I want to be careful with this one. Ahsoka’s fall is such an important moment, and in the episode it concludes perfectly. The credits, uniquely for TCW, have a somber tone. I’m just wondering if I can pull off some additional value while we’re being somber, without being cheap.

Thing is, I don’t think it’s right for me to release clips of my ideas. I feel like my ideas can only be properly tested when they come at the end of a full watch-through of the arc, to get the viewer in the right mindset. So I don’t want to spoil it in advance.

I think I have three options, so I’ll go with the middle option, and you guys can let me know if I should tone it up or down based on that.

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As for the arc itself, it breaks naturally into a duology, since it’s so great it needs only minimal cuts. We’ll end one episode when Ahsoka takes the dive into Coruscant’s underworld, then pick up the next episode when she’s fully on her own.

I’m only making a couple of minor trims. The first is cutting around the scene where a sniffer dog picks up her scent and is ignored by its handler clone (silly!), and the second I can’t remember right now because it’s so minor.

I did consider restructuring the story to add a bit more mystery, but ultimately this story is about Ahsoka’s emotional journey, not the mystery, so I think a softer hand is appropriate.