Peonthegrate

oops I must of missed that, either way I’ll be watching out for this with great interest!

Wow I’d love a link to this and your other prequel edits! Sounds great!

Wow, that is a radical change. But on paper atleast I think it sounds great at my first read through it!

If you’re able to pull it off seamlessly that is, then this sounds potentially incredible.
I think the main thing here to consider is that (IMO atleast) if the edits aren’t near “invisible” then the story may not hit the way that it should.

But if you’re able to properly get grpgu out of those storyline in the way you outlined seamlessly then it sounds incredible.

Would love a link from anyone who has this, sounds interesting!

in fact, if you still have the rough cut, id love to give it a watch if you’re willing

ohhh now this is exciting

Maybe there is just a way to keep the poison without it taking up so much time? Cause I agree it was a bit dull, but feel it may be needed if the black market is brought up at all in the episodes

I’ve finished re-watching every episode in this edit, and written some notes while watching through it all for feedback.

S01E05: I thought this episode was very solid, and everything worked the way I imagine you wanted it to. I do however wish there were eventual plans for an extended version, as I think the episode would be improved with more of the clone training section, it moves by really quickly and admittedly effectively though, so I can imagine this would be low priority for you to add.

S02E03: Maybe I need to re watch this episode again, but to me this was the only episode out of the edit that didn’t work for me. I intentionally didn’t re watch any of the “original” clone wars episodes in some time before watching the edit so I could try and see it for what it was. However to me at least, it felt like this episode had been cut up and stitched back together a bit too much.

In the opening text, it mentions ahsoka is helping train the kids in secret, but throughout the entire episode this doesn’t seem to be the case, as Anakin, and the prime minister of Mandalore both don’t seem surprised by her being there at all. So my first suggestion for this episode would be to remove it being a “secret” that she’s there at all.

Next, I felt confused most of the episode about what the plot really was. It wasn’t clear whether or not to me that Satine knew of the Black Market scheme going on, and it felt odd to me that she was blaming death watch for the Black Market when that doesn’t really seem like something Death Watch would even be able to do since they were not part of the government on Mandalore. I honestly think it may be best to just re introduce the whole food poisoning angle that was in the original episode, because it felt like something was missing in the episode without some form of it.
I also similarly but to a much lesser extent felt that cutting out the kids sneaking into the warehouse and recording the black market deal felt very much like something was… missing. Maybe that’s just me though.

S03E04: This episode was very strong, the only slight criticism I really have is that I think you could keep the scene of Anakin telling R2 to go get help, otherwise to me it just felt like R2 simply disappeared. I think it could be beneficial too to keep some of the cowardice of that one bounty hunter that Aura eventually kills, as it kind of comes a bit out of left field to me otherwise.

S04E07: Another very strong episode, it was overall a very seamless episode where the edits weren’t noticeable which I assume is the overall goal of the project. I do have however one tiny bit of criticism for this particular episode. I feel as though the scene of the fives getting drugged on the way to Coruscant would be beneficial to include. Otherwise it’s confusing as to why he’s acting the way he is, and is acting visually loopy as we see him before he enters the warehouse while trying to reach Rex and Anakin. We visually see that his vision is blurry and it doesn’t ever really explain why. So the audience is probably gonna assume it is because his chip was removed, which then only brings up more questions as to why every other clone that removes their chip in Star Wars cannon seems perfectly fine. (Rex, Wolf, the Bad Batch, etc…)

S02E09: There’s a small typo I believe in the opening text. It says “stetched” not “stretched”.

Finally probably my most controversial opinion would be that you could avoid most of the shifting quality in art style by moving forward S01E07,S02E02 and S02E05 to be the finale of Season 2. This would likely make the edit as a whole “invisible” IMO as that’s the only real thing that would likely stick out to the average “first time viewer”. Though I completely understand wanting some of these episodes in the earlier positions to get the Maul plot started sooner and spread across the whole series.

I hope none of the criticisms come off on the wrong way because I think this project is fantastic, and has already fully replaced the original for me. Though I do miss a few arcs from the original show, such as the younglings arc, and Ventress bounty hunter arc.

Anyways, again this project is amazing, and you should be very proud of what you were able to pull off in transforming the show into something more.

Could I get a link to episode 0?

Unless I’m mistaken, I’ve found a typo in the opening text for S2E09
Assault on Geonosis.

It says the clone army is “stetched” thin, instead of stretched thin.

Very excited for this!

Would love a link please!

Ah I see, well if you ever do plan on adding the two weaker episodes in a lower cut that would be awesome! If you ever find the time/meaning to do it that is!

Yeah that could potentially work, It’d have to be carefully included though otherwise it could seem real faneditey.

I wanted to ask Eddie, do you still plan on doing more Ryloth content? I’m rewatching refocused (really enjoying it!).

I’ve just finished Season 1 again, and to me I feel like the Resistance on Ryloth episode could either
A. Use more Mace and Syndulla content within that episode, as it felt to me a bit jumpy.
Or B. Include more of the ground content in a separate optional episode that follows Resistance on Ryloth.

I think its apart of the youngling episode where they go to the icecave and stuff, that you have yet to include. Its apart of the intro narration I think.

Definitely will be keeping an eye on this one!

Are you going to make the Malevolence fire it’s weapon visually in this edit? Or is that on the cutting room floor?

Could I get a link?

Acbagel said:
I will go back through and upgrade the edits to 4k and maybe make some tiny changes, but this update is basically finalized in terms of my storytelling. Books 1-3 are updated and out now, Book 4 should actually be ready tomorrow, and then 5/6 sometime in May.

This does put a smile on my face. Looking forward to it!

I’ve personally found The bad batch to be severely underrated. For season 2 just letting you know now, episodes 4, and 5 are essentially pure filler and quite low quality. Episode 6 is fun but also a bit filler but much better than the previous two episodes. Though besides that. I think most of the episodes are pretty solid and have some value to them.

I personally agree with Gemini that it would be neat to have the pershing plot perhaps cut out of the main film(s) but potentially in a side edit as a bonus for those of us that like having that story told at somepoint.

I agree almost entirely on Eddie approach he laid out, especially about making this two “movies”.

One thing I mainly disagree about is the shadow council scene, I personally think its placement should be in chapter 6 or 7 and in its entirety. Mainly cause I feel it just fits there the best. And I guess I personally just like it better there lol. But I may be alone on that.

Anyways. Great ideas Eddie

Would like a new link please!

Acbagel said:

Yes, I joke above, but I am aware of both the color grading being somewhat intense in a few scenes as well as some black crushing going on here and there. At some point in the future I might come across a spare 30 hours to go frame by frame and plug in glorious 4k source footage to fix all these scenes… But that is not today! Maybe a v4 with Mando S4, but I have a great deal to do on this v3 update storywise.

If this ever does happen, my year will be made! It’s probably the one thing holding me back from making the Mando S1 and S2 movies you made into full on replacements of the original. Certainly won’t expect it though.

Would like a link to the new v3 please