I’m cutting Ahsoka/Maul together with the first part of the Kenobi/Grevious fight but having trouble figuring out the best points to cut back and forth.
What I have atm is Kenobi standing in the rafters staring down at Grevious right as Ahsoka walks into the Mandalorian throne room, but after that, not sure…
Well there’s a tricky thing there because the very next scene after the first part of Grievous vs. Obi-Wan is the conference room scene that is replicated shot by shot in “Shattered”. So that conversation between Mace, Yoda, Ki-Adi etc. happens the morning after Maul’s defeat and capture.
If you go that route, you could maybe end the first part of Utapau right before Obi-Wan gets the varactyl and sets off to find Grievous, then the Ahsoka/Maul fight, then the Grievous/Obi-Wan fight.
You could end up with a timeline like this.
- Maul runs from Ahsoka in the undercity.
- Kashyyyk and Council scene. Kenobi appointed to Utapau.
- Obi-Wan says goodbye to Anakin.
- Obi-Wan contacts Ahsoka.
- Jesse’s interrogation and Maul rallies the Shadow Collective.
- Obi-Wan gives instructions to Cody and leaves for Utapau.
- Padmé and Anakin apartment scene.
- Maul vs Ahsoka / Obi-Wan arrives on Utapau and fights Grievous.
- Maul is captured (end of Phantom Apprentice) and brought to Bo-Katan (beginning of Shattered).
- Hologram briefing scene.
The sequence of RotS events is slightly different since I’m using the New Canon Cut so currently we have:
-Council meeting about Grevious on Utapau
-Ahsoka checks in with Obi-Wan
-Padme and the senators discuss a Jedi deleted scene
-Anakin and Obi-Wan part ways
-Jesse’s interrogation and Maul rallies the Shadow Collective.
-Obi-Wan gives instructions to Cody and leaves for Utapau.
-Deleted scene where Padme and the senators bring up their concerns to Palpatine
-Padme and Anakin discuss his nightmare
-Maul vs Ahsoka / Obi-Wan arrives on Utapau and fights Grievous.
-Maul is Captured
-Maul is brought to Bo-Katan, Rex tells Ahsoka the council is awaiting her report
-Mace tells Anakin to brief Palpatine on Kenobi’s engagement
-Ahsoka joins the final Jedi War Counci
I’m willing to play with this sequence somewhat, but I really like how the order of the NCC scenes establishes Anakin and Padme’s relationship as still intact.
The issue I’m having is finding the exact points to intercut Kenobi/Grevious and Ahsoka/Maul
I don’t know if you have this considered but I believe it would be great to have the “Padmé’s ruminations” scene from Episode III placed next to the beginning of that long sequence of Shattered where Ahsoka and the 501st depart Mandalore with Maul and board the Venator. Both scenes convey a similar feeling with both having a dark score that deviates from the classic orchestral Williams pieces.
Williams did actually write more music that has this ominous sound to it, but a lot of it got replaced.
I currently have:
-the Departure from Mandalore through the ship going into hyperspace
-Padme’s ruminations, with the last shot of Padme/3PO replaced with Ahsoka
-Rex asks Ahsoka what is on her mind and Rex is called away for new orders
-Anakin gets in the Jedi speeder
-Mace vs Sidious
-Ahsoka senses Anakin’s fall in realtime.