How would you change the new Star Wars trilogy

[MoonSong]

Ok, going by the thread premise in the OP, and limiting stuff to just ED powers, I'd make these changes:

TFA
It is mostly fine, just some minor edits:

• Cut the pirates. The whole scene is pointless.
• Remove the "Don't force me to use clones!" line
• Make Maz say something along the lines "A traveler from Bespin V was here a few years back...". That's it, don't make a mystery where there's no answer to be had.
• Switch "Hosnian prime" for "Coruscant". If it looks like a Corruscant, fills the place in the story of a Coruscant and quacks like a Coruscant then let it be Coruscant damn it! Just a line in passing saying "this is another planet" after the fact just cheapens the whole thing.
• CGI Phasma into the "Traitor scene"
• I wouldn't change the third act.

TLJ

• Change the narration so it is Snoke's presence Luke is responding to rather than wanting to murder Kylo.
• Cut short the Canto Bight scene. Remove Rose's rant and just cut the whole thing after DJ opens the cell door. Next time we see these people, they are on the ship already.
• Cut some of Luke's antics
• Remove the kiss, it is too soon.

RoS

• Remove the narration with CGI Leia and Kylo's demise foreshadowing, repaint the second lightsaber so it is Luke's second lightsaber.
• Don't have Kylo die, end the movie on that kiss.

(If possible replace Palpatine with a CGI Snoke)

 

[Eltab]

This is the first time we've reached the official "end" of the saga, though

-cough cough- Return of the Jedi -cough cough-

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The more I see people wanting to cut the Canto Bite sequence or shorten it or whatever, the more I want it to stay.

I would have it be where Rey comes back into the main story, though, or some other way make it involve more than two main characters.

And I’d have some of the kids be free and be in the resistance in RoS. And ditch the fetch quests in favor of more Rose screen time.

 

[Celebrim]

-cough cough- Return of the Jedi -cough cough-

By RotJ, Lucas had already said he had planned 9 films. Most fans expected the prequel trilogy to come out 3-5 years after RotJ. Every year, there would be some rumor that production had started. That's why people were so excited for the prequel that they literally started camping out waiting for tickets, and why people of my generation through such a big party around that. We'd been waiting that long.

 

[Imaculata]

The more I see people wanting to cut the Canto Bite sequence or shorten it or whatever, the more I want it to stay.

I agree. The biggest problem with the Canto Bite scene, is that it doesn't lead anywhere. But I see this mostly as an issue with the narrative, not the location. If the location had served more of a purpose, it would have been fine. Rather than Finn and Rose looking for a person to get them onto the starship, I would have kept them both on the planet, looking for something on the planet that will help their friends (such as a communications array to call for rebel reinforcements). Have the First Order send troops to the planet to flush them out, leading to a big action scene on the casino planet.

I would have it be where Rey comes back into the main story, though, or some other way make it involve more than two main characters.

Yeah, they really needed to have Rey more involved and have the plot on Canto Bite tie more closely to what's going on with the rebels. Rather than having the slowest chase in history, I would have the rebels seek shelter on Krait earlier, so there is time to have a big battle there. I felt the movie set up a big battle, only to rob the audience of one.

And ditch the fetch quests in favor of more Rose screen time.

The getting a thing, to get another thing, to get to that other thing, was really poor screen writing. I would ditch it as well. I got the feeling that JJ didn't like Rose very much as a character and didn't know what to do with her. It feels very strange how The Last Jedi builds up a Rose/Finn relationship, only for Rise of Skywalker to completely ditch that idea. I would have liked to see a pay off between her and Finn. Maybe when Finn was a stormtrooper, he was directly involved in something horrible regarding Rose's family. It would explain why Finn wants to keep some distance from her, and perhaps their plot ultimately revolves around whether Rose is able to forgive him for what he did. Maybe Phasma shouldn't have been killed off so early, so she can reveal this to Rose.

 

[GreyLord]

Hmm, if I had the ability to go and change some things...I'd do away with some of the more controversial decisions of the second film.

First, no killing Luke...period...at least in that film. He stays alive.

Second, Luke is there akin more along with what JJ Abrahms seemed to have wanted Luke to have been doing in the 3rd film. Luke HAD been searching for the Jedi Temple and the Wayfinders. He had gotten stuck there or something.

He would have trained Rey more (so longer training montage...etc) and the chase of TLJ is NOT a mere 18 hours. It would be at least fuel enough for a week or two.

TLJ would have taken place at least a couple months (let's give it 3-6 months) after the end of The Force awakens.

Rey would not have been a Palpatine. She would have been either Luke's daughter or the daughter of Kylo Ren.

Luke would have probably died in the third movie in some way, possibly be the one who dies at the Death Star Lightsaber fight instead by letting Kylo Ren strike him down as Leia talks to him...OR...even better...have Rey be the one who strikes him down as she is confused by the Dark side with Kylo watching who then turns as he has lost his chance for vengeance. He hears his mother, gets turned by his father's memory, and turns to the Light, while Rey, having killed Luke goes off to Ach-Too and we see it just as we see the scene currently between her and Jedi ghost Luke (for the most part at least).

At the end of the movie, no health resurrection. Rey doesn't come back to life by a Kiss. It could be that Anakin stands there between her and Palpatine as a ghost and absorbs the lightning helping her reflect it back, and Kylo makes a sacrifice to save her, but no Force Resurrections. Palpatine himself is a Force Sith Spirit held by a Sith Holocron or something in that spot rather than a zombie attempting to come back.

And that's bout it. I think that covers most more controversial portions by small changes in the movie itself.

Since these are only small changes, I think that's about it. I think we could have kept the Palpatine thing.

 

[wicked cool]

I would remove the princess Leia May Poppins moment(replace it with something better such as a force shield.

I would have had more classic creature races-Just like the mandalorian did. The Han millennium bad guys scene would have been great

Maz should have had a bigger role and a better explanation of her role

Knights of Ren-another wasted opportunity- a flashback or 2 of them and the knights should have killed a major character or damaged one.

If your going to introduce new force powers then maybe one of Lukes books or a plot point indicates that these powers exist.



the story should have been written ahead of time. Tying this to roleplaying-Map out the entre adventure and read the adventure at least once.

 

[Mallus]

People seem to mind every ship in the Final Order fleet being equipped with a Death Star beam, but the bad guys engaging in a textbook example of the Lensman Arms Race is faithful to SW’s pulp space opera roots so I’m good with it.

 

[shawnhcorey]

2) You can’t make massive sweeping changes, remove or make entire films etc.

Well, that leaves my ideas out. I would make the movies about Finn. He is the most interesting character in the sequels.

 

[Vael]

Well, that leaves my ideas out. I would make the movies about Finn. He is the most interesting character in the sequels.

I like Rey and Poe too much to sideline them like that, but I do think Finn, or the nature of Finn was underutilized in Rise. The fact that the First Order's Stormtroopers are conscripted children is mentionned, but not used. And they proved Finn wasn't the only one to break free. So why not, instead of making Finn's charge just to try and gain control of one Star Destroyer's guns, what about, first, not being coy that Finn is Force Sensittive, and second ... have him pull a reverse Order 66?