Thanks for the continued interest everyone! Like oojason said, I don’t personally mind requests in here but also just feel free to DM me for link requests so we can keep this thread focused on discussion and feedback for the edit! If you have something specific you want to share about your thoughts regarding the edit that contributes to discussion in addition to asking for a link though don’t hesitate to share though!
Speaking of updates… I haven’t been as active updating you good folks on here, simply because I’m doing a TON of updates on my youtube channel, but I want to bring you OT folks up to speed on progress. First gotta give huge shoutouts to darthg00b (been helping me with dialogue writing and VFX) and Shoya Haa’runi (does EXCELLENT with all my Mando’a translation scripts I send him).
So I’m about at the 1 hour 50 minute mark out of the 3 hour film, and we’re making amazing progress. I am starting Round 2 of work on the Darksaber transition scene now redoing some of the conversation and Mando’a and finishing the rotoscoping Grogu out. Once I’m through that, it’s onto the Grogu reunion scene as the next big task then the final battle of Mandalore deep diving for first time. I’d say I’m on pace for an early-mid summer release!
Couple of specifics:
If you want to see how Boba Fett ACTUALLY feeds his would-be Hutt assassin to his rancor rather than the “There’s no rancor” gag, check this out (Thank you darthg00b for Rancor rotoscope work!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT1s6jDzwcc
Also to keep bragging on g00b… After my last stream where we were critiquing some of the set pieces on Plazir for being overly earth-like with regular earth trees and regular earth grass all over the place (especially bad in the Darksaber set), he made some mockups for how we could transform Plazir into something much more… Majestic.
Again, like the Cad Bane rework (which I am still toying with), it CAN be done it’s just all down to a cost benefit analysis… Every feature we add makes the end product better, but I WOULD like to actually release this before the Mando movie in 2026 lol
Final g00b brag before my own updates… He’s also helping with color and reflections on the rotoscope work for the Grogu reunion demo I shared a while back. Notice the red/brown sand reflections on the armor changed to green Yavin tree reflections:
So what have I been doing as g00b is trucking away? Shoooot… There’s too much to type haha, but I have dozens of hours of livestreams over at https://www.youtube.com/@acbagel/streams detailing the hundreds of changes. From frame-by-frame combat analysis to writing and plugging in the alien dialgoue SFX to overarching storyline structuring to pacing out my 4-Act A/B/C plot structure and so on… It’s becoming a real team effort! But overall, everything I’ve previously said in this thread is truly coming to life! Building my dream here with this movie, and I’m VERY happy with everything so far. The justice that is being done to Boba Fett by giving him a REAL character arc in Book 6 instead of being written out of the series is warming my heart. Thanks to everyone who is following this project. I hope the final release brings you joy! Please share any thoughts or desires you have for this film and we can try to make them happen.
Back to work.