I'm watching it for the first time right now.

I'm watching it for the first time right now. Mar 30, 2017 14:02:45 GMT

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Post by shinnickneth on Mar 30, 2017 14:02:45 GMT

Mar 29, 2017 21:45:00 GMT poelzig said:

Wow. Great post shinnickneth. I'm definitely going to steal that line.

Thank you. Help yourself.

I agree with your comment about how off-putting she seemed in the trailer. That's one of the main reasons I waited so long to watch the movie. She was much better in the final version and I had no idea they reshot scenes. I wonder what else was cut out?

Yes, word has it Disney was very unhappy with the first cut of movie. This rumor is backed up by the fact that after Bob Iger watched it, he didn't say anything good about it to the media - unlike Episodes 7 and 8 that he praised after he viewed them. Disney brought in a new writer and director to do the reshoots for the movies. It cost Disney a pretty penny raging an upwards of $1 million dollars.

The only comment Disney made about the reshoots was that they were "Working on the overall tone of the movie", which is complete BS when you bring in new talent to work on it...otherwise, why not just use the people you already have? Disney also took Final Cut away from the original director. The moves paid off though for they were able to make their main characters more likable and redeem the movie.

There's a lot that got cut. If you watch the early trailers and pictures that were released, you'll see that they altered/changed a lot to the final product. This has been supported by statements by the cast who said that Disney has so much leftover footage from production that they literally could have gone with many different endings/tones/storylines/etc.

In terms of stuff cut (off the top of my head): there was some lines by Mon Monthma about Jyn Erso's history, a shot of Jyn punching a Stormtrooper with her fist, a monologue by Forest Whitaker's character, more footage of Forest's character with a shaved head set in the days when Jyn is a little girl (his character seemed to reduced the most by my estimation), and the one that seems to have people the most pissy online at least...a shot of Stormtroopers standing ankle deep in beach water. Oh, there was also more footage/pictures from scenes with this particular character that sadly didn't make the cut:

Maybe I read Chirrut and Baze's relationship wrong. Perhaps they were just good friends. It doesn't matter either way. Chirrut was the coolest character.

Yeah, I didn't get that they were romantically involved at all. They just seemed like old friends. I agree with you on Chirrut. Donnie Yen who played him was one of the few attractive elements that made me decide to give the movie a chance (despite the trailers). I thought, "Well, the lead is unlikable but at least Donnie Yen is in it." I'm a fan of his work from the martial arts franchise, Ip Man.

I have to admit I didn't even think about the Royal Guard being with Vader. I was just happy we got to see him kick ass.

It was a "pleasant" surprise.

I didn't find the scene so remarkable for the action itself, but how the filmmakers made me feel the desperation of the Rebel soldiers trying to delay/stop Vader from acquiring the Death Star plans back. The scene felt so natural to me that I would believe it's exactly how George Lucas envisioned the moments before Episode 4 when he was making the movie 40 years ago.

I'll admit, the moment with young Princess Leia made me choke up - more so to do with how young Carrie Fisher was when she passed away. It's still sad she's not with us anymore.