A Reddit Leak Revealed Key Scenes Were Removed From J.J. Abrams's Cut of 'Rise of Skywalker'

Apr. 16 2020, Updated 1:21 p.m. ET

Another day, every other Star Wars revelation. A recent Reddit post published that the version of Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker that we noticed in theaters was now not the person who J.J. Abrams wanted to put out. Not best did the publish describe key scenes that were taken out of the movie, nevertheless it additionally discussed the toxic dynamic that was once going down behind the scenes.

Fans are hard that Disney release the J.J. cut of the movie and are claiming that audiences, and the director, had been robbed of a satisfying Star Wars conclusion.

Here's how a Reddit post got #ReleasetheJJCut trending.

The put up ignited the Star Wars fanbase and #ReleaseTheJJCut took over Twitter. It printed that Disney made a number of changes to Rise of Skywalker that the director both did not need or had no wisdom of. The original cut of the movie was once Three hours and a pair of minutes. J.J. was shown a version that used to be 2 hours and 37 minutes and he hesitantly agreed to it. The model that made it to theaters was once 2 hours and 22 mins.

One of the biggest changes was the ending. Instead of hearing the voices of Jedi past, a few Jedi, restricted to just those that seemed in full length motion pictures ahead of, have been intended to seem in the form of pressure ghosts and shape a barrier between Rey and the Sith. Speaking of characters related to the force, it is hinted at within the final model that Finn is pressure delicate. But in the unique version, there are scenes that will make it extra obvious. 

Another big change was that Rose was supposed to have a bigger role in the story. J.J. had previously praised Rian Johnson for casting Kelly Marie Tran as Rose Tico and the Rise of Skywalker director won flack for her function being cut to simply over a minute. According to the Reddit source, who claims to have labored on production of the film, J.J. used to be now not a fan of her role being restricted too.

We nearly were given an extended Ben Solo redemption arc and a romantic FinnPoe courting.

The source claimed that the The Force Awakens director had arrange a FinnPoe dating in the first film and fought with Disney to see it come to fruition in the ultimate movie. But in the end Disney won that fight. Even Oscar Isaac used to be conscious of the struggle, which was why the actor blamed Disney for being too afraid to have a same-sex relationship and no longer J.J. as an alternative.

Another factor that disenchanted enthusiasts used to be that Kylo Ren was intended to have a larger redemption arc. In the scene where Rey stabs Kylo and then heals him, she effectively kills Kylo and brings Ben Solo again to life. But she's now not the one person who helped Ben be reborn.

The supply claimed, "That was Leia using her own memories as well as Ben's to create a physical manifestation of his own thoughts to nudge him towards what he needed to do. That was her own way of communicating that with him. And it wasn't possible without her dying in the process. She made the ultimate sacrifice for her son and this flew over people's heads with the Disney cut."

The scene wherein Ben dies used to be also in the beginning 4 mins longer. J.J. also fought towards Ben and Rey's kiss. There have been additionally different scenes where Rey and Ben struggled with their fates one at a time, with Rey coming to terms with her dark bloodline and Ben coming to phrases the be apologetic about he has over his previous. 

So why did we now not get the J.J. cut?

According to the supply, the director used to be heartbroken over the general film and the vulnerable ultimate version was in fact what Disney intended to do. WB has been attempting to signal J.J. directly to work on long run DC tasks and Disney was once involved that he would make DC into extra of a risk to Marvel. The objective at the back of Rise of Skywalker was to make the Star Trek director look much less desirable to WB to give protection to their long run investments.

Throughout his time operating on Rise of Skywalker, the source claimed that many involved within the production had been dissatisfied for J.J. who felt threatened by way of the House of Mouse. It's not likely that we will ever see the J.J. cut if Disney did deliberately sabotage it. And, if they did, we should additionally not expect to look the filmmaker work with Disney once more.

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