As The Rise of Skywalker continues to bring in the dollars worldwide – $851 million so far with the weekend ahead likely to take it over the $900m milestone – editor Maryann Brandon discusses one of the many elements present in the film, that of Supreme Leader Snoke.
I just think that came up as a visual effect that we thought would be really fun for an audience, to create a visual that would tell that whole story. I believe that’s successful. We didn’t have to change a lot of dialogue. You just see one shot […] and you kind of get it. I love stuff like that. We can just have a moment where you just see something in the background and you go, ‘OK, I totally get that.’
It was a quick blink-and-you’ll-miss-it moment, but a clever one that brings some sort of resolution to the character.