- Post
- #1599840
- Topic
- The unreleased 3 hour cut of THE FORCE AWAKENS
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1599840/action/topic#1599840
- Time
With TFA, there’s a lot that we don’t know the exact specifics of, like we do with the OT or PT. The first cut was definitely 2:30-ish though, and not 3.
Sounds way more plausible. Even for an assembly cut, I can’t imagine cinematic rollercoaster specialist J.J. Abrams making a movie that reaches the 3 hour mark. He likes everything to be short and snappy. Always moving, never stopping.
Really, people need to stop taking assembly cuts out of context to mean there’s some secret way better 4 hour version of every movie in some vault.
Rinzler did actually write and edit an entire Making of TFA book, that was cancelled.
It’s no secret Lucasfilm has been deftly afraid of releasing any behind the scenes info on the Sequels but this is on a whole other level. It’s like they know they messed up and releasing any sliver of info on what could’ve been will only make them look worse and give people names to blame.
Rey may be named Kira.
From what I understand, this was changed during filming. It’s a shame, really, as I much prefer the name Kira.
My guess is someone at Disney demanded that the movie feature a bigger, better Death Star
I think that person’s name is J.J. “Nostalgia” Abrams.
Do people want a 3 hour remake of Star Wars 1977? Or is the other cut sufficiently different enough to not mirror and follow the original nearly beat for beat.
It’s hard to say how much of the mimicry is intentional and how much came about in the editing room. The Rathtars, the Sledgehammer, and Kor Sella all have zero basis in ANH, and two of those were cut. I think it’s certainly possible most of the cut content actually made the film less of a remake.