Coruscant-Croissant

I got a chance to vet ‘S01e01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.12 4K Recolor’ the other night, which was only meant to be a quick skim through to check for playback compatibility issues on the OSMC player, but I ended up being drawn into watching the entire episode.

I was grinning like a fool the whole way through by how well thought-out the edits/cuts/additions were. 😄
(My last rewatch was Numeral Joker/Mecha Salesman’s cut in September, so it’s quite fresh in my memory)

g00b said:

Very keen to hear any feedback you’ve got! First-time viewer feedback is incredibly valuable! 😄

When I have time to do so, I’ll be looking to make notes on each episode regarding any observations or issues that I find in that season and collate into a list to post.

I noticed some minor issues while watching ‘S01e01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.12 4K Recolor’.

Personal issue - 00:20:25 (h/m/s)
CUT: Steve Blum’s majestic rare hairless Wookie growl.wav gag 😦

(Although, your cut to Zeb punching the Stormtroopers after Kanan’s comment is quite good, and probably more in line with Zeb’s temperament)

Visual issue - 00:41:34-41, 00:41:51-58, and 00:42:12-18
End credit ‘concept art’: Goat eyes and phantom eyes

(I’m guessing here, but I assume the upscaler used on the source hallucinated the phantom eyes (helmet/visor glint hallucinated as eyes) (?) Doubled/stretched eyes caused by frame interpolation on the source and or hallucinated by the upscaler (?), and then the visual effect filters made it further apparent. I presume this visual issue will be present in the other episode end credits when characters are to their side or there is helmet/visor lighting glint)

(I’ll need to rewatch it again to timestamp and take notes of the other issues I noticed but can’t currently recall)

Hi g00b, going through your changelogs has made me quite excited as I intend to show this to a first-time viewer but was hesitant due to the ‘kiddyness’ of the original, which in my opinion, hinders an exemplary and memorable story.

One question, in your YT video ‘Rebels Recut: Introduction Text Sequence’ (Oct 27, 2023 - watch?v=F7Y099HBdHg) the establishing exterior wide shot of Ezra’s Roost/LothalNet comm tower at 1:11-1:12 feels a bit too brief, was this extended in one of your later revisions?
The S01E01 - Spark of Rebellion v4.10 changelog seems to indicate this. Is this the case?

I’m quite interested to see what sort of opinion a first-time watcher has with this more mature cut cut aimed towards a more mature audience than the original show.