Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi: Anti-Cringe-Cut

This is now my go to edit of the Last Jedi.
I don't have enough technical knowledge to break down all the details but I will say that had I never seen the original in theater, I would've never known or realized that the Casino sub plot existed. Thats how seemless this was.
The changes were welcome as they create a better narrative and allow Luke's character to feel even more important and stand out as well as Rey. This truly feels like a LOT of the "fat" was cut away (within reason).
Most important to me, the ending or more specifically how Luke's story ends feel more true and definitely is more of an incredibly welcome fan service that makes one wish THIS was canon.

Personally this is now my go to version of Last Jedi. Leaner, tighter, feels more focused and a better pay off that elicits a better sense of hope for the future of the series than the original did IMO.

Can't recommend it enough.

The Last Jedi was a huge disappointment to me. I watched it with my brother at a 4D movie theater (with water splashes, force feedback from your chair etc.), the most fun part of the movie was the 4D demo at the beginning! Being 2 huge Star Wars fans ourselves, we talked about the movie in the car like 2 minutes tops while returning home. After a week i can not even recall a good scene from the movie. I did not even want to watch it again, which is very surprising because I'd watched Episodes 1-6 like 3 or 4 times. This was until now.

This effort by DonKamillo made the whole movie enjoyable (though movie itself is still bad). Removing Canto Bight side plot is a huge breather. All cut content is justified. There are almost none gaps on plot, narrative became fluid. This movie should not have existed. But with this fanfix from DonKamillo you can bear with it and hope Episode 9 will make the things straight again for Star Wars franchise.

I'm finishing with Don's own words:

Well done mate!

This edit was generally internally consistent and of solid quality - I would recommend it to anyone. I only noticed one slightly awkward moment in changing the narrative. It’s possible I found it awkward because I wasn’t expecting a change there though. :)

I agree with a previous reviewer that cutting canto bight effectively cuts Finn, but I find that doesn’t bother me too much (even though I like his character). This feels more like the original trilogy as the corny humor is gone (yes!).

I have to say this is so much better then the original.
the decision to cut canto bight as a whole was in my opinion a mistake because now finn has nothing to do.
killing leia was good choice in my opinion and making luke's lightsaber green was also a great choice
but rain johnsen disaster cant be completely fixed as killing snoke showed
Overall a great edit also loved that Luke took a moment and mourned Han's death
Great edit.

Thank you so much for removing the horrible sitcom humor.

WAOW !
I'm blown away by how much DonKamillo was able to salvage this god-awful movie !
I absolutely hated the movie the first (and only) time I saw it in theater. It made me both angry and very depressed. During this screening, I was already hoping to see a fanedited version of it, and boy, did DonKamillo delivered !

Not only did I not feel any hate nor sadness during the screening, but I found myself actually appreciating scenes I completely rejected during the theater screening.


[*** Spoilery review from now on ***]


For example, I was able to appreciate the scene with Yoda burning the tree and giving his (great!) advice to Luke about failure being the best teacher. Very true !
And I was now enough into the movie to realize that Rey actually stole the Ancient Jedi Books before leaving the island, since we briefly see them aboard the Falcon at the very end of the movie. So when Luke was about to burn down the temple-tree, Yoda actually prevented him to find out that the books where missing, allowing Luke to completely let go about his feelings of failure and grief, helping him reconnect with the Force and his true destiny, and also allowing Rey to acquire the knowledge she seeks to further her training and the skills she needs to build a new lightsaber from the pieces of Anakin's weapon. MIND. BLOWN.

Thank you so much DonKamillo for making me see the good (and, as time, great) ideas contained in the original movie. I would NEVER have guessed writing this one day !

Obviously, thank you so much for editing out all the cringe-worthy moments, like most of the porgs, the retarded humor, Canto Bight and all the ridiculous side plots, mutiny, love triangles and all. Some moronic things still remains, like the hyperspace destruction of the First Order fleet (if it's possible, it negates all of the previous space battle's logic), the tracking through hyperspace, the death of Snoke, and the fact that the fleet should have immediately split into multiple direction via escape pods through hyperspace, the First Order would never have been able to track them all down and it would have given them time to regroup and find new allies, and Leia, Ackbar and co would still be alive. But I digress.

The death of Leia was exactly what I wish the movie went with. When I first saw the movie in theater, I thought "wow, this is ballsy and profoundly moving, and brutally mirrors Carrie Fisher's real life passing..." but as I was thinking that, I watch in horror the stupid superman-like resurrection in space, the infamous "Leia Poppins" and it was the end of my hope for this movie.
Thank you again, DonKamillo, for making my wish come true.

This version is now my go-to / full Disney denial version !

Of course, making Luke a more coherent character was a central point to make, and DonKamillo aced it ! Not only does he give back the lightsaber to Rey and apologizes, but he did not try to kill Kylo ! He doesn't F-ing milk these aliens and most of all : he doesn't die of exhaustion !

I absolutely loved that Luke has now his ROTJ green lightsaber while fighting Kylo Ren !
To nitpick, you could crop the shots in order to exclude the Anakin hilt, that way it would be more believable that he uses is ROTJ weapon, since in the wide shots the hilt is barely visible. Please make this small adjustment and the edit would be 100% perfect, in my humble opinion.

Also, great job about the sound edit, making the commander saying that Leia and Ackbar died. Well done !
I put 9/10 for audio editing because some small problems where audible, most noticeably when Luke said "where is Han ?", the sound feels completely off and out of place. In fact, it's only on the surround track, his line is only on the left speakers.

I could go on and review the movie scene by scene, there is so much to say ! I'll just say that all the changes listed on the "changes" page are beautifully done and totally justified. The movie is now more serious, more in the "war" tone, as opposed to the "silly Disney/Marvel humor" tone that they went with.

There is one "problem" though, with your edit : now that all the stupid cringe-worthy stuffs are out of the picture, it's even more blatantly apparent that ALL THE SCENES of this movie are rehash from The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi ! (0_0)
All of them !!! It's even worth than in The Force Awakens !
Snoke is the Palpatine-like character, with no backstory (like the Emperor in the OT), the Falcon flying scenes on Crait are reminiscent of the asteroid field and the inside of the Second Death Star, and I could go on about every little aspect of this film (the red guards, the redemption story, the battle of Hoth, and on and on.... I swear I could almost hear the imperials chanting "Grond ! Grond !" while the laser-battering-ram approaches. I know, I know, wrong universe ^_^).

The prequels were shit, but Lucas actually tried something original. Here, it's even more evident that Disney have no idea how to treat the saga and are going for the safest, "money-making-est" road : just rehash everything from the Original Trilogy, acknowledge the Prequels and sprinkle it with moronic fan service, Marvel Humor and puberty/sexual overtone between Rey and Ben ("touching" themselves for the first time through the Force, popping their projection-cherry, and Snoke lustfully grinning behind the scene... F-ing creepy shit, Ryan !).

Thank you also DonKamillo for editing out that stupid ring with the "hidden" Rebel symbol, and the Star Wars Kid with his broomstick... ("heavy sigh")

The Fox logo and fanfare is also greatly missing, and you could do without the "the anti-cringe-cut" in the crawl, as it is redundant with the Culombia-anti-cringe logo, and does a disservice to your great work by needlessly adding an extradiegetic mention into an exposition device.

The Dark Side anus-by-the-shore-in-the-ground scene is still pointless and badly done. Zero interest. But I get why it still has to be there.

Now we understand that the more Kylo becomes strong in the Force, the more Rey becomes strong. We can imagine that Rey really is a nobody, that her parents are unimportant, but that she also is the Force that has Awoken, to counter the rising force of Kylo Ren (as the Force allegedly created Anakin in George's Prequels in order to bring balance to the Force : being as many Sith as there are Jedi, as Yoda said that the prophecy may have been misinterpreted).

It's not far-fetch to imagine that Snoke was "allowed by the Force" to rise to a significant amount of power to balance the immense power of Luke Skywalker. MAN !! You reignited my passion for this saga ! That's no small deed and you deserve all the hats-off you can get !

The explanation flashbacks about what happen that famous night with Kylo Ren and Luke are impressive ! We now understand both of their point of view, and the reality of what happen is on par with both characters. Very well done !!

Thank you very much for this amazing amount of work, time and effort you put into realizing this great edit !
I will shortly had it to my Blu-Ray collection !