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I would trim the farm scenes as well as the opeing with the imperial engineer.
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I originally thought the Yavin IV stuff needed to go as well but after reading some commentary and THEN the reveal that it’s YAVIN IV, I disagree. Yes, trim the bejezus out of it BIG TIME, but keeping some of it is a necessity. And here is why.
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We see the origin of Yavin IV as a rebel base. That is HUGE.
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The back and forth between the squabbling, disorganized rebels in the dangerous, dirty jungle who were infighting, had no food, were fractured and barely had a clue contrasted with the board meeting of the imperials was stark. They were clean, well dressed, well fed with drinks and canapés. They were organized, working together, and casually discussing decimating an entire planet.
Cutting the Yavin IV story is cutting that brilliant juxtaposition of why the Empire is winning right now and the rebels are not. Again, trim the heck out of it, but keep the core of it. It IS important.
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I originally thought the Yavin IV stuff needed to go as well but after reading some commentary and THEN the reveal that it’s YAVIN IV, I disagree. Yes, trim the bejezus out of it BIG TIME, but keeping some of it is a necessity. And here is why.
We see the origin of Yavin IV as a rebel base. That is HUGE.
The back and forth between the squabbling, disorganized rebels in the dangerous, dirty jungle who were infighting, had no food, were fractured and barely had a clue contrasted with the board meeting of the imperials was stark. They were clean, well dressed, well fed with drinks and canapés. They were organized, working together, and casually discussing decimating an entire planet.
Cutting the Yavin IV story is cutting that brilliant juxtaposition of why the Empire is winning right now and the rebels are not. Again, trim the heck out of it, but keep the core of it. It IS important.
For now there isn’t enough there for me to keep it. That may change with the next arc. I don’t feel seeing the origin of the Yavin base is that big a deal, we’ve survived since 1977 without it. I agree on the Juxtaposition with the Empire, but by removing the Yavin scenes you get an alternative Juxtaposition between the comfortable lives of those that comply with the Empire and the tough, dangerous lives led by those that oppose it.
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I originally thought the Yavin IV stuff needed to go as well but after reading some commentary and THEN the reveal that it’s YAVIN IV, I disagree. Yes, trim the bejezus out of it BIG TIME, but keeping some of it is a necessity. And here is why.
We see the origin of Yavin IV as a rebel base. That is HUGE.
The back and forth between the squabbling, disorganized rebels in the dangerous, dirty jungle who were infighting, had no food, were fractured and barely had a clue contrasted with the board meeting of the imperials was stark. They were clean, well dressed, well fed with drinks and canapés. They were organized, working together, and casually discussing decimating an entire planet.
Cutting the Yavin IV story is cutting that brilliant juxtaposition of why the Empire is winning right now and the rebels are not. Again, trim the heck out of it, but keep the core of it. It IS important.
For now there isn’t enough there for me to keep it. That may change with the next arc. I don’t feel seeing the origin of the Yavin base is that big a deal, we’ve survived since 1977 without it. I agree on the Juxtaposition with the Empire, but by removing the Yavin scenes you get an alternative Juxtaposition between the comfortable lives of those that comply with the Empire and the tough, dangerous lives led by those that oppose it.
You see the comfy lives, but you don’t see the fractured infighting of the rebels and how they don’t work together. Saw and Luthen have this very conversation in S1. This is seeing that play out. And we are seeing how the rebellion is fractured before coming together. Trim it heavily, yes, but this stuff is important.
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I’m sure we’ll see more evidence of the fractured rebellion. We saw it in season 1.
And even trimming it heavily will add significant runtime.
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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.
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Sounds good. I watched your initial cut and it’s an improvement so far.