Hey guys, posting here again.
I posted my thoughts for a fan edit months ago, but with the Blu-ray just coming out, I’d like to share my ideas and what I will definitely be doing in the fan edit.
I like a decent percentage of these changes but there’s a few that confuse and intrigue me:
FINN IS NO LONGER AWKWARD AROUND REY
Finn has probably never flirted with a girl in his life so him being kind of awkward is natural though it can me cut down some.
-FINN NOW SUCKS USING A LIGHTSABER
Finn sucks with a lightsaber in the theatrical version too. He get’s beat by TR-8R and get’s decimated by Kylo Ren. And no, him getting a lucky shot on him doesn’t constitute him being skilled; he got his ass kicked. He got his ass handed to him so bad that Kylo could have killed him in his first pass which lasts about a whopping 8 seconds. I shit you not.
-Removal of Poe’s stupid line, “You talk first, I talk first?”
I thought it was funny. Inappropriate but funny
-Removal of Finn’s yelling street slang, “DID YOU SEE THAT?!”
???
-Removal of extra explosion after TIE fighter sinks into sand
Scientifically it’s possible but I think it was a little much. I’m probably going to remove it from my personal edit as well.
-Finn no longer whooping after hitting TIE fighter
It’s stuff like that and Han’s laugh after he destroys his first TIE Fighter with the turrets that make the film feel lively.
-Remove entire pointless sequence of Finn talking to BB-8 and asking him to tell Rey the location of the Resistance base
Good catch. Now that I’m thinking about it the scene doesn’t further the plot at all. When Maz’s Castle get’s sacked and The Resistance saves the day Leia and them go to their base anyhow.
-Remove line, “You got a boyfriend? Cute boyfriend?”
I’m just going to remove the cute boyfriend line
-Remove Maz’s awful line, “A good question, for another time.” (Basically, the writers acknowledging they wrote a shitty script)
Well considering that they were all in danger that wasn’t the best time to talk about how a lightsaber was obtained.
-Cut out the interrogation sequence between Rey and Kylo (There’s no point to it)
Character development? Also it’s theorized that him going into her mind and vice versa is what gave her certainty that she could use the force in a proficient way.