Cracking episode this week. Finally some meet to the plot.
I agree with the general feeling… at the moment I see 2 options
- Open with the trashed crest approaching Trask.
- Open on Tatooine, transition into space and then cut to Trask… either in the comedic way that szopman suggested, or but cutting in a space battle scene (only contender at the moment is from Chapter 5, but I’d have to cut it out of the first film… which is easy to do).
I guess the right option boils down to how important the chapter 1 content is. Filoni rarely lets threads like Boba remain loose.
I think you should find a way to incorporate Chapter 5 and 9 together in the first movie. All you need is Din to have Boba’s armor.
The plot thread from chapter 9 doesn’t really fit into the first movie. At that point Mando is trying to keep his head down, not find other Mandalorians.