Mando EP4: Return to Mandalore 4K [RELEASED] — Page 5

stretch009 said:

@smudger9

PM sent. Thanks!

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wisem said:

I’ll gladly take a pm with links if possible.

No problem! PM sent.

HobNobRob191 said:

Can I get a link please? 😃

PM Sent.

Would love a link please!

WitchDR said:

I’m only 45 mins in, and it’s wonderful so far Smudger. I did see one error though. You can see the line from the space background that the crawl transitions to, during the crawl itself. This is in the 1080p version.

https://imgur.com/a/2g20e0j

Gah! Thanks for pointing it out. I’ve had this issue before. I edit on an IMac and view on an IPad and their LED screens don’t seem to pick up these subtle changes in black shades. Looking at your image on my iPad I can’t see the line even at max brightness 😞.
I try to compensate by dropping the shadow contrast on the crawl backgrounds, clearly I need to drop it a little bit more 😞.

That aside I hope you enjoy the remainder of the edit.

Peonthegrate said:

Would love a link please!

PM sent.

Matt.F said:

Sounds great, I’d love to have a download link?

(although bit sad you cut the comedy bit with Grogu stuffing his face with food at the market stall, I loved that little moment!)

PM sent. That was a nice comedy moment, but with a running time of 2h45, some sacrifices had to be made. And I actually feel that the “yes, yes, yes…” is the funniest and the wipe transition from that to the campfire worked really well.

ChinmayX said:

Hey! I’d love a link for this as well. Thanks.

PM Sent

Matt.F said:

smudger9 said:

Matt.F said:

Sounds great, I’d love to have a download link?

(although bit sad you cut the comedy bit with Grogu stuffing his face with food at the market stall, I loved that little moment!)

PM sent. That was a nice comedy moment, but with a running time of 2h45, some sacrifices had to be made. And I actually feel that the “yes, yes, yes…” is the funniest and the wipe transition from that to the campfire worked really well.

Nice, I’ll look forward to seeing that new transition.

This might be a dumb question but downloading to USB and watching this on a big 4K screen, which of the two file options will be best? (the 10GB MP4 or the 5GB MKV)?

In their native form the 1080. If you want to view the 4K you’ll need to convert it into an MP4.

revel911 said:

Smudger, can I get a link … .always love your stuff.

Of course! DM sent.

STF78 said:

Another superb job on this edit, I think it’s pretty much the best possible version of season three- all the best bits & main plot threads included without any of the cringe. Technically flawless as usual, except the minor issue with the crawl background identified by WitchDR. Will this be fixable?

Thanks for the feedback. I’m glad you appreciated the edit.

Yes, the crawl is fixable just by adjusting the brightness and contrast of the two backgrounds.

Matt.F said:

I’ve just finished watching this edit, and I’ll admit the climax had me a little misty eyed (that didn’t happen when I watched the original Season 3). Thank you so much, you’ve really created a magnificent and seamless well-paced movie out of something that was previously rather overlong, unfocused and clunky.

You’ve got a great sense for editing, and the only notes I’d have would be to perhaps consider removing the somewhat redundant conversation between Peli and the Rodian (just cut straight to Mando touching down in the hangar) and as others have said to clean up the technical issue with the crawl background.

Every choice you’ve made has worked in this edit, and I watched it with my wife (who hadn’t seen any of Season 3) and it completely worked for her too. You would not know this was a fanedit.

(And you were right about the comedic transition with Grogu’s ‘yes, yes, yes’ into the campfire scene too - very effective!).

100% recommend - to anyone who was a little disappointed about The Mandalorian Season 3’s dip in quality, smudger9 has redeemed it - you need to watch this!

Thanks so much for the feedback Matt. Much appreciated. It makes it all worth while when other fans enjoy these edits.
The crawl background glitch will be rectified, I’m just waiting to see if anyone picks up any other technical issues before re-rendering and uploading.
Regarding the Rhodian-Pelli conversation, yes it’s completely redundant but it’s there for 2 reasons.

1. I really like having spacer scenes to imply time passage and avoid having excessive wipe transitions. I didn’t want to cut straight from Mando in hyperspace to him arriving on Tatooine.

2. It’s a nice reintroduction to Pelli, and we can see that she’s still up to her old tricks.

I did trim the scene, leaving the minimum that I could get away with.