With The Last Jedi winding down its theatrical run, there isn’t much that can be done to boost its total. Except for one thing: Disney could release the Zack Snyder cut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, reinvigorating its box office run and propelling it to another billion dollars in revenue or more.
Hear us out.
Yes, Zack Snyder had nothing to do with Star Wars: The Last Jedi, so there’s no footage directed by Zack Snyder to use in a Snyder cut. However, the lack of existing footage that could be used in a Snyder Cut has had no bearing on the demand for a Snyder Cut of Justice League. If Warner Bros. wanted to release a Snyder Cut of that film, millions of dollars would need to be spent adding special effects to discarded footage. Would it be that much more unreasonable to suggest that Zack Snyder could team up with Disney and the cast of The Last Jedi to reshoot most of the movie making a Snyder Cut possible?
We would argue that, in the grand scheme of things, a Zack Snyder cut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi is equally as realistic as a Snyder Cut of Justice League. Furthermore, if Disney were to release the Last Jedi Snyder Cut, it would mark a huge coup over rival Warner Bros., siphoning not only more dollars from disgruntled Star Wars fans, but from disgruntled DCEU fans as well. Finally, releasing the Zack Snyder cut of Star Wars: The Last Jedi could heal the rift between fans and critics, bring peace to the moviegoing community.
You’re probably thinking that this article is completely ridiculous, but if you think about it, the Snyder Cut isn’t really a collection of movie footage directed by Zack Snyder anyone. The Zack Snyder cut is a state of mind, and what franchise would be better than one which focuses on using one’s mind to harness a mysterious Force present in all things? All those years ago, when Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke Skywalker, “use the force, Luke,” he was essentially saying, “Luke, release the Snyder Cut.”