I’m still debating what to do with season 2, so I’m going through the process of trying a few things out to see how well they work.
The first one is removing the Krayt Dragon. Its a great sequence but it is very much a side quest. Here I’ve cut together a sequence where it has been removed. Let me know your thoughts.
The editing is great, but I’m not sure about its implications for the story. I worry it would leave a bad taste in everyone’s mouth for the main character to kill a friendly marshall just trying to protect his town… especially when the rest of the movie is Din generally being heroic. There are no scenes to retrofit into potential guilt either so it would feel awkward when he hands it out to someone he doesn’t yet know is Mandalorian (Boba).
I think it would be better to just start the movie with Mando walking into Mos Eisley with Boba’s armor. How he acquired it would be an off-hand reference, like the Bounty Hunter on Ord Mantell or the Battle of Tanaab.
At that point we don’t know that he’s a friendly Marshall, and Mando has already hung a man up and left him to die in the episode. Also the way its cut leaves it open to interpretation. We don’t know if Mando killed him, we just know that he fired a blaster and took the armour.
However, I’m probably going to keep most of the Tattooine sequence and just edit it down. I’ve got a working cut now that is 30mins total duration. My next task is to get Mando to Trask as soon as possible and ideally with an undamaged Razorcrest!