Star Wars: The Coaxium Heist

the improvement is basically secured in the colour grading changes, removal of han's name origin, and the removal of that egregious maul cameo (i think this indirectly makes qira more interesting, though my gf who watched with me and had not seen the original, felt that her end didnt make a lot of sense).

those brilliant changes aside though, i didnt love this edit. i think that a really fun chemistry exists between the main cast in the original (maybe a holdover from the screwball comedy lord & miller stuff), and this cut is definitely lacking in some of that with the methodical trimming of the interactions. this is possibly due to the downplaying of phoebe waller bridge's robot character (who i like, even if the metaphor of her character is weak and bad). one omission that annoyed me was the gag of lando flying away! i loved that nooo </3

i think that the coaxium heist is a better movie than solo a star wars story, but this cut is too drastic for me. some of the fun is lost, which is a shame in a movie that is mostly there to be a fun 2 hours.