While some Star Wars fans might feel that The Last Jedi feels a bit bloated overall, and in some spots more than others, you have to think three plus hours would have only exacerbated such complaints.
We know that Rian Johnson doesn’t believe in a director’s cut for The Last Jedi because he thinks that the best version of the film is the one that so many of us saw to close out last year.
So Rian Johnson’s comments to Collider that the shorter cut is a better film certainly ring true to those who already found it overly long.
However, with an original cut of over three hours, you have to wonder what was left on the cutting room floor.