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

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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!

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Thanks mate! ;)

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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 !

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Owner's reply November 18, 2018

Thanks for putting a smile on my face and reaffirming my reasons for making this edit! Appreciate it mate :)

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WOW! Just finished watching DonKamillo's Fan Fix - and what a treat it is! I would advise anyone who is a fan of the original trilogy, and felt really let down after watching TLJ - YOU MUST GIVE THIS A WATCH! It has made this movie very watchable - and more importantly - enjoyable again!

Now, please go gentle on me - this is my first ever review...

I will start by saying that I am not a video or audiophile - and only watch movies via a 55" screen, without surround sound, etc. To me, the cutting/editing of the movie, was excellent - done to a very high quality, and I didn't notice any parts that jarred me - all cuts seemed to be very clean and seemless. This was the 10GB+ version, and it looked absolutely beautiful on the 55" screen - and I'm sure it will be too on much larger screens.

So, onto what I think of the actual movie/story itself...

It 'does what it says on the tin' - most of the cringeworthy sequences are gone! Normally this kind of cutting would result in jumps in the story (leaving you wondering what happened unless you previously watched the theatrical edition) - however, DonKamillo has managed this in a way that has left a very fluid movie!

Gone are what I would consider extra scenes to force humour, where IMHO none is needed - and where they're (quite obviously) also trying to make sure that the movie has the appeal to younger kids, at the cost of telling a true Star Wars story. In these superfluious scenes, it made me feel as though I was back watching the prequels again... so, thankfully that is no longer an issue with this Fan Fix!

This really does feel much more aligned with the original trilogy, and leaves a vastly more watchable movie. So glad that the 'Mary Poppins' scene is gone - that was by far THE worst scene (IMHO) in the whole movie! The 'old guard' of the Star Wars movies, must have been thinking 'what in actual f*** are we doing here?' Well, that scene and the 'milk' drinking scene - thankfully that's gone too!

I'm hoping that we don't need you to make a Fan Fix of Episode IX - however, I will keenly look forward to it if you do! Mind you, you'll probably need to re-work whatever Leia scenes they force into it...

Thanks again for giving me a very enjoyable cut of TLJ, that I can certainly look forward to watching again!

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Owner's reply October 21, 2018

Thanks Stevie! :)

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Just by reading the changes I was sure this would be the go-to edit for this episode, at least until the ep9 is released. And it really delivered. Did you just single handedly make Star Wars fun again?? The Luke/Leia thing will not sit well with the next episode but in the meanwhile we can bathe in the glory that is this cut! I only hope Kylo would have been the trigger man (you know where), I think that could have been accomplished with some tricky editing, looking at the material at hand. I feel like giving a minus for this but I just can't, it's not that big a deal, I can merely hope for an updated edit (please!!). There was some similarly awesome creative editing in place already, like Luke handing the saber back. A Special thank you for editing out Rose condemning the rebels to die by preventing Finn's independence day moment.

This movie really felt like an actual Star Wars movie should. It's got a serious good/bad story and true heroes, mixed with just a bit of amusing moments. It was paced nicely and not filled with overstimulated action. The first order is not an order of idiots anymore but a true menace, etc. This cut is the way it should be right now, this cut should be the official one (+ with Kylo at the trigger), the one that JJ is working the sequel for right now. I wish there will be a continuity edit of ep9 to allow this edit to shine forever. Good job, I think I just became a Star Wars fan again.

Editing/Audio/Video: No visible/audible cuts jumped at me. I got the 10gb+ glorious fatfile for this edit, thank you so very, very much for the much needed bitrate! Looked absolutely glorious on my 65 incher. Now that's how you release a fanedit, ladies and gentlemen; quality for the ages! A perfect 10 from me!

I would, however, enjoy a separate short film from the casino/jail scenes, with the animal escape minimized.

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Owner's reply October 07, 2018

Thanks for the review mate! I'm planning to do an edit for Ep9 but let's see what JJ does with it first ;)

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Ok - cards on the table here folks...
I'm not a Star Wars anorak; Yes I've seen them all from the original in '77. Like most people, for me the 3 Prequels almost ruined the 'original' 3.
Bottom line - I like to watch a good story that's well told; effects and big name actors can't save a crap film.
SO, to say I was disappointed with TLJ's Theatre release is an understatement - I hated it... never wanted to see it again, etc etc.
I was wary in reading thru' the various Fan Edits here, but this one caught my eye... 'Anti_Cringe-Cut' ? Sounds interesting and it should be a somewhat shorter film too [given the amount of cringe in it!]
I really can't believe the job DonKamillo has done here - he has actually rescued TLJ from the Knacker's Yard!

Stupid attempts at humour - gone
F***in' Porgs! - [almost all] gone
Ach-To Caretakers [also, almost all] gone - But I could really have slept quite soundly without the hooley-around-the-campfire scene!
Canto-Bight's unneccessary side story - gone [praise the gods!]
Rose - hmmm. Personally I've no real issue with Rose BUT having removed Canto maybe she could have been omitted altogether - I'm unsure if that's possible tho'.
Lastly gone, and the scene that MOST annoyed me in TLJ [and that's saying something!] Leia's post-sucking-out scene is her last [well, pretty much]
I HATED the original flying Leia scene SO much.

If I could wish into being one other scene revision/alteration it'd be the corny red background/backdrop to Snoke's chamber [or whatever it's called] and the stupid looking praetorian-ish guards he has... ahem, 'guarding' him.
C'mon guys, it makes a school drama look like a major production. I mean Plain-red featureless walls? what happened, imagination took a holiday or what? [Sorry, I needed to vent there!]

THIS is the way I would have preferred to see TLJ in cinema's - the story makes sense now, no superfluous rubbish.
THIS should be your Go-To version - no doubts from me anyhow!

A couple of words to Maestro DonKamillo...
I'd respectfully suggest that to use your 'alternate poster' artwork as your sleeve art; the other 2 artworks have a tatty looking 'The Anti-Cringe Cut' insert in the bottom right corner that cheapens this astounding work - you do yourself a disservice with it, sir!
Also - I'm unsure how you're going to handle the forthcoming Episode 9 whenever it arrives; I have a feeling the narrative may well not flow at all well from this ACC to Ep9 - having said that, at least THIS is now watchable!

Well Done and congratulations on your wizardry ;)

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Owner's reply October 07, 2018

Had a blast reading this, thanks gerkildare! :)

Regarding Ep9: Don't worry, I'll find a way ;)

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