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Darth Malgus said:

I have an idea that might interest you. Have you ever thought about creating a TCW fancut/fanedit that could fit into the Clone Wars Multimedia Project and the pre-Filoni lore? If you did, you’d be doing the Expanded Universe fans a huge favor, that Is, the fans who don’t despise TCW at all but prefer the Clone Wars Multimedia Project, that is, the books, the comics, the novels and the video games set during the Clone Wars that were created between 2002 and 2006. Fans like me.
To create such project you should eliminate everything that contradicts the Multimedia Project (no Maul, no Mandalore, no Ahsoka, no Quinlan Vos, no Barriss Offee, etc.) and keep only the TCW episodes in which Ahsoka is not shown and in which the protagonists are only Anakin and Obi-Wan, such as the episode set on Pantora and a few others. You should eliminate the episodes in which the Clones are too more Independent either.

I’ve actually had this same sort of idea for creating a new Episode II out of Clone Wars episodes (both Filoni’s and Tartakovsky’s) for my own version of the Prequel Trilogy (Episode II as Episode I, this fan edit as Episode II and Episode III as is).

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I hope you enjoy your good break and guess what I got 20 marks for the clone wars quiz.

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Hey folks, this is a little bit of thread hijacking, but I’m working on a new version of my Fall of the Republic TCW/RotS edit to bring it more inline with TCW:R, and had a TCW question.

I was considering taking the dialogue from RotS where Padme tells Anakin she’s pregnant and inserting it at the end of their holo convo in Bad Batch, and cutting it from RotS just to help make it clear that Padme’s several months pregnant by the start of RotS. Since that film takes place over 3+ days.

I was just curious if others thought it would work?

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I think that’s a great idea! You’re still covering it at roughly the same time in the movie, but it definitely fits that scene. You’d lose Anakin’s reaction from the movie though, what’re the surrounding lines in the animated segment?

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So the dialogue is from the first Bad Batch arc in S7.

(Anakin sets down holo receiver)

P: You’re late again.

A: Padme I’m so sorry. We didn’t anticipate the outer rim sieges would last so long.

P: That would be why they call it a siege Anakin.

A: I know. I just thought that I…

P: You thought that you could bring a swift end to the conflict single-handedly.

A: Yeah. (Laughs)

P: Anakin. What you’re doing is important. The Republic needs you on the front lines. Just as they need my voice in the senate.

A: I know.

(Interrupted by Rex’s signal)

P: What is it?

A: Obi-wan is coming.

P: No, that’s not it. There’s something else.

A: It’s Rex. I’m worried that he’s letting his personal feelings drive him too much on this mission.

P: I wonder where he got that from?
(Cuts away to Obi-wan/Rex)

You’ve known Rex a long time. When you throw caution to the wind and take chances, where is he?

A: Right beside me.

P: Then maybe that’s where you should be for him, Ani. Trust his instincts, like he trusts yours.

A: I’m just trying to look out for him.

P: I know you are. … I love you Ani.

(Padme rests a hand on belly, other reaches out to Anakin.)

A: I love you too.

Lego Star Wars Skywalker Saga features the Clone Wars cast for the Prequel Trilogy, and their version of the “I’m pregnant” scene doesn’t have Padme say those words, instead it’s just:

P: Ani, something wonderful has happened. (rests hands on belly)

A: Oh… that’s wonderful.

So I was thinking that maybe with some edits to the Clone Wars scene, we could get this:

P: You thought that you could bring a swift end to the conflict single-handedly.

A: Yeah. (Laughs)

(Interrupted by Rex’s signal)

P: What is it?

A: Obi-wan is coming.

P: No, that’s not it. There’s something else.

A: It’s Rex. I’m worried that he’s letting his personal feelings drive him too much on this mission.

P: I wonder where he got that from?
(Cuts away to Obi-wan/Rex)

You’ve known Rex a long time. When you throw caution to the wind and take chances, where is he?

A: Right beside me.

P: Then maybe that’s where you should be for him, Ani. Trust his instincts, like he trusts yours.

A: I’m just trying to look out for him.

P: I know you are.

(Pause)

P: Ani … Something wonderful has happened.

(Padme rests a hand on belly)

A: Oh … that’s wonderful.

P: Anakin. What you’re doing is important. The Republic needs you on the front lines. Just as they need my voice in the senate.

A: I know.

P: I love you Ani.

A: I love you too.

(End with her hand on belly, their hands “touching”, just like original)

Then when we get to RotS, I would just cut the dialogue with her saying she’s pregnant. The focus would be on her thinking he had been dead, and Anakin not wanting to keep hiding their marriage.

I’ll try to put together a proof of concept in the next bit.

EDIT: Here’s the Proof of Concept. It’s rough, but it’s just to give an idea of what could be done here.

https://vimeo.com/704760381
Pass: AniI’mPregnant

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Season 1 episode 1 review.

Context:
I’ve been looking for an easy to digest version of the clone wars in order to have an enjoyable experience watching it with my girlfriend (who wasn’t a big fan of the art style nor character changes away from the prequel characterisations) after numerous attempts to watch the Clone Wars Movie with her, she’s finally enjoyed herself!

Review:

The Modern framing (e.g. Lucasfilm crawl, opening text, clone wars logo, episode title and credits):
Wow! Let’s just say from the Lucasfilm logo to the episode beginning it feels like heart has gone into this. Not using a classic star wars text crawl but keeping blue text for quick context was a stroke of genius. It helps keep a feeling of connectedness to the broader story while also letting the viewer know this will be a bit different. No noticed grammatical errors and overall just the right amount of context to setup the initial episode. It really does feel like the opening to a modern star wars show.
Using the concept art in the credits is just delightful. It might just be my love of the arts but it’s always nice to see more art mediums included and overall just a wonderful choice!
These additional changes and additions are so unnecessary for a fanedit but it sets such a great quality standard. From the very beginning of watching this series I am seriously impressed!

The edit:
Way better then the original movie! The tone here feels so much more like the movies, it stripped some of the childishness and has in my girlfriend’s own words made Ashoka at this stage in her arch “not annoying!” The cuts are seamless, we naturally flow from scene to scene and don’t waste any time. As George would say it’s faster and more intense. And here atleast, that is the right choice.

Impression:
I am hyped! So excited to keep watching what’s been made. Especially knowing how much better the original clone wars series becomes after the first few seasons!
It’s nice to see the best and worst parts of clone wars handled with such care and presented well.

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Season 1 Episode 0 - Dark Force Rising - Review

Context:

The Tarkovsky Clone Wars series has always been something that has interested me however, I’ve always found myself
unable to enjoy my time watching it. I think this boils down to a few factors: 1. Binge watching the series is not
how the series was intended to be watched and 2. I never grew up watching it. Watching most sections here felt quite
fresh and new to me because of this.

Opening:

Unlike the rest of the series, we don’t have the blue text following the title crawl for context. Instead, we have a voice over sequence from Yoda. This acts similar to the blue text of subsequent episodes in this series, however it’s clear an important distinction has been made as this is the first we see of the clone wars in this series. Instead of the text, EddieDean has used a speech from Yoda about how the war has impacted the Jedi while showing battle scenes. It is extremely fitting. We get the ever-present themes within the clone wars explored and explained from the word go!

As with my last review the changes made to the title crawl and credits are fitting and welcomed.

The Edit:

The core idea of taking Tarkovsky’s series and attempting to integrate it as supplementary material for the 3d animated
series is genius. The 3d series lacks strong introductions for Ventress and Grevious and incorporating this into
the broader clone wars story helps to increase the stakes of the war and further improves upon the original 3d series.

The Tarkovsky series I imagine would take a great deal of thought and effort to edit, given it’s intense focus on action and it’s minimalist take on dialogue. The flow and pacing of this edit has been significantly improved for both single and binge viewing. Instead of a multitude of micro-series episodes, it feels like one congruent modern form tv show episode.

The core arch of Anakin becoming knighted is maintained and still comes across amazingly! Better then the original in my opinion! (But, that could just be because of the changed style of viewing here) In short, its great!

Impression:

Initially I was reluctant to view this episode, as stated in my context I never had much experience with the Tarkovsky
series due to my lack of enjoyment from it. As soon as I viewed episode 1 of this edit that all changed and I went right back and watched this episode and I’m glad I did.

EddieDean fantastic work here! For two experiences in a row you’ve taken star wars fans who didn’t necessarily enjoy the original content but have thoroughly enjoyed your edits! I’m looking forward to reviewing episode 2 😃
Oh and, happy star wars day! 😃

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I’ve actually had this same sort of idea for creating a new Episode II out of Clone Wars episodes (both Filoni’s and Tartakovsky’s) for my own version of the Prequel Trilogy (Episode II as Episode I, this fan edit as Episode II and Episode III as is).

That sounds interesting. I’d really like this idea. But you should edit Attack of the Clones to introduce some flashbacks from The Phantom Menace in order to establish Anakin’s relationship with his mother and why it’s important in Attack of the Clones itself, otherwise it couldn’t work as Episode I.

«This is where the fun begins!»
(Anakin Skywalker)

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Darth Malgus said:

I’ve actually had this same sort of idea for creating a new Episode II out of Clone Wars episodes (both Filoni’s and Tartakovsky’s) for my own version of the Prequel Trilogy (Episode II as Episode I, this fan edit as Episode II and Episode III as is).

That sounds interesting. I’d really like this idea. But you should edit Attack of the Clones to introduce some flashbacks from The Phantom Menace in order to establish Anakin’s relationship with his mother and why it’s important in Attack of the Clones itself, otherwise it couldn’t work as Episode I.

That’s very true!

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Just realised I have a perfect tagline quote for this edit: “Your focus determines your reality.”

Anyway, just a minor update for you all: I’m just wrapping up some of the key things I was needing to get done in my life during my downtime from this project. I’ll be back to editing full time in about two months, I think. It was a much-needed pause, and I thank you all for accommodating it.

I’ve been thinking about where in the project to first focus my energy - and I think my appetite right now is to get cracking with all-new episodes rather than polishing existing ones. I’ll continue with the polish, but I’d like to drop a few more brand new episodes on the scene first before finding more of a balance there. That feels the most motivating to me, which I think is a sensible priority!

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looking forward to it!

“You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

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Alright, I’m back on the job! As per my previous post, I want to get some brand new episodes complete before I return to polish.

First up is the Kadavo slavery arc, which fits into a gap I had in season three. If you ignore the first episode of the arc altogether, it’s basically a good two-parter that’s not top tier but is a perfectly good all-rounder, with our core four characters all getting good development, bonus Plo Koon, a good enough slavery plot, good use of Dooku, and decent action.

You could easily start with the second episode, which I will do.

The first episode is quite worthless- too much time wasted fighting droids, defusing bombs, and fighting creatures, and Obi-Wan’s near-subjugation isn’t as good as the real emotional battering he takes in the third episode, so isn’t necessary.

There are three scenes that I could have included from episode one: Dooku capturing the togruta, Anakin’s posse finding them missing, and the Jedi Council giving Anakin’s posse the mission to rescue the togruta from slavers. But I think they’d only slow us down when the crawl can get us there quicker, and this way our energy stays higher for what’ll be a fairly long episode anyway.

As for the two remaining episodes, they barely need any work. A little merge between them, and the removal of a couple of shots (not even scenes) should do for us.

In the crawl, I might choose to reflect on the fact that the clones could be interpreted as Republic slaves, but only in a light way, since it’s not a heavy plot thread in the show.

This episode could have been bumped into season four, if I was going to include Citadel, but I really don’t think that arc is valuable even in spite of Tarkin’s presence and Echo’s (super throwaway) death.

That said, this episode does have similarities to my following two-part finale, the Onderon arc. The aesthetics, themes of rising up against oppression, and prime ministers betraying their monarchs all appear in both. So I might move this just a tad earlier if there’s room.

Anyway, it’s going to be an easy edit this one. Then it’s on to the first of season four and the return of Maul.

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Gonna disagree on Citadel not being important, but not gonna make a long post about it.

I also don’t personally mind the repetition of themes from the Slavery to Onderon arcs, even back to back.

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Think I agree with Delpheas. Am I missing remembering or did you say that you’d add Citadel as a separate episode afterwards Eddie?

“You will find that many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our own point of view” — Obi-Wan Kenobi

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I’ll eventually do everything except the very worst episodes- in my spreadsheet you can see all of the extra ones I’ll do (their episode numbers are blue-on-black or yellow-on-black).

I’ve reviewed Citadel a few times and it just falls flat for me every time. I know it’s got Anakin/Tarkin, and Echo dies, but it’s a lot of inconsequential travel for extremely light character work.

That said, do try to convince me! If there’s something I’m missing- some great element I can focus an edit around- I’m all ears.

Since so many people mention it, I could do that episode early, maybe just a really light touch merging of the three episodes plus the conventions of TCW:R. Just cos y’all are cuties.

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I think most people just really enjoy the arc, though there may not be a ton of story substance.

Though I’m not sure if there is anything there truly essential other than Echos fake out death as that ties into the Bad Batch obviously.

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As the next episode renders, I’ve been thinking a little about structuring the finale of the show.

I think there’re three options here:

  1. You prefer to watch a RotS/Siege of Mandalore combination fanedit, such as Delpheas’. In this case, you do that (and there’s no work I need to do to enable that, hooray).
  2. You prefer to keep RotS as a complete un-interrupted movie, or want to watch your own preferred RotS fanedit. In this case, I need to simply cut the Siege of Mandalore episodes into the TCW:R style, with appropriate breakpoints to fit around RotS.
  3. You’d prefer it if RotS was broken into episodes of TCW:R that could intercut neatly with Siege of Mandalore, roughly chronologically, but with sensible lengths of episode, and without merging animation and live action in a single episode. In this case, I need to produce a small number of RotS episodes (in the TCW:R ‘branding’) that break at the appropriate points.

I think, for the Siege of Mandalore content, that there are three main chunks of content:

  1. The first episode, and beginning of the second, until Maul escapes. This part references that the Chancellor has been captured, leading nicely into a time gap that the beginning of RotS can fit into.
  2. The fight with Maul and his capture, from the second episode. This part references that Anakin has been asked to spy on the Chancellor, and Obi-Wan’s about to go to Utapau, giving you a good 50-minute chunk of RotS to fit in before.
  3. The third and fourth episodes. They begin with the ‘Plot to destroy the Jedi’ conversation from the movie, so should happen after that. They reference a lot of scenes from RotS - including Anakin’s fall and Order 66. For this reason it’s probably sensible to play them AFTER RotS concludes.

On that last point though, you COULD possibly have RotS’ Plot to Destroy the Jedi, Anakin’s fall, and Order 66, up until Obi-Wan returns from Utapau, and THEN cut to the conclusion of Siege of Mandalore (with the ship crashing on the ice planet), and THEN have a final episode of RotS with Obi-Wan and Anakin on Utapau and all the wrap-up. That might hit a bit harder, so I’m interested in thoughts on that. The issue with that would be that you’d then want to have the two epilogue scenes from Siege of Mandalore (Ahsoka and Rex digging graves, then Vader finding her lightsaber) at the end of the live-action conclusion to the movie. And doing it that way would mess with the people who prefer to just watch the animated episodes as one, wrapped around RotS - I’d have to make two versions of the final episodes.

I think, probably, that cutting RotS into episodes might be the wrong way to go, because that way I have to choose an edit to use for RotS, which won’t satisfy everyone. If I simply cut Siege of Mandalore into three episodes, then the first episode comes before RotS, and the third comes after RotS, and the second one can go either before or after depending on how the viewer wants to play it. (It’s probably best after for a first-time viewer, but before for someone who knows the movie).

Interested in thoughts here.

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RELEASED - S03E07 - Slaves of Zygerria (V2.0)

  • RELEASE VERSION.
  • Our seventh episode of season three. (Note: This release nudges the three following episodes which I’d already produced up by one, check the spreadsheet for clarity.)
  • Comprising the original episodes Slaves of the Republic and Escape from Kadavo
  • Running XX minutes.
  • DOWNLOAD LINK is in the tracker spreadsheet, PM me for access.
  • Note: It’s recommended that you download this before watching, rather than streaming it directly from Google Drive.

This is the second two episodes of the Kadavo slavery arc, which fits into a gap I had in season three. It’s basically a good two-parter that’s not top tier but is a perfectly good all-rounder, with our core four characters all getting good development, bonus Plo Koon, a good enough slavery plot, good use of Dooku, and decent action.

I ignore the first episode of the original arc entirely- too much time wasted fighting droids, defusing bombs, and fighting creatures, and Obi-Wan’s near-subjugation isn’t as good as the real emotional battering he takes in the third episode, so isn’t necessary. As much as that episode’s fine, it’s not a popular one, so I don’t think it’ll even be worth the inclusion as a bonus episode. (Correct me if you disagree!)

Noteworthy changes:

  • The episode is titled ‘Slaves of Zygerria’ because that’s cool enough. (I was going to call it ‘Slaves of Kadavo’ until I realised that Kadavo is actually a different planet in the story only seen in the final third.)
  • The opening crawl bypasses the excluded first episode, giving the context for Zygerria, the implied interest of the Separatists, the missing colonists, and the spies that’ll be mentioned right at the start of this episode. I didn’t emphasise the Togruta because their relevance as Ahsoka’s species isn’t a major feature of the episode.
  • One minor dialogue trim to cut a reference to the excluded first episode.
  • A clean transition between the two episodes I used here, skipping us over some dialogue that’s redundant when the content is now back-to-back.

So, very little new here, but a decent episode for easing me back in to editing after a break! It technically completes season three, though the rest of season three is still only at v1.0 standard (which is fine, just a little less refined.) I also noticed that it’s the first actual new episode I’ve released in a year (almost to the day), since I shifted my focus then to polishing the existing content. I’ll try now to keep up with both new content and polish.

Onward to the first of season four and the return of Maul.

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