I think ‘Announcement’ is probably our strongest name yet for movie two, following the theme of ‘what people in-universe call things’.

I’m also pleased to report I’m over halfway through all the necessary transitions for movie #4! Had a couple of messy bits that needed a bit more restructuring, but I’ve got it all playing out nice and smooth now! As with movie 3 there’s a little bit of implicit time passing between some scenes (Dedra says “I’m off back to Coruscant” then there she is, for example), but it’s necessary for the flow and I don’t think it’s problematic. (In that example instance I think it really fits anyway, due to the way the dialogue carries through smoothly.)

For that running tally of absolute minimum cuts, I’ve had to cut twelve more frames for audio blend pacing, plus six seconds of Kleya walking plus a few more seconds of Bik’s cell window, though in the latter case I’ve found a really lovely opportunity to include what might otherwise have been an orphaned scene.

I feel like I’ve got this all very smooth. Where I have the option, I’ve been trying to match scenes as nicely as possible to maintain flow. I’ve got some nice smooth transitions that weren’t in the original episodes - things like Syril being frustrated with his food bowl transitioning into Melchi enjoying prison food from his bowl, and people walking offscreen in one scene matching footsteps with people walking onscreen in the next scene. I feel like I’m really doing it justice, which is important to me.