Your reluctance on cutting into the Siege of Mandalore arc is fair, since it was so excellent in the first place. I was still a little unsure of Maul’s return until Season 7, but it was such a great finale that I’m now convinced.

I appreciate you both chiming in on my confusion with the rank of master. I suppose this helps explain why Obi-Wan still defers to Mace and Yoda, since they helped mentor him, even though they’re all now at the rank of master. Still, I wonder how well the relevant scene in ROTS would run with this cut, or if that would make it too truncated. I feel that this plot point over Anakin being denied the rank of master is essential for his tragic arc, but I wonder if this is really the case, or if I’m just used to it being there.

I’m definitely keen to see what EddieDean has in store for us with the crystal crisis chat. TCW:R is a great project for sure.

Glad to hear you’re considering an extended edition for including Bad Batch/Clone Wars 03 footage, a cold open sounds like a good approach to this. For the Order 66 addition, I came across this edit: ‘https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeCwhe9Bjnw’. It’s a bit rough but maybe gives an idea of how it could work. Not that the comics accurate thing is important here, though if Depa Billaba’s saber colour is to be changed then it should be something more interesting, like orange or purple.