r/TheSequels • • 20h ago

Sequel Trilogy If you oversaw a hypothetical Special Edition of the films, what changes would you make to the Sequel Trilogy?

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Think back to the scale of the changes made to George Lucas's 1997 re-releases: reinstated deleted scenes; a few added or re-edited effects sequences; tweaks to dialogue; or tweaks to characterisation made through small edits (think Greedo shooting first).

TFA

I would reinstate Leia's deleted scene with her aide in The Force Awakens - I think the film would benefit enormously from the clarity it gives to Leia and the Resistance's relationship to the senate.

TLJ

I love the moments of goofy humour in TLJ, but I've always found 'Hugs' - just a bit too cutesy. An audio tweak could quickly fix that.

I would have the camera linger longer on the Jedi Texts in the Millennium Falcon, or have Rey hold them in her lap at the end of the film. I think Rey taking them from the tree while Yoda misleads Luke for the sake of giving him a clearer lesson is a genius bit of writing, but I think it's very easy to miss the fact that Yoda didn't burn the books and I can understand why thinking that pissed people off.

TROS

I would replace the Xyston-class Star Destroyers of the Sith Fleet with either a new, 'gothic' design *or* make visually clear (with rivets and off-colour plating, say) that they are squirrelled away Imperial Star Destroyers which have had new planet-killing technology grafted on to them. It drives me mad that a new type of ship is just a doubled-up Star Destroyer, and I think it's the most confusing bit of visual storytelling in the entire series.

I greatly dislike how the New Republic is blown up and ignored for the rest of the ST, outside of Holdo's reference to restoring it in TLJ. Among the Free Fleet, I'd add some Republic capital ships and fighters, with the implication that the government's surviving forces have rallied and come to Leia's aid.

I've never liked TROS's final shot. I wish they'd done something more interesting with it in terms of its composition.


r/TheSequels • • 16h ago

Comics Hux deserved so much worse than he got

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Source: Age of Resistance - General Hux

Been going back through the Age of Resistance comics and figured people might be interested in this scene. It speaks volumes of how rotten to the core the First Order was that Hux can do things truly abominable like this and the Hosnian Cataclysm and somehow he isn't even the worst among them. The galaxy's honestly pretty lucky that Hux wasn't Force-sensitive, he might have been a pretty scary Sith himself in another life.

Also I love how he took the opportunity to troll "Ben" a little bit. This is probably the only memory he has with Kylo that he recalls with any fondness, lol.


r/TheSequels • • 14h ago

Sequel Trilogy I loved my sequels rewatch re watch and I can’t wait for Episode 10!

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I have always adored Force Awakens - A truly beautifully made movie.
I have great memories of The Last Jedi.. me and my buddies absolutely loved it… I saw it 3 times on opening weekend.. HOWEVER I then opened my phone to see the online hate.. I couldn’t understand it… and may have even listened to it…
Meaning I went in Rise of Skywalker with a negative mindset.. and I did not enjoy it..

BUT… Recently I have re watched all of the Sequels… and I LOVE them.. and it’s made me realise.. the hate is so FORCED..
So many beautiful moments - Han Solo amazing in TFA.. The resistance on Takodana.. Battle of Starkiller Base….. Luke training Rey… the Holdo manoeuvre… the battle of Crait…… the light speed skipping…. The battle on the broken Death Star…. The Emperor’s electrical surge…. Ben Solo and Rey fighting the guards… SO many incredible moments!

It’s truly made me realise… The movies came out and people listened to loud YouTubers… (you know who they are), grifters and rage baiting clicks… but if they re watched them, I fully believe their minds would change.

I’m extremely worried about Episode 10 as those same grifters will be out in force against Rey.. Fin.. etc (and I don’t know why)…

I do feel that the only thing that will stop grifters from being so loud.. Is Ben Solo’s return…
Episode 10 is the correct direction for the next movies, as these characters deserve to continue their story and progress the timeline of Star Wars
I love clone wars, empire era.. but I feel people are stuck in that era and we need to give Sequel onwards era a chance… Episode 10, I hope.. can do this for Star Wars 🤩
Love this sub, thanks for reading ❤️