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Another project I’ve been looking forward to since it was announced.
Like ‘Tales of the Jedi’ in 2022 and ‘Tales of the Empire’ in 2024, I’ve edited the six respective character episodes into two longer stories. Included are my usual custom title cards, headcanon time period annotations to anchor and ground the story more and custom poster work.
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“Ventress: The Hidden Pair” – 43mins
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The episodes “A Way Forward”, “Friends” and “One Warrior to Another” stitched together. The name comes from Ventress and Lyco Strata staying together in all three episodes as they try to find ‘The Hidden PATH’ to ensure his safety and training – and the two of them, a pair, keep themselves hidden from the Empire and Inquisitors as they do so.
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Interestingly, this seems to be the only arc in a “Tales” season where all three episodes take place feasibly around a similar time, rather than years apart for two, or all three, episodes. The second episode has the VenStrata dynamic and mannerisms very similar to the first, so it feels like it could be later that very same day – the third episode has both of them in the same outfits and with a little bit of a different dynamic, so it just happens ‘shortly after’.
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It’s canon that the last season of the Bad Batch ends in BBY-18 where there are still TK troopers, and Vader uncovers the wreckage of the Tribunal in BBY-17 while flanked by OT Imperial Stormtroopers and Snowtroopers. So, I put the whole Ventress arc in BBY-17 in the same year, but mentally following that event. Also, having it as soon as the OT Imps show up feels better, because the longer you leave it after Order 66, the longer a child on their own has to survive by themselves, and that gets less feasible as it goes on with them being known and hunted 24/7, as it’s confirmed Strata “survived Order 66”.
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“Bane – The City Scoundrel” – 39mins
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The episodes “The Good Life”, “A Good Turn” and “One Good Deed” all stitched together. The word “Good” was in all of them, so trying to find a play on that word was logical, but surprisingly difficult. He’s not a good man, he’s a good hunter but there’s no actual hunting, he’s a good shot but that feels too generic, he’s not on a good path because he’s a criminal, he doesn’t keep good company because they’re criminals too….I settled on the name because Bane has a reputation in all 3 episodes, in an unsavoury way. First he’s a pickpocket, then one on the wrong side of the law while his friend has gone straight, then as a hardened criminal coming home – known by name and reputation even to the town council of wherever on Duro the stories take place.
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I chose the year timestamps BBY-58 for the first one, BBY-48 for the second, and BBY-38 for the third. It’s canon that Bane was born “around 68 BBY”, and Colby & Niro seem to be old kids/very young teens in ‘The Good Life’, so having it set when they’re both ten years old could work. ‘A Good Turn’ takes place when Colby, now going by “Cad”, and Niro look like they’re in late teens/early adulthood - and Niro is a now a deputy, so he must be old enough for at least the beginnings of ‘career age’. Maybe 48 BBY when they’re both around 20 could work. Lastly, ‘One Good Deed’ takes place when Cad Bane and Niro both look adult age, and Niro is the father, or father figure, to Isaac who is a child himself around the age Colby and Niro were in the first episode - if a little younger. Maybe 38 BBY when they’re both 30 could work?
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One extra thing I did was go back to the Dooku arc of ‘Tales of the Jedi’ for a very minor tweak. The planet Senator Dagonet is representing but has very poorly neglected for his own self-interest, leading to his son being held hostage there, has been properly identified:- planet “Wayyl”. So, I’ve put that on the BBY-53 notice at the start of both versions of the Dooku arc – the three-episode one that stands alone, and the two-episode ones that tie into my special cut of “The Phantom Menace” – with and without it’s visuals and audio.
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Footnote: I am merely a self-taught editor and VFX artist here, as such, some areas might be visibly mostly good – as I have to be realistic with the footage in front of me and what I can do with it, of course. If you do have any particular notes and feedback, feel free to give me your thoughts, but please be constructive and don’t be an ass about it.