Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi: Anti-Cringe-Cut

DomKamillo managed to polish a turd. What was once an unpalatable experience now feels like a proper Star Wars narrative. The edit lives up to its name, and even had some unexpected touching moments. Bravo!

Blown away by this. I am not the biggest hater of The Last Jedi (I love its themes of internal conflict and how the Jedi spun the Force as their own tool), but the lows of the film have always been incredibly low (Leia Poppins and the Casino Planet). The Anti-Cringe Cut fixes almost all of my qualms about the film, cutting out the pointless subplots and awkward jokes. As with any fan edit there are a few noticeable moments where clips jump or continuity of a scene is off, but you take those with a grain of (red) salt. Not kidding when I say, this would make TLJ jump from bottom 3 to top 3 in my Star Wars rankings; really impressed by the work Dom did here.

I walked out of my first viewing of The Last Jedi, which was an early preview showing, absolutely shell shocked. What just happened? What was that? I went back for showings with my wife and friends in the theater, and dutifully purchased the blu ray upon release, but the only time I've watched my copy was in preparation for The Rise of Skywalker.

However, this edit did the impossible: it gave me a way to enjoy this film. Honestly, this is not hyperbole. This is now my go-to way to revisit the film and favorite fan edit of the material. I cannot recommend this highly enough! Thank you Don!

I only gave narrative / enjoyment a 9/10 because there's only so much you can do when removing large chunks of the film without hindering pacing or making certain characters appear as if from nowhere without proper introduction.

All things considered, I really enjoyed this cut of the film and didn't even realize all the casino nonsense was gone until they were battling on Crait, and it dawned on me how pointless it really all was. This felt a lot more like Star Wars - in that it didn't feel completely disjointed from the style of the films surrounding it, didn't feel like a one off, and didn't include an post-credits-before-the-credits Marvel ending that made it feel like nothing of a trilogy. It felt like a proper follow-up to Force Awakens, not a movie that said "aaaaah forget everything you just saw or we told you to care about, care about this other crap instead".

The video and audio quality are fantastic, but I only listened to the stereo track and can't judge the surround one.

Much better than the nonsensical haphazard original release. Very professional work, great looking and sounding edit.
Anti-Cringe yes but still not ruthless enough in culling the cringe eg. Superfluous Rose shots, Finn water gag and those awful fish nuns etc.
There is only so much one can do with such source material so only minor quibbles. The changes and cuts made in this edit were superbly well thought out.
Especially approved of Luke surviving, the reworking of Crait and removal of Canto Bight and many many more. Truly well done.

Would recommend.