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Star Wars: The Clone Wars (S1:E0 Battle of Christophsis)
Introduction
Hello there,
I want to share with you one of my earlier edits which strips down the Star Wars: The Clone Wars movie to a ~20 minute-long story that should serve as the pilot episode for the TV show. It focuses only on the battle happening on Christophsis while also introducing Ahsoka. Anything to do with the Jabba the Hutt kidnapping plot line has been removed. Here is a video showing the new opening montage and the transitions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8KbK_zzA0s
If you are interested or have some feedback, please leave a comment or send me a PM.
Intention
Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a movie that looks like mashup of multiple episodes with different story lines that vary vastly in narrative quality. The main plot is about the kidnapping of Jabba the Hutt’s son, and it has never been enjoyable to me. So much so, that on my rewatches of the show, I would only watch the first ~25 minutes, just to get Ahsoka’s introduction and the first main battle. However, even the first part has mentions of Jabba’s son’s kidnapping, and especially for a first-time viewer, it would be weird if that plot-line never resolved. That’s why I wanted to create something that truly never mentions that plot line. Besides cutting out these specific scenes, I made a new introduction sequence from scenes and narrations from other Clone Wars episodes. In general, this new beginning also makes for a much better introduction scene for Anakin and Obi-Wan as we are dropped right into the action. The result is a ‘short film’ that has the runtime of a standard episode and acts as a good introduction to the Clone Wars TV show.
Together with my other edit Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Revenge of the Sith - Extended Edition) it bookends the TV show quite nicely (given that you are watching it in a custom order and only selected episodes - I am working on something that will make this easier …)
Additional Info
- 1080p (~630MB)
- Runtime: ~23 min
- English subtitles (Big thank you to Bored at 3AM)
- The audio quality isn’t perfect
Changes
- Changed the introduction sequence by using the narration and scenes from S1:E16 The Hidden Enemy, as well as scenes from S2:16 Cat and Mouse, and the movie itself. All three belong to the same story arc, which is why it works well. The narration also fits perfectly, since Anakin’s attack maneuver could be considered part of the “daring ambush” that is mentioned in the narration.
- Removed every scene related to the Hutt-kidnapping plot line
- Removed the scene in which Yularen first talks to Windu and Yoda
- Removed the first scene of Obi-Wan and Anakin. The story is more engaging when we are dropped right
into the battle. It also makes Anakin’s first appearance more epic. - The story ends after Anakin accepts Ahsoka as his Padawan. Everything after that was cut (except
for some of the credits)
