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- #1601421
- Topic
- Ahsoka: Heir to the Empire
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1601421/action/topic#1601421
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Hello all!
I’ve been working on an edit for the Ahsoka show for a little while now that is just about finished, and it just needs a few final touches, but I wanted to go ahead and post about it.
From what I have seen in past, there have been 2 main ways people have gone about making edits for this show, either separating it into 2 distinct movies or having it be a very long movie. My goal with this edit was to make a comprehendible cut of the movie that is right about 2.5 hours, which I believe I have achieved. The final cut as of now is sitting at 02:33:27, which I hope will be a digestible length.
I also was not a huge fan of how they did the crawl for this show, so I have remade the crawl to have the original design, while keeping the red color scheme they went with. I’m including a general changelog here below:
First Act - The main chunk of time I cut out was from the first two episodes, where I feel like there was much time wasted. The opening scene is largely the same, with only a few minor cuts here and there, but the plot about the map is entirely gone, having Baylan and Shin already possessing the map from the beginning. This allows us to cut out most of the Lothal sequences, as well as all of the Corellia sequences and have Ahsoka and Sabine jump right into chasing after the map. I also trimmed up some of the space battle sequence to preserve time and pacing.
Second Act - Once we arrive on Seatos, it is structurally unchanged, though I have many many trims here or there to keep us moving. The big changes here include the removal of the second dream sequence, as I feel like the same message is conveyed in the third, and the sequence with Jacen takes up unnecessary time. Lastly the New Republic arriving has been nearly completely removed once again to save on time.
Third Act - Once we arrive on Peridia, they seemingly really wanted to show us a ton of Thrawn, which I understand, but it takes up time unnecessarily to tell us all of his plans that we should be able to pick up regardless, so much of that has been trimmed away. Sabine finding Ezra has been shortened, and the final battle has been trimmed up for speed as well.
It is my hope that the main plot of the show has been preserved in this cut, and that it doesn’t feel too jarring, but I will let you all be the judge of that. I am working on the exact wording of an updated crawl, but the cut is otherwise finished, and I hope to have it up by the weekend! I will update once it is fully completed.