I just watched option 2 of the Domino episode. I think it works better in the story department, but the option 1 felt marginally better polished for me, mostly because of technical/continuity issues. For example, during the test both Echo and Droid Bait are shot but immediately after there are four clones left standing.
Looking forward to the Nighsisters cut and glad to see you kept the Toydarians
I did think there was a chance this could get picked up on, but I figured that the first time viewer isn’t going to be tracking this. Besides, in this version of the test, maybe getting shot is just points against rather than knockouts? Droidbait gets actually injured by mistake, but who’s to say Echo can’t get back up during a test? I don’t know, it’s a bit fuzzy, but I’d be interested to know what people think versus the original longer version.