Guiguioh said:

You wanted feedback so here it is.

Like every fan edit, we can debate the details here and here but overall your work show great respect to the source material, reinforcing the strength of the sequels while eliminating the rough edges. I certainly will recommend your edit for star wars fans who have a hard time enjoying the sequels but want to watch them anyway for whatever reason.

If i have to point one thing, i would move the some time later before Kylo go to Mustafar get the way finder. I understand what you went for but his face scar almost healed and his conversation with the First Order generals are two elements that make the time jump more logical in its original place IMO.

But it is not that important, i enjoy this a lot as a pretty big fan of the sequels ( even with their shortcomings.) Good job and thank you.

Thank you for the feedback! I understand where the critique regarding the time skip is coming from, for sure. I am considering removing the title card entirely and allowing the viewer to fill in whatever timing gaps the intuit to be right. I’ll have a play around with it at some point. Glad you enjoyed overall, though!

Guiguioh said:

Hello, i would appreciate a link to your work when you have time. Thx

PM sent!

RenegadeR3d said:

bbghost said:

V1 of this edit is now complete!

I’ve updated the OP with a more comprehensive cut list and some examples. Pop a reply here if you’d like a download link.

i know im a bit late but id love a link for this

Not late at all! I’ve been working on this pretty consistently since January, it’s feeling like the current version is as final as it’s going to get. Will send you a PM!

CamSMurph said:

What exactly are you waiting to do, HAL?

There’s a pretty comprehensive list in the OP

yeah idk must be a fan thing. only one i could find on youtube

Eyepainter said:

bbghost said:

Eyepainter said:

Replace the musical score for the opening crawls with Cantina Band instead.

When it works, it works.
https://streamable.com/j7ksa3

The key phrase being “when it works.” You don’t want this to open ESB or ROTS.

Oh no, of course not. You’d need something appropriately special for RotJ…
https://streamable.com/9k8ko3

Just listened to that song for the first time… I think that’s enough for me!

Eyepainter said:

Replace the musical score for the opening crawls with Cantina Band instead.

When it works, it works.
https://streamable.com/j7ksa3

God damn those trailers were good.

NeverarGreat said:

Great work!

Not particularly related, but I’ve always found the sound of the Porg in the film to be far inferior to the one used in the trailer:

https://youtu.be/Q0CbN8sfihY?t=91

It’s just something about the way the Porg sustains that scream that feels incredibly forced in the film, for whatever reason.

Thanks!

Oh yeah, the one in the trailer even fits the animation better weirdly. I get wanting to make it more of a “war(g) cry” but they definitely could have gone with another couple iterations for it.

It got lost in both the change notes and the larger ‘Battle of Crait’ sample video but I finally found a way to cut around “I like this!” which had to be one of my least favorite lines of the trilogy.

https://streamable.com/7v0zvn

Swap out Palpatine’s theme in the sequels for the Phantom of the Opera theme.

Replace all Imperial, First Order and Sith iconography with actual swastikas.

Darthiso said:

Hello. Can I get a link please?

PM sent

Nindroid243 said:

Hello, I woudld love a link if I can?

PM sent!

CamSMurph said:

If I might make a suggestion, could you add a wipe in the “Journey to Exegol” clip, more specifically between the lightspeed shot and Kylo overseeing Vader’s mask? I feel as though a simple cut seems a bit jarring. :v

Thanks for this! I did play around with a lot of different kinds and speeds of wipes on this cut, but ultimately stuck with this. I think what I might try and do is extend the hyperspace shot out but just a few frames. The issue with a wipe is that it implies the passage of time, whereas I want this whole sequence (the Resistance leaving Crait/Kylo being led to Exegol) to be relatively contemporaneous in the context of the film.

regularjoe said:

I’ve been casually looking at your preview videos.
An observation about the Holdo’s sacrifice clip - Hux makes the trip from the bridge to Snoke’s throne room very quickly, especially on a ship that has just been sliced and diced by a Mon Calimari Ginsu Cruiser.
I know you’re trying to tighten up three movies into one edit but that watches like a speed bump to me (I feel the same way about C3P0 in TESB, in one shot he’s in the command center on Hoth and then literally in the next scene he’s in the hangar telling R2 to be careful).

I’ve never noticed that in ESB! I imagine it was due to those wampa scenes being criminally cut from the film…

I get what you’re saying, though. In the theatrical he also gets from the docking bay up to the bridge fairly quickly, too. I feel like it’s ambiguous enough as to how much time has passed since the shipwreck when we cut back to the bridge, as Rey managed to wake up, leave, steal a ship and get away already. Appreciate the feedback!

Yeah no they seem like real stand up guys…

https://twitter.com/FixingDisneySW/status/1392143481854959618

Not to huff my own farts but I sat down to watch this with other people (all Star Wars fans of varying degree) for the first time this weekend and everyone had a great time. Stoked with how this has come out.

This is interesting, your change list looks similar to what I ended up with initially when I went in to make my ow 3-in-1 and pared back to nothing but Rey and Kylo’s scenes. I went on to add in much more from there, but I’m keen to see what you make of it!

I use Final Cut Pro which I Definitely, Absolutely Legally Paid For.

ThisIsCreation said:

I’d kill to have Palpatine stuff be added (specifically that part you added in bbghost) into Hal9000’s cut of TFA

I have thought about getting around to doing my own standalone cuts of the sequels separate from my 3-in-1 edit, and things like that would definitely be added. I’ll let you know if that comes about!

TestingOutTheTest said:

Has anyone tried putting Palpatine chuckling or something during the looming shot of Vader’s helmet in TFA?

(If you come across this, Sparky, I don’t think this, specifically, would ruin TLJ’s hope message, as it could be interpreted as Palps’ spirit inhabiting Vader’s helmet until TRoS when Palps talks about the voices.)

Have mentioned it before in other threads but my sequel edit does some things to obliquely link Palpatine, Kylo and Vader’s helmet from the outset:
Kylo’s vision in TFA: https://vimeo.com/549080534
Palpatine summoning Kylo to Exegol: https://vimeo.com/554625583

BrotherOfSasquatch said:

bbghost said:

I really never had a problem with Hux being made a farce of, or “they fly now” (yes it’s corny, but that’s Star Wars, right?)

It wasn’t until I found this forum that I realized so many people HATE that “They fly now” joke. I will never understand it. lol.

I think the fact that it was in the first clip they released from the film didn’t help! People were kinda set to hate this thing regardless, and the joke became a bit of a pre-emptive flashpoint for that.

If we really want, we can headcanon Chewie’s line just before it to be “Ah shit, not again!”

Artan42 said:

It wasn’t until I found this forum that I realized so many people HATE that “They fly now” joke. I will never understand it. lol.

Because the Empire, Republic, and CIS have all had jettroopers and it would be weird if the FO didn’t.

Well, the audience doesn’t necessarily know that as it was never depicted in the mainline Skywalker films, and certainly not the sequel trilogy. Also, none of the characters save Chewie and the droids lived through any of those wars, and C-3PO had his memory wiped after ROtS.

I do get where you’re coming from! But I think sometimes the moment has to come first, even at the expense of those of us who’ve spent their lives reading Wookiepedia.