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A for me, has a nice classic quirky vibe to it.

Wegotthiscovered is a site that gets “scoops” directly from Mike Zeroh…
That’s a no from me.

In before “creative differences”.

Not radical but for the ST in general,
This Remix of Anthem of Evil from TROS would make for a fantastic First order theme, it was used too sparingly in Tros that I barely noticed it at all until I stumbled upon this compilation on youtube.

Link
https://youtu.be/PmgJSpHCGiI?list=RDPmgJSpHCGiI

Something subtle like the duel of the fates used for Maul in SOLO could work.

A little out there but maybe they are saving the deleted scenes for a re-release of an extended cut?
Alternatively the deleted scenes could be on the film disk instead of the bonus features disc.

At this point it’s painfully obvious that Disney is trying to save face but inevitably it’s going to backfire on them Big Time, Hopefully with the shitty security at Lucas-film/BadRobot someone will leak the entire thing, original cut, deleted scenes, scripts, everything, ala Duel Of The Fates.

A part of me is still hoping that they might be saving them for Disney+, but I’m holding at straws.

Could it be that this film endured Rogue One levels of reshoots? I mean it’s the only start wars film other than Rogue not to have deleted scenes on the blue Ray.

The Rise of Skywalker bonus disc contents (approx. 157 mins)

• The Skywalker Legacy (120’06 ”) - History lives on forever in this special of over 2 hours in documentary format that includes making of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
• Pasaana Pursuit: Creating the Speeder Chase (14’15 ”) - Immerse yourself in the process of filming the epic speeder chase scene and discover how this spectacular sequence was brought to the screen.
• Aliens in the Desert (5’57 ”) - See what it took to create the Pasaana desert scene.
• DO: Key to the Past (5’33 ”) - Explore Rey’s connection to the mystery of her parents’ disappearance and learn a little more about the newest droid in the galaxy.
• Warwick & Son (5’37 ”)- Warwick Davis, who played Ewok Wicket in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, wears the costume once again and this time, alongside his son, Harrison.
• Cast of Creatures (7’44 ”) - The team behind the incredible creatures in the saga reveals details of makeup, prosthetics and digital magic that brings them to life!

Total length approx. 157 mins

TLJ was 165 mins and TFA was 149 mins.

Source
https://blogdojotace.com.br/2020/02/17/valendo-star-wars-a-ascensao-skywalker-e-frozen-ii-ja-em-pre-venda-no-brasil/

Amazon uk
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Wars-Skywalker-Limited-Complete/dp/B082WXCSKN/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1C3LVLW07E6G0&keywords=skywalker+saga

Doesn’t look like we’ll be getting any deleted scenes 😢

Yeah to me it looked like JJ was trying to adress the “Marysue” elements of Rey right off the bat in the intro training montage, failing the circuit and admitting that she is unworthy of the saber and needs more training, but the way it was executed was terribly rushed and felt quite contrived.

The novel did go through quite a few alterations recently, with this current version though I can see why they opted to cut it, it’s mostly inconsequential to the plot save for Hux and Pryde’s attitudes towards Ren.

Excerpt from the novelisation: Mustafar and the Oracle.
https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-novelization-excerpt

All culled from deleted scenes, never-before-seen material, and input from the filmmakers. In StarWars.com’s exclusive excerpt, Kylo Ren tears through Mustafar hunting for a Sith artifact that could lead to Emperor Palpatine; but in a new sequence, he ultimately encounters a strange being protecting the desired device…

General Armitage Hux watched—from a safe distance—as Supreme Leader Kylo Ren and a squad of stormtroopers cut a swath of blood and destruction through the pathetic Mustafarian colonists. They battled through the gloomy woods of Corvax Fen, one of the few patches on this hellscape of a lava planet that was cool enough to support native growth, if you could call this “growth.” Barren trees grew out of a noxious marsh, and the air was hazy with mist. The barbarian colonists were failing to put up a decent fight; their ar­chaic halberds and broadswords were no match for the technical superiority of a good blaster, or even, Hux had to admit, a light­saber.

Ren was a blunt instrument, a mindless dog, whose current ob­session was putting all the First Order’s plans behind schedule. The general was half tempted to wade into the fight himself to hurry things along—just so they could leave this awful planet. Or at least he would be half tempted if his skills were not better used else­where. Best if Ren did all the dirty work; Hux was too valuable to risk.

“He’s almost beautiful to watch,” mused Allegiant General Pryde, standing tall beside him. The older man had arrogant blue eyes and a high hairline that seemed immune to perspiration, even in a hell-climate like this. “Don’t you think?”

Hux refused to gratify that with a response, because true beauty came from discipline, from order. So it was almost against his will that he found himself mesmerized as Ren met a barbarian’s charge head-on, cloak flowing, mist swirling around him. The glow of his lightsaber occasionally snagged on his cheek scar, making it appear as though a crack of glowing lava slashed his face. It was like some­thing out of a dream, or maybe a nightmare, as the Supreme Leader plunged his fiery crossguard into his attacker’s abdomen, lifted him from the ground, and sent him toppling onto his back. Kylo Ren did not spare his fallen foe a single glance, simply rushed forward into the woods seeking his next kill.

But there was no one left. Corpses littered the ground, barely more than lumps of shadow in the gloom. The air smelled of ozone and scorched vegetation. All was eerily silent as Ren looked around, catching his breath. Even from a distance, Hux could sense his dis­appointment that the killing was over, that no outlet for his rage remained.

Kylo Ren gathered himself and strode away into the woods, shoulders set with determination, lightsaber still ablaze. The myste­rious object he had come for—dragged all of them across the galaxy for—was nearly within his grasp.

“He’s gone mad,” General Hux said, and the contempt in his voice was obvious even to his own ears. “Flames of rebellion burn across the galaxy, and Ren chases a ghost.”

“No,” Allegiant General Pryde responded, softly but firmly. “Someone was behind that transmission. And Leader Ren will answer to no one.”

Hux narrowed his eyes. Ren would definitely answer to some­one, someday. He just didn’t realize it yet.

Kylo Ren showed mercy to nothing and no one, but he had a grudg­ing appreciation for things that struggled to survive. Even though the nearest lava flow was many klicks away, it seemed as though the air ought to be too hot, too chemical, for life to truly thrive here. As they’d landed, Hux had proclaimed the planet a “desolate hellscape,” and Kylo hadn’t bothered to correct him. The truth was, Mustafar was teeming with life—all connected through the Force. Like those hapless cultists he’d just killed, who’d been obsessed with protecting Vader’s legacy. Or this forest of twisted irontrees they endeavored to cultivate. Or even the extremophile organisms that swarmed the lava flows. All fragile but determined, mutilated but indomitable.

It was no wonder his grandfather has chosen this place for a home.

Kylo strode through the trees, lightsaber still ignited. Malevo­lence lay ahead, along with a darkness that had nothing to do with the planet’s day–night cycle. But that’s not why he kept his weapon ready. He refused to put it away because for the briefest moment, as he was hacking away at Mustafarians, he had sensed her. Watching him. Now his guard was up, and it would stay up until he got what he came for.

By silent mutual agreement, the stormtroopers who’d accompa­nied him had declined to follow him through the woods, which suited him fine. He preferred to be alone for this.

A few more steps and the ground became soggy. The mist thick­ened. A small splash indicated that his presence had been noticed. Finally, the trees broke open onto a small lake with brackish water, bordered on all sides by forest and large black lumps like boulders, jutting out of the ground at odd angles. No, not boulders, he noted upon closer look, but rather fallen remnants of Darth Vader’s cas­tle.

An oily film slicked across the lake’s still surface. But as Kylo ap­proached, the water bubbled up in the center, sending tiny waves to lap at his boots.

A giant emerged, a hairless creature sheening with wetness, bits of lake detritus clinging to its pasty skin. Its eyes were squeezed shut, but it could still see after a fashion, because draped over its massive bald head and across one shoulder was a second creature with long spidery tentacles. The two were locked in symbiosis. Kylo sensed the giant’s pain, as though it were a slave to the spidery being that clung to it. Yet neither could it survive alone.

The spider creature spoke. “I am the Eye of Webbish Bog. I know what you seek.”

“You will give it to me,” Kylo said.

The Eye cocked its head, making an eerie squealing noise. It took a moment for Kylo to realize the creature was laughing at him. “No need for that,” the Eye said. “Do you really think my lord would have left it in the guardianship of one who could be swayed by a trick of the Force?”

No, he supposed not.

“You’ve been seeking it for a while, yes? I must warn you, our fiery planet burns away deception. If you proceed down this path, you will encounter your true self.”

Kylo was growing impatient. He glared in silence.

“Fine,” the creature said, as though disappointed that Kylo would not indulge him in ceremony. “In accordance with Lord Vader’s wishes, you have defeated my protectors and earned it. His way­finder.”

The blind giant beneath the Eye raised its enormous hand from the water and pointed toward a small island in the lake. On it was a stone structure, like an altar.

Kylo turned off his lightsaber and hooked it to his belt. He waded into the shallow lake, soaking his boots and cloak. The water was warm, and the ground beneath the water a sludge that sucked at his feet. He ignored it all, reaching for a pyramidal object. It fit satisfy­ingly in his hand, heavy and hot, and he stared at it a moment, lost in its red glow. The sides were etched glass framed in deep-gray resin. The crimson light within seemed to pulse faintly. Ren had come a long way for this, and yet he hesitated, eyeing the pyramid with distrust.

“It will guide you through the Unknown Regions,” the Eye said. “To the hidden world of Exegol. To him.”

Whoever he was. The transmission purporting to be from Palpa­tine had reached the far corners of the galaxy. Kylo had it memo­rized:

At last the work of generations is complete. The great error is corrected. They day of victory is at hand. The day of revenge. The day of the Sith.

He wasn’t sure what to believe about it, but it was a fair guess that Kylo wasn’t the only one seeking answers. Others would follow the same path and come to Mustafar sooner or later, looking for this exact object.

So surely his grandfather would have made it harder than this? Those cultists were too easy to kill. This creature too easy to con­vince. Then again, he was Vader’s heir. The object belonged to him.

Now that he had it up close, the etchings in the glass clarified into patterns. Star charts. Alignment markers. Something stirred deep within him, suggesting ancient knowledge and power, and he felt a rush of triumph. It had all been worth it—diverting ships, sending out spies, tracing old records, enduring the smug disap­proval of that idiot Hux—all to find this.

Kylo looked up, and was startled to discover that the Eye of Web­bish Bog was gone, slipped back beneath the surface of a lake so still it was as though nothing lived within it at all.

How long had he been staring at the pyramid?

Kylo Ren wasted no more time. Dried blood made the skin of his face itch, and his boots and cloak were soggy with lake water, but instead of returning to his command ship, the Steadfast, he dis­missed everyone back to their regular duties and jumped into his modified TIE whisper to make the next part of the journey alone.

No one protested.

He connected the pyramid to his navicomputer, attaching ports where indicated by the glass etchings. The nav interface lit up with new information, but it also blared a warning.

For these coordinates would take him beyond the Western Reaches into the Unknown Regions. Kylo overrode the warning and jumped his TIE to lightspeed. The stars turned to streams of matter.

The Unknown Regions remained uncharted because a chaotic web of anomalies had created a near-impenetrable barrier to explo­ration; only the most foolhardy or desperate ventured there—criminals, refugees, and, if the reports were true, remnants of the old Imperial fleet who had refused to accept New Republic rule.

A few planets had been discovered, but their populations re­mained small, and their trade with the rest of the galaxy had been throttled by the navigational risk. The Sith and the Jedi had found paths through to even more dangerous, more hidden worlds—or so legends said—and the specific, carefully stepped coordinate jumps required to safely navigate the anomalies were among their most closely guarded secrets.

The trip would be worth the risk. Someone was out there, claim­ing to be the Emperor himself, and Kylo could already sense ripples of doubt in the First Order. After all he’d done, after all he’d sacri­ficed to become Supreme Leader . . . who would dare to challenge him now?

According to an early JediPaxis leak the Oracle mentioned Kylo’s feelings for Rey as “love” and rebuked him for it, that thread seems to have been cut out entirely which is a shame as it would have had at the VERY LEAST set up the “will they wont they, romance-dynamic” in the film.

On some websites the runtime for the Blue Ray is marked at 155 mins so that could be an indication of an extended cut, but it’s likely that they are going off of the runtime listed in November before the film was cut down to smithereens.

fidodido said:

I’m also still in need for adywans edits of the OT as well as darthrushs ROTJ and would be thankful for help!

+1

Love your ideas for this edit, here is my input.

• New crawl for TFA that hints someone we know might have returned and establishes that he’s responsible for building and sending the First Order as a threat. Here’s a work-in-progress:

"a familiar ancient evil has returned and built an armada known as the FIRST ORDER.

Could be a little on the nose but this version could better explain the political situation as well as hint at Palpatine.

"The Republic has Shattered! A thousand worlds have rallied behind the tyrannical Legions of the FIRST ORDER, an ominous armada from Beyond the known galaxy Ruled by a PHANTOM SHADOW.

Luke Skywalker has VANISHED, with no help from the JEDI and the CRIPPLED Republic, GENERAL LEIA ORGANA has scraped together a brave RESISTANCE. She is desperate to find her brother LUKE and gain his help in restoring peace and justice to the galaxy.

In a desperate race against THE FIRST ORDER to find THE LAST JEDI, LEIA has sent her most daring pilot on a secret mission to Jakku where an old ally has found a clue to his whereabouts…"

-I don’t think Snoke should have the title of “Supreme” Leader since technically he is second in command to Palps, “Leader Snoke” would be more fitting.

-Kylo hearing “find me” from Vader’s helmet is a little too soon of a reveal for me, maybe hearing Vader’s breathing and a faint cackle from Palpatine would be more subtle. "find me " can be moved to when he holds the Wayfinder on Mustafar.

Meanwhile, Kylo Ren, hearing voices from the beyond, searches for the source of an immense dark power beyond even Snoke…"

-I would suggest changing it to “Searches for the source an immense dark power beyond his master Snoke…”

Move the opening scene of TROS to the very start of TLJ. Pan down to Kylo flying in to Mustafar where we see him slaughter the natives and finding the Wayfinder. Having Kylo be aware of a bigger power than Snoke and searching for it ties into his growing resistance to Snoke that we see throughout TLJ and his decision to kill him. It doesn’t undermine his resolve to kill those above him and become Supreme Leader because he’s searching for Palpatine so we can kill him too.

Moving this scene to after Kylo gets berated by SNOKE would make more narrative sense. “Prepare my ship!”- rages on to Mustafar. Either way something has to be done about that scar.

• Palpatine doesn’t say “kill the girl”, he only says “find the girl”. This change will be made throughout TROS. Palpatine’s plan in this film doesn’t make sense if he wants Kylo to kill Rey but at the end actually wanted her there to be Empress. In my version, he’s telling Kylo to find her.

Agreed, except “Bring the girl” would clarify his intentions better.

• Palpatine doesn’t say he created Snoke. We change the word “created” to “trained”. It is a lot less dumb to have Snoke be a real dark side user that Palpatine trained as an apprentice to lead the First Order as opposed to being a clone (which doesn’t fit with how he’s been presented since TFA).

Love this, when he says “You will rule the galaxy as the New Emperor” I would change it to “You will rule the Galaxy as Emperor and Empress” This would further motivate Kylo Ren.

• New TROS crawl (WIP):

"Having schemed from the shadows for decades, a clone of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE brought terror to the galaxy through Snoke and the FIRST ORDER. Now he uses his shadow clone army to unleash the FINAL ORDER and complete his conquest.

Not a big fan of the Clone thing, I would go with something more like this:

"The PHANTOM EMPEROR lives! His spirit enchained within the broken shell of his body through SORCERY, the late SITH LORD schemed from the shadows for decades bringing terror to the galaxy through Snoke and the FIRST ORDER. Now he uses his shadow clone army to unleash his FINAL ORDER and complete his conquest.

-What do you think of including the fortnite radio Broadcast at the start of TROS, something akin to this
https://youtu.be/Slsj4YeYaYQ?

Anyway I like where you’re going with this edit and I’m looking forward to see more.

Tons of new HQ stills from The Rise Of Skywalker:
https://www.starwarsauthentics.com/iSynApp/allProduct.action?sid=1102083&rc=36&selectedCatId=20601&sort=createts_desc&qMode=&layout=grid&pgmode1=catpage&pgmode2=&pgmode3=&pgcust1=&pgcust2=&pgcust3=&fsList[0].strValue1=caf_movietitlePhotos_s&fsList[0].strValue2=Star+Wars%3A+The+Rise+Of+Skywalker&rs=0

Wouldn’t be too far fetched for the Star Wars embodiment of Satan.

It’s likely that he “did it” during the days of the Empire in some kind of occultic sex ritual with a willing Sith acolyte.

yotsuya said:
I wouldn’t be questioning Kennedy.

Lol.

yotsuya said:

Yeah, I don’t see Disney corporate telling Lucasfilm what to do.

Naive would be an understatement.

Disney has distanced themselves from the Prequels where it counts, the films, in the grand scheme of things TCW and the comics are inconsequential to Disney’s bottom line when compared to the box office.
Admittedly I have yet to come to terms with my disappointment with TROS and the ST by extension, I am aware that much of the blame goes to KK and the writers - namely Abrams with his pseudo purist view of Star wars, but I am certain that the corporate heads at Disney (namely Alan horn and Iger) had a LOT of influence -the final say- on the development and production, and are the the ones that steered the ST in this direction and they should be the ones taking most of the blame primarily, its their “product” after all.

I think it’s apparent that Disney has tried to distance themselves form the Prequels as far as the ST is concerned, the second draft of Trevarrow’s script specifically swaps out coruscant as the FO capital for another metropolitan planet with the same aesthetic, likely indicating a mandate.

The story of the ST really hinged on whether 9 delivered or not, if they went with duel of the fates they would have at least established a purpose for this trilogy - the idea of balance in the force and the FO civil war. Unfortunately TROS shattered all that was built up in the previous two films and brought us back to the status-quo, deeming this trilogy Irrelevant.

I see where you are coming from, what do you think of starting that scene with the establishing shot of kashyyk and the wookies roaring behind cover and running towards the shore, D-day style, to clearly emphasis that its an an invasion.