DominicCobb

NeverarGreat said:

FreezingTNT2 said:

RogueLeader said:

krausfadr said:

If I’m able to seamlessly add some Kylo dialogue then I would like to also have Kylo admit he’s the one who killed Rey’s parents.

I’m surprised you want to make this change. I felt it was one of the worst plot points from Colin’s draft.

C’mon, you just want to keep the idea of Rey’s parents selling her for the sole purpose of getting drinking money!

As I’ve said before, from a purely logistical stance it’s laughable that in a twenty mile radius of Jakku desert we have the Millennium Falcon, the map to Luke, and the granddaughter of Palpatine/powerful Force sensitive whose parents were personally killed by Kylo Ren, with all of these things finding their way to the planet entirely coincidentally.

Not to mention it’s the site of the final battle of the Galactic Civil War.

pleasehello said:

So Rey is the daughter of Palpatine’s clone, making her more akin to his daughter rather than his granddaughter?

I’m assuming this novelization is just a desperate attempt to make sense of the movie rather than the movie being a watered-down version of the book, yes?

Probably a little of both, and it’s hard to say what’s what.

RogueLeader said:

But depending on how you frame it, that could be the point. TFA and TLJ definitely play into the idea of the cycle of good and evil, and even though you can’t destroy evil forever, that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth fighting against it.

So it actually might make more sense that there’s always a chance that Palpatine, who is basically the personification of evil in Star Wars, could always return.

I recall Dom having an idea of changing his last line to something like, “I have died before” and Rey saying, “I’ll be waiting.” (Or have them say nothing at all). Basically playing into that idea of people needing to be ever vigilant against the rise of evil.

Yes. The question is just how to accomplish.

RogueLeader said:

Yes! That’s what it was. Wasn’t Kylo just in a random hallway?

Yep. Staring at the wall.

FreezingTNT2 said:

Speaking of which, Palpatine should not order Kylo to kill Rey in this movie, because in reality he actually wants Rey to be brought to him.

That’s exactly what RL was talking about in the post you quoted trying to correct him.

They had a force phone call.

OutboundFlight said:

DominicCobb said:

OutboundFlight said:

DominicCobb said:

StarkillerAG said:

OutboundFlight said:

Overall, I think a lot of the hate towards TLJ comes to… ok I’m sorry for bringing this quote up again… but your subversion of expectations.

TLJ set some concepts up and I think maybe in part of the constant debate that’s ensued over the past two years, the majority has come to a basic conclusion of what Episode 9 must do. Without considering RJ left things very open.
–Rey should struggle with being no one
–Rey should find a balance between the old and new
–Rey should rebuild the Jedi Order

I understand your point of view. It is kind of hypocritical that TLJ fans constantly say, “You just didn’t like TLJ because your fan theories didn’t come true!” while simultaneously making fan theories about TROS and being upset when they don’t come true.

Incorrect. For instance, thinking Rey should be a nobody in TROS wasn’t a “theory.” It was a fact that was established in TLJ that they reversed. That’s completely different.

In the same way thinking Luke should be the son of a Great Fallen Jedi wasn’t a “theory”, but a fact that was established in ANH that they reversed?

I mean yeah they’re both retcons. But I’d argue, while one deepens and complicates the character’s journey midway through, the other cheapens, diminishes, and reorients the character’s journey right as it’s supposed to be reaching its conclusion.

Besides how stupid Rey Palpatine is, there’s a big difference between doing it in part 2 and part 3. Once you’re 2/3 of the way into a story, you can’t change it that drastically and expect people to think it works.

I disagree. It’s just different ways of telling the story. You could have told an amazing story about avenging one’s death, which would have fundamentally changed Star Wars but would still have worked fine (see: John Wick, ok maybe that’s not a good example but you get the point).

Well I don’t mean to suggest it didn’t change the story, but Luke’s goal was never about avenging his father, it was following in his footsteps. So the change doesn’t throw it off the tracks so much as complicate the goal and what it means. His final challenge would have still been ‘defeating evil,’ it just would have been as simple as defeating Vader.

OutboundFlight said:

DominicCobb said:

StarkillerAG said:

OutboundFlight said:

Overall, I think a lot of the hate towards TLJ comes to… ok I’m sorry for bringing this quote up again… but your subversion of expectations.

TLJ set some concepts up and I think maybe in part of the constant debate that’s ensued over the past two years, the majority has come to a basic conclusion of what Episode 9 must do. Without considering RJ left things very open.
–Rey should struggle with being no one
–Rey should find a balance between the old and new
–Rey should rebuild the Jedi Order

I understand your point of view. It is kind of hypocritical that TLJ fans constantly say, “You just didn’t like TLJ because your fan theories didn’t come true!” while simultaneously making fan theories about TROS and being upset when they don’t come true.

Incorrect. For instance, thinking Rey should be a nobody in TROS wasn’t a “theory.” It was a fact that was established in TLJ that they reversed. That’s completely different.

In the same way thinking Luke should be the son of a Great Fallen Jedi wasn’t a “theory”, but a fact that was established in ANH that they reversed?

I mean yeah they’re both retcons. But I’d argue, while one deepens and complicates the character’s journey midway through, the other cheapens, diminishes, and reorients the character’s journey right as it’s supposed to be reaching its conclusion.

Besides how stupid Rey Palpatine is, there’s a big difference between doing it in part 2 and part 3. Once you’re 2/3 of the way into a story, you can’t change it that drastically and expect people to think it works.

idir_hh said:

Problem is they ended up explaining it.
In a book…

Who cares? The explanation doesn’t change anything, whether it’s in a book or the movie.

Truthfully I think they knew (rightly) that no explanation would really satisfy anyone so better to not waste time and leave it mysterious. The problem isn’t that they didn’t explain it, the problem is that they did it at all.

StarkillerAG said:

OutboundFlight said:

Overall, I think a lot of the hate towards TLJ comes to… ok I’m sorry for bringing this quote up again… but your subversion of expectations.

TLJ set some concepts up and I think maybe in part of the constant debate that’s ensued over the past two years, the majority has come to a basic conclusion of what Episode 9 must do. Without considering RJ left things very open.
–Rey should struggle with being no one
–Rey should find a balance between the old and new
–Rey should rebuild the Jedi Order

I understand your point of view. It is kind of hypocritical that TLJ fans constantly say, “You just didn’t like TLJ because your fan theories didn’t come true!” while simultaneously making fan theories about TROS and being upset when they don’t come true.

Incorrect. For instance, thinking Rey should be a nobody in TROS wasn’t a “theory.” It was a fact that was established in TLJ that they reversed. That’s completely different.

NeverarGreat said:

I never interested the final scene as Rey forever being the Last Jedi. She only came there to end off the saga. After looking into the binary sunrise (symbolizing a new beginning) Rey will go back to her friends and hopefully rebuild the Jedi Order.

I agree with this. I’ve never understood the argument that “Rey ends the movie on Tatooine, therefore she’s going to spend the rest of her life there!” She was just going there to bury the sabers at Luke’s childhood home. After that she’ll probably go back to the Resistance and continue the Jedi legacy.

Obviously I don’t think Rey will stay on Tatooine in universe, the issue is with the imagery of ending her story here. It sends a subconscious message about her continued isolation that I don’t think was intentional but nevertheless undercuts the effect of the previous scene.

It’s a very poorly thought out scene. Part of me thinks they wanted to say something along the lines of ‘she has returned to a life of semi-isolation, but now she’s okay with it because she’s sure of herself’ or something. But honestly I don’t think they thought it that much through.

OutboundFlight said:

I think the issue is a lot of people wanted “Rey Solana” to be the message. That anyone can be a Jedi. TROS keeps this idea but renames it, now anyone can be a Skywalker. It actually builds on the themes of the TLJ, where Luke Skywalker was a legend. Now, anyone can be a legend.

The problem is TROS is very much the watered down, on the nose version of the preexisting message. They didn’t think we would get it without spelling out to us that “some things are more important than blood” and having Rey name herself Skywalker. Of course this is why they felt the need to make her a Palpatine at all, because they thought her overcoming being a nobody was too nuanced a concept. But really the change hurts the integrity of not just the character but the message itself. Anyone can be a hero, but only if you’re lucky enough to be part of a powerful bloodline.

FreezingTNT2 said:

DominicCobb said:

Again, that’s the point.

The point of what? The entire Disney trilogy?

Yes.

Also, why shouldn’t Rey be a Skywalker (whether she is Luke’s or Leia’s kid) if this saga is centered around the Skywalker family?

Pretty simple really. In the films, the Skywalkers are the central heroes. The ST is about how the legacy of the Skywalkers and their heroic example will live on beyond their deaths. They drive this point home by having a non-Skywalker assume the name and the duties. The message being ‘anyone can be a Skywalker/hero.’

So they’re confirming that publishing’s “Project Luminous” campaign will indeed be about the High Republic. In my mind that means that the rumors that the next trilogy will take place in this timeframe are probably false/misreported. Part of the beauty of setting a film in that time would be a blank slate, so I doubt any filmmaker would want to be strapped down by preexisting books and such. There’s always the chance of course that the films and books would be interconnected, but if that was the case they wouldn’t be releasing the books two years before the films.

nl0428 said:

pleasehello said:

nl0428 said:

This might be ambitious and may not be something to do, but would you consider asking help from someone very talented and experienced with DeepFakes to fix Leia in the flashback scene. She looks too much like her character model in Battlefront II in there.

That’s Carrie Fisher’s actual face from Jedi, not CGI. I don’t know how an amateur could make it look better using deepfake technology.

It didn’t look like they merged archived material for that scene. If that’s true, could you tell me which scene from Return of the Jedi they pulled her face from? Was it when she was struggling to tell Han that her and Luke were related?

Yes that’s it.

It’s in a pretty fitting location anyway, right by the USC campus and in a park with a handful of other museums.

And, admittedly selfishly, being in LA will make it much easier for me to visit!

I think you made the best argument for it, which is that doing it actually doesn’t change much. I’ve even considered cutting out the Vader suit stuff in my own ROTS edit. What you’d be doing is making it into a ‘Palpatine is Sidious’ kind of reveal, where most people either know or could easily put two and two together, but some might end up surprised.

This is all very cool. I’ll probably have more thoughts later but for now I’ll just chime in in regards to the “save the reveal” potential by saying that, if you’re hiding the fact that Anakin becomes Vader, but you still show him turning to the dark side, you’re not really “saving the reveal.” That’s at least half the twist.

snooker said:

Oh! Can you cut Finn’s obvious crush on Rey? Is it possible?

We do lose that wonderful argument before Hux’s hero moment, but i think it can be lost.

This is something I’m definitely considering. I had hoped there might be a scene that fixed this on the BD (explaining how he wanted to tell her he had the Force), but since that doesn’t exist, and the storyline is only resolved through implication alone in the film, it might be better to ditch.

jarbear said:

Well, fair enough if you like the skipping stuff. To each their own. I just can’t get around the idea it breaks the very “rules” in Star Wars as well as bypassing what happened in the last movie about the whole “tracking thing” that needed the power of Star Destroyers to track people but now its in each TIE fighter and they can simply follow anyone they want? Also the thing about needing NAV computers to plot out courses since you would run into stuff and Poe jumps how many times with no problem?

Personally I don’t really see how it breaks any rules. They say jumping to lightspeed without proper calculations is dangerous, and in this scene we see the danger. “Rules” in a universe like this only exist to serve the story.

As far as the tracking, it seems like a natural progression that they’d upgrade everything they have with the ability.

pleasehello said:

Where are you going to source the trailer shots you intend on using? Do they exist in high bit-rate form somewhere?

I found this website which seems like it’ll help: https://thedigitaltheater.com/category/movie-trailers/lossless-movie-trailers/

Although I believe they only have the three main trailers, so if there ends up being anything in the TV spots or anything I want to use I’ll have to find something else.

RogueLeader said:

I’m digging your cut list. I think the biggest thing to help make Rey Nobody work is figure out how to rework Kylo Ren’s dialogue.

After coming up with a rough idea of how to accomplish Rey Nobody after my first two viewings, on my third watch I closely looked to see what was needed. I may change my mind when I see the film again, but my thought was that it’d actually be fairly straightforward with minimal need for new dialogue.

stevepaynter said:

There have been discussions of using the Duel of the Fates theme during the Rey and Kylo lightsaber fight on the Death Star wreckage. Is this something you would consider adding to your list?

I was just discussing this. I suspect the epicness of the cue wouldn’t fit the short scene. Though I’ll definitely try it and see how it looks.

With Rey being a nobody does this mean she no longer takes on the Skywalker name? When Rey is on Tatooine at the end and the old hag asks Rey for a surname she says “Just Rey”. This would mean a movie title change as well.

I think the Skywalker scene still fits. As long as I’m cutting out any suggestion that her parents were nice and “strong,” I feel her taking another name might actually fit better than in the theatrical cut. I like the “Just Rey” idea, but I’m skeptical that you could make it work.

FreezingTNT2 said:

There is a shot of the Millennium Falcon in hyperspace in the teaser.

That’s right, I believe it isn’t in the film.

jarbear said:

As for the “skipping,” I am curious about your direction here. The whole things was just … ack.

Very simple answer: I like it.

snooker said:

Find a way to make Finn and Poe more gay and I’ll be happy with the movie.

If only.

If you’re looking for someone to remove the lesbian kiss, you’ve come to the wrong place. If it was a man and woman kissing, no one would say it was for an agenda. Obvious double standard. It’s unfortunate that the queerness isn’t more integrated, and the moment is obviously just throwing a bone, but LFL/JJ patting themselves on the back aside, it’s about damn time, and this small moment (which feels natural) is better than nothing.

RogueLeader said:

Was the track “The Last Saber Duel” used at all during that battle? I assume it was meant for that scene? I think it would be interesting to take snippets from Duel of the Fates, Battle of the Heroes, and The Last Saber Duel. I think a combination of those tracks would be fun to hear.

I believe it was, yes. Not sure if in full, though definitely the majority of it was (it comes in during the final stage of the duel when Kylo walks through the crashing waves I think).

Personally I agree with Williams that it was right to cut the music during the duel. As it’s edited, it’s pretty short so it’d feel odd if it was accompanied with an epic, climactic cue like Duel of the Fates. But I’d still be curious to see how it played with that music.

Across the galaxy, the spark of hope lives on. To quell an ever-growing unrest, the tyrannical FIRST ORDER plots to raze any system threatening rebellion.

Racing to unite these disparate worlds, the wounded General LEIA ORGANA dispatches brave agents in her stead to fan the flames of RESISTANCE.

Meanwhile, Supreme Leader KYLO REN chases whispers of a dark power hidden in the unknown regions of space, raging in search of anything that might end the cycle of war once and for all. . . .

Now that we know there’ll be no deleted scenes, I feel comfortable sharing the cutlist I cooked up after my three viewings (and have tinkered with since, with the help of some clips on Youtube). Obviously things might change once I get my hands on the thing, but this should be pretty much what I’ll be working towards.

Number one goal: Rey Nobody. Number two goal: better pacing. I think most everything else is a lost cause, besides some minor patches to moments here and there.

I have a couple other ideas that are a bit more out there, but I suspect they won’t work and I’m waiting for the film to be released to see if this is true before I commit.

UPDATED CUTLIST 12/20/20:

• New crawl.
• Re-timed the crawl slightly so we don’t stay on the still starfield for quite so long.
• Added an establishing shot of Mustafar before we see Kylo fighting, courtesy of poppasketti, with music from the soundtrack and SFX added to make the addition seamless.
• Slightly extended a few shots of Kylo in the Sith temple
• Subtle little “Find me” from Palpatine over the wayfinder close-up, with thanks again to poppasketti.
• Added in the eerie choral intro of “Anthem of Evil” to Kylo approaching Palpatine’s lair.
• Cut out Snoke’s voice saying “You have ever heard.”
• Rescored the Sith fleet rising (with “Anthem of Evil”).
• Cut out Palpatine telling Kylo that Rey is not who she seems.
• Move Falcon mission to later.
• Tempered Rey’s “ugh” a bit.
• Rey’s repaired saber cackles, mirroring her inner conflict much like Kylo Ren’s does. (WAITING ON VFX)
• We don’t cut to Kylo and Vader’s helmet at all during Rey’s training. Hopefully this will help make the editing in this section of the film feel less hyperactive, without the unmotivated and unexplained Kylo portion.
• The visions Rey has are rejiggered, focusing on Rey’s future, really driving home the Dark Rey and throne imagery, with footage pulled from later in the film and the behind-the-scenes doc. Hopefully making her struggle clearer from go and tie in better with the description she gives Finn of her vision later in the film.
• Slightly extended Rey’s nighttime talking scene with Leia, giving the pauses some more space.
• Potentially change Rey’s line to “I will earn your FAMILY’S saber.” (NO SOLUTION YET)
• The Falcon mission starts right after “Yes master.”
• Extend shot of TIEs approaching iceberg using shot from the trailer.
• The nice little musical flourish when they boulder the TIEs is more present in the mix now.
• Extend moments of the lightspeed skipping with a shot created by skenera, treating shots with some slight slow-mo, and adding a shot from the trailer, so that we get a bit more time to register what’s actually happening.
• Extended bits of the Resistance briefing on the Palpatine intel.
• Potentially add a line for Leia after saying “no” to Rey going on the mission. Something like “it’s too dangerous.” (NO SOLUTION YET)
• Added a shot of Leia from the trailer as the Falcon is leaving Ajan Kloss. Like a proud mom, sending her kids off on their adventure.
• Reinsert Kylo reconnecting with Vader’s helmet. He has visions of his own here (with footage and audio pulled from TFA and TLJ), which give a motivation for why he rebuilds the mask and make his struggle clearer as well.
  Color correct the Star Destroyer hallways to be a bit less blue. JJ took it too far here.
• Couple slight extensions to the star destroyer conference scene.
• Would be great to have the puppet show on Pasaana portray Luke on Crait. (BEYOND MY ABILITIES)
• Slightly extended Rey and Kylo’s Pasaana Force time.
• Reinsert “The Speeder Chase” music cue during the Pasaana chase. (IN PROGRESS)
• Any mention of Finn having something to tell Rey is cut out. They didn’t resolve this thread in a satisfactory way.
• Some shots leading up to the Knights capturing Chewie have been slightly extended.
• Rey vs. the Kylo’s TIE Whisper is extended and reedited with shots from the teaser. To build the suspense a little more and to make more of a meal out of the show-stopping sequence.
• Chewie’s “death” gets a bit more of a moment, with some extended bits and a couple extra shots (one from the masterful poppasketti), plus some new music to sell the gravity of what has apparently just happened (“The Starkiller” from TFA).
• Cut out the premature reveal that Chewie’s alive. Replace with the scene of Kylo and Palpatine’s Force phone call (which feels out of place later anyway).
• Cut out Poe saying “We’ve only got 8 hours left.”
• Slightly extended arrival on Kijimi with the shot from teaser.
• Some slight extensions to the first scene with Babu Frik.
• Cut out mention of R2 saving a copy of 3PO’s memory. Save the relief for the end.
• 3PO stops talking (for once) after “If this mission fails it was all for nothing.” The rest of his quoting of Poe is implied, with his silence adding some extra gravity to his decision rather than hitting it over the head.
• Potentially add scene of D-O squeaking around Rey from doc. (STILL DEBATING)
• Drastically rearrange and recut Kylo and Rey’s Force bond duel conversation. The emphasis is now on the dark side within Rey, and what happened to her parents rather than there being more to who Rey is. Cut out Kylo’s line “They sold you to protect you,” naturally.
• Cut most of the flashback showing Rey’s parents being nice to her and trying to protect her. They just get killed.
• Cut out Kylo saying that Rey has Palpatine’s power because she’s a Palpatine. She’s a nobody.
• Added/rearranged some lines for Kylo during his hangar offer to Rey. Palpatine foresaw Rey taking the throne. And Kylo explains the dyad a little bit more. Thanks to RogueLeader for brainstorming with me and inspiration for some of the new lines.
• Rey doesn’t say “It’s the Death Star.”
• Potentially add Finn saying to Jannah “We all have to fight” or something. (NO SOLUTION YET)
• Rescored Leia heading off to contact Ben with the Force theme, so as to feel more momentous.
• Added an instrumentally based cue of Duel of the Fates to the Death Star duel.
• Added about a couple seconds worth of footage to the Death Star duel using shots from the trailers.
• Cut Finn’s last “Rey” on the Death Star. One too many (and perhaps more will go as well).
• Extended and rescored Leia contacting Ben (with Han and Leia’s theme). Now she says “Ben. Come home.”
• Artificially extended Chewie mourning Leia, and used Octorox and Luka Frik’s extended establishing shot of Ben on the DS wreckage to try to slow the film down when it most needs to.
• Add an additional establishing shot breaking up the Rey on Ahch-to scenes so it doesn’t seem like she only spends a couple minutes on the island.
• Artificially extended shots of Rey on Ahch-to.
• Color corrected Luke’s ghost to be less blue.
• Cut out Luke talking to Rey about being a Palpatine.
• As per Carrie Fisher’s wishes, Leia’s saber is now purple, thanks to skenera. (As per my wishes, it’s a lighter shade, more magenta).
• Rescored the Luke and Leia flashback. Missed opportunity to use Luke and Leia’s theme. (IN PROGRESS)
• Rey doesn’t say “Two were made” when she retrieves the Wayfinder from Kylo’s fighter. Pointless.
• Added a full second to the first shot of the Resistance planning scene by using footage from the trailer.
• No subtitle for Nien Nunb. Not necessary and goes by too fast anyway.
• Removed Finn saying “Now we’re taking the war to them.” Let’s at least pretend that he has grown since The Last Jedi.
• Rescored the Resistance leaving Ajan Kloss with the unused Williams music for that moment, “They Will Come.”
• Recolored Exegol to be a bit less monotone blue.
• Rearranged the first half of the space battle so that we cut away less often, and brought in the music earlier. Hopefully making the battle feel like a more substantial sequence than just the subplot to Rey’s main story. Part of Rey walking through the pyramid is moved to before the Resistance arrives so that when they do it’s a bit more about getting to business for both storylines.
• Extended the attacking the star destroyer money shot using footage from the trailer.
• Cut out Palpatine referring to Rey as his grandchild. Cut Rey saying her parents were strong.
• Would be nice if Palpatine could say “Luke was saved by his father. (You have no one here) (or something).” (NO SOLUTION YET)
• Rearranged the shots during Palpatine’s “no one is coming to save you” voiceover to be more relevant to what he’s saying.
• Replaced Ben’s plain TIE with Vader’s TIE Advanced, thanks to poppasketti. Might as well go all the way with the full circle symbolism.
• Cut out Finn saying “Rose, please.” Don’t need the fuck you to The Last Jedi to be rubbed in.
• Comms chatter added for when the fleet of people show up, including brief cries of “For Skywalker!” compiled by Hal 9000 with audio assists by axalian and mrbenjamino.
• Inserted extended shot of the civilian fleet taken from an ILM VFX reel, with a watermark removed by Sir Ridley.
• When Rey hears the voices of the Jedi, it is Leia who says “Always,” not Luke (pulled from the trailer). Ridiculous missed opportunity.
• Seeing all the Force ghosts square off against Palpatine felt a bit much to me for a few reasons, but there is a more subtle nod to the concept with their visages just barely appearing behind Rey when she stands up, a thousand generations living within her now (effect credit to jonh).
• Before Rey defeats Palpatine, Rey says “I’m no one,” pulled from the TFA trailer.
• The fantastic rendition of the Force theme that plays while Palpatine gets destroyed has been brought up in the mix.
• Ben’s body disappearing is slightly extended/rearranged so it doesn’t feel as choppy.
• Replaced Endor in the montage with Coruscant (shot created by poppasketti with some tweaks to the color). Now there’s a planet from each trilogy.
• Cut out D-O saying “Happy.” (STILL DEBATING)
• Cut Chewie receiving his medal. Stupid.
• Cut Lando’s scene with Jannah. Weird.
• Cut, rearranged, and extended bits of the celebration to make up for the deleted portions.
• Subtle double rainbow in the sky over the Lars homestead, courtesy poppasketti.
• Rescored the music that leads into the end credits. Repetitive.
• Fixed the insane decision not to include Ben’s ghost at the end, thanks to jonh.
• Beautiful new final shot that feels much more fitting, provided by poppasketti.

Mockups…
Final Order Revealed: https://vimeo.com/409356850
Rey’s Vision: https://vimeo.com/406327520
Kylos’ Vision V1: https://vimeo.com/406328685
Rey vs. TIE Whisper: https://vimeo.com/407939026
Force Bond Duel: https://vimeo.com/414948227
Death Star Duel/Ben and Leia: https://vimeo.com/414119429
Rey on Ahch-to: https://vimeo.com/407441816
Rey vs. Palpatine: https://vimeo.com/409083679
Finale: https://vimeo.com/415655381

The truth is as well that a lot of the pacing problems are down editing within scenes. Additional scenes could have helped the overall shape of the film to not feel as rushed, but, like I said, they never really release extended scenes so this would have remained an issue regardless.