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Post #1507109

Author
EddieDean
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The Clone Wars: Refocused [COMPLETE] + Subtitles for season one!
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Date created
10-Oct-2022, 5:38 AM

The end is near!

On review of the Bad Batch arc, I’ve made a decision - I’m not going to include it. For a few reasons:

  1. The penultimate episode of a TV show is not the time for a backdoor pilot of another show.
  2. It’s not good enough on its own, or as a focus on our main characters, to really warrant a place.
  3. It slows down the important momentum rush toward the finale we should be feeling at this point.

Ultimately, in the story of Ahsoka (/Anakin) and Mauldalore (that the Clone Wars is at its best, and which is the core of TCW:R,) it doesn’t belong. And yeah, the moment of Anakin killing Trench is good, but it’s not worth an episode, and it’s nothing new for Anakin, and Trench is barely a villain in my edit.

However:

  1. I will include the Anakin/Padmé scene in my Siege of Mandalore episode, right at the very start. It fits just fine there.
  2. I will turn this arc’s content into episode zero of the Bad Batch, using all of that show’s visual conventions. It’s a pilot for that show, that’s where it belongs. Chronology is less important than causology, so call this a light flashback. It’s about the Bad Batch, not Anakin (or any other TCW:R main characters).

The knock-on effect of this is that it reaffirms my decision not to incorporate the Citadel arc, which I was always on the fence about, especially since Echo’s death was so throwaway there.

Anyway, that all leaves me with just four edits to go, all of which will be very light touch.