First cut coming in at the 3-hour mark, which is much longer than I would like. Annoyingly Mando’s trip to see Grogu completely derails the story, interferes with pacing and adds a huge chunk of time. I really wish they hadn’t used this series to reunite Mando and Grogu.
If pacing is an issue, have you toyed with making Mando’s visit to Luke’s planet a flashback in itself? That way you avoid the awkwardness of Mando telling Fennec “yeah, I’ll help you out…after I run some errands first.”
The idea I’m currently trying to run with is having Mando’s visit to Luke/Grogu at the end of the movie as a sort of epilogue.
The main barrier to this is whether I can successfully remove Grogu from Tatooine……
This would also fit really well with it being Mando Episode 3 because it starts with Din losing his clan, but ends with him getting Grogu back (and helping Boba in the middle).