RELEASED S03E05 - The Darksaber of Mandalore V4

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Updated look to introduction text
  • Centred Text
  • Decreased size of Text
• Rewrote introduction text
• Replaced old intro with new one
• Added episode title card
• recut everything in this episode from scratch again to avoid any previous audio mistakes.
• cut Fenn Rau mentioning the Darksaber being a symbol of Death Watch. This line just doesn’t sit right with me in the current canon, as it doesn’t really get tied to death watch ever again…
• cut Kanan saying that Sabine gave the saber to him and hasn’t brought it up since (as this is now covered in the intro text)
• cut Titlecard and fade to black
• cut Sabine saying “Who all is there?” (such a strange line!)
• cut Sabine and Ezra bickering about her not being able to wield the saber as Kanan immediately explains the situation better after this.
• cut Sabine and Ezra bickering in the speeder. I’ve already shown them bicker once, we don’t need it 3 times within 5 minutes or so…
• cut Ezra “Ohhhhhh” in response to Sabine getting hit. It feels like Ezra has gone back to season 1 in terms of maturity here… I’m going to try minimise that.
• cut fade to black
• Added a wipe between shots of the fade to black to help signify the passage of time so the viewer isn’t caught of guard when Kanan says a few days have passed.
• cut Hera saying “I don’t remember him fighting with a stick.”
• cut Hera saying “Well maybe because she can’t use the force you think she can’t do this” but I’m keeping the shot to use for a later line.
• cut Kanan saying “The force is open to everyone” and overlapping his dialogue about Sabine being blocked over the previous shot saved while trimming the initial shot.
  • The intention here with these cuts is to tone down the force talk. Many people got the impression Sabine was NOT force sensitive and her character was taken in a very different direction than that in Ahsoka. By toning down the talk about Sabine and the force, I feel it leaves her more open to becoming a Jedi later on.
  • I think with these changes the focus is more on Kanan’s struggles teaching Sabine (A theme carried over to Ahsoka) instead of on Sabines capabilities.
• cut Kanan asking Ezra to help unload the supplies and Ezra being a dick about it. Come on buddy, you’re better then this! Why suddenly so petty and jealous!?
• cut fade to black
• Replaced fade to black with a wipe to signify time has moved forward. (I know its unneeded as the next shot is the moon but it helps with flow)
• cut from the shot of the camp after panning down from the moon until Sabine returns.
  • This part of the episode was really weird, after the establishing shots Ezra starts bitching about if Sabine can even accomplish her goal and Fenn Rau says something stupid like it’s meant to be something really smart… Very weird. Had to go!
  • Ezra says she’s back in a kept shot which also helps stress that she really has been gone for a while!
• cut all the exposition dialogue in on the flight to Krownest. Most of this is unneeded now that this episode continues on from the previous.
• cut title card
• cut a few shots around title card to make pre and post title card scenes flow well together.
• cut Ezra freaking out about the rockets shot at them by the Mandos and Sabines response.
• cut a shot of Chopper reacting to everyone leaving the crash site. He gets out of the ship, gets Rau and is never seen again until the end of the episode… so seeing him leave the ship is pretty pointless.
• cut a shot of chopper opening the Phantom 2 doors to reveal Fenn Rau was hiding in a ship no-one checked… (we know he’s out of site already)
• cut a few shots of Sabine and her mother just looking at the Darksaber before a fade to black
• cut the fade to black
• cut awkward moment of Ezra saying hello to Sabine’s mother.
• cut Ezra being awkward with Sabine’s brother.
• cut scenes with Sabine’s mother dealing directly with Gar Saxon (I think the episode flows a bit better with a surprise attack for the audience as well as for the Ghost crew)
  • I’ve kept the shots of her talking with a hologram, so the audience can suspect something is up but I feel this episode is better off having this element not explicitly stated to the audience.
• cut Gar Saxon “Just not to you” and Sabine’s reaction
• cut fade to black
• cut reestablishing shot after fade to black
• cut “remember only blast the guys” “in white, got it!” exchange between Sabine and Ezra. Ezra doesn’t need to be reminded. This line was put in to remind children who the bad guys were so for this edit its gone.
• cut a tiny amount from the shot where Gar Saxon and Sabine shatter the window just to help with flow. (I just minimised how long it takes for the glass to break)
• cut Kanan berating Ursa for their Mandalorian customs about not intervening
  • Ursa’s character ark in this episode is better suited to her coming to the realisation she must betray Saxon herself and remain Loyal to her family.
• Updated the look of the end credit ‘concept art’
  • Added a cracked paint effect to all concept art
  • Added a canvas texture to all concept art
• Created subtitles
• Added chapters, subtitles and both title card art options to the video file metadata.
• created new and old style title card artwork for the renamed episode.

For recolors only:

• Fixed colors for introduction sequence
• Fixed colors of end credit sequence

Viewing Notes

Episode further develops the Mandalorian plot line that concludes in season 4. If you like the Mando stuff this is essential.