Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker - Refined Edition (V2 Released)

The Rise of Skywalker is good. But it can be better. That’s what this edit is all about. Unlike how I felt about The Last Jedi, this movie went out of its way to move the story forward considering the mess Rian Johnson created. However, that didn’t mean this movie was free from its own faults, which I wanted to take care of.

V2 Changes:

• Color correction to remove the green tint and add some brightness.

• New title crawl that recaps Palpatine’s fleet, Rey struggling with her abilities while training under Leia, and the Millennium Falcon racing towards the Resistance outpost.

• The Millennium Falcon jumps out of hyperspace after the camera pans down. (FX by Poppasketti)

• Removed Klaud being present in the Falcon. (FX by Poppasketti)

• Removed lightspeed skipping. The First Order TIE’s veer off instead of jumping into hyperspace. (FX by Poppasketti)

• Moved Rey saying “Nothing’s impossible.” to Leia after she is handed the Skywalker saber.

• The Skywalker saber has a cracked appearance throughout the film. (FX by kewlfish, Luke Frik, and Movies Remastered)

• Rey’s training montage is one continuous sequence.

• Rey’s vision has both her and Kylo visible on the Sith throne so her description of the vision to Finn later in the film is accurate. (by DominicCobb) Brief shots of Ochi and the Final Order Star Destroyer firing are added.

• Recolored Exegol from blue to grey (LUT by Skenera)

• Leia asks Rey what’s troubling her after the training montage. (AI line by Jar Jar Bricks)

• Changed Rey’s line from “I will earn your brother’s saber” to “I will earn your family’s saber” (AI line by RogueLeader)

• The Wayfinder illustration in the Jedi texts is replaced with force healing. (Illustration by NeverarGreat, composited by RogueLeader)

• Cut the argument between Rey and Poe after Finn says Poe is always in a bad mood.

• The Resistance briefing has been altered to include part of Palpatine’s day of revenge speech and new Poe lines. The Final Order fleet is now established as a stockpile of ships from the Empire that have been modified with dreadnought type laser cannons, instead of being built from the ground up as planet killers. (AI lines by Jar Jar Bricks and RogueLeader)

• Removed, cropped, or replaced shots that blatantly feature Rose.

• When Leia hands Rey the saber before she departs, she tells Rey, “You are family.” (AI line by RogueLeader)

• Kylo has a vision before reforging his mask, to help better establishing his motivation for doing so. (by DominicCobb) Kylo experiences the vision while on the Star Destroyer bridge and more scenes from TLJ are added.

• Removed the Knights of Ren being referred to as ghouls.

• Coruscant is visible during the boardroom scene with Kylo and the First Order officers (FX by poppasketti)

• Kylo refers to Hux as a Captain. (Audio borrowed from Hal 9,000’s Ascendant edit)

• Cut Rey saying “That’s an excellent name.” to the native child.

• Cut Kylo telling Rey he’ll turn her to the dark side once he finds her.

• Threepio is the only that says “They fly now!”

• Removed Finn’s secret, as that plot thread was never resolved.

• Poe isn’t startled by Ochi’s remains.

• Sith whispers are heard from the dagger throughout the events of the film.

• Trimmed Kylo’s fighter crashing so it isn’t shown excessively spinning and blowing up.

• The tug of war between Rey and Kylo doesn’t happen so that Chewie’s fake death is removed. He’s still captured by the First Order but no one thinks he’s dead.

• Moved Palpatine contacting Kylo about Rey when the Millennium Falcon is taken.

• Moments where Poe snags at Threepio have been removed.

• Threepio’s memories stay wiped. References to R2 backing up his memories are taken out.

• Poe doesn’t say anything about the hyperspace routes being blocked and Zori doesn’t show the First Order medallion.

• Rey hears Chewie when Kylo’s Star Destroyer appears over Kijimi.

• Removed Poe asking Finn where to go after they land inside the hanger and removed the mind trick scene. Making Finn the lead on where to go to find Chewie.

• Removed Finn yelling at Poe when he is shot.

• Rey sees her parents being attacked by Ochi when she retrieves the dagger.

• Tweaked Kylo’s dialogue to Rey when the two fight in his quarters/Kijimi.

• Moved Chewie, Finn, and Poe being taken to Pryde right after Kylo explains the fate of Rey’s parents to her.

• Poe doesn’t say “I knew it!” when Hux reveals he is the spy.

• Kylo’s TIE has been recolored from red to gold to differentiae it from the one that was destroyed earlier. (FX by poppasketti)

• Borrowed audio from Hal 9,000’s Ascendant “Rey Nobody” edit when Kylo confronts Rey on the hanger. Rey and her parents are not related to Palpatine.

• Swapped the moon of Endor. (FX by Poppasketti)

• The Ewok scene that originally appeared later in the film now happens before the Falcon crash lands. (FX by Snooker)

• Removed D-0 asking about the Death Star.

• Removed Rey lining up the dagger with the Death Star ruins. The Sith whispers act as a guide to find the Wayfinder

• Jannah tells Finn that her stormtrooper mutiny was inspired by Finn. (AI lines by RogueLeader)

• Cut Finn trying to get to Rey the during the lightsaber battle.

• Added a trailer shot of Leia holding Han’s medal when she makes contact with Ben.

• Leia tells Ben to come home during her final moments. (AI line by Jar Jar Bricks)

• Rey doesn’t say Leia’s name in shock.

• Palpatine ordering General Pryde to send a Star Destroyer to Kijimi has been replaced with him saying that Kylo Ren was weak and that Rey must take the Sith throne. (AI lines by Jar Jar Bricks)

• Removed the shot featuring the Porgs on Luke’s island.

• Luke’s hair is improved during the start of his conversation with Rey. (FX by NeverarGreat and jonh)

• Recolored Leia’s lightsaber from blue to purple. (Saber recolor on Exegol by Skenera)

• Toned down Luke’s ghostly appearance just enough so there doesn’t seem to be as much blue.

• Luke’s exposition about Leia when Rey receives her lightsaber has been altered. (AI lines by Jar Jar Bricks)

• Removed Finn’s line “He wanted her alive." to Poe.

• The Holdo Maneuver is not mentioned during the Resistance briefing on Exegol.

• Cut Finn telling BB-8 he’s doing great.

• Intentionally left in Palpatine calling Rey “Empress Palpatine” when he offers her the Sith throne as his twisted way of giving her a family name and a belonging.

• Replaced the standard TIE fighter that Ben used with Vader’s TIE. (FX by Poppasketti)

• Swapped the shots of Ben and Rey before they stand together against Palpatine.

• Replaced Wedge’s cameo with an extended shot of the fleet engaging the Final Order.

• Centered the shot of Rey’s eyes when the Jedi spirits speak to her.

• Yoda, Obi-Wan, Luke, and Anakin appear behind Rey and assist her in defeating Palpatine once and for all. (FX by Jonh)

• Rey says “I’m a Jedi” instead of “I’m all the Jedi” (Modified line by sade1212, CaptainFaraday, sherlockpotter)

• Removed Finn’s line “People are rising all over the galaxy.” to Poe.

• Coruscant and Naboo have been added in the planet montage scene. (Coruscant FX by poppasketti, and Naboo FX by snooker and skenera)

• The lesbian kiss is replaced with BTS footage of Threepio and R2.

• Added a flashback from ANH where Leia gives Han his medal to clarify it’s the same one that Chewie receives.

• The quick color switch from Rey’s saber is changed from blue and green to blue and purple. (FX by Burbin)

• Ben accompanies Luke and Leia on Tatooine. (FX by jonh)

• Replaced the theatrical “Rey Skywalker” take with the one featured in the documentary for a more emotional delivery. (Modified shot by Poppasketti)

• The final shot has been replaced with the Falcon taking off and jumping to hyperspace. (FX by snooker and poppasketti)

Rey’s vision was remade entirely with the repurposed footage of Kijimi’s destruction with a shot of the Sith throne and a documentary shot of Rey sitting on it. One of the issues I had with the original sequence was that the footage seemed too quick to process properly. This updated sequence has more breathing room, allowing less confusion, especially since none of the footage involving Kylo Ren isn’t present either.

https://vimeo.com/802571149

AI voice samples provided by Jar Jar Bricks allowed me to adjust Kylo’s lines to have him prey on Rey’s conflict and fills in the gaps of removed dialogue of Rey being pushed to remember her parents. Since in my TLJ edit, she already saw them while underneath the island. So this was a nice way to reconfigure the scene.

https://vimeo.com/813912834

This edit is almost ready. I just have to do a few more things and double check the audio. After that, the main page will be updated with the full list of changes and the edit will be listed on the IFDB.

Would it be possible to have the link sent once completed please?

Spenner Solo said:

Would it be possible to have the link sent once completed please?

Of course. I’ll have the link ready once everything is done.

This edit is completed and ready for viewing.

That’s certainly a questionable change. I’d understand if the film was up in your face with some steamy, long-drawn make out scene between two random characters. That would feel extremely forced and cringe. But it’s a blink and you’ll miss it moment, really. I think JJ actually did a good job here making it feel organic.

Besides, why should it necessarily be interpreted in a sexual way? How do we know that in a galaxy as large and diverse as Star Wars that it isn’t their culture’s way of celebrating with each other? Yes, the novelization states that they are in a relationship, but the film itself never actually makes that clear.

Jar Jar Bricks said:

That’s certainly a questionable change. I’d understand if the film was up in your face with some steamy, long-drawn make out scene between two random characters. That would feel extremely forced and cringe. But it’s a blink and you’ll miss it moment, really. I think JJ actually did a good job here making it feel organic.

Besides, why should it necessarily be interpreted in a sexual way? How do we know that in a galaxy as large and diverse as Star Wars that it isn’t their culture’s way of celebrating with each other? Yes, the novelization states that they are in a relationship, but the film itself never actually makes that clear.

I would of preferred to have them hug instead of kiss. That’s why I removed it.

I am very interested with your edit of the film! Can you PM me a link?

Planning a rewatch of the series, can I get a link as well?

Can you send me a link so i can see it? And also, i have tried to contact burbin but he didn’t answer me so if you could send me a message that i have send him a message it would be awesome thank you.

StarWarsfan24 said:

And also, i have tried to contact burbin but he didn’t answer me so if you could send me a message that i have send him a message it would be awesome thank you.

You’ll just have to wait until Burbin responds back.

Looking for a link for this as well.

KumoNin said:

Revan100 said:

• Removed the lesbian kiss.

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Would’ve been super interested in checking out this edit but this really put a sour taste in my mouth and I still really haven’t seen any sort of justifiable explanation for why the editor did this.

BrotherOfSasquatch said:

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Would’ve been super interested in checking out this edit but this really put a sour taste in my mouth and I still really haven’t seen any sort of justifiable explanation for why the editor did this.

Then maybe this edit isn’t for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8sE_FNHSZI&ab_channel=Revan100

Inspired by Skenera’s purple edit for Leia’s saber in TROS, I decided to see if I could achieve the same quality result but make it more purple than pinkish.

Your last Jedi fan edit was great! could I get this one too? Could I also leave reviews somewhere?

psavery72 said:

Your last Jedi fan edit was great! could I get this one too? Could I also leave reviews somewhere?

You can leave reviews on the IFDB website.

BrotherOfSasquatch said:

KumoNin said:

Revan100 said:

• Removed the lesbian kiss.

?

Notgonnalietheyhadusinthefirsthalf.gif

Would’ve been super interested in checking out this edit but this really put a sour taste in my mouth and I still really haven’t seen any sort of justifiable explanation for why the editor did this.

I feel the same way lol, I would have been interested in watching the edit if not for this extremely cringe decision

I feel the same way lol, I would have been interested in watching the edit if not for this extremely cringe decision

If you feel that way, that’s fine. But you don’t have to be an ass about it.

Revan100 said:

I feel the same way lol, I would have been interested in watching the edit if not for this extremely cringe decision

If you feel that way, that’s fine. But you don’t have to be an ass about it.

Lmaooooooo idk what you expected posting this edit, of course you’re going to get backlash for cutting out a gay kiss just because it offended you

Hi. May I get the link for this edit and last jedi edit too please? Thank you