Obi-Wan Kenobi 2.5-Hour Cut Continues A Long Star Wars Tradition
A fan-edited version of Obi-Wan Kenobi turns the 6-episode Disney+ Star Wars series into a 2.5-hour movie, continuing a long-held tradition of Star Wars fan edits. Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally conceived as a movie, so the project is an interesting example of the movie that could have been.
Star Wars has always had a thriving demand for alternate edits. Even the original Star Wars released in 1977 was already seeing changes implemented by George Lucas, creating a demand for the original version which only grew with time, particularly after Lucas made more and more changes to the original trilogy. Fan edits of the Star Wars prequels spiked fan edit popularity in a big way. Thanks to the evolution of technology, computers and inexpensive editing software enabled many more people to create their own movies, and the internet gave them the ability to distribute them. When the Star Wars prequels were met with such a polarized reaction, an army of amateur editors was ready to implement their desired «fixes» to how they thought the movies should have been.
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A lot has changed about Star Wars after Disney bought the franchise from George Lucas, but polarized receptions to some movies and TV shows have continued the long-held tradition of Star Wars fan edits. Some of those edits have gained notoriety for their more base approach, such as an edit that removed all the women from Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Other edits take more imaginative approaches, such as converting Obi-Wan Kenobi from a six-episode miniseries to a 2.5-hour movie. Instead of simply seeking to cut out particular characters or events that angered the editor, the edit maintains virtually the exact
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