- Since Kylo is oddly communing with Vader’s mask after Palps tells him he’s been ‘every voice in his head’, it might work to place this scene right after the opening crawl. The mask could be Vader telling him exactly where to find the wayfinder on Mustafar. Cut to him slaughtering the Cultists.
That’s what I was thinking as well. My concept went something like this:
- Pan down to Coruscant, cut to Snooker’s establishing shot
- Kylo talks through Palpatine through the helmet, who says “My boy, come to me on Exegol”
- Kylo gets his helmet repaired
- Cut to Mustafar establishing shot, continue as normal
Just trying to add a bit of meat to Kylo’s search for Palpatine.
- As a benefit to moving Kylo’s mask communing scene, Rey’s training montage could be uninterrupted by Kylo. Just show her vision, preferably cut like Dom’s proof of concept. Also, have Rey merely say ‘I’m starting to think it’s impossible’ and cut the ‘contact the spirits of the Jedi’ since that is implied.
Good idea, though I would remove the flashy visions altogether. They just cause unnecessary confusion.
- Cut line from Leia saying she always knew Palps was out there, especially in a Rey Nobody edit.
That’s not how I interpreted the line, I just thought of it as “Wow, Palpatine must have been the real villain all along.” I would like to cut it though.
- Obviously, Chewie’s survival reveal should be delayed or cut. I would argue for it being cut entirely since the music in that scene doesn’t work anyway.
I agree, but I don’t see what’s wrong with the music there.
I stopped taking notes after this point because I became violently bored and started flipping the bird at everything that was happening. I don’t think I’ll be watching this movie again in its entirety, since now even the humorously terrible things are no longer humorous to me.
I can’t imagine having such a violent reaction to what’s basically the cinematic equivalent of a ride at Coney Island, but you do you I guess.