chase at the same point as is shown in the the existing movie -

…and then we continue on as normal, as Hux destroys the rebels helpless Medical Frigate…and we eventually see a HEAVILY cut-down version of Finn and Rose escaping from Canto Bight with a codebreaker (which I’ll cover in the future sometime), and we end on this shot OF THE FATHIER BEASTS LOOKING UP AT THE SKY, AND WIPES TO ISLAND SHOT.

and then I’d have my re-edited version of Rey ‘saving’ the ‘caretakers’ - which involves REMOVING unfinished shot of her running over the beach rocks, and also REMOVING the unfinished shot of Luke watching her leave the party

**** HOW I’D LIKE TO RECUT LUKE VS KYLO FIGHT AT END OF LAST OF THE JEDI ****

Kylo is inside the cockpit of his ship, and has just ‘Force-thrown’ Hux -

(I’ll be moving this next scene of ‘Finn dragging Rose back to the base’ to another spot somewhere SOONER after they crash - because I want them to be back at the base BEFORE that whole area is heavily blasted when Luke walks out!)

…CUT to Kylo’s ship landing in front of Luke -

and continue on until close-up of Luke soon after he’s switched on his lightsaber -

…CUT to Kylo in close-up, to JOIN 2nd part of fight DIRECTLY onto the first part above -

and continue on until Luke says I FAILED YOU BEN… (MISS out him then saying I’M SORRY, as well as shot of Kylo saying I’M SURE YOU ARE!)

…CUT to Poe figuring out that Luke is trying to buy them time -

and continue as Poe leads everyone to a rockfall barrier, and end with Rey standing on the other side of it (I MIGHT miss out close-up of Rey facing us - not sure yet) -

…CUT to wide shot of Kylo vs Luke (3rd part of fight), as Kylo says the resistance is dead etc. -

*and continue on as normal as Kylo tries to attack Luke/Luke tells him that the resistance is reborn etc., and that he will NOT be the last jedi/Rey lifts the rocks, and Finn runs to hug her (I MIGHT be cutting out some shots to do with the rocks/hug - not sure yet), and continue on as normal with the rest of the duel as Kylo then skewers Luke’s ‘Force-projection’…and Luke collapses on island - HERE’S HOW I THINK THE MOVIE ENDING WOULD FLOW A LOT BETTER VISUALLY AND MUSICALLY -

(NOTE - I’ve temporarily numbered these to make it easier to know where to add additional comments inbetween them describing what’s happening for myself)

15 NOTE - To make Luke ‘live’, cut to close-up of him getting back up at this point!

20 NOTE - MIGHT cut to Luke close-up of him getting up at this point, immediately after Lia’s reaction

47 NOTES TO SELF - is it possible to REMOVE this ‘group’ shot and just cut to the Falcon?? (the positioning of everyone is suddenly different!) SLIGHT POSSIBILITY - How would putting the ‘BROOM BOY’ end scene work here?? Would start at the point he comes out to ‘Force-grab’ the broom, and end on close-up of his face after he’s seen a ship accelerate past - so this would allow a ‘time gap’ before returning to the ‘group’ shot (where everyone is positioned differently), and allow for all the re-positioning better. Would all the music in these scenes match well??

then we end on Falcon travelling in hyperspace -

*** possible change of plan! *** - I MIGHT decide to split the Luke vs Kylo fight into THREE sections instead!

NEW IDEA - FOR FASTER PACING OF THE MOVIE, I MIGHT DECIDE TO GET RID OF MY EDITED SCENE OF REY TURNING AROUND TO HEAD INTO THE ‘DARK SIDE’ HOLE TO FIND MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF HERSELF AND NO ANSWERS - INSTEAD I COULD CUT FROM ‘FATHIERS LOOKING UP AT SHIP TAKING OFF’ SHOT, FOLLOWED BY ISLAND SHOT, BUT INSTEAD COULD THEN CUT TO ‘FALCON TAKING OFF AS LUKE WATCHES’ SCENE. (THIS WOULD ALSO SHORTEN THE AMOUNT OF DARK, NIGHTIME FOOTAGE WE HAVE TO WATCH AT THIS POINT IN THE MOVIE - BUT WOULD THE DIFFERENTSHOTS OF THE ISLAND SO CLOSE TOGETHER)

A CASUAL THOUGHT - I think it’s fair to say that a LOT of ‘Star Wars’ fans consider Anakin Skywalker to be ‘The Chosen One’ that ‘The Force’ brought forth, just as the Jedi foretold and believed in - if you go by the events of George’s Prequel Trilogy that is…BUT…despite the fact that the Prequel Trilogy implies that he’s the prophesised ‘Chosen One’, I reckon that Qui-gon was plain WRONG in that assumption! It was understandable that he believed that though, due to Anakin’s mother ‘Shmi’ telling him that Anakin was born of ‘immaculate conception’ with no actual father involved. But for those fans that consider the Sequel Trilogy storyline ‘canon’, then I reckon that REY has now superceded Anakin as the saga’s ‘Chosen One’ figurehead - due to the fact that J.J. & co. decided to make her so naturally powerfully proficient in the use of ‘The Force’ overall, culminating in the fact that she developed the ‘God-like’ super-ability of being able to HEAL KYLO FROM DYING after stabbing him with his lightsaber! Not even Obi-wan could do that to save Qui-gon when he was stabbed by Darth Maul, nor could any other ‘Force’-user up until this point as far as the movie saga showed, not even Luke.

So yeah, rather than dismissing REY as merely being a lazily-written, over-powered ‘Mary Sue’ character, it might help to look on her super-powered abilities as meaning that REY is the ACTUAL ‘Chosen One’ we’ve been leading up to in the overall saga, rather than Anakin - regardless of him being an ‘immaculate conception’ caused by ‘The Force’ at the time of his birth.

…but perhaps ending my ‘mega-edit’ with ‘Broom Boy’ being seen to ‘Forcegrab’ his broom would imply that HE might actually be ‘The Chosen One’ eventually! - Not sure I want to do that though.