I’ve now completed the edit of these three episodes and managed to get the runtime down to my target of 1h 15. This will give me a lot more freedom with the second arc.

Changes to episode 3:

Moved the Kleya/Cassian scene towards the start to better space out Cassian’s scenes.
Cut most of Cyril and Dedra preparing for mother’s arrival.
Cut Luthen chatting to the guy who has a Gorman mother (easy to add back in if needed later).
Cut the Bix assault scene and anything related to it. I don’t have a problem with this scene, but my aim with these edits is to produce movies that feel like they are related to the main saga. It’s the most radical option, but the flow seems to work fine without those scenes. It puts more focus on Brasso’s demise, which is one of the key outcomes from this whole arc.
Lots of other trimming, particularly the wedding scenes, to keep the pace up.

I’ll upload the full edit of arc 1 (single channel, low res) to G-drive if anyone wants to view and give feedback.