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RogueLeader
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The Force Awakens : Fan Edit Ideas
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24-May-2016, 1:03 AM

I also played around with the idea that R2 doesn’t have the map at all, and instead they get the larger piece from Captain Phasma at the same time they get her to lower the shields. You could also have Kylo tell Poe they have the rest of the map when he is interrogating him at the beginning of the movie. Although it would require more work to change that fact. But I think just adding a little hint of him waking up in the first scene could help make his awakening and possession of the map feel less out of nowhere, but I don’t even know if it is worth the effort. Extra expositional lines from 3PO could’ve been useful.

Maybe Luke will be Mr. Exposition and explain all this whole situation in Episode VIII, but for now R2 waking up at the perfect time without much explanation seems more like poor writing that has to be clarified later. I also thought that Luke magically woke up R2 because Rey showed up, or that R2 sensed Rey’s presence. But if Rey doesn’t turn out to be this special person then it will all just seem convenient for the plot. Without the trilogy over it is hard to say how much big edits could contradict the sequels, but for me, the one big change that is less likely to affect future movies but also have the biggest difference has to be moving Hosnian Prime’s destruction to the climax. Maybe after seeing 8 (and maybe 9), we’ll have a better understanding of what is and isn’t worth changing when it comes to this type of edit.

I don’t know if it could replace the original for me, I would like to see a version of the film that leaves the father/son reveal until the bridge scene just to see how different it would be. It’ll be interesting to see what different versions pop up.