In the opening moments of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, a cute little computer-generated creature bearing a passing resemblance to Baby Yoda widens his cute little computer-generated eyes, steels his nerves, and uses his alien physiology to self-immolate, suicide-bombing his enemies into oblivion. Just 10 minutes or so into the movie, this is the point where any lingering questions about why Disney never took Snyder up on the Star Wars pitch that became Rebel Moon, are blown out of mind – a comparison perfectly drawn and discarded. It’s also a moment that didn’t make it into the first version of the movie.
That version came out last December, a relatively normal-sized 134 minutes of sci-fi action, followed by an even-shorter second film in April. The adorable suicide-bombing creature comes from Snyder’s new director’s cut, also in two parts, totaling a muscular, absurd 377 minutes. It’s about the length of the original Star Wars trilogy, and it’s now streaming on a Netflix near you.
