THE MANDALORIAN
So we are starting with our Season 1 edit . The main episodes used are Chapters 1, 3, 7 & 8. Footage from Chapters 2 & 4 are also used to tie things together. This movie currently sits at 2 hours and 8 minutes long (credits included).
The Story:
⦁ The first act is The Mandalorian tracking down the child, handing him to the Empire and inevitably rescuing him (Chapters 1 & 3).
⦁ The second act is Grief reaching out to Mando for help, followed by Mando gathering his gang to free Nevareu (Chapter 7).
⦁ The final act is the big confrontation as the end of the movie (Chapter 8).
Changes:
⦁ The movie opens will Grief assigning Mando with the bounty on the Child before cutting to the opening card
⦁ From their we cut straight to Mando landing on the next planet.
⦁ The ship never gets damaged by the Jawas.
⦁ Mando never confronts the Rhino thing, moving Grogu’s first use of the force to later in the film.
⦁ Grief and the Guild never confront Mando, they leave unharmed. However the Mandalorians still reveal themselves in this timeline, but off screen and the viewer assumes it because they are tired off living in hiding.
⦁ With Chapter 4 being cut, Gina’s character becomes one of the many ‘old friends’ Mando has
⦁ With Chapter 5 being cut, the crazy pit droid lady also becomes one of the many ‘old friends’ Mando meets with in Mando II.
⦁ Fennec Shand subsequently never gets shot and doesent get a new robo-stomach. Mando will now meet Fennec Shand in Mando II.
⦁ Griefs message to Mando from Chapter 7 has been reworked to remove references to gap in time their orginally was. The scene now works as Grief revealing his cards out of desperation, since the Empire is having a negative impact on Neverau.
⦁ Footage from Chapter 4 is used to better introduce the forrest planet. It also gives us the famously funny shot of the Child sneaking up on Mando as the Crest door opens. Credit to Smudger for the idea.
⦁ In Mando and Cara’s breifing, mentions of chapter 4 events have been removed and the hunters being sent by the Empire is now only reffered to in future tense.
⦁ The credits have been built from the ground up, using a combined list from all the used episodes. This prevents the credits from lasting over 20 minutes. The presentation style is recreated as accuratley as possible.
I hope you guys enjoy what I’ve thrown together. I will be happy to make a version 2 if there are some lines no longer fit the film, any shots that stick out or there are any edits that can better fit the films structure.
V1: This was essentailly a blind edit; cutting the series using my knowledge of what needs to be cut and what scenes need to be used.