Thank you for the hard work g00b.

Just looking to make sure everything is in order. The size of the 1080p version of the 2-6 episode just released is much larger in comparison to all other 1080p episodes of your edit.

The size is not an issue. Just wondering if it is supposed to be that way.

I upgraded my software when I got my PC. Apparently files are just bigger now. I haven’t changed any settings 😅

If I ever work out how to get the files smaller, I’ll fix it!

To add to this above point ^ My usual process of running the output through Handbreak seems to be making the files bigger … The 4K version is also only a few MB bigger then the 1080p recolor… why that is, I don’t know…

Hi g00b, going through your changelogs has made me quite excited as I intend to show this to a first-time viewer but was hesitant due to the ‘kiddyness’ of the original, which in my opinion, hinders an exemplary and memorable story.

One question, in your YT video ‘Rebels Recut: Introduction Text Sequence’ (Oct 27, 2023 - watch?v=F7Y099HBdHg) the establishing exterior wide shot of Ezra’s Roost/LothalNet comm tower at 1:11-1:12 feels a bit too brief, was this extended in one of your later revisions?
The S01E01 - Spark of Rebellion v4.10 changelog seems to indicate this. Is this the case?

I’m quite interested to see what sort of opinion a first-time watcher has with this more mature cut cut aimed towards a more mature audience than the original show.

Nice edit

SueronTikolo said:

Nice edit

Thanks for the feedback! Glad you’re enjoying it 😃

Coruscant-Croissant said:

Hi g00b, going through your changelogs has made me quite excited as I intend to show this to a first-time viewer but was hesitant due to the ‘kiddyness’ of the original, which in my opinion, hinders an exemplary and memorable story.

Very keen to hear any feedback you’ve got! First-time viewer feedback is incredibly valuable! 😄

One question, in your YT video ‘Rebels Recut: Introduction Text Sequence’ (Oct 27, 2023 - watch?v=F7Y099HBdHg) the establishing exterior wide shot of Ezra’s Roost/LothalNet comm tower at 1:11-1:12 feels a bit too brief, was this extended in one of your later revisions?
The S01E01 - Spark of Rebellion v4.10 changelog seems to indicate this. Is this the case?

That’s right! I’ve extended the length of the shot to give me more time to make a well timed wipe. This means the transition doesn’t feel as sudden.

I’m quite interested to see what sort of opinion a first-time watcher has with this more mature cut.

It’ll still feel a bit goofy and kiddish at times but those moments do diminish as the story progresses. But these moments are character driven in my edit (because Ezra is still quite young).

I got a chance to vet ‘S01e01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.12 4K Recolor’ the other night, which was only meant to be a quick skim through to check for playback compatibility issues on the OSMC player, but I ended up being drawn into watching the entire episode.

I was grinning like a fool the whole way through by how well thought-out the edits/cuts/additions were. 😄
(My last rewatch was Numeral Joker/Mecha Salesman’s cut in September, so it’s quite fresh in my memory)

g00b said:

Very keen to hear any feedback you’ve got! First-time viewer feedback is incredibly valuable! 😄

When I have time to do so, I’ll be looking to make notes on each episode regarding any observations or issues that I find in that season and collate into a list to post.

I noticed some minor issues while watching ‘S01e01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.12 4K Recolor’.

Personal issue - 00:20:25 (h/m/s)
CUT: Steve Blum’s majestic rare hairless Wookie growl.wav gag 😦

(Although, your cut to Zeb punching the Stormtroopers after Kanan’s comment is quite good, and probably more in line with Zeb’s temperament)

Visual issue - 00:41:34-41, 00:41:51-58, and 00:42:12-18
End credit ‘concept art’: Goat eyes and phantom eyes

(I’m guessing here, but I assume the upscaler used on the source hallucinated the phantom eyes (helmet/visor glint hallucinated as eyes) (?) Doubled/stretched eyes caused by frame interpolation on the source and or hallucinated by the upscaler (?), and then the visual effect filters made it further apparent. I presume this visual issue will be present in the other episode end credits when characters are to their side or there is helmet/visor lighting glint)

(I’ll need to rewatch it again to timestamp and take notes of the other issues I noticed but can’t currently recall)

The phantom eyes aren’t actually the AI’s fault bahaha. I do see what you mean though, that’s occurred from all the filters I’ve put on top of the original screenshot to create the “concept art”.

I’ve gotten a few messages asking if the project is abandoned. I figured I’d post here to say it’s not at all, I’m just a busy man! Rest assured I’ll see this project through to the end!

I’m very close to a new release! I’ve got an episode out for review from some other editors and once I collect (and likely act on) their feedback. I’ll be rereleasing some more episodes 😃

RELEASED S03E02 - Imperial Supercommandos V4.1

Downloads

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

Changes

• Retimed Intro Text

• Rewritten Intro Text - Thanks Shoya for the feedback that lead to this change (and for the lore that made the change possible!)

• Recolored Concord Dawn to match previous episode

• Cut needless reminder that Mandalorian’s fight and war has destroyed Concord Dawn. This was all covered in the last episode, we don’t need it covered again now.

  • cut Rau exposition and overlayed the audio from another shot (“I don’t get the whole Mandalorian thing”) to cover the animation of Ezra talking from behind.
  • I then shorted Ezra talking and the previous shot to seamlessly blend them together.

• Added Rau speaking Mando’a to call out to the Protectors

  • “Tion’suvar, ibic Rau” (Come in, this is Rau.)

• Added Rau speaking Mando’a again to commemorate his fallen Protectors

  • “Nu kyr’adyc, shi taab’echaaj’la.” (The deceased, just march on.)"

• Changed Sabines line from “Rau?” to “Rau! Ke dajuna skira!”

  • Now she is ordering Rau to take revenge for his fallen comrades. To me this feels much more Mandalorian.

• Recolored the Moon’s surface to match previous episode.

• Added more Lines to the Supercommandos, their animated to look like they’re talking but say nothing and I’ve made the say a lot more in the Darksaber of Mandalore episode later on.
  This damage is fresh. - Supercommando 1
  They must still be here - Supercommando 2
  Yes sir - both 1 + 2

  Don’t try anything droid - Supercommando 3

  Gleeful laugh - Supercommando 1 Running after Ezra thinking you’re about to kill him.

  I’m on it - Supercommando 2
  We’ve checked the base, no sign of anyone else. - Supercommando 3

  Oya! Target practice! - Supercommando 1 Excited to see some shooting happen.

  He’s mine - Supercommando 2
  No! I’m killing the Jedi - Supercommando 1

  AHHHHHHH! - Supercommando 1, 2 + 3 - Stupidly loud noise has been funneled through your helmet

    Get off! x2 - Supercommando 1
  
    Ahhhhh! - Suppercommando 1
  

  You’re finished traitor. - Supercommando 1
  Oya! - Supercommando 1 excited after being allowed to kill Ezra

• Changed the final battle music to The Mandalorian Blockade from Star Wars the Old Republic to make it more climatic. It’s a Mandalorian battle song that’s just somehow perfectly timed for the end of this episode. It was too good not to change!

New Voiceline Credits

• Supercommando 1 is AcBagel
• Supercommando 2 is Shoya
• Supercommando 3 is me!

I watched your soft release of this episode because I was very curious to hear the Mandolorian language for the first time. It worked almost entirely very well, including the new music at the end. However, there are some little things here I noticed.

• Sabine telling Rau to plot revenge was a bit premature before she had full knowledge or even looked at the wreckage. She was only wildly guessing at that point. Also, later in the episode she tells Rau that she is not after revenge, only her friends. The context is different, but still somewhat of a contradiction.

• A small nitpick normal to the episode, but why does Sabine need to tell Ezra to run from the Mandolorians (“Ezra run!”)? Thank you captain obvious!

• Having both Supercommandos say “yes sir” consecutively sounded awkward and redundant. Both should make that statement at the same time as would be the standard in media portrayals of soldiers responding to a commanding officer.

• At around the 18:56 mark, the Mando’a subtitle “let’s hunt” blitzes by too quickly. I had to rewind and pause to catch what was said. I think this happened once before with another line that I missed. This is a nice menacing line that you want the audience to see easily the first time.

I hope this helps, even if it is just a tiny bit.

honestabe said:

I watched your soft release of this episode because I was very curious to hear the Mandolorian language for the first time. It worked almost entirely very well, including the new music at the end. However, there are some little things here I noticed.

Thanks for all the feedback! I appreciate it 😃

• Sabine telling Rau to plot revenge was a bit premature before she had full knowledge or even looked at the wreckage. She was only wildly guessing at that point. Also, later in the episode she tells Rau that she is not after revenge, only her friends. The context is different, but still somewhat of a contradiction.

While it’s premature for the reveal to the audience, this isn’t actually premature for Sabine. From where she stands she can hear Rau giving a Mandalorian prayer AND see smoke and destruction in the distance. She also has the knowledge of the Protectors stopping communication.

The statement of saying SHE’S not out for revenge actually supports her telling Rau to get revenge. It makes sense in the context why she’d say that to him.

I did catch both these things and took the time to work out if they’re actually problems. Thanks for the feedback here though, I’ll have to see if there’s anything I can do to help these moments read a bit better.

• A small nitpick normal to the episode, but why does Sabine need to tell Ezra to run from the Mandolorians (“Ezra run!”)? Thank you captain obvious!

After watching Ezra do so much dumb stuff I think it’s justified 😂 BUT that’s not Ezra after the time-skip in my edit so I’ll do something to address this. It just made it through the cracks hahaha thanks for pointing it out!!!

• Having both Supercommandos say “yes sir” consecutively sounded awkward and redundant. Both should make that statement at the same time as would be the standard in media portrayals of soldiers responding to a commanding officer.

This is how I originally dubbed these lines HOWEVER I decided to sync these lines to the head movements of the Supercommandos instead. Maybe I could use a different line to solve both issues.

These suppercommandos were almost entirely silent in the original episode but also had their heads moving and animated like they would talk??? It’s super weird so I’m trying to fix that hahaha.

• At around the 18:56 mark, the Mando’a subtitle “let’s hunt” blitzes by too quickly. I had to rewind and pause to catch what was said. I think this happened once before with another line that I missed. This is a nice menacing line that you want the audience to see easily the first time.

I am aware of this, I might need to play around with it some more but there might not be enough time because of the other more important lines…

I hope this helps, even if it is just a tiny bit.

All feedback ALWAYS HELPS! Even if I don’t act on it. Thank you for taking the time and posting it!

Just finished watching series 1 and halfway through series 2. Really good job so far. Still feels like the normal show whilst cutting out all the filler/childish stuff (some of which i did enjoy) but certainly a better watch after clone wars than before.

Fatbond said:

Just finished watching series 1 and halfway through series 2. Really good job so far.

Love to hear that!

Still feels like the normal show whilst cutting out all the filler/childish stuff (some of which i did enjoy) but certainly a better watch after clone wars than before.

I hear that! I do like some of the filler and childish stuff but as you mention it feels like a better show AFTER clone wars. That really hits the target for this edits purpose! Like the show is a continuation of some Clone Wars stories and now sets the scene for the Ahsoka show. It makes sense to align more closely with those two shows for audiences then leave Rebels where it started. I think anyway… And that’s why I’ve made the edit 😉

Releasing the soft release episode! (I’m just updating the original links and post for simplicity sake).

I’ve addressed ALL points of feedback I’ve been given. Even if I haven’t made changes to certain parts, I feel the overall changes I’ve made go at least a little towards all feedback given to me 😃

My next episode rerelease will be S03e05 - The Darksaber of Mandalore, which has my reworked darksaber lore and direct continuity with acbagels The Way of Mandalore.

RELEASED S03E05 - The Darksaber of Mandalore V4.1

Downloads

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

Changes

• Updated intro text content
• Retimed intro text
• Reworked Darksaber backstory
  • including making new animation
  • revoicing Rau (thanks acbagel!)
  • rescored background music so it’s now Vode An from Republic Commando
• Sped up parts of Sabine and Kanan’s fight to make it look better.
• Fixed and extended the bridge between the two original rebels episodes
  • Used a previous shot flipped, zoomed and cropped
  • created a new shot using the base as backdrop and by making out the phantom 2 from a different shot.
• Added more Mando’a & translated existing Mando’a
  • Fixed Sabine’s first Mando’a line to Shoya’s liking (thanks shoya)
    • “Su’cuy Aliit Wren. Ibic Sabine Wren. Tion suvar?” (Hello Clan Wren. This is Sabine Wren. Do you copy?)
  • Repsonse: "Elek Sabine Wren, ke pare! (Affirmative Sabine Wren. You’re ordered to stand by.)
• Shortened and tightened the Wren fight against the Phantom 2. It now makes more sense and feels more coordinated and imposing.
• Recolored Krownest
• Cut down Tristan’s first interaction with the crew. The Wrens now shoot first and ask questions later.
• Translated more Mando’a
  • “Sha’kajir!” (Cease-fire!)
• Cut down a lot of Tristan’s dialogue to make him harder to read.
• Added Mando’a
  • “Ke’mot!” (Halt!) - Wren 1 - Shoya
  • “Suvarir” (Understood) - Wren 1 - Shoya
  • “Jetiise pare” (The Jedi are waiting.) - Wren 2 - Acbagel
  • “Wayii!” (Good grief!) - Wren 1 - Shoya
• Complete rework of the final battle
  • added missing sfx (walking, shots, dialogue) This battle felt so… tame. It needed some omph! And you know… to sound like an actual battle!
  • rescored the sequence with much more epic music Gra’tua Cunn x Ka’rta Tor by Samuel Kim Music on YT
  • added voices to the supercommando’s to keep them in line with the previous Mandalorian focused episode.
    • “Traitors!” - Supercommando 1 - g00b
  • added Wren’s speaking Mando’a
    • “Aruetyc!” (Traitorous!) - Wren 2 - Acbagel
    • “Ke laam!” (Go up!) - Wren 2 - Acbagel
    • “Kate akaan!” (Good battle!) - Shoya
  • Made the Supercommandos taunt Tristan
    • “Yeah! Fight or die.” - Supercommando 1 - g00b
    • “Fight or die!” - Supercommando 2 - g00b
    • “Fight or die, Triston.” - Supercommando 3 - Shoya
    • “Fight or die.” - Supercommando 4 - Acbagel
    • “Yeah!” - Supercommando 2 - g00b
    • “Yeah!” - Supercommando 4 - Acbagel
    • “Haha!” - Supercommando 3 - Shoya
    • “Get above 'em” - Supercommando 5 - Toast
  • cut Supercommando’s surviving and watching Sabine and Saxon battle for some reason… it was weird and now it’s gone.
  • Made some pacing cuts to keep momentum going after Sabine wins the battle with Saxon.

New Voiceline Creidts

• Supercommando 1 is me
• Supercommando 2 is me
• Supercommando 3 is Shoya
• Supercommando 4 is AcBagel
• Supercommando 5 is Toast
• Wren 1 is Shoya
• Wren 2 is AcBagel

^ I’m very happy to get this above episode released. It’s been sitting waiting for completion since BEFORE the Malachor episode update (It wasn’t completely finished but it pretty much was)! That collaboration with AcBagel caused a series of changes to this edit (for the better). I’ve got one more Mandalorian focused episode left to revisit and revise!

RELEASED S02E03 - Pirates of the Horn V4.3

Downloads

• 4K recolor: Needs upscaling
• 1080p recolor: available
• 1080p: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes

• Retimed Intro Text
• Rewrote Intro Text
• Rebuilt Audio track
• Created a new voice for Azmorigan
• Reinstated Ezra telling Chopper to stay behind so his absence makes sense again (not sure why I cut this)
• Shortened Ezra calling for backup (it was WAY too obvious before)
• Changed the cuts around Hondo saying Ezra is a jedi to try fix the MESS that was the original continuity (bc they had a fade to black and ad break, they just completely changed the characters positions).
• Reinstated the beginning of Hondo and Ezra’s conversation on the Horn (not sure why I ever cut it tbh)

RELEASED S01E07 - A Message To Lothal

Downloads

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

Changes

• Updated Intro Text
• Extended Intro Text Timing
• Fixed audio mapping (should actually be 5.1 now, not every speaker putting out the same audio…)
• Removed Kanan’s lightsaber from the imperial broadcast. Now he holds a gun fitting of imperial propaganda. (We literally follow this with a scene about Kanan being seen as a Jedi as a problem… this was a BIG oversight.)
• Cut the scene of Ezra asking if the message was worth it and that Hera says she knows people heard it. The scene with Fulcrum finishes the transition from night, morning, to day AND establishes similar things. It also helps the flow of the episode.
• Reordered Kanan’s prison scene to fit this new flow
  • cut clunky wipe transition here
• Added wildlife SFX
• Cut the Stormtroopers being stupid, now Sabine says “behind you!” and Zeb strikes. We didn’t need their commentary in-between.
• Reordered some scenes, putting Kanan on Mustafar right after Hera says it’s where Jedi go to die. This builds the tension a bit better. Adds a gap for the time to change from the Evening to nighttime AND keeps the pace going, once they have the ships, the mission begins

THAT’S SEASON 1 FINISHED!

I don’t plan on coming back to it unless there’s any technical fixes or ideas too good to resist. But honestly, I think it’s as polished as it’ll ever be. We’ll see though, I’ve certainly thought that before.

If anyone has a 5.1 sound copy of the Amazon release of S02E01 - The Siege of Lothal. Can you send me a PM?

I’m trying to fix the episode of the same name in my edit, and I’ve got something that’s passable but if I can get a 5.1 sound copy of Ian McDermids performance I can make it perfect!

Hi g00b,
I hope you’re doing well! I wanted to ask which source files you’re using for the project. I compared your 4K episode with the original 1080p Blu‑ray release, and I noticed that quite a few visual details seem to be missing in your version.

Here’s a comparison for reference (for example, the basket, the alien’s face, and the vases on the right):

Your cut (4K):
https://ibb.co/RpBnVMGt

Blu‑ray (1080p):
https://ibb.co/ZRxj1wM6

I’m curious whether this difference comes from the upscaling process or from the quality of the source material you’re working with. Please don’t take this as criticism - I really enjoy your project. I just recently rewatched the original version, so the contrast stood out when I started watching your cuts.

If the difference is due to the source material, I’d be more than happy to help by providing higher‑quality files, of course only if you would find that useful 😃