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EddieDean

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#1257319
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Rebels: a fan edit <strong>Ideas</strong> thread
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^Or, perhaps, something akin to the Clone Wars TV-to-movie edits, but this time focusing on a different theme or two throughout. The beginning is largely Ezra’s story plus the introduction to the crew of the Ghost, but from then I could see you focusing on other characters or pairings more directly to make more solid movies, until the finale.

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#1252364
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Info Wanted: New Member/new to fan edits - Direction pleased re &quot;Prequels&quot;
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Hal’s TLJ is for people like me who thought it was an impeccable film with just a handful of niggles. It makes some very smart little cuts just to shorten some of the more immersion-breaking humour (while keeping the film funny), and its main cut is the Fathier chase and other elements on the casino planet (the Finn story, as you mentioned). Well worth your time.

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#1231997
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Clone Wars Movie Series [Episodes I to V released; Episode IX: The Fallen Apprentice now Complete!]
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Anakin Starkiller said:

Please update for V, now that it’s out. Also, you should change the period in the title to a question mark.

Done. And tweaked based on some feedback from smudger in the Fanedit forums. Once I’ve done my rewatch of smudger’s movies, I’ll also do a polish pass on this list. I’ll check the non-moviefied episodes for chronology and quality. Quality will be subjective but that can’t be helped.

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#1229908
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Clone Wars Movie Series [Episodes I to V released; Episode IX: The Fallen Apprentice now Complete!]
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I’ve had one for my colleagues for the last few years, I’ve refined it now with as much info as I can glean about the current plan for the movies, from all of Smudger’s previous comments on Fanedit forums and here. It aims to give as much info as possible - original order, chronological, arcs, quality, inclusion in Smudger’s movies and proposed movies, and a hybrid ordering for if you want to watch the movies alongside the episodes not included.

Image defaulting to hybrid order (what you were asking for above) here: https://imgur.com/a/kKpdar1

Or you can play around with the list via filters here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wUlU_myy1Jgn2S59_fvuddCGpjQw3KTmav79lr0KeyI/edit?usp=sharing

Edit: Smudger, I’d welcome your input if any of that’s inaccurate!

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#1229455
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The Force Awakens: Starlight (V1.1 Released!)
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Great discussion here. I love the idea of the Reydream including the tree and the books with a little voice echo, though think active pushing from Force Ghosts is maybe a little much.

The idea of having Maz be the holder of the location of the Resistance base is great too.

I’d hold fire on the explanation of how Maz got the lightsaber though, at least until we’ve seen Ep9. It was last seen falling from Cloud City, and with Lando returning, there’s a fairly likely chance that gives the writers a neat Lando > Maz angle.

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#1228696
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The Last Jedi: Legendary (Released)
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I just watched your latest version Hal and it’s absolutely magnificent. Subtle changes which overall just tighten up the movie fantastically. And I thought the entire Canto Bight plot was seamless and not jarring or too minimal in the slightest.

The Finn/Rose escape from Snoke’s ship is still a little problematic, with underwhelming Phasma and the cartoony BB8/AT-AT segment, but I can’t really see other options there.

Brilliant, brilliant work.

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#1221755
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Clone Wars Movie Series [Episodes I to V released; Episode IX: The Fallen Apprentice now Complete!]
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Looks like the larger arcs not yet covered are:

  • Corruption/Academy on Mandalore, plus the other Death Watch episode (potentially good setup for Maul’s later takeover and the Mandalorian scenes in Rebels)
  • Citadel Arc (definitely a vote here, the Tarkin story is fun, though this could probably be cut down to a lot less volume)
  • Umbara arc (fan favourite but a bit bloated)
  • Kadavo arc (not bad but not awful - least important of all of these I reckon)
  • Onderon arc (Saw Gererra’s first appearance and early rebellion sparks)
  • Clovis arc (fun scenes but mostly dull politics)

I think that’s everything not already covered by your series.

From (poor) memory:
Corruption was I think just Ahsoka
Citadel was Anakin and Obi-Wan
Umbara was clones, then Anakin later(?)
Kadavo was Anakin and Obi-Wan
Onderon was Anakin, Obi-Wan(?) and Ahsoka
Clovis was just Padme

I think you get most bang for your buck in terms of continuity with the whole saga with Citadel/Umbara(no Anakin) > Umbara (Anakin) > Onderon, peppered with as much decent Mando stuff as you can get in there. But that’s without taking into account quality, length of time, transitions, etc etc.

If it were just me, though this is probably unpopular opinion, I’d be happy to just have a ‘misc’/anthology episode for the sake of keeping as much content as possible rather than worry too much about structure.

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#1212499
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SOLO: A Star Wars Story - Fan Edit Ideas Thread
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I don’t think that loving someone equates to whipped. My reading from those scenes was that he had a deep platonic, romantic, and sexual relationship with someone who was his partner in crime, his partner in survival, and probably the only significant and non-exploitative relationship he’d ever had. We as an audience can sympathise with his desperation at wanting to get back to her to help her. That’s relatable to me, and doesn’t include a power imbalance (which ‘whipped’ would imply).

Then, we’re taken on his journey of tragedy as he sees what’s happened to her in his absence. At first he believes that she’s been merely exploited, but by the end of the film we realise that her survival instinct has forged her into something darker, who would sacrifice this positive and healthy relationship at the altar of power. It’s significant to Han that she was willing to sacrifice trust and support and human connection with Han for this - more so than if she were just throwing away a friendship.

I think that aligns perfectly with what we know of Han at the start of the OT. He’s burned out on love, doesn’t trust even deep connections or others’ trust in him, and while attracted to Leia is callous and harsh with his attraction. He’s built a wall of cockiness and swagger to protect him from a deeper connection, and when he returns at the end of ANH he’s not just returning to the rebellion but also returning to an adoptive family of mutual trust and support. Even as he’s dropped into carbonite he struggles to reciprocate Leia’s love - that’s more powerful knowing what mutual love has cost him before.