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STAR WARS: The Rise of Skywalker (Anti-Cringe Cut) (Released)

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STAR WARS: The Rise of Skywalker (Anti-Cringe Cut)

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Summary:

  • Different crawl text
  • Leia stays dead
  • Luke is still alive.
  • Multiple scenes that connect TLJ and TRoS (instead of separating them with all the backpedaling)
  • The Wayfinder is not needed to find Exagol. It’s not plugged into ships and is never mentioned throughout the movie. It only appears once as a nameless artifact when Rey grabs it at the Death Star ruins where Kylo destroys it.
  • The Emperor’s broadcast is heard at the beginning of the movie
  • There is no spy in the First Order
  • There’s no such thing as lightspeed skipping
  • The Falcon is not treated like trash (set on fire, crash-landed etc.)
  • Lando is introduced much later
  • There’s no secret Finn wants to tell Rey
  • Appearances and mentions of Knights of Ren are reduced
  • There’s no force healing
  • No “Matrix jump” from Rey
  • No invincible Kylo Ren (surviving that crash in the desert unscathed)
  • Kylo’s ship survives the desert encounter
  • Reveal of Chewie being alive comes not right after his “death” but a little later
  • Poe is/was not a spice runner
  • Zorri’s role is reduced to being Babu Frik’s assistant/translator
  • Poe and Zorri do not know each other before meeting on Kijimi
  • No magic coin to get into Star Destroyers
  • Poe, Finn and Chewie do not go an a stormtrooper killing spree
  • Rey is not related to Palpatine
  • Hux is not killed by General Pryde
  • There’s no hidden mechanism in the dagger
  • Jannah’s role is reduced. Finn and her do not bond over exchanging old First Order stories
  • Rey has not magically learned how to steer skimmers through storms. She is taken to the Death Star ruins by Jannah
  • Instead of Leia calling out to Kylo on the Death Star, Luke is
  • Kylo dies on the Death Star
  • Luke and Leia didn’t know anything about Rey’s heritage
  • R2D2 does not restore C3PO’s memory
  • There’s no ground invasion (aka horses on a space ship) in the battle of Exagol
  • The Emperor does not change his mind back and forth on how to deal with Rey
  • Rey does not die after her battle with the Emperor
  • Different lightsaber colors for Leia and Rey (the one she made herself)

Cuts:

  • Kylo murdering random people on a random planet and finding the Wayfinder there
  • The whole scene with Kylo and the Emperor (moved to my Definitive ACC of TLJ)
  • Boolio mentioning Leia and a spy in the First Order
  • Light-speed skipping
  • Rey’s “Be with me” moment and talking to Leia
  • Kylo touching Vader’s mask (moved to TLJ DACC)
  • Millenium Falcon being on fire from all the light-speed skipping
  • An extra shouting “We need a fire crew in the back!” as Rey approaches the Falcon for the first time
  • Rey and Poe bickering and talking about spies and light-speed skipping
  • Poe mentioning the spy and delivering quality dialogue like “Somehow Palpatine returned”
  • Charlie/Merry talking about dark science and Sith cloning
  • Rey looking at Leia
  • Poe talking to Leia about Palpatine’s return
  • Rey talking to Leia about the Wayfinder
  • Rey telling Poe he was right before (as the bickering scene was cut)
  • Rose’s excuse to not be in the movie
  • Rey saying good bye to Leia
  • Storm Troopers mentioning the Knights of Ren
  • Kylo’s goons analyzing the origin of the necklace
  • Lando shooting the stormtrooper and the rest of his scene in the desert
  • Everybody forgetting that “They fly now”
  • Finn’s “Rey I never told you…” moment
  • Leia getting informed of the raid on the desert festival
  • Rey asking Finn what he wanted to tell her
  • Finn mentioning the shifty stuff Poe’s been doing
  • Crew mentioning Occhi in the desert
  • All mentions of the Wayfinder in the cave.
  • Rey force healing the serpant
  • Knights of Ren standing on a rock doing nothing
  • Rey’s Matrix jump
  • Hux informing General Pryde that they’ve made a valuable prisoner and (early) reveal that Chewie is alive
  • Finn mentioning that the dagger had the location of the Wayfinder on it while discussing with the others what to do next.
  • Confrontation/Fight with Zorri Bliss and “reveal” that Poe was a spice runner
  • Zorri leading them to the underground blacksmith.
  • Finn teasing Poe because he was a spice runner
  • Zorri leading them into the backroom of the underground club
  • Zorri asking Poe who he’s hanging out with that speaks Sith
  • Roof scene with Zorri and Poe
  • C3PO mentioning the Wayfinder in the translated message, and also saying that the dagger will show the spot
  • Poe saying good bye to Zorri and her giving him the magic open-sesame-coin
  • Poe inserting the magic coin in Occhi’s ship
  • Poe and Finn mowing down hords of storm troopers while escaping with Chewie without using any cover
  • Poe, Finn and Chewie getting captured
  • Poe and Finn being brought in front of General Pryde and sent away to be executed
  • Kylo’s saying “I can’t tell you” to Rey after he asks her if she knows why the Emperor wants her dead and she answers “No”
  • Execution scene and Poe, Finn and Chewie finding out that Hux is the spy
  • Hux freeing Poe, Finn and Chewie and telling Finn to shoot him in the leg
  • Kylo telling Rey that she’s Palpatine’s granddaughter and talking about their family tree
  • General Pryde shooting Hux for being the spy
  • Rey saying “All that matters is The Wayfinder” and Finn responding “That’s what we’re doing”… (some quality dialogue right there)
  • Poe crashing the Falcon (again) before our heroes approach the ruins of the Death Star
  • Rey discovering the dagger’s “hidden mechanism” and finding the specific spot she has to go to
  • Jannah telling our heroes that she can take them to the wreck the next day
  • Poe talking about fixing the Falcon
  • Everybody fixing up the Falcon and Finn and Jannah exchanging First Order stories
  • Everybody discovering that Rey took the skimmer
  • Rey steering the skimmer
  • Finn and Poe getting in a fight for no reason
  • Jannah telling Finn that there’s another skimmer
  • Rey fighting Dark Rey and Dark Rey showing her teeth “Bilbo style”.
  • Kylo mentioning Leia in front of Rey
  • Maz telling us how Leia is preparing to die
  • Leia calling out for Kylo
  • Leia dying
  • Rey healing Kylo
  • Everybody standing around Leia
  • Poe and Finn returning to speak to the General, just to learn that she’s dead
  • Emperor mentioning the princess of Alderaan crossing him
  • Rose mentioning to Poe that Leia made him acting General
  • Rey throwing her lightsaber and Luke catching it
  • Luke asking Rey what she’s doing here
  • Luke saying that he was wrong and that fear kept him on the island
  • Luke revealing that he knew Rey was a Palpatine all along and that Leia knew too
  • Luke and Rey talking about Leia training her
  • Luke talking to Rey that there are some things stronger than blood referring to her connection to Palpatine
  • Luke saying “A thousand generations live in you now” to Rey
  • Rey saying that she can’t get to Exagol because she doesn’t have the Wayfinder
  • Rey taking out the other Wayfinder from Kylo’s ship
  • R2D2 restoring C3PO’s memory
  • Wayfinder being plugged into Luke’s X-wing while Rey flies to Exagol
  • Finn mentioning a ground team when discussing the battle plan
  • Every shot showing/referring to the ground battle on Exagol (there’s a bunch of them)
  • Palpatine saying that he waited for his grandchild to come home
  • Palpatine calling Rey “Empress Palpatine”
  • Palpatine talking about it being Rey’s birth right to rule because they share the same blood
  • Palpatine saying that he wants Rey to kill him because his spirit will pass into her and they’ll be one
  • Jannah telling Finn that she’ll stay with him on the ground
  • Emperor telling Rey that with her hatred she will take his life
  • Emperor saying that the only Family Rey has, is him
  • Emperor telling Rey to strike him down
  • Ground troops fighting during Emperor’s speech to Rey
  • Poe saying “Call off the ground invasion” during the battle on Exagol
  • Kylo arriving at Exagol to help Rey
  • Finn trying to sacrifice himself for no reason (again)
  • Kylo fighting the knights of Ren
  • Kylo coming to Rey’s aid against the Emperor’s guards
  • Kylo going to Rey and both facing the Emperor together
  • Emperor mentioning the dyad of the force (as there isn’t one anymore)
  • Finn shouting at Lando from the ground that he knew he’ll come through
  • Zorri calling Poe spice runner during the final battle
  • Kylo lying on the ground next to Rey
  • Emperor throwing Kylo in a pit
  • Finn plugging in a cable which makes the Star Destroyer destroy itself
  • Rose telling Poe that Finn is still on the command ship, while it’s going up in flames
  • Lando saving Finn and Jannah
  • Rey dying
  • Finn sensing that Rey died
  • Kylo getting out of the pit and force healing Rey
  • All the kisses
  • Maz giving Chewie the medal
  • Creepy Lando/Jannah scene

Changes/Additions:

  • New Crawl Text explaining Luke’s absence from most of the movie and making Poe the new General
  • Mask repair scene moved to beginning with Emperor’s broadcast (and new music)
  • While training in the beginning of the movie, Rey has only visions related to her
  • Kylo’s dialogue in the briefing room changes from mentioning a treacherous spy among them to an unknown traitor sending a message to the resistance
  • C3PO’s dialogue in the cave changes. The dagger inscription show’s not the way to the Wayfinder but is a clue Luke was looking for
  • Rey communicates with the serpant through the force, remembering Luke’s first lesson in TLJ
  • The light coming from outside the cave has a warmer color
  • Kylo’s ship is not destroyed by Rey in the desert. It’s parked in the background as he approaches her.
  • Poe leads our heroes to Babu Frik instead of Zorri
  • Added “Dark Rey” flashback as Kylo is telling Rey that she has the same powers as the Emperor
  • Instead of fighting “Dark Rey”, the scene plays out creepier. Dark Rey just talks to her and moves to strike and Rey, startled by the encounter, moves back and falls to the ground
  • Kylo’s line to Rey on the Death Star changes from “You wanted to prove to Leia that you’re a Jedi but you’re something else” to “You wanted to prove that you’re a Jedi…”
  • Instead of Leia calling out to Kylo, he is distracted by Luke, who apologizes for failing him
  • Luke is shocked when Rey stabs Kylo. After stabbing him, she remembers how Luke warned her (in TLJ) that saving Ben will not go as she thinks. She leaves Kylo to his fate, running away in tears.
  • Moved scene where the Emperor talks to General Pryde before Kylo’s scene with Han
  • Kylo is redeemed and becomes one with the force after his father asks him to come home
  • Luke is not a force ghost anymore ^^
  • Luke does not appear to Rey from out of the fire but comes down the steps. He stares at Rey, still a bit shocked from what she did. When Rey sees him, she looks down in shame.
  • Different color for Leia’s lightsaber when we see her train with Luke
  • Rey is not holding the other Wayfinder in her hand while she watches Luke raise his X-Wing. Instead we can assume, that either he told her how to get to Exagol or the location is saved in the ship’s system
  • Instead of calling Rey “Empress Palpatine”, the Emperor just calls her “Empress” daring her to come to the dark side
  • The Emperor’s line changes from “She will strike me down and pledge herself as a Sith” to just “She will pledge herself as a Sith”
  • Inserted memories of the dead (Han, Leia, Kylo) from TFA and TLJ  while Rey is thinking of what to do
  • Added a line for Rey that she refuses to take part in the ritual
  • Added shot of Lando saying “Come on Chewie” right after we see the Falcon arrive at Exagol, instead of him just laughing
  • Instead of saying “Zorri, you made it” Poe just says “you made it” referring to Babu Frik
  • Different color for Leia’s lightsaber when Rey uses both sabers against the Emperor
  • Added scene where after Rey defeats the Emperor, she senses Luke becoming one with the force (re-purposed ending from TLJ ACC).
  • Leia’s body disappears after Luke becomes on with the force. Their bond was so strong that she couldn’t “leave” without him.
  • Rey’s lightsaber staff has a different color

COVER ART

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TRAILER (Youtube):

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DonKamillo said:

  • JJ’s LBGTQ pandering

Can we not do this here?

Other than that, I’d be very interested to see how you accomplish some of the bold changes here and still maintain narrative and thematic coherence (well as much as this film had to begin with).Do you have any clips to share besides the trailer?

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Looks like a fresh new take, very promising. I’m looking forward to checking it out.

Peace is a lie
There is only passion…

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Could I get a link via PM, please? Reading through the cutlist, I’m amazed the runtime is as high as it is - you’ve cut a lot. I can’t say I agree with many of your changes on paper (and classifying all that as “cringe” seems like a massive stretch) but there’s some very technically ambitious edits here and I’d be interested to see how well you’ve executed them.

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Moderator Edit: removed a political statement from the ‘Cut List’ provided in the OP as to the inclusion of two people of the same sex seen embracing in the film.
 

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The file was way too big for me to download, good thing Mega has a streaming option these days.

He made bold choices, there’s things that make the movie feel like it has more stakes, we’re spared some stupidity from Kylo, though there’s still things I would have taken more consideration for (like the line Rey crosses in dealing with Kylo and receiving no karmic comeuppance for it), but it’s a worthy effort and worth your time.

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Oh, man! I definitely would like to see this edit, it looks very promising as a finale. May I have a link? Thanks!!!

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Wow, some of these changes sound borderline impossible! Congrats, DonKamillo, will PM you.

Very glad to see a Rise of Skywalker edit already out there so fast.

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The Aluminum Falcon said:

Wow, some of these changes sound borderline impossible! Congrats, DonKamillo, will PM you.

Very glad to see a Rise of Skywalker edit already out there so fast.

I’ll PM you instead, DonKamillo doesn’t check this website very often.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
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Can someone please PM the link to this?

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I’m having internet speed issues so stream keep buffering.

I got 1/4 Way through…

I like the removal of Landos intro. I tweaked that scene a lot but removing it completely really cuts down on the ‘convenience of bumping into people and finding macguffins’. It seems a lot more organic when they find the dagger this way.

I’ll watch the rest when I can get an engineer out. A few nice ideas in here.

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Hello, I am new here is it possible for me to get the link for Episode 8 and 9 of the (Anti-Cringe Cut)? Super excited to see both.

Thanks a Bunch

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Managed to watch around half way. Some interesting choices of edit. I feel like you’ve gone a little heavy in place I.e. Zorii just popping up. Also seems to be a lot of cringe moments left in for an anti cringe cut. Most from Finn and 3PO saying “my friends”

You’ve made me think about Lando and the dagger a little more though, so thanks.

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hey could i get a link to the download? cheers

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nice ! could I get a link too ?

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Can I have a link please? As someone who loved TLJ and HATED TROS I’d love to see the changes and maybe change my mind about some things about TROS. Thanks in advance!

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Is this the definitive edit or will there be more edits and changes? Can I get a link sent to me?