ST Luke reacts to Hans death corrected quality. Full widescreen

A superfluous scene, due to Luke’s grief depicted later on his friend’s ship, which worked far better. I can see why Rian removed it.

 

@Darth Voldemort Rian Johnson had to cut this scene out so he could have more time to show lasers arc thru space.

 

Hey. Those lasers arced downward cuz they were sad about Han's death. Pretty poignant.

 

The problem is, you do too many of those (even just two) and artistically you get what is perceived as "lots" of scenes of Luke moping over Han. I think sometimes less is more, and one scene of Luke aboard the Falcon, Han's ship, conveyed Luke's grief for his friend adequately. And then the story has to move on. Just my opinion of course.

 

we needed more Porg close ups and Canto Bight filler. No time for this scene.

 

Did the Youtuber put the Binary Sunset track on it themselves? It was pretty good. If John Williams did that and Rian cut it, yeesh.

 

I understand why Johnson cut it, because “where’s Han?” and instantly cutting to another scene (is that how it plays?) is quite dramatic in and of itself. However, given Luke’s morose state generally, I think the film struggles to convey what Luke actually feels... Indeed, does he care about anything or anybody... see what I did there?

 

I agree, there is no point in this scene if you have a very similar one just a short time later. Then there is the way it was actually cut, with the "where is Han?" moving straight to Kylo Ren, which fits extremely well.

It doesn't feel like this was an additional scene either, more like an early version that was then merged into the scene on the Falcon. With the difference being that the scene on the Falcon has the additional benefit of having R2 in it, with the perfect call-back to ANH.

Leaving this out was an obvious choice. Some scenes may look nice when seen on their own, but there is such a thing as pacing, and not having redundant scenes. Any halfway capable editor would throw this one out when he has an even better scene that shows the very same thing.

Judging some of the comments in here, it seems like some are already more interested in complaining for the sake of complaining than making a fair assessment. How dare Rian Johnson trim the movie a bit when it is already the longest Star Wars movie. Clearly George Lucas never would have done something like that, no sir, he always kept every single scene that was similar to another one in the movies, never watching the pace or making things faster

 

Yes, because Maker forbid we don’t spend every moment of the whole trilogy concerned about Kylo. Han’s death was already about Kylo so why shouldn’t any grieving for him be too? Luke should have had scenes with Han, but that’s on JJ.

When they actually put in a shot of plants growing from a 50s educational film, then I question if they are halfway capable film editors. But this is all on Rian, he even said as much.

 

Yeah - I can go either way with it. The first few times I watched TLJ I felt Luke got over it a tad too easily. But then, the Falcon scene does work. Mostly. I dont think adding that scene back in would change my opinion of Last Jedi overall. Its still my favorite of the sequels and quite frankly for me it almost "ends" the saga since I despise TROS so much.

 

What I really don’t like is how there’s very little interaction between Luke and Chewie too. I mean, Luke’s not seen Chewie in years... they are friends, and their mutual best friend (Han) is dead. Maybe in the moment Luke just needed to be alone (?), but there should have been a scene afterwards of grief shared with Chewie. The Marvel films are, IMO, infinitely better at sustaining an emotional thread throughout their films. For example, just as you think enough time has past for it to be forgotten, Steve Rogers gets to dance with Peggy Carter again in Avengers Endgame. The ST has very few of these moments, and the ones we get, feel very forced and contrived IMO (the best being Luke and Leia, which isn’t nearly as substantial as what’s required plus Luke is a force projection).

 

yeh for the sake of a few extra seconds should've been kept imo

 

i quite liked Disney Chewie.. some nice moments.. his crossbow has never looked or sounded as good

 

The problem with the scene isn't the scene itself, it's the fact that you can't make up for the fact that Luke and Han never had a scene together, and nothing, including a scene of Luke looking sad, was going to overcome the fact that millions of fans were deprived of what they really wanted to see, which was the old gang back together again.

Unless they gave us a flashback in the scene, in which we actually got to see Han and Luke share a moment together, there was really no way to right this wrong. In a strange way, the scene really screams out, this tragedy was so unnecessary, and there is a sense of regret, like how could that much potential for a great moment between these two old friends was simply wasted and never given its due.

In the end, IMO, the scene also doesn't work because it's hard to feel bad for Luke here. While there is no definitive answer to this question, I think its fair to ask if Han would still be alive if Luke hadn't tucked tail and run. Perhaps if Luke has expressed personal responsibility for Han's death, it would have resonated for me.

 

i thought he had great chemistry again with Han in TFA

 

I thought Chewie was under-utilised in the ST. He was in lots of scenes, but he was a bit of OT wallpaper IMO. In hindsight, I think they should have created a new ‘alien’ supporting character for the sequels and maybe just had Chewie in TFA.

 

That Chewie Shoots Ben But Purposefully Misses comic from a few yeas used Chewie better and was more emotionally impactful than anything actually in the ST.