REORDERING?

Just wondering if it’s worth reordering these initial episodes in what I consider my season one, since a few have mentioned it.

(Bear in mind it’s only my season one from a production perspective, I don’t know if I’d end up presenting it that way.)

Remember, whether creating this for a familiar audience or the theoretical new one (likely coming from Mandalorian), the goal is to get viewers hooked with the promise of a good time to come. Early episodes should show the breadth of the show (its range of themes and how many suprises it has even if you know the plot of the prequels), the depth of the show (the emotional beats it can hit, and the nuance it can offer to familiar elements), and should convince us of quality. Our main character is Ahsoka, then Anakin and Obi-Wan, and our main villain is Ventress (only hinting at Maul). We need to demonstrate a good amount of value for fans of the Mandalorian too.

The six episodes in this (production) season, in their current order, are:

Christophsis - Ahsoka is introduced. Bro time for Anakin/Obi-Wan. Tactical Ventress. Pretty sure we have to start with this.
Death Watch - Obi-Wan gets great new depth. Mandalorians and the Darksaber. Anakin appears in the second half. Ahsoka and Ventress do not appear.
Cloak of Darkness - Ahsoka on her own. Competent Ventress. Not a great episode.
Malevolence - Ahsoka’s best character traits emerge. Ahsoka and Plo. Ahsoka and Anakin become bros. We learn that this show may make us care about clones.
Domino Squad - Clone heavy story. Feels a little later in the war. Competent Ventress, though her plan fails. Anakin and Obi-Wan appear in the last third. Ahsoka does not appear. Pretty sure this should come fifth, as it doesn’t follow our main characters so we really should make sure we’re invested first.
Nightsisters - Ventress is kicked out, lots of great Sith infighting. Anakin and Obi-Wan appear at some point. Pretty set on ending with this.

So I think our options are:

Christo > Death Watch > Cloak > Malevolence > Domino > Nightsisters - Ahsoka’s sent off solo before Anakin really takes her on as his own. We get the Mando/Obi-Wan stuff before we get to really know Ahsoka. We learn that clones have feelings too then have another clone heavy episode.
Christo > Death Watch > Malevolence > Cloak > Domino > Nightsisters - Ahsoka gets taken on by Anakin then trusted with a solo mission. We get the Mando/Obi-Wan stuff before we get to really know Ahsoka. We get a balance of clones in focus.
Christo > Malevolence > Cloak > Death Watch > Domino > Nightsisters - Ahsoka gets taken on by Anakin then trusted with a solo mission. We get the great Mando/Obi-Wan stuff late. (Too late?) We learn to care for clones early. (Too early?)
Christo > Cloak > Malevolence > Death Watch > Domino > Nightsisters - Ahsoka’s sent off solo before Anakin really takes her on as his own. We get the great Mando/Obi-Wan stuff late. (Too late?) We get a balance of clones in focus.
Christo > Cloak > Death Watch > Malevolence > Domino > Nightsisters - Ahsoka’s sent off solo before Anakin really takes her on as his own. We get the great Mando/Obi-Wan stuff after two Ahsoka episodes - her intro then her solo mission. We learn that clones have feelings too then have another clone heavy episode.
Christo > Malevolence > Death Watch > Cloak > Domino > Nightsisters - Ahsoka gets taken on by Anakin then trusted with a solo mission. We get the great Mando/Obi-Wan stuff after two Ahsoka episodes - her intro then her and Anakin becoming close. We learn to care for clones early. (Too early?)

Also, it’s worth bearing in mind the enjoyability of the edits I’ve produced. There are already better and worse ones. I wouldn’t want to put the less popular ones up front!

Really interested in people’s thoughts on this.