Change one thing about The Rise of Skywalker to improve the film

[Deleted member 61196]

Bonus points if you're not sarcastic! Obviously this movie had more than one issue but if your goal was to tweak one thing to improve it overall which would you choose?

For me, simply not making Rey a decendant of Palpatine improves the movie quite a bit.

 

[Halbrand]

No Palpatine

 

[Neece]

Rey Nobody.

 

[Einchy]

Rey actually kills Chewie.

 

[Inugami]

Trevorrow script would have been a huge improvement.

 

[Kia Purity]

no Reylos

 

[Bor Gullet]

A cohesive flow that isn't chopped to bits.

 

[Deleted member 15227]

No Palpatine

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first post etc

 

[Frankie Williamson]

No Palpatine was said a bunch so here's my other choice,

No face turn for Kylo.

 

[Deleted member 2802]

Just turn every scene into a direct flashback or callback from the Original Trilogy with the new cast.

 

[Ryuelli]

Bring back Ewoks.

Spoiler

I liked RoS. It was fun.

 

[Cipher Peon]

Smallest change with highest impact?

Cutting the final scene entirely imo. The rest of the movie was kinda dull to me but the final scene DRASTICALLY crossed the line.

 

[Charismagik]

No release


I kid...probably no palps as well

 

[Tathanen]

Keep Palpatine as a plot contrivance, don't make Rey related to him.

Oh wait that's the OP ha ha.

Well uh yes, that.

 

[Tabaxi]

Main villain is Kylo.

 

[Neece]

Written and Directed by Rian Johnson.

 

[Meg Cherry]

No Palpatine

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Yep. Replace him with a random Sith god, and the movie at least feels insane rather than pandering.

 

[B.K.]

No last minute Kylo Ren redemption.

 

[Teenage Fansub]

The director.

 

[sphagnum]

Replace Sheev with Plagueis.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Phasma isn't dead

 

[Kernel]

JJ Abrams

 

[Freddy=Legend]

Give it a better movie to follow in the first place.

 

[Liyfda]

I jumped into this thread thinking it was for the 2nd movie, so I guess my change would be call it the The Sequel to the 2nd Movie?

 

[The Unsent]

Rey Nobody.

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Basically, I like the last scene of TLJ of the random orphan looking at the stars, that you don't need to come from a special lineage, to be the hero.

"Rey, just Rey" would have been more empowering. The film would have still been a bit rubbish, but wouldn't be as regressive.

 

[El Bombastico]

Use Trevorrow's script.

 

[kirby_fox]

Kill off Kylo before he can make it to Rey. Have the power of the Jedi appear in force ghosts, including Kylo who is what tips it in their favor.

 

[kowhite]

No Palpatine

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I mean, this would require changing a lot of the plot.

So this. Sorry Ian, love you, but you weren't the right choice.

Edit: Somebody said no JJ, that might win.

 

[Rodney McKay]

Ditch the stupid knife shaped like the wreck of the Death Star somehow.

 

[Spring-Loaded]

"Just Rey. I'm planning building a school here, who can I talk to about zoning and purchasing land rights?"

 

[grand]

JJ Abrams

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^^^

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Hug nstead of kiss.

 

[Mediking]

Finn X Rey

 

[Ocean Panda]

Yeah, removing the Palpatine connection is the first thing that comes to mind, but that would actually require a lot of changes.

If we're talking one thing that is simple and practical, I would just find a way to compress most of the fetch-questing during the first half of the movie through edits and cuts. Obviously there are a ton of issues, but I think if the whole thing felt tighter and "got to the point" more quickly, that's probably the most effective thing you could do easily to change how it's received overall.

 

[Gotchaforce]

Chewie crashes the Falcon into Kylo's face.

 

[Sign My Guestbook!]

Kylo is the antagonist instead of Palpatine. Literally everything improves.

Well at least I think so... much as I love Ian McDiarmid

 

[Deleted member 4260]

A cohesive flow that isn't chopped to bits.

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This. I actually like the movie, but this is my biggest complaint with it. Feels way too rushed, and makes moments that I think are really good not hit quite as hard imo.

 

[Moms_Spaghetti]

Man fuck this movie - it's obviously palpatine/ Rey palpatine- but really the whole movie was absolute dogshit

 

[The Unsent]

I mean, this would require changing a lot of the plot.

So this. Sorry Ian, love you, but you weren't the right choice.

Edit: Somebody said no JJ, that might win.

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Palpatine would have been fine as a evil force ghost imo. I thought his return was too bland.

 

[B'z-chan]

Grogu wakes up from this vision and leads Luke down a different path to balance in the Force thus ending the Sequel Trilogy as canon.

 

[Jhey Cyphre]

Make it an actual sequel to The Last Jedi?

 

[Ariakon44]

Rey Nobody...

 

[ibyea]

Op, as Luke Skywalker once said, you want the impossible. The suckage of this film is fractal.

 

[Nacho]

A handshake instead of a kiss.

But for real no out of left field kiss.

Doesn't make it a good movie but a long shot but has an actually appropriate ending for kylo and rey

 

[cvxfreak]

I would've had the Jedi force ghosts show up at the end and join Rey in the battle for the ultimate fan service

 

[Fleck0]

It needed Jar Jar to balance things out, huge misstep.

 

[Nappuccino]

Have Finn and Rose do something cool.

 

[thecouncil]

Palpatine could've been good but certainly not the way it was pulled off.

The movie just needed to do less. Too long and way too much shit packed in.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

A handshake instead of a kiss.

But for real no out of left field kiss.

Doesn't make it a good movie but a long shot but has an actually appropriate ending for kylo and rey

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Yes.

 

[jimtothehum]

Eliminate any reference to Palpatine