Galadantien

lerenor said:

Galadantien said:

Hey thanks for your thoughts!

Totally get you on the early seasons. I feel the same way.

Clone Wars 4-8 are actually my oldest edits. They were made in 2016 and have only been upscaled since. I’m pretty happy with 4-7. The flashback structure of 7 does still strike me as a bit experimental, but I think it works as is. I considered having no subtitle each time cos contextually I think it is clear but figured some people would need it.

Ep6 there’s no Ventress from the source missing. So sadly that’s what we’ve got to work with. I always want to stick with her POV more. She’s the best. As I’ve said, Dark Disciple not being animated is my biggest regret in CW. I actually already did cut a lot of the repetitive action and weaker humour in the Citadel arc. But it is very action focused with repetitive elements, yeah. It’s a good one though, and you get Tarkin for some depth while intercutting with Ventress. So I think it balances out.

Ep8… yeah I’ve dwelt on that a fair bit over the years. My biggest issue is Anakin being a bit too chill in some of his scenes with Yoda for someone grappling with Ahsoka being on the run. Palpatine in two simultaneous scenes at the end sounds like a weird oversight, as I cut several characters from that court scene for continuity. Will have to review that some point. There aren’t any cut council scenes I don’t think. And I cut the temple bombing episode for pacing. The film would have been near 3 hours. I don’t think it was needed.
And Yoda’s metaphysical journey is taste I think. Anything force lore stays with me. I loved it.

Hope you enjoy Rebels and Bad Batch. CW9 and Rebels are by far the ones I’m proudest of in this batch.

Thanks so much for the thoughtful reply! Like I said I think you’ve really done a great job overall condensing the show - I had a lot of fun overall and I’m not sure I would have stuck with it that far if I was just watching the show as-is.

I think the flashback structure of episode 7 worked really well for the most part! There were just one or two moments were I had to catch myself and think about which storyline I was in for a second.

I agree Ventress is a great character! Definitely found myself wishing there was more of her story - but you can only work with what you have I guess! And I enjoyed the Tarkin stuff and Ahsoka B plots as well in that arc.

Yeah, I think that tone shift might be the thing that’s throwing me off with episode 8. I just had a flick through the wookiepedia plot summaries and there were a couple scenes (which I don’t think you included, but apologies if I’m misremembering - I’ll have to double check when I’ve got it in front of me) that might be worth including. This was the first one: “At the Jedi Temple, the Jedi Council holds an emergency meeting to decide the best way to find Ahsoka. While most on the Council believe that she may be guilty of the crime, Anakin Skywalker and Jedi Master Plo Koon are doubtful of her guilt. Therefore, Yoda sends the two to find Ahsoka. While Mace Windu feels that Anakin should not go due to emotional attachment to his Padawan, Obi-Wan Kenobi strongly supports Anakin being a part of this mission.”

And the other: “The Jedi Council negotiates with Admiral Tarkin on what type of trial Padawan Ahsoka Tano should have. The Council wishes to try Ahsoka in accordance with Jedi tradition, but Tarkin and the Galactic Senate request that Ahsoka be expelled from the Jedi Order so that she can be put to a Republic Military tribunal. Obi-Wan Kenobi urges the Council to refuse Tarkin’s demands, insisting they must stand with Ahsoka. Ki-Adi-Mundi and Saesee Tiin refuse, pointing out the strong circumstantial evidence against Ahsoka. Mace Windu adds that protecting Ahsoka could be seen as an act of opposition to the Senate. Accordingly, the Council decides to cast Ahsoka from the Order, removing her status as a Padawan and leaving her a civilian under the jurisdiction of the Senate. They strip her of her Padawan braid in a symbolic gesture.”

I feel these might help flesh out the emotional beats for Anakin and Ahsoka a bit better - but there is the continuity issue of working it in with the yoda plot. Looking at the summary now I also agree the first episode probably isn’t necessary.

On another note - we’ve just got through CW8 and the first rebels movie - I thought both were brilliant. The siege of mandalore was 5 stars, and I really enjoyed the integration of the Prologue and Epilogue sections.

Rebels was a lot of fun too - really felt like watching a proper spin off to the OT.

Ah yes, I presume I would have cut those scenes due to perceived issues with where Yoda is in those scenes versus his arc in the film. The first cut for that film was made years ago and only polished up with better footage more recently, so it’s not so fresh in my memory lol.

Glad you enjoyed rebels. Universally I find people like those films best. CW9 and Rebels 1-4 are special to me.

Jelloshooter848 said:

Does this incorporate any footage from the 2003 mini series or the 2008 clone wars film?

Hey there, yes the Christophsis arc of the 2008 film is part of CW episode 1, which is an upscaled and tightened up re-release of Smudger9’s film of the same name that he released around 2015. None of the other animated clone wars series. The animation would be a jarring mismatch.

lerenor said:

So I’m mostly a clone wars newbie - I’ve seen a bit of the early stuff over the years and it’s just never grabbed me enough to watch the whole show - despite having it sitting started on Disney plus for whoever knows how long. So I thought this was a great opportunity to get a cliff notes version of some of the lore and characters, as it’s obviously going to be pretty foundational to the franchise going forward.

Me and my wife have been watching your edits over the last week or so, and I just wanted to offer my unfiltered thoughts and ramblings below. Overall, I want to say these are really fine edits and a great condensed way to watch the story - so please take any criticisms below as purely constructive - in the hopes of further refining what has obviously been a pretty intense labour of love.

We started in the middle (just couldn’t get around the early seasons stuff still), so apologies if we’ve missed anything important in the earlier films. Thoughts on what we’ve seen so far:

Mortis/witches - really strong. One minor nit-pick was the blade/thing that kills the daughter comes a little out of nowhere - maybe include an establishing scene for that? Otherwise very tightly done and the two gothic/otherworldly stories play off each other well.

Ventress/Maul and the Prison planet. Another strong follow up. Dark Side plot was really good, and kept me hooked through the whole ‘darkside’ trilogy. I did feel though Ventress’ turn was maybe a little sudden after the destruction of the nightsisters? Might have been nice to dwell on that for a bit longer, rather than skipping right into bounty hunting, though that might just be an issue with the source. On the other hand I felt the Anakin/obiwan etc plot dragged a little, with a few repetitive action sequences escaping and then being recaptured etc. It was still a very strong edit but could maybe be tightened up a little. The reintro of Savage late in the piece was likewise a little jarring - and there was a bit about dust being a clue to Maul’s location that didn’t seem to make sense in the new context - so that could either be cut or fleshed out in place of some of the Anakin/obiwan stuff?

Mando - a really good conclusion to the Maul/darkside arc. I thought the flashbacks worked well but they can sometimes be a little jarring, especially if you miss one of the captions or it doesn’t show up for a few seconds. Perhaps a transition or effect of some kind could be employed to give a bit of a visual cue to when we are in the past? I guess the easiest thing would be to make the flashbacks black and white or something but that might be going too far.

Wrong Jedi - probably the edit I had the most issues with - though I still enjoyed it for the most part. The opening with the Sifo dyas plot and the pykes interleaved with the bombing worked really well - I really enjoyed how you remixed the two briefing room scenes together? There was a little hiccup when ahsoka leaves the room but not enough to really throw it off. I did feel though that it was a bit unfortunate not to get the actual bombing of the temple on screen - it felt like we were missing something. The first part of Yoda communing with Quigon was quite effective, showing the growing cloud of the darkside within the Jedi council. I get the feeling though that this means we missed out on some council scenes from the Ahsoka plot line for continuity reasons - particularly her being expelled from the Jedi and feeling unsupported by the council. Her walking away from the Jedi at the end of the film (which is the emotional heart of the story) didn’t really feel earned without that sense of betrayal early on.
I felt the yoda plotline with his various trials could have been really cut down - it dragged on in the middle and I found the pseudo philosophising a bit disappointing and expository - this is the sources problem though, not yours. I would trim this to just what happens on dagobah and the sith planet if possible (the sith can be yodas real trial) - all we need to know is yoda entering a new world of the Force and confronting his demons that will eventually pay off during his exile. Keep the world of the Force a bit mysterious. There were some really jarring continuity issues/scene shifts in the final act - with palpatine in Asokas trial, on coruscant with Dooku and then also on the sith planet in yoda’s vision - and then back to the trial again? Anakin also flipped in and out of Yodas vision and hunting ventress/Bariss in real life - I know this technically works in terms of continuity but I found it a bit hard to keep track of honestly. I felt the Yoda plot should maybe have concluded earlier and then the final act is just Asoka?

Anyway - thanks for reading! Overall I’ve really enjoyed your edits and I’m looking forward to checking out your seige of mandalore and rebels edits next!

Hey thanks for your thoughts!

Totally get you on the early seasons. I feel the same way.

Clone Wars 4-8 are actually my oldest edits. They were made in 2016 and have only been upscaled since. I’m pretty happy with 4-7. The flashback structure of 7 does still strike me as a bit experimental, but I think it works as is. I considered having no subtitle each time cos contextually I think it is clear but figured some people would need it.

Ep6 there’s no Ventress from the source missing. So sadly that’s what we’ve got to work with. I always want to stick with her POV more. She’s the best. As I’ve said, Dark Disciple not being animated is my biggest regret in CW. I actually already did cut a lot of the repetitive action and weaker humour in the Citadel arc. But it is very action focused with repetitive elements, yeah. It’s a good one though, and you get Tarkin for some depth while intercutting with Ventress. So I think it balances out.

Ep8… yeah I’ve dwelt on that a fair bit over the years. My biggest issue is Anakin being a bit too chill in some of his scenes with Yoda for someone grappling with Ahsoka being on the run. Palpatine in two simultaneous scenes at the end sounds like a weird oversight, as I cut several characters from that court scene for continuity. Will have to review that some point. There aren’t any cut council scenes I don’t think. And I cut the temple bombing episode for pacing. The film would have been near 3 hours. I don’t think it was needed.
And Yoda’s metaphysical journey is taste I think. Anything force lore stays with me. I loved it.

Hope you enjoy Rebels and Bad Batch. CW9 and Rebels are by far the ones I’m proudest of in this batch.

TheDimitrios said:

Rebels 1 Feedback:
It works better than I thought as a single movie. A few little things caught my attention:

An Audio transition when Ezra is on roof right in the beginning is a bit rough

Ezras first Hyperspace jump could get a second or two more to breath.

When Ezra meets his contact with the Empire, his fake name is a strong hint that material was cut. Getting rid of that would make it feel more smooth.

When Kanan decides to actually train Ezra you could go directly into the jedi temple journey. The lightsaber practice feels distinctly end of episode like.

When the crew escapes into the sewers they are suddenly split up without explanation. That feels weird.

Beil Organa mentioning a previous meeting with Kanan makes the missing content more obvious. Maybe it is possible to cut around that?

Really really good job though. Condensing this whole season into a movie is impressive.

Hey thanks for your feedback. I’m happy with references to off screen content, like Ezra’s time with the Imperial Academy. To me it acknowledges that the characters have more going on for them than just what we see on screen, which grates me in some things. In the main saga there are a lot of small parts where the EU has added a lot of detail, and I imagine if we saw those movies having already known that stuff we’d feel like content was cut there too. So I think that is partially about what the audience brings to the experience.

The lightsaber training sequence does go straight to the temple narratively, but I see what you mean about the “end of episode feel”. I’d say take it as a sign of time passing, which you need to feel to believe the jumps in Ezra’s skills and rapport with the crew.

Rengokuzan007 said:

Does your the clone wars edit change the siege of mandalore in the last movie

Nope, besides adding Sam Kim’s duel of the fates/Ahsoka theme epic duel remix to the lightsaber battle.
I know Smudger cut quite a lot in his edit, but I think those episodes were perfect.

EddieDean said:

That sounds extremely solid; well done! I’d love a link. I’m especially curious about your second movie - I think Cloak and Malevolence are both important to Ahsoka’s early journey. I’m interested to see how you handled Ryloth too, I did a lot of merging of plotlines there and really changed the narrative.

The only major elements that are notably missing from this, off the top of my head, are Zygerria, Umbara, Onderon, and the Order 66 arcs. Arguably Scipio too, but that’s weaker. Any thoughts on those?

Oh, and how did you handle the later Ahsoka-Mandalore content which also includes Lux Bonteri, without his introduction in the ‘Heroes on Both Sides’ arc?

If you’re curious to review some optional alternative approaches which could add value, I’ve got a few episodes that you might be interested in:

• My Ryloth arc, which intercuts Ahsoka in the air with Mace on the ground for a tighter plot.
• My Lair of Grievous/Massacre mix, which uses AI dialogue to frame the Lair of Grievous events as directed by Ventress for revenge against the Sith (rather than related directly to Cloak of Darkness), which then triggers the retaliatory massacre, giving her greater grief about her actions.
• My Corruption on Mandalore arc, which removes the poisoned kids plotline but reshapes the rest into a single Ahsoka-Padmé narrative.
• My Heroes on Both Sides arc, which removes the awful murder subplot and completely restructures the whole into a new narrative tht gives Padmé some real depth and a good bittersweet victory.

Thank you. Yeah, Umbara, Onderon, Heroes on Both Sides and the Younglings arc are my favourites that aren’t included. I considered another film to weave in some of that, but I felt 9 was the right length. And I’m sure those arcs would have felt like padding to me. I’ve included NumeralJoker’s hybrids of the episodes for those and the Order 66 arc in my personal collection to revisit when I want to.

Your edits sound deeply creative. Huge respect for the effort there. I really enjoyed the Lux Bonteri arc, and Padme deserves more love, so I’d be keen to see that. Likewise using AI to tie lair of grievous to massacre sounds excellent.

I’m eagerly waiting for the day voice cloning tools are more accessible and up to my standard for cloning a few of these voices. It’s going to unlock so many possibilities for restructuring the narratives here. My first cuts of these films years ago I tried re-dubbing a few little things to better connect some arcs, constructing dialogue from other sources etc, but was never fully happy with the results. The fourth film in this collection for instance, when the second arc is introduced all it would take is a line of dialogue acknowledging the ongoing conflict from the other arc to make its introduction feel more natural. But alas. One day, soon I think. Ai has already got so good.

The Clone Wars Saga:

The Clone Wars films are finally ready for release.

Background: Many years ago, Smudger9 made the first Clone Wars tv to film edit. Ultimately, Smudger lost his work due to hard drive failure and was not able to complete the series. But by the release of his 3rd film, I had started work on my own edits. Becuase of this, my series began almost ten years ago, as a continution of Smudger’s, and as something I never intended to share. But after the lovely feedback for my Rebels films, I decided to release my complete animated tv-to-movie set.

Intention: My series aims to create a more serialised and cinematic, adult experience of the series. I’ve achieved this by focusing on the best received, and most impactful episodes in terms of character development and worldbuilding while using the more serialised arcs to create cohesion and momentum across the series.

Character Focus: Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Maul and Savage, Asajj Ventress, Mandalore, Barriss Offee, Yoda, Cad Bane, Boba Fett, Grievous, Palpatine, Tarkin, Rex, Echo, Fives,

Film 1: Army of the Republic (2 hours): Smudger9’s original film upscaled and restored with Topaz, featuring numerous nips and tweaks to improve what I saw as lingering dialogue and pacing issues. This film covers the Siege of Christophsis and the Rookies training arc, bringing them together for the Battle of Kamino. A fitting way to begin the saga, and introduce most of the key characters.

Film 2: A New Threat (2 hours 6 mins): Again, Smuder9’s work upscaled with additional edits. This time I’ve revised more aggressively. Originally this film featured “Cloak of Darkness” intercut with the first part of the Young Boba Fett arc, and “Lair of Grievous” leading into the “Malevolence” Trilogy. I find “Lair” and “Rising Malevolence” guilty of the atrocious dialogue and poor pacing that made early Clone Wars episodes feel like they were made for children. So I’ve trimmed both these segments considerably. This created more than enough space to restore “Lethal Trackdown”, the missing final episode of the Boba Fett arc, which many commented felt sorely missing from Smudger’s original.

Film 3: Legacies (2 hours 14 mins): Originally Smudger’s 3rd film “Children of the Force” took this slot in my collection. But I never liked the Ryloth arc, for the same reasons I don’t generally revisit anything from CW Season 1. So I eventually made my own film inspired by it. As it stands now, the edit starts with Ahsoka’s first mission as a general in “Storm of Ryloth”, the Cad Bane arc, with “Hostage Crisis” and “Holocron Heist” mixed together as Smudger did, and concluding with the Second Battle of Geonosis and “Brain Invaders”. This creates a strong focus on Anakin and Ahsoka’s growing bond and partnerhsip throughout the film.

Film 4: The Lost Jedi (2 hours 4 mins): In my version of film 2, Boba is captured. In my verison of film 3, Cad Bane is captured, and does not escape again. Ahsoka has also had her crucial early character growth by this point. So it seemed the perfect to time to revisit all three. This film covers the Rako Hardeen bounty hunter arc, and “Padawan Lost”. The film sees Anakin struggling with the potential loss of both his master and apprentice at the same time.

Film 5: Balance of the Force (1 hour 58 mins): This film mixes the Ventress Season 3 arc with the Mortis arc. The heroes are present in the opening battle with Ventress before receiving the mysterious signal that takes them to Mortis. By the time they escape, Ventress has taken on Savage Opress, and they become involved in her attempt to assassinate Dooku. This “dark side” arc is one of Clone Wars best and longest. Smudger’s final released film (his no5) covers this arc in a single film. The first cuts for my films 4-8 were completed two years before this dropped, and I have not seen reason to change my approach. By splitting the arc across multiple films, my aim was to create a more serialised narrative momentum, carrying viewers from film to film. This allowed for some of the best isolated arcs (like Mortis) to be used, without the series feeling so episodic and disconnected. A cliffhanger ending sets up the next film.

Film 6: Allegiance (2 hours 13 mins): Beginning with the massacre on Dathomir, this film continues it’s focus on Asajj Ventress and Savage Opress as he searches for his brother. Ventress has a full and powerful arc here, losing her home on Dathomir, becoming a bounty hunter, and ultimately, fighting with Obi-Wan against Maul in the climax. This film also features the Citidel arc, once again allowing the heroes to have a side story, before weaving into the primary narrative for the climax.

Film 7: Eminence (1 hour 58 mins): Maul and Savage are on the run as Obi-Wan pursues. This film uses a flashback structure to cover the key points of the Dutchess of Mandalore arc, establishing Mandalore and it’s place of neutrality in the war, introducing Death Watch, Satine, Bo-Katan and Pre Visla. While in the present, Maul joins with Death Watch and establishes his Shadow Collective. The flashbacks are structured in such a way to compliment the present day storyline, adding emotional depth and intrigue for a strong focus on Obi-Wan and Mandalore. The film climaxes with “The Lawless”.

Film 8: Destiny (2 hours 18 mins): Combines the “Wrong Jedi” and Yoda’s Journey arcs from Seasons 5 & 6. Effectively, this covers the two endings to the Clone Wars before it was revived for Season 6 and then again for Season 7.

It is a tragedy that the “Dark Disciple” and “Son of Dathomir” arcs were not animated and completed, as both feel essential to the complete picture of this show and my series. But thankfully we did get what follows…

Film 9: The Phantom Apprentice (2 hours 16 mins): Combines Ahsoka’s “Tales of the Jedi” arc with the end of the “Ahsoka’s Walkabout” arc with the “Siege of Mandalore” and some of Barriss “Tales of the Empire” arc. It’s an incredibly strong character piece for Ahsoka, and I’ve found, the ideal way to introduce viewers who’ve never seen the animated content to her before going into the newer Disney+ shows. I honestly think this is some of the best Star Wars content ever made, and watching this, followed directly by my 4 Rebels films is my personal favourite serialised Star Wars viewing experience (as well as the perfect lead-in to watching “Ahsoka” Season 1.

Martinkaworu said:

I just watched your edit of Bad Batch season 3. My feelings are complex.

The first thing I want to get out of the way is Galadantien’s technical skills are impeccable. Every episode jump is seamless, and you’ll never hear any jarring audio cuts. The theatrical intro crawl is very much appreciated too.

What I’m unsure about is the pacing, feeling it’s way too slow, but also feeling like that’s just the way the real season was set up. At first I was apprehensive about starting things right after Omega and Crosshair had escaped the facility. However, I think leaving that in mystery, as well as the Rex cold open you used to start the movie with an action scene, shows you really thought deeply about what makes the George Lucas Star Wars movies feel the way they do and you ‘get it’. All those elements help make things feel like a movie and not like a bunch of episodes put together. Also, the time you gain from that allows you to include things that are mere fanservice and other editors announced they would cut, like Ventress, but that I delighted at seeing.

However, the choice comes with drawbacks. Rex’s opening scene would feel a bit random if it was the only one, so you include a second scene in which Rex announces he’ll contact the Bad Batch, but the viewer never sees this happening. I almost feel like only including the first scene would have been better.

Following the events of “The Return”, in which the team forgives Crosshair’s betrayal at the outpost on Barton IV, the story enters a BIG narrative lull. The heroes are searching for the villains, who are searching for the heroes, and neither one has leads or manages to progress. The pacing slows to a crawl, but in a different way than when the Bad Batch arrived in Pabu on season 2; there, the peace and almost music-less moments feel like an earned rest after the frantic S1. On S3 (I’m not singling out your edit, but the season as a whole) it feels like padding for time. As your edit runs 40 minutes longer than most other editors’ SW TV edits, I think this is where you could have cut many scenes. Among these - Rex’s second scene, Phee calling the Batch, the Batch meeting Shand (I know this sets up Ventress, but I feel her arrival is self-explanatory). The resulting effect of this was that at the halfway point of your cut, I stopped and continued later in a second sitting.

The second half is much better, as it’s essentially one uninterrupted sequence from Pabu’s raid to the end. However, you still could have cut some fat. For instance, you could have hidden the shot where Crosshair misses firing the tracker when Omega is being taken away, and then just show the Batch in the forest approaching Tantiss, skipping any scenes of Rampart. I know Rampart needs to be established for Nala’s death scene, but you could have introduced him when Hemlock visits his cell, and I would have been none the wiser.

In the final count, brutal honesty forces me to admit I enjoyed Kinglucent’s earlier Bad Batch edits more. But, since he never edited S3, and I didn’t see how you tackled the material Kinglucent already had, I can’t compare you guys. For all I know, you worked with the trickiest source material, and despite that, you added very cool title crawls that Kinglucent couldn’t. Thanks for your edit.

Thanks for the in depth review! It’s a rare thing. I actually love your Rampart suggestion. I found the whole season very exasperating for its contrived, repetitive and weak plotting. So cutting the multi episode let’s track Omega - again - thing is great. I may well do that if I’m ever revisiting these edits. Ventress is what needed to go for the pacing. But given I enjoyed that more than most of the show, I kept it for fan service, yes 😂 The first act is slow and I tried to speed it up, but it was vital for Crosshair’s character development. Some Rex and co I felt helped with scope, world building, and yes, creating a more Star Warsy opening. It also brought the elite troopers from Tantiss into the mix to heighten the stakes and mystery earlier on. Fun fact, I knew I’d lose motivation to make the edit if I waited till the show finished so I started it before the finale aired. So my hope was Rex would help out in the finale and those two storylines would come together again, given what they’d setup. But they went for a more intimate finale focused on the batch’s relationships rather than anything meaningful for Star Wars as a whole, and you know what, that was moving too. Bad Batch really felt lazy to me as a whole when there’s so much else they could have been doing with their animation department. Clone Wars and Rebels did so much for Star Wars. I wish Bad Batch had done the same. But its biggest fans are those who love the clones. So I made it watchable for me haha. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts ❤️

nightstalkerpoet said:

A little confused. You reference quadrilogy, then in the automated reply email refer to 5 parts, and suggest starting with a part that isn’t there.

CW9 was included in that folder originally before I planned to release my whole series. Its been removed since it’s receiving updates along with some of the others before the upcoming release. I’ll adjust the text of that automated reply so it doesn’t confuse anyone else.

losthead said:

EDIT: Nevermind, didn’t read thoroughly

lol. Was just about to point you to the “How to watch” heading. Enjoy ^_^

You give excellent notes, Dimitrios.

My intent was that Batcher is simply out of her cage with the others and Omega didn’t expect it.

And re Echo I think it’s simply implied he’s been away following up on their investigation with Rex and his new buddies.

I’ll check back and reflect on what I’d like to address when I next have the source footage handy. I work with big pro res files, so unfortunately I don’t always have them ready to go.

Thanks again for watching and all your feedback ^_^ Rebels are my favs. Enjoy.

Totally. I screened these to someone who’d never seen the show, and explaining in the crawl that the Batch have settled on Pabu where they hope to transition away from the war and start a new life for Omega’s sake, worked just fine for them. The introductory scene on Pabu does a great job of sentimentally establishing time has passed and that the characters and their dynamics are evolving before the classic “trigger” event to break the new stasis and start the action comes in the form of Crosshair’s message.

Nice notes, thanks. The second film’s crawl had a lot of exposition, I like your ideas to trim it down a bit. Crosshair’s arc would change a little for that omission, his implied reason for turning on the Empire would be their betraying him by imprisoning and questioning him, rather than their overall treatment of the clones. But ultimately the result is the same.

Your suggestions for additions to film 1 make a lot of sense to incorporate more of what viewers of the show like or know is going on bigger picture. For the most part, I’m happy letting the viewer fill in little blanks like that. Lord knows the main saga do it plenty. But establishing Cid somewhere before film 2 would be good. Honestly I hoped to cut her entirely but she has that one key scene in the second film, so I made do with the crawl 😂

Darn good questions. Ahsoka’s turning points are really “Storm Over Ryloth” and “Jedi Lost” so both are used in the first half of the series to develop her. Before that she is very much treated as a supporting character with key scenes under Anakin, Luminara and Plo. Her more annoying moments are largely trimmed.

I’ve attempted to serialise episodic arcs by accompanying them with another arc that fits thematically and follows on from film to film, creating momentum. Characters that don’t feature in one part of that are able to move into the self contained arc and then back into the other, usually for the climax. In a couple cases I have hybridised scenes to blend two plot lines more directly.

As with all my Star Wars animated edits I’ve had to pick which characters and elements stand out most to me. A good example of a great arc I’ve cut is Umbara because it’s too self contained. I don’t feature Onderon and Saw, or Lux Bonteri in my CW films either, although I’d like to have. Saw is featured in both my Bad Batch and Rebels edits though which is more than enough.

Character focus is really the trio and Yoda, Ventress and Maul with spotlights for reoccurring characters like Bane, Boba, Tarkin, Barriss, Grievious, Echo & Fives, Bo Katan, etc.

Rebels actually translated very well into one film per season because the show is fully serialised, with some filler, rather than episodic arcs like
clone wars, or only lightly serialised like bad batch. The rebels edits are actually among my fav Star Wars films to rewatch now thanks to how well they translate into my preferred format. More details in the OP.

I’ll add details on Clone Wars to the original post soon as we approach the release. Suffice to say the green episodes are the focus throughout:

Overview: After nearly ten years of fan editing as a hobby, I find myself in possession of a complete series of serialised cinematic style cuts of the various Star Wars animated series. I’ve recently begun to share these and have been getting great feedback from friends, family and viewers on reddit. So, I’ve decided to release the lot.

This project includes:

-9 films covering “Star Wars: The Clone Wars”
-3 films covering “Star Wars: The Bad Batch”
-4 films covering “Star Wars Rebels”

Intention: I’m not at all a fan of episodic, self contained, mission of the week stories. I like my content meaningful, and fully serialised. All 3 of these shows have excellent A plot, but a lot of filler and childish moments. My edits focus on the A plot and key character arcs, the darker, more emotional and lore based elements with care for what will pay off and reward viewers watching the films as part of a series that enriches Star Wars as a whole. I retain some of the lightness and humour, as it contributes very much to character development. But I aim to reduce “kiddy” or “over expositional dialogue”. “The Clone Wars” Season 1 for instance has a terrible habit of every character saying the same thing twice in a row, two different ways, without taking a breath. I find it impossible to watch unedited.

Format: All the films are in 1080p MP4, HEVC, AAC 5.1 and HDR. Highly compressed versions on max quality.

How to watch: All edits are posted on the Fanedit Network

Simply search “Galadantien” and email me at “galadantien@gmail.com” with subject line “REQUEST:” plus the title of the edit exactly as listed in the database. e.g. “REQUEST: The Bad Batch Film Trilogy”. Done right you’ll get an automated reply. I also respond to PMs on reddit. Unsure how often I’ll check here for the same.

As with all fanedits, you need to have an active Disney+ subscription or own home media copies of the relevant seasons to watch.

The Clone Wars Saga:

Background: Many years ago, Smudger9 made the first Clone Wars tv to film edit. Ultimately, Smudger lost his work due to hard drive failure and was not able to complete the series. But by the release of his 3rd film, I had started work on my own edits. Becuase of this, my series began almost ten years ago, as a continution of Smudger’s, and as something I never intended to share. But after the lovely feedback for my Rebels films, I decided to release my complete animated tv-to-movie set.

Intention: My series aims to create a more serialised and cinematic, adult experience of the series. I’ve achieved this by focusing on the best received, and most impactful episodes in terms of character development and worldbuilding while using the more serialised arcs to create cohesion and momentum across the series.

Character Focus: Anakin, Obi-Wan, Ahsoka, Maul and Savage, Asajj Ventress, Mandalore, Barriss Offee, Yoda, Cad Bane, Boba Fett, Grievous, Palpatine, Tarkin, Rex, Echo, Fives,

Film 1: Army of the Republic (2 hours): Smudger9’s original film upscaled and restored with Topaz, featuring numerous nips and tweaks to improve what I saw as lingering dialogue and pacing issues. This film covers the Siege of Christophsis and the Rookies training arc, bringing them together for the Battle of Kamino. A fitting way to begin the saga, and introduce most of the key characters.

Film 2: A New Threat (2 hours 6 mins): Again, Smuder9’s work upscaled with additional edits. This time I’ve revised more aggressively. Originally this film featured “Cloak of Darkness” intercut with the first part of the Young Boba Fett arc, and “Lair of Grievous” leading into the “Malevolence” Trilogy. I find “Lair” and “Rising Malevolence” guilty of the atrocious dialogue and poor pacing that made early Clone Wars episodes feel like they were made for children. So I’ve trimmed both these segments considerably. This created more than enough space to restore “Lethal Trackdown”, the missing final episode of the Boba Fett arc, which many commented felt sorely missing from Smudger’s original.

Film 3: Legacies (2 hours 14 mins): Originally Smudger’s 3rd film “Children of the Force” took this slot in my collection. But I never liked the Ryloth arc, for the same reasons I don’t generally revisit anything from CW Season 1. So I eventually made my own film inspired by it. As it stands now, the edit starts with Ahsoka’s first mission as a general in “Storm of Ryloth”, the Cad Bane arc, with “Hostage Crisis” and “Holocron Heist” mixed together as Smudger did, and concluding with the Second Battle of Geonosis and “Brain Invaders”. This creates a strong focus on Anakin and Ahsoka’s growing bond and partnerhsip throughout the film.

Film 4: The Lost Jedi (2 hours 4 mins): In my version of film 2, Boba is captured. In my verison of film 3, Cad Bane is captured, and does not escape again. Ahsoka has also had her crucial early character growth by this point. So it seemed the perfect to time to revisit all three. This film covers the Rako Hardeen bounty hunter arc, and “Padawan Lost”. The film sees Anakin struggling with the potential loss of both his master and apprentice at the same time.

Film 5: Balance of the Force (1 hour 58 mins): This film mixes the Ventress Season 3 arc with the Mortis arc. The heroes are present in the opening battle with Ventress before receiving the mysterious signal that takes them to Mortis. By the time they escape, Ventress has taken on Savage Opress, and they become involved in her attempt to assassinate Dooku. This “dark side” arc is one of Clone Wars best and longest. Smudger’s final released film (his no5) covers this arc in a single film. The first cuts for my films 4-8 were completed two years before this dropped, and I have not seen reason to change my approach. By splitting the arc across multiple films, my aim was to create a more serialised narrative momentum, carrying viewers from film to film. This allowed for some of the best isolated arcs (like Mortis) to be used, without the series feeling so episodic and disconnected. A cliffhanger ending sets up the next film.

Film 6: Allegiance (2 hours 13 mins): Beginning with the massacre on Dathomir, this film continues it’s focus on Asajj Ventress and Savage Opress as he searches for his brother. Ventress has a full and powerful arc here, losing her home on Dathomir, becoming a bounty hunter, and ultimately, fighting with Obi-Wan against Maul in the climax. This film also features the Citidel arc, once again allowing the heroes to have a side story, before weaving into the primary narrative for the climax.

Film 7: Eminence (1 hour 58 mins): Maul and Savage are on the run as Obi-Wan pursues. This film uses a flashback structure to cover the key points of the Dutchess of Mandalore arc, establishing Mandalore and it’s place of neutrality in the war, introducing Death Watch, Satine, Bo-Katan and Pre Visla. While in the present, Maul joins with Death Watch and establishes his Shadow Collective. The flashbacks are structured in such a way to compliment the present day storyline, adding emotional depth and intrigue for a strong focus on Obi-Wan and Mandalore. The film climaxes with “The Lawless”.

Film 8: Destiny (2 hours 18 mins): Combines the “Wrong Jedi” and Yoda’s Journey arcs from Seasons 5 & 6. Effectively, this covers the two endings to the Clone Wars before it was revived for Season 6 and then again for Season 7.

It is a tragedy that the “Dark Disciple” and “Son of Dathomir” arcs were not animated and completed, as both feel essential to the complete picture of this show and my series. But thankfully we did get what follows…

Film 9: The Phantom Apprentice (2 hours 16 mins): Combines Ahsoka’s “Tales of the Jedi” arc with the end of the “Ahsoka’s Walkabout” arc with the “Siege of Mandalore” and some of Barriss “Tales of the Empire” arc. It’s an incredibly strong character piece for Ahsoka, and I’ve found, the ideal way to introduce viewers who’ve never seen the animated content to her before going into the newer Disney+ shows. I honestly think this is some of the best Star Wars content ever made, and watching this, followed directly by my 4 Rebels films is my personal favourite serialised Star Wars viewing experience (as well as the perfect lead-in to watching “Ahsoka” Season 1.

Star Wars Rebels Quadrilogy:

So “Star Wars Rebels” is my favourite Star Wars property. It has all the best elements of the Prequels and OT with genuinely likeable characters, rich arcs, new lore that respectfully builds on the history of the franchise and does major world building.

Rebels gets a bad rep for changing Clone Wars beloved animation style and following the Disney acquisition, as well as many episodes with a lighter tone in season 1. But I encourage any Star Wars fan to give these a go. I have screened these 4 edits, following my CWE9 to many a fan who didn’t enjoy Rebels much, or who isn’t a fan of animation, and they all gained a deep appreciation for Dave Filoni’s work, and said they felt they had gained a much deeper understanding of Star Wars as a brand and interconnected story.

The Star Wars fandom is very divided. But I feel these films carry a narrative momentum and knit together the best elements of all Star Wars many sub-categories and fan groups. It’s more important than ever now, I feel, that people have the chance to enjoy the best of these projects, as Lucasfilm position Dave Filoni and these narrative threads at the center of their upcoming projects with “The Mandalorian and Grogu”, “Ahsoka Season 2” and Dave Filoni’s untitled (Heir to the Empire-esque) film, which seems positioned to conclude the Thrawn versus the New Republic arc, hopefully with appearances from many beloved characters across the fandom.

Here I present each season of Rebels as as single film, 2 hours - 2 hour 45 mins in length respectfully.
All these films attempt to present the narrative in it’s most adult way. Some music additions are made to enhance key moments, especially in Film 4. Each has been frame by frame adjusted to a more traditional cinematic 16:9 format to match other Star Wars releases.

Film 1: Spark of Rebellion - Focuses on Ezra joining the Ghost crew, world building for the early rebellion, the Inquisitors, and places Ezra and Kanan’s relationship as master and apprentice at the center. This film I feel has the exact vibe of “A New Hope” and “The Force Awakens” - fun, fast paced, funny, moving, full of classic hero’s journey elements, found family, underdogs versus oppression. It has it all. Original trilogy fans I’ve shown love this one best, and that’s saying something. I could sit down and watch it any time.

Film 2: Twilight of the Apprentice - Focuses exclusively on the Jedi and Sith conflict. Vader, Ahsoka, Kanan, Ezra, the Inquisitors, Maul. It’s a much darker entry than most animated Star Wars, and I feel the antidote to anyone who was put off by Rebels season 1. Epicness personified. Ezra’s parents are said to be dead in season 1 in a big reveal that then turned out to be a lie. Season 2 then effectively went down the same road later, so in my edits the initial reveal in film 1 was the truth.

Film 3: Step Into Shadow - Was a challenge and has gone through several revisions over the years. The focus is on Thrawn and the Ghost Crew steadily becoming part of the wider rebellion. But season 3 had so many solid disconnected arcs, my challenge was to weave the best of them in in a way that still felt like a film structure. I feel I have succeeded. Maul’s arc is here, as is his wonderful final confrontation with Kenobi. The traitor "Fulcrum” arc is also here, with its wonderful inside look at the Empire (although I must confess, Kallus development and overall arc in these films is severely cut back by necessity with only the broad strokes present). Sabine gets the dark saber and goes to Mandalore, but much of her journey is tangential to the rest of the story. Ezra’s dark side arc is also here in full. His character journey across these four films is truly one of Star Wars best. While side stories introducing Leia, Wedge and Mon Motha were necessarily cut from this season, the latter is still featured in a way that sets up the various rebel cells coalescing on Yavin for Film 4.

Film 4: The World Between Worlds - Opens in the middle of the action in the rebellion on Mandalore, giving us a vital connection to Bo Katan, and the upcoming Purge that are key to the narrative in The Mandalorian (this connective tissue is also amazing if you start your binge with “The Phantom Apprentice” which focuses on The Siege of Mandalore). The liberation of Lothal is the focus, after we spend some time on Yavin 4, and enjoy moments with Mon Mothma, Saw, and get situated in the time period and it’s implications for the characters and the rebellion. Those “Rogue One” connections were too good to miss. The focus on Lothal is investigate Thrawn’s TIE Defender program, the Loth wolves, Hera’s assault, the beautiful consequences and aftermath, and the temple dig site (as well as the film’s namesake, The World Between Worlds). The film concludes with the Liberation of Lothal and the events that directly setup Ahsoka Season 1 - or your preferred fanedit, thereof.

The Bad Batch Trilogy:

“The Bad Batch” usually disappointed me with its paper thin plots and season arcs that generally teased developments that came too late, and meant too little. But yes, it’s was beautifully animated, sometimes moving, and it’s core cast have become beloved by many. So here as usual, I sought to take the A plot line and core character arcs and present them in a cinematic (and adult) format. And after being very dismissive of the show, these edits, I enjoy very much.

Character Focus: Omega, Crosshair, Hunter, Emerie and their relationships with one another. This is the emotional core of the story, and where we see the most development.

Plot focus: The squad’s evolution from soldiers to chosen family. Crosshair’s betrayal and redemption. Project Necromancer, the fate of Kamino and the phasing out of the clones in favour of the stormtroopers.

Major changes and omissions: All self contained missions are omitted. Action for action’s sake is cut (most episodes revolve around a basic setup, action and conclusion). If none of this directly informs what comes next, it’s gone. Most of season 2, including any work for Cid is omitted.

Film 1 includes season 1 and 2 content. Film 2 season 2 and 3 content. And film 3, all season 3.
Each film is an entire story arc and intended to be satisfying in and of itself.

Even exciting cameos like Cad Bane and Fennick in season 1 are cut. Both thankfully appear in season 3 content where their contributions actually advance the A plot line. Side characters like Phee and yes, Cid, are present, but require the audience to infer or fill in some of the blanks. Sometimes the opening crawls assist with some exposition here. No different than most background supporting characters in the main saga.

My only regret in these edits is the build up to Crosshair’s turning on his superiors in season 2 had to be omitted. Instead we catch up with Crosshair in film 2 after a time skip where it’s explained that his loyalty has been tested, and we then see the consequences.

Film 1: Decommissioned: Laregly utilises episodes 1-3, the finale, and the buildup of the stormtroopers replacing the clones, and focuses on the Crosshair drama. Some of S02E08 is used for the finale. The glaring omissions here are Rex and Cad Bane. If you don’t know they were here, you won’t miss them. But if you watched the full show, you’ll likely remember them fondly.

Film 2: Shadows of Tantiss: Season 2 was a fail for me. So if you disagree and or are a big fan of this show, this one likely won’t be for you. We jump in at the end of the season, directly following up the first film’s Tantiss cliffhanger and bringing the isolated Crosshair storyline to the point he reaches out to his former squad. This film tells the complete arc of the batch learning about Tantiss, Crosshair’s imprisonment, Omega’s capture, and their escape together.

Film 3: Point of No Return: This film covers the remainder of Season 3, opening with Omega’s return to her squad, Crosshair’s reintegration into the fold, the investigation into Omega’s force sensitivity, and ultimate return to liberate those on Tantiss. Emerie’s arc is also here in full as a throughline and because its some of the strongest content in this show. Rex and the bounty hunter arcs are also included in some capacity.

Enjoy, and love to hear feedback and discussion.
May the Force be with you, always.

Interesting thought. Seems like something he’d want to do. Not sure why he wouldn’t announce that though unless he’s afraid it’ll provoke complaints at the added delay. I think just as likely he’s just too busy to complete the project with life and paid work at the moment.

Does anyone have a link to pixel’s discord server for this project? I keep reading he tends to post updates there the most. DM please if it’s not permitted to post such things in the comments. Thanks ❤️