Star Wars - Rogue One: Where Rebels Dare

When I viewed Rogue One in the theater, I thought it was just OK. The story seemed choppy, the character development lacking, the action tedious, the music a bit flat, and there were a few cringe-worthy fan service scenes. TM2YC's edit has dramatically improved all these issues!

I had a much more enjoyable time watching this than the theatrical release. It flows better, and develops the characters more assuredly. The altered scene order makes more sense. The music changes gave me more emotional connection with the characters. I especially enjoyed the slight trims to the battle of Scarif (and Jen's ordeal in the tower) to make things flow more quickly.

The only thing I missed from the theatrical (and the only cut that I kind of noticed) was the abbreviated rebel conference, I would have preferred to have that entire scene, I think. Also, the audio seemed a bit uneven with explosions being really loud compared to vocals - but that could be the case in the source material.

But really, this is excellent work, and my new canon. Great job, TM2YC!

Watched the MP4 today, and had a very entertaining time.

I am not a Star Wars guy, though I do have a deep nostalgic fondness for the original trilogy and this fan edit does elicit a more classic Star Wars feel without being too fan oriented. It is amazing how by simply (well, not simple from a technical stand point -- well done as always TM2YC) creating an original style opening immediately put me in the Star Wars zone. But TM2YC does more than this of course.... his reordering/restructuring of scenes creates a more fluid narrative and the additional/alteration of music cues/score (TM2YC always does FANTASTIC music work and Rogue One is another shining example of his master craftsmanship) creates a more emotional connection to the story and it's characters. While still not a perfect movie, TM2YC has done an exemplary job and for me has elevated the film above it's original cut.

My only nit pick observation, the time passage title card says "13 years later" but Jyn states in her interrogation with the Rebels that it has been 15 years since she last saw her father. Unless I missed a detail...? lol

Otherwise, another excellent edit by the ever exceptional TM2YC.

Thumbs Up.

This is not my first fan edit of Rogue One - I have seen DigModiFicaTion's Rise of the Rebellion. With that said, this, like DigModiFicaTion's edit, are a lot better than the theatrical cut.

When it comes to this cut by TM2YC, I love how they re-arranged scenes, cut/trimmed lines/scenes. It makes the film more watchable/enjoyable. I also love the crawl. I had no problem with the theatrical cut saying Rogue One and moving on to the story, but with the crawl it add that Star Wars flavour.

I can defiantly see myself watching this edit more than the blu-ray I own.

Thanks, TM2YC for a great edit - can't wait to see what else you come out with!

Any Rogue One fan-edit that manages to give it more of a classic Star Wars-esque feel while still flawlessly showing how this is much more of a straight-up war film than the other installments in the franchise can't be that bad, can it? As much as I adore the original Rogue One, I do think this edit flows better in terms of plot and story and the altered scene order allows you to care about the characters more than in the theatrical cut. As usual with a TM2YC edit, the audio and video editing are absolutely seamless. If you're a Rogue One fan, you'll love this. If you're not a fan, I still recommend giving this a chance.

This is another strong Rogue One edition.

I personally simply like the original Rogue One THAT much so it's almost impossible to improve it for me. I don't think any of these Rogue One edits actually really improve the film (for me) but they have slightly different takes on the movie.

This one changes Rogue One quite a bit. I really liked how the Empire fleet is presented in the early stage of the movies. Great job there. Majority of the other changes were good as well but I personally didn't care how Darth Vader was presented. Something about it felt a bit odd. Maybe because it was in the middle of the battle. No big deal though. Bor Gullet should have been cut.

Very good job on this one.

I hate to give 10 stars for visual editing nowadays after the Adywan's Empire Strikes Back fanedit because it was a true masterpiece but there you go.