Maybe you could say in the opening crawl:
“The remnants of the old empire have gathered near the ruins of the second Death Star”
This would explain why Rey and Kylo travel there at the end of the movie.
If there is no Palpatine and no wayfinders why are Rey at Kylo at the Death Star ruins?
Sounds interesting. Is the climax of your edit Rey and Kylo fighting on the Death Star II ruins while the rebel fleet battle the first order above Exogal?
Greetings all 😃
I posted this proposal over at Fanedit.org some time ago and it was suggested that I also post my idea at this site. Any and all ideas are welcome from creative minds…
Given the success of TMBTM’s silent versions of the Star Wars Prequels, has anyone ever tried to make a silent version of the films with completely new dialogue? I was thinking this could be a terrific opportunity for fan editors everywhere to rewrite the prequels and give the characters far more depth than they originally had.
This approach would work pretty well for editors who want to either start The Phantom Menace on Courscant, or want to stage the final lightsaber duel on one of the droid command ships. You could even mix and match scenes from different movies. Imagine being in the battle of Geonosis before cutting to General Grevious overseeing the battle from his command ship. You could even take the Grevious/Sidious hologram scene from Episode III and put it into Episode II…over even Episode I depending on what sort of story you want to tell.
The possibilities are endless and I’d like to hear your thoughts…
Just a few more quick notes:
Consider L8wtr’s Shadow of The Sith. It’s a less radical re-edit of the Phantom Menace than Return of the Sith. I think his approach was to tell the same story, but to tell it better. Anakin is still the chosen one, Palpatine is still obviously Sidious etc... the true strength of his edit lies in the dialogue. He’s removed pretty much everything that is redundant and has improved Anakin Skywalker, Jar-Jar Binks and many other annoying characters.
Ok, I'll give this a stab.
For Episode 1 I'm a big supporter of Return of the Sith by a fan editor called Seciors. He's made the radical change of removing the Darth Sidious character from the film entirely. I feel this improves the overall experience in three ways. 1. It makes the Trade Federation appear far more assertive and decisive now that they aren't following someone else’s orders. 2. It makes Darth Maul's introduction and presence in the film far more mysterious. 3. The surprise that Palpatine is Sidious is retained.
Seciors has also removed all of the underwater sequence from the film. The Jedi now just head straight for the Palace and rescue the Queen. The first fifteen minutes of Return of the Sith is blistering entertainment - and this is coming from a pretty harsh prequel critic.
It's also worth noting that Seciors has also removed the terms "trade" and "tax" from the edit.
For Episode 2 I like L8wtr's Republic Divided. L8wtr is a good, thoughtful editor and he has rescued the Anakin Skywalker character as well as restored the Obi-Wan/Anakin relationship in this edit.
For Episode 3 I watch Kerr's Dark Force Rising. Lots of great cuts there to streamline the Revenge of the Sith experience.
I like the idea of the energy source, but if you are to go down that path, it would be great if you could let the viewer know what the energy source is used for and what the consequences are for the Naboo if they lose the energy source.