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Ok so much like your TFA edit I gave this 2 viewings, the second viewing was mainly for just taking notes for feedback.

Right before I go into details I would just like to say that the first time I saw TLJ (Official Release, not Fan-Edit) my reaction was not great to say I was disappointed would have been an understatement and any hype that TFA had made was quickly gone and my returned passion for Star Wars just died (The PT killed it first but TFA had me hooked once again and it felt like I was back in 1999 for that brief moment).

So Christmas time 2019 a friend showed me what was being done here at the OT site and when I seen what the fans here were able to achieve 🤯, for me personally Hal 9000 saved the PT, Harmy did something incredible, he removed all the things I hated that the SE brought which then brings me to TLJ lol. (Sorry for going off track there).

So needless to say I wasn’t a big fan of TLJ but a few people at the OT site showed me that not everything is as bad as it seems, from FGR, Hal 9000 and Poppasketti all managed to save what I initially thought to be unsavable. With each of their edits there was always something different they did compared to next edit and I loved each one which now brings me to The Legends Edit😁.

As previously stated I have not read or seen anything Legends related (Other than your TFA edit of course) and OMFG🤯, No… No… No… This is not TLJ it can’t be, why could we not have got if not this but something similar officially released, you somehow managed to make this edit not just enjoyable but holy s@#ts it felt like I was watching something completely new.

Things I loved:
(Warning as there Spoilers)

• Everything, you managed to keep in the things that almost everyone complained about and made them enjoyable.
  Luke training Rey 😳😮 wtf, canto blight (ok it’s still canto but less of), Phasma which I was glad you kept in as I never really had a problem with the character and actually like the idea of the character so having her and Fin face off and Fin finally getting his resolve which I think needs to be kept in the movie.

• Luke saving Laia (I first saw this in FGR’s edit), don’t ask me why I just much prefer this and I totally hate Laia Poppins scene.

• Luke saves the rebellion by sending their cruiser via lightspeed crashing through the First Order, this scene was awesome as we see General Hux telling his officers that the ship is empty and I wasn’t expecting to see that happen next.

• Luke force ghost in-between world’s.

Things I didn’t Like:

• The Milking scene😞 lol.

Things I won’t say I didn’t like but maybe worth rearranging (keep in mind that I have not seen anything to do with Star Wars Legends so what you are achieving won’t probably work out l but just my ideas anyway).

• Luke saving Laia, I love the scene but I think bit could work a lot better if you move the scene to an earlier point, so it would work as Rey has found Luke on this Island and he is annoyed because he didn’t want to be found but realises that the resistance must be some form of serious danger for his sister to seek him out, so at the scene where we see him sneak aboard the falcon and R2 plays the help me obi hologram and Luke at this point realises how desperate the resistance is, Luke now saves Laia afterwards he see’s Rey sleeping outside his hut and then tells her “I will train you in the ways of the force”.

• Luke saves the resistance by crashing their cruiser ship. I know I said I loved this scene and I really do just with this plus him saving Laia and then force projecting to face off against Kylo, don’t get me wrong yeah I love all of these additions and the official release should have had way more Luke but with all 3 plus him training Rey it just seems the resistance is relying on him just a bit too much. I know the resistance is meant to be on its knees and that’s why he does these things but just seems like they are relying on him a bit too much.

Sorry this is very long winded, I absaloutley loved this edit and it honestly felt like I was watching something new to what I had previously seen and this felt like what it was meant to be a Star Wars movie.

Thank you once again Acbagel for sharing this absaloutley amazing edit with me.

Now onto TROS edit😭.

I’m going to give TLJ a second viewing hopefully this week.

I will say I was very nervous leaving the feedback because I know fan-editing is a serious passion and a lot of work and dedication goes in to the work that you guys/gals create and I know I wouldn’t take criticism very well lol.

Thank you once again Acbagel and take care👍

CloakedDragon97 said:

Take all the time you need.

+1 👍

Could you add better laser blasts like your ANH Devastator Edition.

Would be awesome if you remove

• Jedi Rocks
• Ewoks beating storm troopers
• Chewies Tarzan Yell

Could you add better laser blasts like your ANH Devastator Edition.

Maybe a version with serbastian Shaw and another with Hayden Christensen.

That’s all I can think of for now.

NeverarGreat said:

Thank you! The project is nearing completion so there are just minor things to do now, but regardless, PM sent!

That’s good news Nev, looking forward to seeing the final version

Well I have watched this twice and have to say I absaloutley loved it and it is definitely one of my favourite edits of TFA, you have done an incredible job Acbagel.

I will say that I haven’t read any of the Star Wars Legends and the only thing I have watched other than the PT, OT and ST is The Mandalorian.

Things I loved:

• The scene layout
  The way you have moved the scenes around makes the pacing and flow of the movie now a lot better.

• The Humour
  The cuts you made regarding some of the humour makes it feel more like a Star wars movie and less like a comedy.

• Flashback scenes
  I loved the inclusion of flashbacks you put in (e.g Kylo interrogating Poe). There was another scene but it’s escaped my memory right now😬.

• Rey’s Powers
  I love the way you have toned down Rey’s Powers, I don’t have any issues with the character but could never understand why they made her so powerful to begin with. So was glad to see the removal of the mind trick (which was done very well) and the fight with Kylo was also done really good and liked the fact that neither Fin or Rey really show Kylo any sort of offence.

• Rey’s Dream
  I liked this a lot and thought you did a very good job, the way you faded it in with the reveal just brilliant.

• Hyperspace Ending
  I really do prefer them not finding Luke and it ending with Chewie, Rey and R2 in the falcon going into hyperspace. (This is one of the major things I also enjoyed with DigModifications and FGR’s Edits of TFA). I rather have a bit of anticipation going into the next movie, will they find Luke, will he help them🤷 instead of seeing him looking annoyed for 60 seconds lol.

Ok so not everything can be perfect for every individual but I will say for me personally this is pretty much there.

Things I didn’t like:
(These are not massive things and things that are just me being maybe a little bit nitpicky).

• Maz’s love for Chewie
  I just hate the line when they meet Maz and she asks Han “Where’s my boyfriend, I love that Wookie”. Don’t get me wrong I know it’s just a bit of harmless humor but for some reason it just annoys me.

• Luke’s reveal in Rey’s Dream
  I know I said I loved Rey’s Dream scene and I really do but for me personally I think it may have been better to have it fade in and as we start to see the shape of a hooded figure standing there have it fade back out. This is just me personally I really do love what you have done, I just think it may be better that way because then the viewer could be thinking “Hey wonder what or who Rey is having a vision of” I know we already know the answer but it just gives it that bit of mystery especially with the ending of them going into hyperspace.
  (Also feels like it needs something as we go into the next scene of the map reveal, don’t know what tho just feels like it may need something).

Thank you once again Acbagel for sharing this amazing edit with me, this is definitely up there with Hal’s, Digmod’s and Neverar’s edits and the fact that it is just your workprint🤯. Can’t wait to see your final release.

Now onto The Last Jedi😁.

👍, Thanks Hal

lol sade1212, no worries think I beat you to the submit your reply button😂

I’m not pointing fingers or blaming anyone because I’m just as much to blame but shouldn’t we get things back on topic.

How much work is left Hal, going by the first post things seem to be going very nicely.

That guy with no name said:

First 12 minutes:
https://mega.nz/file/DJJw2BiL#eEgImS5Opdms1Uq9NJ5f3Cbca5ss8AD8960DxbJiBpo

Awesome work That Guy👍

That guy with no name said:

This is how R2D2’s flashes will look like:
https://mega.nz/file/LJpijIBK#qgfrznIuePYwDsOdGY6OVeYMh4T2SVGwJUpZlRrELcE

Looks amazing kid, good work👍

I always looked at it as we see Anakin as Hayden because that was how he looked before he was deformed and turned into Vader, everyone else’s force ghost is old because that is how they were before they passed on to the force.

Hence why I have always preferred Hayden’s force ghost even in ROTJ.

lantern51 said:

Nightmare is still a classic and one of my favorites!

And will always be a classic, I love the first 3 movies, I even enjoyed A New Nightmare and Freddy Vs Jason is such a fun movie.

Hi Lantern51, Just finished watching your edit and really enjoyed. I liked the added scenes from Halloween II, I thought it made Michael a bit more menacing like we see in the new Halloween. Will admit after seeing this it has me more pumped for Halloween Kills which is out soon😁.
Anyone here who is a Halloween fan or even someone looking for something good to watch on Halloween should give this edit a watch.

Thank you once again Lantern51 for sharing this with me.

One idea would be in Hal’s semi-special edition that almost wasn’t he did something that was awesome, when they are in Kenobi’s home and he gives Luke his dad’s light saber he says “I wanted you to have this when you were old enough” instead of “Your father wanted you to have this when you were old enough”. I thought this was brilliant and something I had never even thought of but obviously makes perfect sense as Anakin didn’t know about Luke and would make more sense that Obi1 wanted him to have it.

I’m sure Hal wouldn’t mind you using it if you ask him.

Hal 9000 said:

For joeks

lol k, thought you were being serious🤦😂

Not to sound like a tool but why purple hair during the ceremony?

Hal 9000 said:

That guy with no name said:

Also, Can I get some requests or ideas?

Well, I’d selfishly enjoy having a 19SE-sourced set of all relevant shots with R2’s blue-red light ‘fixed’ so others (me) could steal.

Vader’s lights would be the other thing in that category.

The other things that strike me, be they from Adywan’s work or in general are:

• The lack of holograms in ANH. I like Adywan’s holographic display at the rebel base during the Death Star assault.

• Fixing jump cuts during lightsaber ignitions. Something like Adywan’s recent clip, too, to adjust the color and bring a sense of greater consistency to Luke’s saber without erasing the character of the original effects. Sort of made it look about the same as the new Ben v Vader effects look relative to the original version of them.

• Removing the added rats to Mos Eisley, and recreating that shot of traffic from the original but using the SE version of the backdrop.

• Any non-ringed explosion for Alderaan would be great to field

• Replace the black 3PO “Death Star droid” with a K2-SO model instead

• Replace the shot of the rebel fighters heading toward the Death Star, perhaps with something closer to the original version; the SE shot looks bad and the R2 droid’s panels stick out as obviously incorrect.

• R2 with blue panels in space, like ESB and ROTJ (SE)

• Luke with purple hair just during the medal ceremony

Everything this man says😁

Would it be possible to add a battle droid to the sandcrawler, thought it would have been something Lucas would have added after he made the prequels.

Other than R2’s Blue/Red light and Vader’s chest lights I would say just carry on what you are doing, the improvements with the colour and improved blast look awesome That Guy. Personally I can’t think of anything else, also looking forward to your audio mix 👍.

This looks fantastic, it’ll be great to get a better tie-in to Solo and TLJ in TFA!

+1👍

Hi NeverarGreat, thank you for sharing your edit with me.
Just watched this tonight straight after work and really enjoyed.

• I loved the colour grade that you gave Jakku as it gives it a whole new feel and on first viewing of TFA I thought Jakku was Tatooine.

• The Island drawing at Rey’s home was done amazingly.

• Having Kylo meditate after interigateing Poe was a really good idea as it shows him dealing with his inner conflict.

• All the cuts and transitions are smooth and seamless

I loved all the other changes also, bit too many to mention, this I’d definitely my go to version of tfa awakens and is definitely up there with Hal’s and Digimod’s amazing edits.

Thank you once again NeverarGreat.

Sounds awesome Master Lawdog, looking forward to seeing your progress with this and Superman II.

I didn’t own the OT on VHS, only recordings that had been on TV (😬in LP all 3 on 1 cassette 😭).

(2004)
I bought the 2004 OT Silver DVD Boxset as well as the PT DVD’s.

(2012)
I then purchased the 2011 Blu Rays of both PT and OT and to be honest I wasn’t thrilled with what we got, yeah they were in HD but just didn’t seem the same and by this time I had forgotten about the changes that I hated, mainly the Jabba scene in ANH and Jedi Rocks ROTJ.

(2015)
I purchased the infamous GOUT releases, not knowing what I was actually getting as I had not read up on them properly😧. I will admit that I don’t regret owning them tho as much as they are hated they are still official (Sort of Original) Theatrical release.

(2017)
I have pre-ordered all the releases of the ST along with RO and Solo.

And those are my Star Wars purchase’s, not a massive collection by any means.

(Off Subject)

I only heard about this site roughly at the end of 2019 beginning of 2020 and I am so grateful to everyone who contributes here and all the work everyone puts in. Never in a million years would I have believed what could be achieved by fans, it truly is incredible.