So, what would a fan edit of The Acolyte look like? Well, I’m just guessing, but I assume it would start by cutting down the length—trimming the fat, as it were. The Acolyte already feels like a movie arbitrarily cut and lengthened to make a limited series. Somewhere in the roughly five hours of footage, there’s bound to be a tight 90-minute film.
I also assume some fan editor will restructure the narrative so that Episode 7 comes earlier in the story, closer to Episode 3. Not right after mind you, but close enough that the two flashbacks feel like different sides of the same coin.