Fan-Edit Review! | Hal9000's Sequel Trilogy

Here's my review of Hal9000's fan-edits of the Sequel Trilogy! Since I enjoyed his prequel trilogy so much, it just made sense to see what he could do with Disney's sequels. Enjoy!

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[nighttimevideo]

I really like the alternate scene of Phasma's death in TLJ. It felt more of a satisfying sendoff to Finn and Phasma's rivalry than in the theatrical cut, particularly Boyega's delivery of "rebel scum" is so good. Effects incomplete, but it's Star Wars, you know someone will rise up to the challenge.

[JXEditor]

Hal’s edits are some of the most impressive, invisible edits available. I’m actually doing an edit of 9 using Ascendant as a base (with his permission of course). If you like the story present in TROS, but think the issue is execution, Ascendant is definitely for you.

[Nimariel]

Hal’s edits took these movies from something I would have watched once or twice (like the original prequels) to something I actually enjoy and would gladly rewatch (ahead of the prequels, even the edited ones).

[joelmole]

There's another Rise of Skywalker edit by an editor named Spence called The Final Order which takes many of HAL's edits and adds more. It's called The Final Order and it manages to remove all references to 'Rey Palpatine', making her a nobody again and giving her more agency. For instance, instead of hearing all the Jedi voices at the end, she thinks back to all the good times she had with her friends and that gives her the strength to keep going.

It also kills of Leia early (during Rey's Jedi training to be precise), removing all the weird superimposed scenes that never felt right. It actually flows pretty well.

It's still the Rise of Skywalker, which I feel is a fundamentally broken movie, but it at least takes out its worst aspect. Seek it out if you can.

[MoviesRemastered]

It's fantastic that you're doing fanedit reviews and sharing your passion for them. Working on Ascendant was an extremely special time for the community. One of the most collaborative projects to date. Let me know if you'd like to see anymore future star wars edits coming over the next few months.

Keep up the great work!

[Superstarwarsfan]

such a good way to comment other's works and cinema content. your channel deserves more exposure. keep going !

[waderace]

I saw TFA: Restructured and TROS Ascendant. I didn’t bother with TLJ: Legendary because I personally believe TLJ was perfect as it was. Matter of fact, I've watched extended editions of TLJ to get more TLJ action! The TFA: Restructured edit was good and a fine alternative, but I overall prefer the original TFA. As for TROS Ascendant, Hal 9000 actually tremendously improved the movie for me. A lot of supplementary material has since come out that explained some of the finer points of the story, like Rey's parents, Ochi and the dagger, so for me the original TROS's biggest faults lied with its pacing, bad jokes, and characterization. Hal 9000 fixed that and then some. The Force Ghost Jedis were awesome, and Force Ghost Ben Solo was just a huge cherry on top as someone who was a big fan of a Rey x Ben Solo romantic relationship. The emotional delivery of "Rey Skywalker ", the final shot being the Millennium Falcon taking off as Rey goes off on a new adventure with her friends... so much better. I hated the original TROS. I've actually re-watched TROS Ascendant today, and it was like my 6th re-watch since seeing it for the first time last year. So yeah. My 2 cents

[Biosynthnut]

Has anyone done a total fan edit combining all three movies into one?

Had the idea of TFA starting with Palatine/Sideous being introduced in the crawl intro. That way it doesn't come off lame. Snoke would be equivalent to Count Doku. Using Kylo and the FirstOrder usher in the Final Order.
Something like that.

[november]

I’m glad that hal9000 was able to improve these movies, but the sequel trilogy will just never be canon for me. I refuse to give up all of the great expanded universe stories we had before Disney cancelled them in exchange for a dissonant and poorly written trilogy of films which constantly retcon each-other and feel like they’re all fighting against themselves to take the characters and overall narrative in completely different (and often nonsensical) directions. At the end of the day, there’s only so much editing can do to improve what are fundamentally flawed movies, and the expanded universe will always be head-canon for me in the years set after RotJ.

[JKSmith-qsii]

I'm not sure if you are aware but Hal released another Rise of Skywalker edit (Rey Nobody) supposedly it follows The Last Jedi better.

[MalabarTheGreat]

Thank you for reviewing these. More people deserve to know about Hal's edits -- they save the series. I wonder if he will make changes after the Mandoverse is done?

[ZeloraYT]

"i am a jedi" was said by luke in rotj too so i think it feels more like a real star wars line than "im all the jedi"

[scott.calvert]

Hey there, just discovered your channel and some of these fan edits. I found all of Hal9000’s videos this week and started w Ep 1. I also saw the he has a “Rey Nobody” cut of Ep 9 where he removes all reference to her being a Palpatine. I will be checking this one out. Curious what your thoughts are about this cut. I know this is an old video but thanks for reviewing these.

[jarekkorytkowski]

Hey what about M4’s Hobbit and Maple Films still prefer them after watching Chris’s Back and Again Edit?

[JacobDreamWorks]

Check out Adywan's Star Wars Revisited fan edits once Return Of The Jedi: Revisited comes out.

These are the greatest fan edits of The Original Trilogy ever.

🤩🤩🤩🤩

[jarekkorytkowski]

Should check out Aquaman: Special Edition, Last Jedi: Rekindled, The Bilbo Edit, Hobbit Spence Edit and Star Wars: Heir of The Force. Love you videos there should be more people reviewing fan edits its a great community!

[ZeloraYT]

you didnt mention (not sure if you knew) that he has 2 versions of the episode 9 edit, the regular one and the "rey nobody" one which follows the last jedis establishes lore that she is a nobody and her lineage doesnt contributs to her power, so basically shes not a palpatine

[jamst]

Hate the star killer base would have been better to move it to the end but not have the systems destroyed.

[Mythologos]

The Prequels never needed a recut - they were complete statements from an artist. Recuts are for movies that are in some way incomplete.

[bullit]

I also thought Last Jedi was the best of the three modern sequels. It subverted expectations and it’s not perfect. But I appreciated it.