Just picking up the last remaining movie for a polish/chronology pass - movie 3. We’ve got the througline of Cassian going to Ferrix, Niamos, and Narkina prison, with a 30-day time skip in the middle of his incarceration, and a few key beats about the Public Order Resentencing Directive in the B-plots that serve it well at key points. There’s a solo Dedra plot about her taking over the Morlana sector from Blevin, a Syril plot of him getting the Standards job, and their overlap plot of Dedra’s interview of Syril (“less than a month” after he starts) and him stalking her (continuing their conversation from “last month”). We have two Mon plots - firstly her escalating rebel activity via Tay Kolma during a party, and secondly her meeting with Vel as they begrudge their situation. So I’m just now trying to work out the best pacing and placement.

The main thing I’d like to gain over the current version is moving more storylines later, to better break up the Narkina plots.

Syril has a key moment - seeing the news announcement about the Aldhani heist (on the day of his interview) - which must come early, but after that we can take a breather on his storyline so I can push that back. The other main imposition is that Mon’s party storyline and meeting with Vel each happen during a short window, so I need to be careful about where they fit around the Narkina timeline so too much time doesn’t pass there while they’re ongoing. The Syril/Dedra conversations will hopefully work in the slots where more time on Narkina needs to pass.

This one’s a bit more work than the other three movies, but I’m on it. Hope to have it to you all soon.