Been re-watching these recently, up to S01E07 - keep up the great work - loving the deeper exploring of characters etc, everything just feels “bigger”. With these longer cuts to explore you will need to be vigilant ensuring which episodes you cut.
Love the work though, keep it up!
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DFR was relatively heavily restructured to make it flow like an episode rather than feel like a series of short scenes, or at least with the intention that it felt like the timings all worked out.
Keep it coming, and I’m glad you’re enjoying it!
In that case, you nailed it. Loved that one and thought it ran & switched between the storylines perfectly
Hi EddieDean…
I have been watching your "Clone Wars " episodes and come from the distinct position of never actually watching TCW’s before. I have seen all the PT, OT & ST countless times though + Mando etc. I like the PT when it came out, but once the excitement wore off, i got older and re-watched it more times - i really didn’t About a year ago i revisited the PT by watching the “Hal Cuts” and instantly felt more connected to them. Since then i have become one of those people that vows, “The Prequels are good - watch the Hal cuts! Once you cut out x & y & are left with the bare bones of the story - its great!!”
This is how i came to watch TCW - got interested in “filling the gaps”, but the idea of watching over 120 episodes of a kids show just didn’t work for me. Tried a few times, never could get through an episode & lost interest. Even the “Essential list” i came across failed to grab me enough to remain interested. Because of this I watch these cuts as a CW’s virgin - I am not thinking “oh, i wish this or that was included - or not included” - to me i watch these from the perspective of - this is how its being presented to me. Does the story flow? Does the story feel complete? Do the series have a continuity that wants me to come back and see more? Does it feel amateurish.
I am currently up to S02E02 episode “The Duchess of Mandalore” & I can honestly say - i love it. The “Whatever works” time duration is perfect. The full episodes each flow at a good pace & I feel the flow from episode to episode makes me want to come back for more & that i am getting a deeper experience and understanding of the PT, which is exactly what i wanted. Where i wasn;'t able to ensure even 1 episode of the standard Episode trying to watch it in its appropriate “Essential” order. - i have now watched watched almost 4.5 hours of the show and looking forward to watching more.
So far my favourites are definitely S01E00 DarkForce Rising & S01E04 - Cloak of Darkness. I am unsure how much of DFR you have altered as these are the micro series, but i loved that. The flow was spot on, the introduction for Ventress was captivating and seeing Anakin drift to the Darkside in his battle with her had me by my deathstars.
Cloak of Darkness was equally great. These episodes lacked background music which i assume was likely because it was partially incomplete - but in a weird way, i liked that. It actually made the lightsaber duel more intense.
Keep up the good work and make sure you keep going. These are excellent and i think the perfect way for Hardcore Casuals like myself to experience TCWs