Hi smudger9,
great edit again! Although my heart would’ve wanted to keep the battle between Ahsoka and the Magistrate and the entirety of the mission on Morak, after having watched your edit I definitely understand the reasoning. It’s a little bit odd how the season itself again and again finds reasons for Din to be sidetracked, something I didn’t notice that much when watching the season week after week when it aired. But especially the beloved chapter 15 has only the purpose to find Moff Gideon’s coordinates, so I guess that’s not really a lot in terms of the broader storyline.
I’m especially impressed how your cutting choices from Mando episode 1 to 2 align. This is true for the Mayfeld storyline (introduction in Episode 1 was cut and then the mission on Morak) and the reappearing Mythrol (chapter 1 and chapter 12 cut in their respective edits). For someone without knowledge of the original series this would work really smoothly, I suspect. Speaking of chapter 12 (‘the siege’) cut, the cloning lore might be important for later seasons, but this was such a short bit in the whole episode, that it probably will be possible to recap that when it comes up again.
One thing that bugs me a little bit is the story behind the beskar spear. When the Razorcrest is destroyed and only the spear survives it seems like something important, that is not really explained. Maybe it just bugs me because I know the story behind the spear and the hypothetical first time viewer wouldn’t notice anything off. But I was wondering if the scene where the Magistrate hands Din the spear could be reinstated with cutting off after the line ‘kill the Jedi and it’s yours’. The assumption then could be, that it’s some kind of payment up front - although probably unusal for her character - or the tool to do the killing, since Din mentioned how hard it is to kill a Jedi.
On the technical side I, too, noticed the sound problems in loud scenes. For example at 1:46:10, but the whole battle before and after this suffers in varying degrees from the problem. The ending at 2:36:20 is another example, where the sound gets muddy.
But again: I really enjoyed this, awesome work! 😃
Many thanks.
The sound issue has been mentioned before. It’s not present on Final Cut, so I’m not sure how it’s happened. I’ll try re-rendering to see if it solves it.
This season was much more difficult than season 1, as you say, due to the weekly quest structure. I had to make some really difficult cuts that have more of an impact on the story than I would have liked.
If the cloning story is picked up I don’t think it will be a problem, however the Beskar spear really isn’t satisfactory. I have an edit where the Corvus battle is included, but I don’t like the pacing. Once Mando season 3 is done I’ll revisit this episode to see if I can improve it.