STAR WARS: Last Jedi - Anti-Cringe-Cut

[Brent72]

Any updates?

 

[DonKamillo]

Any updates?

Well I have good news and bad news.

The bad news:
I was not happy with the audio quality when I rendered my cut last weekend. Unfortunately the cutting program I was working with, can only render AAC audio with a bitrate of 127kbps regardless of the input quality, even when I tried just exporting the audio to mux it with the video afterwards. That's why I saw no other choice and switched to Premiere/After Effects for the whole project. I basically had to start from scratch and re-cut the whole movie based on my finished cut in the other program. 

The good news:
The video-cutting part is finished and I'm currently working on adding the last remaining background music for the transitions. Also the audio quality is much better now    


When I'm done, I will render some short clips only containing the parts where I fixed the audio issues, instead of sending the whole thing again so the re-evaluation for the submission process will be faster then.

 

[The Danger Zone]

What kind of cutting program were you originally using?

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

I hope you don't mind, but I made a simple poster for your edit that you might like

I'm open to criticisms

 

[DonKamillo]

What kind of cutting program were you originally using?

Well this fanedit started with some small ideas. I just wanted to cut out some stuff, that I found cringy. Because I was at work at the time and my office computer does not have the best hardware, I used a simple cutting software called Wondershare Filmora. I played around with it and before I knew it the ideas kept coming. I did not notice the lack of export options before it was too late though

I hope you don't mind, but I made a simple poster for your edit that you might like

Wow, of course I don't mind, cool poster! There's only one minor thing to criticize...if you check my poster, you'll see that I cut Rose out of it because she doesn't play a major role in my cut and those Canto Bight creatures are also distorted and thus not clearly visible on my Poster. That's the only thing though

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

How's this one look?

 

[banthapudu]

I had similar problems with Filmora. I ended up getting a Cyberlink product, can't remember exactly which one, but I wanted the ability to edit 4K because of my new camera. Looking forward to the new cut with better audio!

 

[DonKamillo]

How's this one look?

Thumbs up! Replace the word "Edit" with "Cut" for bonus points

 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

Thumbs up! Replace the word "Edit" with "Cut" for bonus points 

Alright here's the final version. Feel free to use it however you wish
 

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[DonKamillo]

Alright here's the final version. Feel free to use it however you wish

Nice! Thanks Bob!

 

[Brent72]

The picture quality already looked great so improved audio will make this release perfect.

 

[DigModiFicaTion]

Alright here's the final version. Feel free to use it however you wish
 

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I love the porgs in the poster

 

[banthapudu]

Looks great in Plex! Well-done!!

Alright here's the final version. Feel free to use it however you wish

Nice! Thanks Bob! 

 

[DonKamillo]

I love the porgs in the poster

No matter how much you want it, you just can't erase them from that movie...trust me I tried 

 

[DonKamillo]

Update: The cut is finished and rendering at the moment (for a couple of hours).

Anybody who is interested in a "preview" send me a PM.

 

[DonKamillo]

Don't want to keep updating the cut-list on page 7 so I'll post the FINAL final cut-list here. Third time's the charm 

Cut:

• The blonde rebel girl in the beginning saying "Oh no" as she sees the Star Destroyers popping up
• The silly face General Hux makes while looking at his officer when Poe approaches them alone
• Poe "phone pranking" General Hux at the beginning
• The silly face General Hux makes while looking at Poe taking out the Dreadnought service cannons
• BB8's Whack-A-Mole joke and bashing his head into the circuit to repair Poe's ship cannons
• General Hux being thrown around by Snoke in front of his crew
• Aerial shot of Rey walking up to Luke
• Luke throwing away his light saber and Rey retrieving it later
• Almost all Porg scenes
• Rey explaining to Luke what Chewbacca is saying after they burst into his hut
• Luke's weird milking scene
• Leia coming back from the dead after being sucked out into space
• All of Leia's appearances after her "death"
• Campfire scene with Chewie and the Porgs (after credits scene out too)
• Close shot of Kylo's wet hand after force call conversation with Rey
•  Rey asking Kylo to "put on a cowl or something" after noticing that he's topless
• Admiral Holdo berating Poe
• Poe being frustrated about Admiral Holdo's behavior
• Poe's coup against Admiral Holdo
• Rose's introduction
• Maz Kanata's silly phone call
• Finn's side quest on Canto Bight (and the whole Code-breaker nonsense)
• Rey nearly killing some island nuns with a rock
• Luke falling down after Rey hits him on the head from behind. 
• Luke hitting Rey after she attacks him
• Luke "going evil" and turning on his lightsaber on Kylo in the final flashback
• Captain Phasma
• BB8 going on a killing spree
• Rose and Finn returning to Crait while being shot at by Tie Fighters
• Rebels setting up their base on Crait
• Weird old rebel guy walking onto the battlefield with some binoculars
• Gareth Edwards Cameo and rebel soldier putting salt in his mouth
• Rey shooting down three Tie Fighters at once on Crait
• Finn trying to sacrifice himself in the battle on Crait and Rose "saving" him
• Rose kissing Finn while the Rebel Base is being blown up in the background
• General Hux being thrown around by Kylo in front of his crew
• Luke dying
• Rey's jealous look at Finn while he tucks Rose in
• The names of the actors playing Maz Canata, Captain Phasma, Rose, and DJ where removed from beginning of the credits

Added:

• Deleted scene where Luke is mourning Han
• Deleted scene where the island nuns are introduced 
• Deleted scene where Poe explains to Finn what happened while he was in a coma
• Deleted scene showing Luke's third lesson to Rey (involving the island natives)
• Two aerial shots from a documentary of Skellige island (Ahch-To island) that serve as transitions between scenes
• Two Kylo Ren flashback sequences from TFA
• Some classic Star Wars scene transitions here and there
• New background music in some scenes and scene transitions (only Star Wars OST was used)
• There can be no Star Wars without a Wilhelm Scream somewhere in the movie

Changed:

• The intro crawl text changed slightly to include that Snoke has been training "his apprentice Kylo Ren" and that the rebels are certain that "young Rey will find Luke Skywalker and with his help restore a spark of hope to the fight".
• The first battle against the Dreadnought is much more fluid and intense now and not broken up by silly jokes
• Moved the scene where Leia tells C3PO to "whipe that nervous expression off his face" to right after the Dreadnought cannons move to point at the rebel cruiser making it a better fit
• Although General Hux is still not the most intimidating bad guy, at least now he is spared the humiliation by his superiors in front of his fellow officers, restoring some of his dignity and the appearance of him being a respected General.
• The first time we see Luke and Rey, he is already holding the light saber in his hands, showing us that at least some time has gone by since the ending of TFA.
• Instead of throwing away the light saber, Luke gives it back to Rey and tells her that he's sorry before walking off, making her confused expression right after, more believable.
• Leia dies in the second assault of the First Order
• Luke has a vision of Leia floating in space after he reconnects with the force
• Teleportation of matter like water via force call is not possible anymore (shown when Kylo wipes his face to reveal that water from Ahch-To island was transported to him). Now it looks like he's wiping away some sweat after his intense conversation with Rey.
• Luke now seems more skilled in the fight with Rey. He doesn't fall down, after she hits him on the head the first time but immediately turns around to stop her second strike at which point he has a force vision of Rey tempted by the dark side and hears Master Yoda's warning voice telling him not to attack her. This results in him just dodging her hits and staying on the defensive. The one time he falls down now, he breaks his fall with the force, showing us that he could have easily beaten her if he wanted to. This changed scene now also implies that if he had attacked her, he would have probably driven her away even more causing her to join Kylo later when he offers Rey to come to his side. Her refusal to do so has a little more meaning now.
• The final flashback featuring Luke and Kylo has been defused to the point where Luke acts not completely out of character anymore.
  The following lines have been removed: "He would bring destruction, pain, death, and the end of everything I love because of what he will become. And for the briefest moment of pure instinct, I thought I could stop it. It passed like a fleeting shadow. And I was left with shame and with consequence."  
  Instead after he says "Snoke had already turned his heart..." we see flashes of Kylo from Rey's flashback in TFA with his mask on walking towards us and killing someone with his red light saber. We return to a shocked Luke who continues with "...and the last thing I saw were the eyes of a frightened young boy who's master had failed him". This changes the meaning of the whole scene. Luke failed Kylo because he allowed Snoke to turn his apprentice while he was under his care and not because he tried to kill him in his sleep. Also Luke does not turn on his light saber except to block Kylo's strike after he consequently attacks Luke.
• When Poe asks Admiral Holdo, if she has a plan, it now seems like she gives in an is going to tell him what the mission is. When they leave her alone on the cruiser and Poe leaves with the transport ships, it looks like they are working together.
• To showcase that they are indeed working together there is a montage with a voice-over explaining the escape plan to Crait to Poe and the audience.
• The reveal that Rose is Paige's sister comes much later in the last act on Crait when she touches the second half of the medallion as she is flying towards the large cannon, creating a better connection/contrast to the beginning of the movie. Her sister died in battle, she survives. 
• Now the Millennium Falcon enters the battle on Crait gracefully and with style. The first thing we see is it's shadow and not an exaggerated triple kill shot 
• When Poe tells Finn to pull back, it now looks like he is following his order
• Luke makes his last stand with a green light saber instead of the blue one making the reveal, that he is not really there, more surprising. 
• Rey does not appear to be jealous of Rose anymore
• We get another good look at the broken light saber before the Millennium Falcon enters hyperspace one last time. The kyber crystal of the saber starts glowing faintly... 
• There is a cut to black instead of a fade to white before the last scene starts
• The movie ends with Luke surviving and looking out at the sunset, coming full circle. He looked at it as a baby in "Revenge of the Sith", as a young man in "A New Hope" and finally as an old Jedi Master.
• When Luke stares at the sunset for the first time there was a small black dot that I removed to avoid the misconception that he is staring at something small in front of the sun
• Color grading of the whole movie (greenish/yellow tint removed and more color vibrance)

Final Running Time: 108 minutes

 

[DonKamillo]

Hey guys, thanks for all the PMs, everybody will get a preview version however I discovered an issue.

I just went over the final cut once more before I wanted to send it in for submission and discovered that at two points in the movie there is a frame error where one single frame pops up that shouldn't be there. Now I fixed that and started the render again, but I won't be at home the next few days so there are two options:

• Option A: Get the version with the two frame errors now (audio is fine)
• Option B: Wait a few days and get the fixed version

Everybody who wants Option A: Like this message so I'll know who to send the preview version to for some early feedback.

 

[Brent72]

Do you have the time stamps for where the frame errors pop up by chance?

 

[DonKamillo]

Do you have the time stamps for where the frame errors pop up by chance?

Sure, I actually found four frame errors in total...

• 1:08:08:12 (Poe's face)
• 1:20:05:08 (Leia in a transport ship)
• 1:27:46:20 (black frame)
• 1:37:33:09 (Luke's hand)

...and fixed them. Hope I didn't miss anything else, otherwise another 8 hours go to waste 

 

[Brent72]

Do you have the time stamps for where the frame errors pop up by chance?

Sure, I actually found four frame errors in total...

• 1:08:08:12 (Poe's face)
• 1:20:05:08 (Leia in a transport ship)
• 1:27:46:20 (black frame)
• 1:37:33:09 (Luke's hand)

...and fixed them. Hope I didn't miss anything else, otherwise another 8 hours go to waste 

Glad you were able to find the additional ones and hopefully there aren't any more. Look forward to replacing this "test" version with the fixed version when you get a chance to upload it.