Heavy Star Wars: Episode VIII


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Heavy Star Wars: Episode VIII

Faneditor: mredthefed  
Fanedit Type: FanMix
Fanedit Release Date: 1st July 2022
Fanedit Runtime: 1h:48m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:44m:0s
Time Added: 0h:0m:0s
Franchise: Star Wars
Genre: ActionAdventureFantasySci-Fi
Original Title: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017)   
Original Release Date: 1st January 2017
Original Runtime: 2h:32m:0s
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Source: Digital
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Subtitles: No
 

Synopsis:

Star Wars with a rocking soundtrack! Heavy Star Wars takes the existing action and adventure, trimming away unnecessary story/action/bad acting, and replaces the soundtrack with Rock music!


Intentions:

My intention was to make a Star Wars movie a bit more easier to watch, especially if you are not a fan. I started with Episode III on a whim, finished Episode I, then II, and now this is the first move into the original trilogy! John Williams' Music is forever tied to the Star Wars movies, but I decided to use music from a completely different genre to not only tell the story, but to add a bit of humor and perhaps some subtle insight as to the motives of the Jedi Knights. I tried to make this movie a bit more mature, by removing some silly scenes, and removed some moments of doubt among the Jedi to make them more assertive and confident. I also added a bit more contrast and a cooler color palette with brighter colors to give it a more comic book feel.


Change List:

MTV music video editing was used in the action scenes, but in the moments where I had to cut down scenes for time and what not, whatever was left and I had to piece together, I edited the movie as close as possible to the pacing set by the original movie.


Additional Notes:

The inspiration for my approach was the movie Heavy Metal, and also my background in editing music videos helped with creating a hopefully visually interesting narrative.


Other Sources:

Music in order of Appearance: Heavy Metal - Sammy Hagar Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd Brain Power - Freezepop Shooting Star - Bad Company Low Rider - War Open Arms - Journey Battle of the Planets - Tatsunoko Productions Company Get Off - Foxy Rock the Casbah - The Clash Crossroads - Cream Boogie Oogie Oogie - Taste of Honey Heavy Metal (Takin' A Ride) - Don Felder Ace of Spades - Motorhead White Wedding - Billy Idol Black Betty - Ram Jam When the Music's Over - The Doors La Grange - ZZ Top Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult You Spin Me Round - Dear or Alive Paradise City - Guns N' Roses.


Special Thanks:

Special Thanks to George Lucas for truly creating a world that is believable, MatrixGrindhouse for reviewing the film, and JJE-187 for putting together the look of the DVD cover!


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