I would really like to watch this cut of the series. Can you DM me a link, please? Thanks in advance! 😃

Warhorn said:

I would really like to watch this cut of the series. Can you DM me a link, please? Thanks in advance! 😃

DM sent 😃

PsyGemini said:

One thing I think we miss a bit in this project is the “Sabine was with the Empire for some time” subplot.

I think it’s just briefly mentioned once or twice, and then… comes the first episode of the fourth season with the big “Sabine is the one that built the mandalorian killing weapon” twist, and at the least to me it was… “wait what, Sabine was with the Empire? where’s that coming from again?”.

Maybe a little bit more of this subplot could be added? I think there’s an episode that was skipped that focus specifically on this? Don’t remember if it’s any good though!

Anyway, just brainstorming!

I’ll keep this in mind and check a few episodes for usable footage!

The new episode 2 should already help this out just through structure changes. The first thing for Sabine we see in this episode is her being distrustful and she says it’s because she was in the Empire. This should make that detail stick out more even if I can’t find anything else to add in 😃

RELEASED S01E02 - Familial Bonding V4.4

Downloads

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

Changes from V4.3

• Fixed the introduction text to make it shorter and readable in the allotted time.
• Reinstated some footage from Fighter Flight to better set the scene of Ezra and Zeb arriving in a town with a market.
• Moved Sabine’s scene about wanting to go on the next FULCRUM mission to around the 4 minute mark to better help the connectedness of the episode. Now at 4 minutes we check back on the Ghost and Sabine, again at 8 minutes and return at 14ish minutes.
• Removed pointless lines during the Zeb and Ezra chase sequence to keep the action flowing
• Cut the TIE pilots stupid reaction to Zeb jumping on his fighter.
• Cut line “all for fruit” from Ezra and kept the shot
• Cut the scene with Hera flying the Phantom and fighting the TIE Fighters
• Reinstated footage of Zeb and Ezra working on the Phantom from Into Darkness to finish their story ark and better blend the two episodes together.
• Added various wildlife sound effects to Lothal scenes.

Hi! sounds great, could I get a link?

drakesepi0l said:

Hi! sounds great, could I get a link?

PM sent 😃

RELEASED S01E03 - Old Masters V4.3

Downloads

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

Changes from V4.2

• Redubbed Stormtroopers from 12:22:06 - 12:35:01
  • Thanks honestabe for the feedback that led to this change! 😄
• Minor audio tweaks throughout the episode to smooth things out
• Added more creature sounds to the shots of Lothal.

I’ve had an interesting idea for the remainder of season 4 and wanted to get more thoughts on it. A lot of the Lothal ark seems to play out like a movie and unlike the rest of the show, I actually think it could be worked into a film. Honestly, revisiting this long ark with this in mind makes me think there was going to be a movie but they decided against it. Most episodes pick up from where the last one left off (which is quite rare for rebels unless it’s a two part episode) AND at the beginning of this ark we are reintroduced to the characters/their goals/their relationships/their previous presence on Lothal. This doesn’t make much sense in a TV show but if you’re making a movie and consider that the audience watching may not have seen the show, it certainly makes a lot of sense.

My current The TIE Defender and Assault on the factory episodes could be combined for a more “movie” like episode with the final part of the film being the S04E10: Jedi Night. This would also leave room for potentially another feature length episode with the remaining episodes but I’m not too sure about that yet.

If I go down this route, I would likely reframe every shot to give it a more cinematic resolution and add film grain for that extra bit of authenticity as well as make a traditional star wars opening crawl for it. What does everything think about this season in particular?

I prefer TV to movie edits when feasible. In this scenario, you are correct that these episodes largely occur consecutively. Grouping them together will be much easier to digest for a wider audience.

It would be nice to have the traditional crawl and grain, but not as essential.

I think your movie idea here is a good one. But, it might be cool to do both. Hear me out. My thinking here is, edit it as a series to fit in with the rest of your series, but also do your movie edit. For the series, keep the full screen and same style opening and text as the rest of your series. For your movie, do the cropping, film grain, a more traditional style opening crawl. And in this crawl, recap the entire series (as best as can be done in a single crawl), so the movie can be watched as a standalone. Rebels is great and a lot of people won’t give it a chance because of the animation style and the commitment it would require to watch it all. A single standalone movie, that is more cinematic, may attract more viewers and they may be persuaded to go back and start at the beginning and watch the entire series. Just a thought.

mikebailey15 said:

I think your movie idea here is a good one. But, it might be cool to do both. Hear me out. My thinking here is, edit it as a series to fit in with the rest of your series, but also do your movie edit. For the series, keep the full screen and same style opening and text as the rest of your series. For your movie, do the cropping, film grain, a more traditional style opening crawl. And in this crawl, recap the entire series (as best as can be done in a single crawl), so the movie can be watched as a standalone. Rebels is great and a lot of people won’t give it a chance because of the animation style and the commitment it would require to watch it all. A single standalone movie, that is more cinematic, may attract more viewers and they may be persuaded to go back and start at the beginning and watch the entire series. Just a thought.

that is the way!

Alright! looks like this idea is being widely enjoyed. For now I’ll continue as if I’ll release both episode and movie versions (the only difference in which will be presentation, maybe a tiny amount of content difference). For now I’ll list what I’m thinking below as a structure for the movie

Opening title crawl (brand new, will be made by me) which pans down into empty space

The Ghost enters from hyperspace and cut to shots of the ghost above Yavin IV. I’m looking at ways to slow this down to give a more traditional star wars movie feel to the opening. Any suggestions here would be good as there’s not a lot of footage to work with.

S04E05 The Occupation: We then begin and continue through all of the episode. This whole episode is how they get to Lothal and what they find when they arrive. Very strong episode and a clear introduction. The final scenes of this episode lead directly into the next with Ryder talking about the TIE defender factory and scoping out the threat.

S04E06 Flight of the Defender: We’ve then got the crew scoping out the TIE defender in the little outpost which leads into Sabine stealing the flight recorder and information from the TIE defender which leads Ezra and Sabine needing to escape which results in Ezra encountering the lothwolf. During this encounter Ezra hides the TIE defender information in the Lothal mountains which leads nicely into the next episode.

S04E07 Kindred: Where they need to recover the information hidden by Ezra while encountering the lothwolf and they escape the Empire with the aide of the lothwolves by going deep into the mountains during a bombardment. (episode structure would end here ready for next episode like how it is currently)

S04E08 Crawler Commandeers: We then continue on the other side of Lothal, the crew find what has been burning up the Lothal landscape and we get scenes of Hera talking with Rebel command on Yavin IV, preparing to attack. The crew then steal the crawler and free Vizago who was captured at the beginning of the film when they landed on Lothal.

S04E09 Rebel Assault: The Rebels attack the TIE Defender factory and fail. Hera is nearly killed and captured.

S04E10 Jedi Night: The crew rescues Hera and Kanan makes the ultimate sacrifice to shut down the TIE defender factory.

Honestly, there doesn’t seem much room to move any events around. It feels quite connected and tightly packed but any structural suggestions would be great.

There’s also possibly some room to incorporate the start of S04E11 at the very end just to heighten the loss felt by the crew and provide a clear more directed opening for the next episode (or maybe movie, we’ll see)

Looking to get some feedback on the title crawl I’ve put together for the rebels season 4 movie. Please give me feedback on anything from the content of the crawl to how it looks!

https://youtu.be/W1VgpbSXn48

Crawl text:
The Galactic Empire reigns.
The Rebellion desperately
struggle for their survival,
scattered across the
galaxy.

ADMIRAL THRAWN has
begun construction on a
new TIE fighter. One that
is more powerful than the
original design. He has
hidden the factory for
constructing them on
Lothal, a planet in the
fringes of the Outer Rim.

As the citizens of Lothal
continue to suffer, two Jedi
Knights return to their small
band of rebels based on
Yavin IV…

I have a feedback for you about the crawl text:

I wish you can give us more detail on the opening crawl.

This is my suggestion of the crawl text:

The Galactic Empire reigns.
The Rebellion desperately
struggle for their survival,
scattered across the
galaxy.

GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN has
begun construction on a
more powerful TIE defender
elite, an upgraded fighter
with upgraded power and
speed. He has hidden the
factory for constructing
them on Lothal, a planet
located in the Outer
Rim.

As the citizens of Lothal
continue to suffer, along
with Lothal, the GHOST
CREW return to a hidden
base…

aGreatHumanBeing and justinbailey627, thanks for the feedback! I think you’re both correct. The text did feel a touch off and I think it is the amount of words. I think you’re suggestion to increase the information provided is a good one justinbailey627 but I’m not 100% sure about your proposed wording. I can’t believe I missed putting grand admiral in there 😂 so that will definitely be included.

I’ve decreased the size of the crawl text slightly and rewritten the text based on your provided suggestions:

The evil Galactic Empire reigns.
Pockets of rebellion struggle
for survival, scattered across
the vast galaxy.

GRAND ADMIRAL THRAWN has
begun construction on a new
starfighter, the TIE defender. It
is far more powerful than the
original design, equipped with
impressive speed and a vicious
weapon arsenal. Thrawn has
hidden the factory for their
construction on Lothal, a planet
in the distant fringes of the
Outer Rim.

As the desperate inhabitants of
Lothal continue to suffer, two
Jedi Knights return to their
small band of rebels based on
Yavin IV…

I’m reluctant to change the final paragraph as it mirrors the official crawls in terms of language and information provided but if I get enough feedback that says to change it, I will! Haha

How it looks:

Well… that is more better! Thank you!

Hey guys, I’ve had a hard drive fail on me and have ALMOST lost all the work I’d done of the movie and I did lose everything my work for the episode varient. I’ve kept notes of all my changes and I’m thankful the movie has been recovered in full (though not as workable as it once was). Unfortunately what was lost was my project files for these two edits. I’ve been able to recover the movie as I’d renders out everything I’d edited recently (LUCKILY!) so I can check how the new aspect ratio looks on different screens.

Looking on the bright side this hasn’t affected any of my other edits, but it’s pretty disheartening and motivation killing for what I’m currently working on.

At this stage I think I’ll release just the movie as to get the episodes back I have to recreate everything (apart from the audio) which is a bit tedious. I might change my mind later on but for now I’m going to focus on just editing a movie/s for the final arks of the show.

I would love to be able to see this edit! Are you still able to share?

Sorry to hear about the hard drive failure.

If feasible, it may be a good idea to store all project files in cloud storage such as your Terabox. Depending on the size of those project files, storage in an external flash drive could work also. If you are already doing something like this, then feel free to ignore.

You put years along with much passion and soul into this. It would be brutal to lose out on all of that hard work.

I am also sorry to hear about that failure on the hard drive.

honestabe is right - you should save the project files in Terabox. Perhaps it is best you use project files as backup.

That way you cannot lose all of it next time. Remember to save the project files in one backup folder.

Good luck!

Staggeringly said:

I would love to be able to see this edit! Are you still able to share?

PM sent 😃

Thanks for the suggestion honestabe and justinbailey627! I do typically keep the files backed up, it’s mostly because they were new that I hadn’t gotten around to it yet haha.

After spending a few days away from the project, I’ve thought of how I can relatively easily recreate the footage I lost for the episode so I’ll likely be back on track in a few days for both versions. It’s frustrating but I’ve been reminding myself it could have been much worse, I haven’t really lost anything! (At least I’ve still got all my source files!)