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Post #1389566

Author
EddieDean
Parent topic
The Clone Wars: Refocused [COMPLETE]
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Date created
29-Nov-2020, 5:24 PM

As I near the end of this review, it appears that the Quality Cut - my priority - will feature about 40 episodes (which may be single episodes, or longer ones composed from whole arcs). With eight Maul episodes (when you break them by available time breaks), that would give you a spacing of about four episodes between each Maul episode.

So our pacing might look something like (NOTE THIS WON’T BE EXACT, I’M JUST GETTING A FEEL FOR IT HERE):

  • Prologue (the Tartakovsky Muunilinst/Hypori arc to introduce Ventress)
  • First proper episode (Smudger’s movie with tightened focus, and a cold open of Death Watch finding Maul from the beginning of Eminence)
    • Two other episodes
  • Maul 1: Nightsisters trilogy (in which Maul does not appear)
    • Two other episodes
  • Maul 2: The Return of Maul duology (Brothers and Revenge)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 3: Piracy (Revival)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 4: Syndicate (Eminence)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 5: Taking Mandalore (Shades of Reason)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 6: Lords of Mandalore (The Lawless)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 7: Liberation (the Son of Dathomir Audio Comic)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 8: The Siege of Mandalore quadrilogy

Next, we should pace our other Mandalorian elements throughout (Death Watch, darksaber, force kids, Boba Fett), especially getting episodes with armoured Mandos up front:

  • Prologue (the Tartakovsky Muunilinst/Hypori arc to introduce Ventress)
  • First proper episode (Smudger’s movie with tightened focus, and a cold open of Death Watch finding Maul from the beginning of Eminence)
    • Holocron Crisis - a good romp for all three main characters (Ahsoka, Anakin, Obi-Wan) as we learn Sidious wants Force Sensitive kids
    • The Mandalore Crisis (Mandalore Plot / Voyage of Temptation) - introducing Death Watch
  • Maul 1: Nightsisters trilogy (which hints at Maul at the end)
    • The second battle of Geonosis - Ahsoka’s competence grows, plus her relationship with Barriss
    • Heroes on Both Sides - shades of grey as Ahsoka meets Lux
    • Bounty Hunters - the main three in a prelude to Boba Fett’s appearance
  • Maul 2: The Return of Maul duology (Brothers and Revenge)
    • A Friend in Need - Ahsoka and Lux with more Death Watch
    • Boba Fett revenge arc
    • Three other episodes
  • Maul 3: Piracy (Revival)
    • The Academy - Ahsoka investigating corruption on Mandalore
    • Three other episodes
  • Maul 4: Syndicate (Eminence)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 5: Taking Mandalore (Shades of Reason)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 6: Lords of Mandalore (The Lawless)
    • The Fall of Ahsoka arc - The Wrong Jedi, etc
    • Three other episodes
  • Maul 7: Liberation (the Son of Dathomir Audio Comic)
    • Four other episodes
  • Maul 8: The Siege of Mandalore quadrilogy

The remainder will also be important but they’re less high priority than the above (so I’ll verify this first before fitting them in), plus they’ll probably be nearer to pure chronological order.

Interested in how that feels to people - does it pace well? Does it open with interest-grabbers, balance, and quality?