Grand Admiral Thrawn

I threw together a quick poster for my Plex server, figured I’d share!

Bingowings said:

See Threepio in the prequels speaks with a Jamaican accent for the prequels and only adopts the fussy butler persona after his memory is wiped in Episode 3 when his memory is wiped again in episode 9 the accent comes back.

This should be in the best edit ideas thread.

I threw together a quick poster for my Plex server, figured I’d share!

s88 said:

There are far too many of you wasting your time and expertise on resurrecting a dead Sith because you lack the will to simply omit him from episode 9. The judgement on this is as poor as the original tRoS movie was.

The trailer looks great. It seems a lot of editors of this just try to condense the show. It’s refreshing seeing a new take with a clear vision.

Linero said:

Thank you for the information. I would like to help with story beats.

Mon says they need Jyn to testify in front of the Senate. After watching Andor it doesn’t make much sense.

All good!

I suggested something like that earlier in the thread:

Mon suggests Galen will testify to the Senate, but given the events of Andor, what’s the point of this?

“…maybe some AI can be used to extend Mon’s line. It could be added over when the room gets silent to look at Bail Organa and notcing he looks different from how he did in Andor 😄

“and return him to the Senate for testimony. People will wake up when truth is restored to that chamber.”

Linero said:

Could I get a link to the current edit please?

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Uh oh, the memes have arrived.

Poor Hal is going to have so much feedback to catch up on when he returns to this thread that he’s going to need go remove the “a half-assed version of DigMod’s” from the title 😂

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Another small tweak to consider…

• Remove Baze calling Jyn “little sister”

He’s known her like a day at most, that moment has always come across as odd and trying to forcefully add more of a family-type vibe to the group that just isn’t there.

I’d be willing to help as well. My job is in technology and I have a background in SQL and database management.

Not sure if these are possible, but I gave ChatGPT a try for potential fixes:

• Limit posting for new accounts — maybe require a 24-hour waiting period, or only allow replies after reading a certain number of threads or posts. Even a short cooldown would cut down on hit-and-run stuff.

• Auto-remove or flag posts that include phrases like “any links?” or “where can I find…” from accounts with under X posts or under X days old.

• Force new users through a rules acknowledgment step, especially emphasizing “no link requests.”

• Temporary posting bans (automated) for first offenses, just to discourage the behavior without needing mod intervention every time.

So ignoring things like Lando and Rian Johnson’s trilogy that will maybe never release, officially we have these likely coming up:

Movies

• The Mandalorian and Grogu
• Starfighter
• Filoni’s New Republic Era
• Mangold’s Dawn of the Jedi
• Rey’s New Jedi Order

Shows:

• Ahsoka: Season 2
• Maul: Shadow Lord

Things I would like to see (in no particular order):

• Omega animated-spinoff show
  • Misadventures of the Rebels during the OT-era
• Tales of the Sith shorts
  • Vader, Palpatine or Snoke
• Darth Plagueis movie
  • Tie up loose ends from The Acolyte and adapt James Luceno’s novel
• Star Wars: Jedi Academy
  • 3D animated show like TCW with Luke, Ben and other students going on adventures
  • Bascially, TCW for the sequel trilogy, ends with Luke going into hiding and Ben turning

To counter BroomKid’s point, I don’t want to speak for Hal, but his edits have always seemed to have been streamlined-canon, get rid of the meh but don’t fundamentally change the story. Slide his edit in place of the other and you’ll be fine.

With his sequel edits, revisions were made to VII and VIII after IX came out. I don’t see this being any different. Andor was great, and adding back some small character moments for Cassian, or making some futher tweaks based on a great Star Wars project doesn’t fundamentally change the edit.

The deepfake VFX fixes are still there, the weird Bodhi and Saw stuff is still gone, unneeded cameos, milk shots, and clunky dialogue/scenes are still removed.

Any way these posts can be auto removed or accounts temp banned?

So annoying seeing so many threads getting updated with people asking for links and not reading the site rules.

Maybe new accounts get informed of a ban if they ask for links in a thread.

Maybe I’m just whining. Idk lol

Okay, I watched the latest version today after finishing Andor last night, and here are my notes/thoughts:

• To match the other spin-offs, should an opening crawl be added? Andor doesn’t have one, but it seems like every other entry will have one moving forward.

  • Here is a test I put together and posted not too long ago using Hal’s last crawl (and a track from the Andor soundtrack):

  • Rogue One - Opening Crawl

• Restore the Cassian intro.

  • If rolling from Andor into Rogue One, it is essential. It helps to also cement Cassian as a co-lead of the film and make it more of Jyn and Cassian’s story than just Jyn’s. I think it also helps slow the pacing which seems a little fast in the beginning of the current edit.

• Mon suggests Galen will testify to the Senate, but given the events of Andor, what’s the point of this?

  • “Given the gravity of the situation and your history with Saw, we’re hoping that he will help us locate your father and return him to the Senate for testimony.”

  • Given Krennic and Tarkin’s later conversation about systems “flocking to the Rebellion” if the rebels get word out of the Death Star project, maybe some AI can be used to extend Mon’s line. It could be added over when the room gets silent to look at Bail Organa and notcing he looks different from how he did in Andor 😄

  • “and return him to the Senate for testimony. People will wake up when truth is restored to that chamber.”

• Restore showing the audience Cassian’s instructions to kill Galen Erso, but just the intital one on Yavin.

  • I think this adds more weight to Cassian’s decision later NOT to kill Galen and also shows us the inner conflict that Cassian is going through earlier in the film.

• Restore the announcement on Jedha about the missing cargo pilot.

  • With the removal of all the other Bodhi intro scenes, and restoring Cassian’s intro, this helps to remind the audience that they need the Imperial defector pilot to verify the story and locate Galen. Otherwise, he seems kind of useless because Saw is just leading them to Galen, why is Bodhi even needed?

• Change Cassian’s line of “This is a first for me.”

  • Narkina 5

  • “We’ve been in worse cages than this one.” “It’s all the same to me.” “There is more than one sort of prison, Captain. I sense that you carry yours wherever you go.”

• Not essential, but use Ryan Golden (or AI similar to what was used in Obi-Wan Kenobi) to make Vader sound younger and more like how he sounds in A New Hope

• Mon has been resigned from the Senate for several years at this point, but the radio guy on Yavin still chases after her yelling “Senator!!” to inform her of rebels on Scarif. It’s not too major, I just assume he’s calling her that out of respect.

I’ve always interpreted the line as the “fight” being fighting for freedom and not against the Empire itself. People exaggerate as well. If Rogue One came out after Andor I don’t think I’d think twice about that line. Maybe that’s just me.

Jar Jar Bricks said:

What about the line where Cassian says he’s been in this fight since he was six years old?

Currently watching the edit now and making notes. I think this is fine though, Maarva was definitely starting Cassian young on hating the Empire.

After the final episode of Andor, I definitely feel this change should be reverted for the next version of this edit:

• Removed introductory scene to Cassian

Sweetttttt. 1 down. 2 to go 😉

It’s honestly such a small nitpick. It really feels like people are trying to find something to complain about…

George Lucas Arrested for Withholding Original Star Wars Cuts

George Lucas was arrested early this morning in San Anselmo, California. According to sources, the arrest followed a dramatic standoff in which Lucas reportedly refused to hand over the unaltered film reels of the original Star Wars Trilogy to the National Film Registry before the preservation deadline.

One eyewitness claimed Lucas was seen shouting, “Only my vision matters!” as federal agents raided his home. Witnesses say authorities confiscated several film canisters labeled “Uncompleted – Version 1.2 – 60% of My Dream.”

When asked for comment, one officer muttered, “We also found a version where Greedo shoots first, second, and then apologizes afterwards.”

Law enforcement has declined to comment, but an anonymous source confirmed, “We had no choice. The Special Editions were getting out of hand.”

This story is developing…

Also, do we have an updated Donation Drive total?

I may be able to help again if we are close to getting across the finish line.