These are the episodes that I intend to exclude from my edit altogether.
- s05e10-13 - the Aberfar / droid commandos arc, for having goofy abrasive characters and a horrible setting
I know you did mention Gregor already; but besides Mortis this is the only totally excluded arc which does have any important continuity. It’s been a while since I watched it, but is there any hope there for just a ~20 minute thing featuring Gregor being a Commando and not much else?
Good spot and good question. As I watched it, I was looking for opportunities to preserve exactly those elements, as you say. Ultimately, the episode must contain a lot of clunkiness and some abrasive characters - though perhaps a little less than the rest of the arc. It’s definitely an awkward episode, though perhaps it is salvageable with some framing and trims. I’ll take a note to consider it and perform another review, though it’ll be a lower priority edit than most.
Even if it can be preserved, I wouldn’t call it important, because the fact that Rebels features a mentally ill clone doesn’t necessitate that we see the clone in his prior appearance. (Especially because the mental illness isn’t related to his loss of memory on Aberfar, but rather the explosion that he ended up in at the end of the episode, and clones getting caught in explosions isn’t much of a suprise.) So little is added by knowing him before, other than I suppose a bit more sympathy for him. But he’s mostly played for laughs in Rebels so I don’t think it’s too important to be sympathetic either.
Still! I’ve created a new ‘awkward’ category in my notes for these couple of episodes. I’ll see what I can do, and preserve it if I can! And of course there’s nothing stopping others from choosing to simply include this episode - my recommendations won’t be final, and users with pre-existing opinions will be able to achieve whatever they want with the cuts I produce.