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Post #939603

Author
Hal 9000
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The Force Awakens : Fan Edit Ideas
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Date created
7-May-2016, 12:09 AM

I do, too. I didn’t even upload a clip of the same thing but without Finn’s line about the FO because it’s choppy.
If having a brief awkward phrase is the worst of the damage, I say it’s worth it.
Takes care of the issue of Hosnian Prime’s destruction being visible instantly from another solar system, never raises the awkward questions about SKB’s renewability, makes the SKB subplot a less precise recapitulation of ANH, and feels more emotionally organic for the plot. I firmly believe this would have been a far greater choice had it been decided during the making of the movie, and I’m leaning toward it being pulled off by fan editors to my standards of fooling a sharp hypothetical first time theater audience.

JEDIT: Also, and I’ll have to give it a looksee, I wonder if some of the X-wing pilots’ chipper attitudes should be toned down since they ultimately failed to stop the FO from destroying their capital in this version. I’m looking at Porkins Jr. after the Falcon takes off.