Andor EP1: Spark of Rebellion 4K [RELEASED] — Page 3

STF78 said:

Excellent edit of an excellent show. It flows really well and the edits are largely seemless. The only feedback I could give beyond the praise is that I think I caught a flash frame around the 40 min 37 secs mark- an image of a console screen flashes for a second in between the shots of the security police on the transport and the ship flying over Aldani

Ahh yes. Well spotted. Looks like a rogue 1080 frame left in when I was converting to 4K. I’ll clip that out and re-upload.

szopman said:

I still hasn’t finished watching (won’t be able to watch it all at once today) but I noticed one little thing that makes the opening text feel very off.

The first line is centered, while the other 3 paragraphs are to the left. Its a little detail maybe but it really “hit” my eyes and made it look very faneditish to me.

The written content itself and its pacing is great, not too long,not too short, more like “Solo”. But still, I really think the format has to be corrected 😉

Once I watch it all, I ll be able to share more insights 😉

Thanks for the feedback. I tried a number of different formats for the crawl - all centered, all left aligned, centred with left aligned. This is the one I thought looked the best. The idea is that the first line is a sort of subtitle to the film title. Then the following three paragraphs are the exposition. I guess I could just combine the first 2 lines and keep it all left aligned if it bothers more people.

smudger9 said:

szopman said:

I still hasn’t finished watching (won’t be able to watch it all at once today) but I noticed one little thing that makes the opening text feel very off.

The first line is centered, while the other 3 paragraphs are to the left. Its a little detail maybe but it really “hit” my eyes and made it look very faneditish to me.

The written content itself and its pacing is great, not too long,not too short, more like “Solo”. But still, I really think the format has to be corrected 😉

Once I watch it all, I ll be able to share more insights 😉

Thanks for the feedback. I tried a number of different formats for the crawl - all centered, all left aligned, centred with left aligned. This is the one I thought looked the best. The idea is that the first line is a sort of subtitle to the film title. Then the following three paragraphs are the exposition. I guess I could just combine the first 2 lines and keep it all left aligned if it bothers more people.

I personally think the first line would look better left aligned, although I do like it being a separate paragraph for additional emphasis.

Also, there’s a typo in the text; the first line should say “it’s a dark time,” rather than “its”. Personally, though, I think it would look more Star Wars-y to get rid of the contraction completely: “It is a dark time for the galaxy.”

EDIT: There should also be a comma in the third sentence: “But as the oppression grows, pockets of resistance have started to form.”

StarkillerAG said:

smudger9 said:

szopman said:

I still hasn’t finished watching (won’t be able to watch it all at once today) but I noticed one little thing that makes the opening text feel very off.

The first line is centered, while the other 3 paragraphs are to the left. Its a little detail maybe but it really “hit” my eyes and made it look very faneditish to me.

The written content itself and its pacing is great, not too long,not too short, more like “Solo”. But still, I really think the format has to be corrected 😉

Once I watch it all, I ll be able to share more insights 😉

Thanks for the feedback. I tried a number of different formats for the crawl - all centered, all left aligned, centred with left aligned. This is the one I thought looked the best. The idea is that the first line is a sort of subtitle to the film title. Then the following three paragraphs are the exposition. I guess I could just combine the first 2 lines and keep it all left aligned if it bothers more people.

I personally think the first line would look better left aligned, although I do like it being a separate paragraph for additional emphasis.

Also, there’s a typo in the text; the first line should say “it’s a dark time,” rather than “its”. Personally, though, I think it would look more Star Wars-y to get rid of the contraction completely: “It is a dark time for the galaxy.”

EDIT: There should also be a comma in the third sentence: “But as the oppression grows, pockets of resistance have started to form.”

Thanks for the input. Corrections made. I’ve gone for centred because the shorter line doesn’t look right with left allignment.

Now rendering new versions with this intro and the rogue frame removed.

It is a dark time for the galaxy.

The EMPIRE rules with an iron fist. But amid this tyranny, pockets of resistance have started to form.

Desperate for support, these REBEL groups have turned to a network of secret agents to supply them with stolen Imperial assets.

In possession of a valuable piece of Imperial technology, a young thief prepares to meet the man behind this shadow network…

NeverarGreat said:

It is a dark time for the galaxy.

The EMPIRE rules with an iron fist. But amid this tyranny, pockets of resistance have started to form.

Desperate for support, these REBEL groups have turned to a network of secret agents to supply them with stolen Imperial assets.

In possession of a valuable piece of Imperial technology, a young thief prepares to meet the man behind this shadow network…

Sounds great. However, I wanted to convey that the the network approached the rebel groups, rather than the other way around.

yoshif8tures said:

I finished watching this and I must say that it is the best way to rewatch the series. Especially since these two acts especially slow paced.
I loved how that was dramatically increased whilst not sacrificing any of the story beats at all.
This will now be my go to version for when I want ti revisit this series.

Thanks Yoshif. It was really tempting to make deeper cuts to get the runtime down towards 2.5 hours, but I’m hoping I made the right decision to allow it to slide towards 3 hours.

yoshif8tures said:

smudger9 said:

yoshif8tures said:

I finished watching this and I must say that it is the best way to rewatch the series. Especially since these two acts especially slow paced.
I loved how that was dramatically increased whilst not sacrificing any of the story beats at all.
This will now be my go to version for when I want ti revisit this series.

Thanks Yoshif. It was really tempting to make deeper cuts to get the runtime down towards 2.5 hours, but I’m hoping I made the right decision to allow it to slide towards 3 hours.

Out of curiosity, what would you have cut out to get the runtime down that much?

I was contemplating cutting:
The Morlana 1 scenes.
All the flashbacks.
The Pegland/Cassian scene.
The destruction of the Corpo shuttle.
Some of the Mon Mothma and ISB scenes.
A few more Aldhani camp scenes.

Thant would have pushed it down to 2:30.

Devils_Cabana_Boy said:

Really digged this edit, it flowed really well and had great pacing throughout… Any word on when Episode 2 might be potentially dropping? Would be good to see what you can do with all of the prison scene stuff…

Thanks 🙏.

I’ve done a very rough first cut of episode 2. The first 30mins will take some work to integrate Syril’s story and add in Andor’s trip to Ferrix as flashbacks. I anticipate working on it whilst Mando S3 is airing. Then I’ll move onto Mando Ep4.

szopman said:

So, I finally finished watching the edit 😉 Great job!!

I think that in terms of having one coherent story, it was the easiest source material you got so far to work with 😉

I love what you did with it, I appreciate you polished the intro, it looks perfect now. I think it was a good decision to keep it 3h. Sometimes to make the story more coherent and have better pacing means to make it longer, let it breathe etc. There was just too much of really good stuff to keep, so it was a good decision to keep it. And of course, I like the reduced flashback (tho I’m one of those viewers that would just erase it completely 😄).

I just have one question - why didnt you use the classic ending credits style? You have always used it so far. Also, it was used in all cinematic Star Wars movies, so I was surprised when I didn’t see the blue letters on black background 😄

Overall, great job, as always. I’ll definitely include this in my every year SW marathons (I saw your TCW Episode I like 5 times already, Mando EP I two or three, the v1 one 😉 ). You changed a very good show into a damn good movie!

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!

I didn’t think much about the end credits TBH. I just kept the same colour as the show. No drama to change them to blue.

honestabe said:

I almost forgot to leave a review of this.

While the other Andor edits vastly improve an already good show, I feel this one was as close to perfection as you can get.

The editor effectively and smoothly cut out everything I felt that really dragged the show down. More specifically, this comprised of cutting out nearly all the petty family squabbles. From the removal of Cyril’s mother, Senator Mothma’s bickering with her daughter and husband, and the removal of the [forgot name] imperial officer acting aggressively towards his son on Aldhani - these were all necessary to have the show move at a faster pace and also treat these characters with more respect. The family feuds diminished their characters and felt out of place for a Star Wars show as opposed to a soap opera.

My favorite part of this edit was the climactic ending. Closing with the meteor shower followed by the exhange between Lutyens and Mothma about whether he went too far was a really nice touch.

I am looking forward to episode 2 whenever it is released.

Thanks for the kind words. Episode 2 is nearing its second cut.