(The Mandalorian+BoBF) The Way of Mandalore | A New Mandalore Movie Saga (Final Update in Progress) — Page 26

Speaking as someone who thinks season 3 of Mando completely dropped the ball. I don’t think you’ve strayed too far from the intentions of the show.

Inserting more of the Mandalorian culture is completely in line with the shows intentions. This season in particular became the season to explore what it means to be Mandalorian. Must they be from Mandalore? Must they fight? Are they a family? Is it about strength, an army, or connection? I think these questions are all explored with the original and are brought out to a much better extent with the changes you’re implementing.

I think what we see in season 3 is a rush to the finish, tapping into ideas but not fully exploring them and that leads us to rushed conclusions. E.g., Din gives the darksaber to Bo because of a technicality and she needed it to recruit her old Mandos. Whereas in your take, the darksaber is returned to Bo because she is the one designed to reunite the Mandalorians. Your take also feels more true to the overarching story of Bo Katarn AND Din. Also having Din tell this story in the critical moment enhances his character and motivations rather then dismissing them as I feel the original did.

I think the difference between the two comes through the exploration of myth (both through your armour scenes and this one) and the commitment to character arks. Your changes keep the essence of the story but enhance character, lore and story telling.

So no, I don’t think you’ve strayed far from the original at all! You’ve clearly got a passion for these changes. I’d trust that instinct and keep pushing your ideas forward!

It is so much more interesting to have the Mandos question theor beliefs rather than bring up a technicality. Definitely a big step up from the original!
Cant wait to see it all in context. 😃)

If anything, I’d like to hear Din say “I was taught… but…” in this monologue, maybe in reference to the mask of Mandalore.

Wow, that works really well, I always felt there wasn’t enough in this moment and this is exactly what the scene needed.

vranir said:

Very good.

I’m not sure about the back shot of BoKatan right before he asks if it should be hers. Otherwise, the pacing of the lines with the visuals is great.

I agree. It really comes together when you see it paired with the visuals. However, I did think the backshot of Bo stood out slightly, but it is not a hill I would die on. Overall, you making Book of Boba Fett and Mando season three worth watching is truly…wizard!

Seems you are hard at work and have a roadmap laid out for the final book at least until the Mandalorian movie comes out now in 2026. I am eager to see the conclusion as Season Three of this show combine with the Book of Boba Fett are the original source material I had the most issue with like many others. The prolonged Grogu/ Din reunion and Boba Fett being semi involved in the final season of The Mandalorian will definetly make this my go to version for rewatches. Also a dedication to Carl Weathers at the end would be a nice touch!

Do you take any stock in the fact that Giancarlo Esposito recently floated his idea to return again as the clean shaven Gideon who met his demise is a clone theory. I’d rather him stay dead at this point. It is like if they had brought back Captain Phasma for TRoS. I think we would be entering into the “you killed Kenny” territory.

Have just finished another Star Wars rewatch including your fan edits and it never gets old seeing the back and forth with Din and Boba!

For some reason Boba taking the shot against Din on the speeder sticks with me the most, it adds further context to why he plans ahead with the Grogu hostage situation after seeing him in action, such a minor addition but I love it.

Unfortunately I do not have any criticisms or prompts to assist with, I’ve been following this thread for so long and like the others am really eager to see how it all caps off, it’s fair to say everybody has opinions on S3 with the lack of Boba and Grogu jumping back in.

Appreciate it is the wrong thread, but can I please get links to your sequel trilogy? Been having a read through and I am pretty keen.

In the meantime keep up the amazing work and I will continue to watch your career with great interest!

Okay so I finally started watching these. I was waiting on my wife, but… now she’s holding off on Star Wars until I finish my Andor fan edit (guess I did that to myself), so I figured I might as well dive into these by myself. I watched the first two movies today. (I had watched the first film partially with your previous version)

Overall, awesome! I love how it helped the pacing of the story. I especially loved Book 2, I thought the two stories flowed really well together. But I did have some thoughts/critiques, in particular on Book 1:

Book 1:

• The transition to the jailbreak storyline felt strange. Now on one hand, it did feel like a good way to show Mando’s character, like, this is who he is normally. But, it felt like it was placed in sort of the third act, but maybe it was actually the second act? Idk, I guess it felt like the movie had 4 acts and that was unexpected. Basically, it contributed to the acts of the movie feeling more episodic rather than like a cohesive film. But the pacing still wasn’t bad, and I enjoyed all the content. I guess I didn’t really see a point in deep diving into that story, other than to introduce Mayfeld.

• Speaking of which, unless I missed it, did you cut the shot of the bad guys in the cell at the end, the reveal that Mando actually spared them? I guess I’ll see later as I watch the 3 & 4 how you incorporate that, maybe as a sort of surprise? But idk if it will be worth it or not, feels like it should have been there.

• The scene with the blue guy on the razor crest. I remember before you did the quick cut from him asking about Mando’s helmet, whereas in this one you add more to it and Mando’s line “Probably not”.
  Now when I had seen that original cut, I did have a critique that it felt much too quick, like it was missing a beat. Like we just needed two more seconds of pause before the cut. It seems you might have felt the same way on the pacing and were trying to address that.

However, I feel something was lost in the new version. The first version, despite the issues with the quick cut, it had a humor to it that, which was good. It was a humor not even present in the first scene, like Mando was annoyed with him. That quick cut illustrated that really well. The new version… it doesn’t really feel like anything, just like we’re cutting to the next part of him getting frozen. Despite my original gripes about your first version, I feel that humor moment was better than the new version.

I would like if there was a balance. Maybe put the “Guess that won’t be happening” or his line about life day or whatever, BEFORE the helmet line, then still end with the helmet line and a faster cut to the carbon freezing, and that would be restore the humor to the scene. OR, if you can somehow manage it, keep your original version, but maybe try to insert some silent shots of the blue guy just to add another 1 or 2 seconds before you cut to Mando freezing him. But thats just something for you to consider if you get around to the first movie again.

Book 2:

• I don’t have many notes. I really liked this movie. I actually did not realize you would include the finale sequence of Season 1 in this, and I was glad you did. Felt really exciting.

• Your original post mentioned how “Like a bantha” was a very intentional removal on your part… I have to say I disagree with it being cut. Now, I am a big fan of the Boba Fett show, actually. But even so, I enjoyed most of your cuts. But this one, I did not, I would have liked to see you incorporate the scene somehow. That moment, it’s a great piece of levity, and gives some heart to the Boba character. Not like the other scenes in the show that make Boba too soft, but to me it truly felt in character. In fact, it felt to me like an improv moment. So I decided to google that, and Temura Morrison did claim at celebration that it was actually /his/ own improv line, and not something in the script.

A problem I see in a lot of fan edits is going too serious. Levity is good. Any “Star Wars” movie (imo) should have a joke every 10 minutes or so, except maybe in the most intense sequences (Im fairly certain Star Wars follows this pretty closely, at least every 15 minutes, outside of the last act of Revenge of the Sith, where it is appropriate to go without jokes). Star Wars is a pulpy serial comic book sort of franchise, so jokes and moments of levity are important. For any movie but especially one with the tone of Star Wars.

Anyway, I felt it was a good moment, not as cringy as many of the Boba moments in the show, and one worth keeping, but thats just me.

• Thank you for cutting the sequence of Mando having to protect the farming planet. Him leaving cause of the bounty hunter was very well done, and more than enough. I thought that relaxing sequence contrasted well with Boba’s story.

Overall though I had a really good time with Movie 2. It was just a lot of fun and exciting throughout. Though like the first film I was sort of having trouble figuring out what act I was in at any given moment. But it wasnt a big deal cause the movie was just fun the whole way through.

Can’t wait to watch more! I’m very interested to see what you’ll do in 3, because I kind of know what 4 will be already so 3 is kind of a mystery to me.

I watched Movie 3. This one was a lot of fun. Never boring. However, it did seem to have that feeling that the first movie did of still feeling very episodic. That’s not a shot against your editing, but rather just an observation that it seems the episodic nature of the series cannot be removed without excising entire plot threads.

Before I watched 3, I was wondering in my head “Why did he need to do 3 and 4 at all, seems like they could probably be one movie”. But now I do see. Since you are integrating BoBF and keeping most of Mando’s major threads, it would be impossible to do 3 and 4 as one “movie 3” without entirely removing certain threads. So I don’t blame you for how you handled it, and for what it is, I think you did really well, it was a lot of fun.

I like with your movies how the rewards are sprinkled throughout. This movie felt specifically “Mandalorian focused” which is a good thing. I suspect this movie 3 will be more mandalorian focused than movie 4 will be.

One thing that didnt quite sit with me was Boba’s integration. Now I can see you were trying to maintain his thread throughout this movie. On one hand, including the Sarlacc in this movie and not the last one is neat, because Boba points out that his armor is gone, and then we see where it went…

But, doing so highlights some issues I think were not as apparent with the original series structuring which is… it is surprising that Boba did not hear about Cobb vanth wearing his armor sooner. I mean Boba spent what, 5 years experiencing and getting to know Tatooine better? Meanwhile Din is able to track it down in 10 minutes.

Secondly, the scene of Boba shooting Din’s speeder. Very cool editing, for sure. But… I do not know why he let Din go? Seems like after shooting him, and undoubtedly spotting his armor, he would have chased down the now on foot Din and confront him about his armor. Just makes you wonder why he decides to wait, wish there was just a little bit more to explain his motivation here.
(Also to integrate it better, in the shot of Boba putting his rifle away or whatever, you can see off to the side Jabbas palace, a remnant of the old version. If that could be edited out would help meld it better, minor thing).

And in general, Boba’s integration was just very small. But I know it is going to pay off big in the next movie, so… I don’t exactly want you to make any big changes, I think overall the structure you have is the best that can be done with the material. But I wonder if there are any other fixes that can be done to address some of the Boba things.

Also I noticed a theme through the movie was fighting big monsters lol. Spider, Sarlacc, Krayt. I don’t know if thats a good or bad thing but you know what, it’s fun.

But overall, very impressive, very fun movie. FAR superior and more exciting than the original series. I can’t wait to watch movie 4 here shortly. Book 2 is still my favorite, but I am impressed by just how much more watchable this makes the whole saga.

Hi there!

Would love the links once you’re done working on the one you’re working on now 😄

Best regards,
Therkelsen

I would love a link to your Mandalorian Movie Saga, please.

Sounds pretty good. Boba’s first line seemed a bit off to me, but not by much.

Cant wait to see the finished product.

Acbagel said:

Thanks for the in-depth reviews, Patali! I will respond to those soon. Sent links to everyone else.

Thanks! The reviews I posted above are probably a little more focused on critiques… but thats only because I actually REALLY enjoyed them, I binged the movies over a weekend. It’s easier for me to nitpick something I really like in an effort to make it “perfect”. Overall, I loved the experience.

And I watched Book 4, awesome job. Truly felt like the “event film” I was anticipating it would be. I will say, similar to books 1 and 3, it has that “episodic” feel that I guess at this point can’t be excised, but even then it felt awesome. (I think your Book 2 did the best job at feeling like a single cohesive film). I hadn’t watched “the rescue” since it came out in 2020, and I felt myself starting to get emotional at that ending.

I will say, one sequence that I thought suffered just a little was Mayfeld and his old comander or whatever, during their infiltration. It felt like it didn’t have as much room to breathe, and didn’t get to develop Mayfeld getting to that point of shooting the commander guy. Now, I know this is likely a result of your clever editing to keep Din covered, so I don’t know if this can be really fixed, but if there’s anything else that can be readded to the scene, as far as lines between Mayfeld and his commander to flesh that conversation out, I think it would help.

Otherwise awesome awesome job.

The new voice line isn’t perfect, but if I didn’t know it was fake, I’d assume it was just a weird recording or the distortion of the coms.

I like what you are doing with Boba, trying to integrate him into season three. The audio exchange isn’t completely there yet, but I definetly see what you are going for. I think less may be more. It seems a little too wordy as I know you are trying to sell the new plot through dialogue and insert in some legend’s material. Also, I would let the subtitles for the mando language stay on screen for slighly longer, they are a bit abrupt.

“Sorry, I can’t join you (just) yet. The Hutts are (already) showing interest in my territory. But I will be there when you need me.”

"Check again for a ping from Skywalker('s acedemy on Ossus).

I can see why it can be seen as a bit wordy, but as it is such a short scene I feel this takes the edge off of it. When imagining this taking place between two scenes I can see it not being so overbearing and giving it some substance as it is just a “travel” scene, but either way I think it’s a good job. The AI for Din is unbelievably great here! I like to keep the Skywalker inclusion as it shows with everything that’s going on Grogu is still on his mind.

Hey Acbagel, how are you enjoyed bad batch? Have you done anymore tinkering with the final book yet or taking a needed pause to recharge? By all mean take your time, but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I can’t wait for the final book this series (at least for now)!