This is really interesting!
Thank you Eddie! Yeah, I think I’ve even seen some others talk about the only way to cut it down to a single movie would be to remove the prison sequence. And I think if you want to mostly retain the show’s structure as is, that would be correct.
But I really loved the prison arc. And I found an editor on reddit who said he made a 75 minute cut of just that arc, starting with Cassian being arrested and ending with the escape. In his cut, he is literally presenting it as Cassian being a civilian in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Which, I did find that compelling. Because I think that story, and that opening 10 minutes of him on Niamos is a great way to draw the audience in. Anyone can relate to it and what happens to him. He’s literally done nothing wrong.
However the two issues I had was, the prison sequence is only 70 minutes, not a full movie like I would want. And the show and character are “Andor” not “Keef Girgo A Star Wars Story”. But thats when it struck me, what if I go with that idea. Our protagonist is just a guy who got unlucky… until an hour into the movie it is revealed that he is really much more. Playing around with Cassian’s alter ego, but making it where he’s fooling the audience as well. And of course doing it this way, I get to actually tell the story the show itself told, albeit in a highly altered form.
But I appreciate you posting your ideas of how you would handle it. It gives me something to contrast with. I find it interesting the different things from me that you would drop.