EddieDean said:
I don’t intend to release alternate cuts - I’d like to have a set of one version of each episode, which people can select from based on personal taste - so if anyone really objects to losing the invisible fight they should shout now! Like I say, removing that was a suprise to me because I do kind of like it, but at the same time it’s not a value add and I think the episode a whole would be stronger without it - mostly because the episode already has so many scenes and events the it feels like “and then, and then, and then, and then”. It’s a great episode, it’s just denser than most.
I mean, the Dooku vs witches scene is great, its choreography is good and Dooku is a badass in it. But you’re right that it is the least necessary lightsaber action scene in an arc that is already loaded with lightsaber duels. It works great as a climax for the first episode but not as well for the combined chapters.