Sorry for the lack of update. Work and home life has been pretty busy the last 2 weeks, but I finally got a couple of free hours today. I have gone back and finalised the cuts for acts 1 and 3 with some significant changes.

Act 1:
This is essentially episodes 1 and 2, so it takes us to the point where the kids meet Jod.
I have replaced “The New Republic” logo with the standard Star Wars logo, removed the episode number and put the test in classic yellow.
I have reinstated the opening pirate scene. We don’t need this scene from a story perspective, but it makes for a much better opening sequence than Wim in his bedroom and it does a good job of showing us the state of the galaxy beyond At Attin. It also has an opening pan, which saves a massive amount of work!
The act runs at 53 mins including logos.

Act 3
Episodes 7 and 8 picking up from the point where the kids leave Lanupa.
The only significant cut is a large segment of the pirate Kangaroo court. Otherwise things play out as we saw them, but I have made at least one trim to virtually every scene to help with the pacing and save runtime.
This act is 46mins, which is a perfect length.

Act 2
This is where the remaining work lies. Acts 1 and 2
are 1h39 in total so act 2 needs to come in at 51 to 66mins to give us a runtime of 2h 30 to 2h45, but this is a challenge given that it incorporates 4 episodes of the series.
Episode 3 is straightforward and has been completed, with a runtime of 22mins, leaving 29 to 44 mins for the other 3 episodes. Episodes 4 to 6 are where there is a lot of filler material so this is easy to achieve. The two main challenges are

How to get the kids to the tower on AT-Achrin without getting involved in the war.
How to get the kids to their ship on Lanupa without separating.
Ill work on it this weekend and hopefully have a completed cut.

Overall it is shaping up as a pretty great movie once those 2 things have been ironed out.