RE-RELEASED - ALL ‘SPECIAL’ EPISODES

So, while I was creating the new episode mentioned in my previous post, I also took the opportunity to review and refine the standards for my ‘special’ episodes, those being the ones I’d called prologues and codas.

Now, they all feature a standardised format for the show titles, with the same timing and other conventions. So while they differ slightly from the main normal episodes, they’re at least consistent with each other.

I also changed their definitions slightly. Inspired by Brandon Sanderson’s novel ‘The Way of Kings’, which begins with both a prelude and a prologue, I opted to do similar. These words are mostly interchangeable, but there is a little subtlety I enjoyed applying here.

Therefore, we now have:

PRELUDE Dark Force Rising. A prelude sets up an entire story. (Also, since this episode’s primary source is the Tartakovsky content, it uses the special Tartakovsky variant of the TCW:R logo.)
PROLOGUE Life and Death. A prologue introduces a specific character (Ahsoka, in our case).
INTERLUDE Dreams of Destiny. An interlude interrupts a story for a short diversion that’s loosely related.
INTERMISSION Tales from the Clone Wars. An intermission is a short break to functionally do something else. I haven’t yet finished this episode (it’s very unimportant) but when I have, it’ll use the ‘Intermission’ label. (This one will also use the Tartaovsky variant.)
EPILOGUE Resolve. An epilogue shows either the conclusions - or the beginnings of a new journey - for a specific character (Ahsoka, in our case). This episode does both, transitioning Ahsoka into her post-TCW status.
CODA Old Wounds. A coda, unlike an epilogue, is used ONLY to conclude a part of a story. This one, of course, does that for Maul.

Anyway, it’s not super important, and the updates to the episodes are just these titles, but it’s nice to have consistency, and it’s also nice to play with language!