RogueLeader

Hiventon shared this over on Octorox’s thread and wanted to talk about it a little here.

hinventon said:

Since we’re discussing AOTC edits and new editions has anybody thought about including this extended Jango death scene? Only a slight difference but I would love to see this in one of these new edits with the training scene.

https://youtu.be/5Gbh08F061A

EDIT: Including the flashback shot of boba holding the helmet from BoBF might be cool too.

The vfx work on this clip is pretty impressive, but one downside to it is that it doesn’t really alleviate the issue Nev (and maybe others) brought up about how Windu was one of the people who wanted this guy captured alive in order to be interrogated about his employer, yet here we see him literally go overkill.

I had imagined a version of this scene where, instead of Windu slicing him up, we adjusted Windu’s strikes to make it look like his saber just keeps bouncing off his beskar armor, then right before Windu cuts his head off, we could add a flamethrower effect to the shot to make it look like Jango was about to use it on Windu again, forcing Windu to just kill him. Unless Windu just didn’t realize that HE was the bounty hunter they were looking for.

I have to admit, for some reason I haven’t been checking your posts regularly, but man, I am IMPRESSED by some of the stuff you’ve done. You have been doing little things that I don’t think most editors have really considered, like changing Padmé’s expression in one seen, or create artificial depth of field in the shots of Geonosians to make it feel more real and to hide some of that early 2000’s CGI.

I may have overlooked some of your plans for the edit, but have you considered using voice AI to change Anakin’s dialogue, rather than totally redub him? I feel like total character redubs tend to break the illusion of fan edits, if you get what I mean.

But for real, you’re doing some pretty cool stuff with AOTC!

Good points! And especially with Lando. It seems like Lando went off to Tatooine right at the end of ESB, so it makes you think he has been focused on rescuing Han this whole time. I think legends explained the Battle of Taanab being a battle between pirates and a planetary defense fleet that Lando led, unrelated to the rebellion. And his reputation from that battle gave the rebellion confidence in his leadership abilities. It may have made more sense if Lando’s role was deemphasized during the briefing, and he was just leading one fighter groups and not the entire fighter attack. Or don’t have him be labeled a “leader” at all for the attack, and Lando just falls into that roll as the battle plays out.

They could’ve emphasized that Han was using his smuggling skills to sneak the ground team onto the Endor moon. They could have even explained that Han himself paid for the clearance codes, using his criminal connections to procure them. And I do think having Han let Lando fly the Falcon also contributes to his character growth as well.

And I think Leia’s role could’ve been given more purpose if part of the rebels’ plan was to make contact with the natives, and they assigned Leia to that mission because of her diplomacy skills. Would’ve been the perfect role for her, especially since she has a universal translator as a companion. I already had the idea of having Leia be the one to save the gang from being eaten by the Ewoks rather than Luke using their superstitions to trick them. It could be interesting if the rebel briefing could be changed to establish that idea, rather than everyone just volunteering for what is arguably the most important mission of the entire war (being a little facetious about that of course!)

That insert shot works pretty good I think! Though I think Nev’s suggestion makes sense too.

G&G-Fan said:

I read it as her recognizing the guy who captured and tortured her and being afraid of Vader.

I mean, at that point they’ve already had a nice banquet together so she would be way beyond the point of just recognizing him. I’m sure she is afraid of Vader, but she also looks pissed. Like, she hates Vader.

Which would’ve made playing up her role more in ROTJ even better. Despite what his father has become, he still has love for him. Leia on the other hand doesn’t. When Vader says, “If you will not turn to the dark side, then perhaps she will” I think Leia totally would have, which makes Luke’s reaction and fury more compelling. People have talked about not seeing a reason why Luke would’ve turned, but I can easily see Leia wanting to kill Vader and being seduced by that power.

And that is a really interesting observation, Channel72! It is one of those things that retroactively has a little more subtext, even if that wasn’t the intention when it was filmed.

Another serendipitous thing in Empire is obviously Leia sensing Luke hanging underneath Cloud City. Clearly when they filmed it it was more about Luke calling out to Leia and Leia simply hearing it, but again, it retroactively becomes a hint toward Leia being “the other” Yoda referred to.”

Making Leia “the other” and going back to Tatooine were two decisions that I think make ROTJ arguably less interesting from a new worlds and new characters perspective, but both of those things were at least set up to an extent in Empire. Though Leia kissing Luke is the only thing that still makes the sibling thing kind of weird. If they had kept some of the other deleted scenes of them to, I don’t think they would’ve been able to make that retcon!

If it Lucas Luke and Leia were going to be siblings from the very beginning, I do feel like he would’ve handled it differently. Yes, the trilogy is more so Luke’s story than anyone else’s, but the revelation and what it means for Luke isn’t given the same weight for Leia, even if the implication is pretty much the same.

Of course, Luke idealized his father, wanting to be like him, so discovering what his father became has this consequence of Luke wondering if he could become that too. Whereas when Leia was adopted by the Organas, they raised her as her parents. So I don’t think Leia ever spent much time wondering who her biological parents were, or wanting to be like them. The Organas were enough for her to look up to.

I know the EU and Canon both explore Leia’s feeling on Vader being her father a little, but it could’ve been interesting for the movies to explore that more.

timdiggerm said:

RogueLeader said:

You can imagine how cool it must’ve been for audiences to have each character slowly be revealed to them after not seeing them for 3 years.

https://i.gifer.com/Aksq.gif

Lol, literally slowly

Sometimes I do wonder if the audience being left in the dark so much in the first act works well for audiences first time watching it, going in blind per se, but doesn’t really work as well for multiple viewings. You can imagine how cool it must’ve been for audiences to have each character slowly be revealed to them after not seeing them for 3 years. But the slow reveal of the mystery feels a little dull to me upon rewatch. That might come down to pacing issues moreso than the narrative POV, or me having seen the movie so many times, but I still find ANH and ESB engaging throughout despite that.

Channel72 said:
…having Leia involved seems unnecessary when ultimately the plan revolves around Luke showing up, getting taken prisoner, and then getting Old Republic on everyone’s ass.

Lol, love the phrasing!

The way I see it, one of the only things they didn’t totally expect was for Leia to be “enslaved”, despite Jabba’s reputation. Not only does Oola’s death set up the Rancor, but it sets up Jabba having an open position for a slave girl. Of course, it’s not like Jabba can only have a certain amount of slaves, but her death sets up a vacancy in the mind’s of the audience, if that makes sense. But they all probably expected Leia to be imprisoned with Han and be on the skiffs with the rest of them. I do like the idea though that maybe they did anticipate it, and Leia saying she can handle it if it did happen.

I feel like if you are playing into the Factory Reset 3PO, it has to be a line that is played straight, but is funny because it’s naive.

Trooper: What’s your operating number?

C-3PO: I am here to negotiate the release of a political prisoner named Chewie. (the trooper would start talking over him)

Trooper: Negotiate- what?

Then when Rey comes in guns blazing, you could even replace 3PO’s next line with:

C-3PO: Oh! That was rather aggressive.

A dumb reference, but maybe some deep recess of 3PO’s memory unit made that connection. A shorter version of that line could just be:

3PO: I am here to negotiate for Chewie.

And you could keep the trooper’s “The why are you- what?” like the same, but I like the idea of 3PO saying “Chewie” being why the trooper asks “what?”

Also, I think if you kept playing with this idea, you could change 3PO’s “Happily” line when they first land in the hangar with something more formal and straightforward. Or, just cut it out. I think at this point it makes sense not really refer to his emotional state this early after his memory wipe. It could be funny if we heard him start saying something like, “Excuse me, but this is very much against protocol…”
That would play pretty funny I think, especially coming off his previous line, “And I will be your protocol droid!”

G&G-Fan said:

Luke’s plan to rescue Han makes complete sense when you realize the reason his plan is so complex is because he’s going out of his way to not have to kill Jabba. Because that’s what Jedi do. Negotiate, not kill.

His first plan is to use the droids as a bargaining chip. Lando is planted there so he can get them out after Han is freed, and they lose nothing. That fails. So Leia’s sent in to free him, but she’s caught. Crap. So Luke has to go in himself. He calmly tries to negotiate with Jabba one last time, but he refuses. He knew about the Sarlacc, but not the Rancor, which is why he’s surprised by it. He planted the lightsaber in R2 in case he was gonna be thrown in the Sarlacc pit. Because otherwise they’d nab it off him when preparing to throw him in. And thus we get the sail barge scene.

Luke’s plan isn’t actually needlessly complicated, it’s just that we saw the worst possible scenario because Jabba is stubborn and insane.

I think this is the clearest layout for the “Plan A, Plan B” explanation. Rinzler’s Making of book actually goes into a bit of detail regarding what the plan was with Jabba.

“As one might expect, the rough draft tells a more convoluted story than the final film’s. In its general parts it is similar to the movie. In its details, however, the rough draft differs and in some ways excels. Luke’s plan to rescue Han, though overly complicated perhaps, is more logical than in its final form: It’s clear that his goal is to trick Jabba into the open, where it will be easier for Luke to do battle as a trained Jedi."

“The plan is to trick Jabba into taking Han Solo out of his fortress, as Luke has no hope of overpowering the crime lord and his vassals within his fortress.”

From the story meeting manuscript:

Lucas: What Luke wants to do is to get on that barge and the only way he can do it is as a prisoner. He has to become a prisoner and Chewie has to become a prisoner; they have to unfreeze Han and they all have to be at the same execution, which is what his plan is. He figures once he kills the rancor, then they have to go to the pit. He knows that’s where the execution is going to be anyway. What they do with ordinary nuisances, or solicitors, is they drop them into the rancor pit. Luke knows or doesn’t know that is what would happen, what kind of trap they have laid for him. He’s assuming that when he is discovered and when he is subdued, which he will be, that he is bound to end up with Han and Chewie in the skiff over the Sarlacc pit.
The plan is, “I am going to knock everybody overboard into the pit and we’re going take off”—but it goes a little awry because Boba Fett screws everything up and suddenly they are in trouble and they get into the fight.”
Kasdan: You can assume that Luke’s plan is multilayered and the court of last resort is they are going to take him to the Sarlacc pit and they’ll all be in place. But when he comes in and says, “I want to bargain for Han,” he is hoping that will work.
Lucas: Yes.

From the revised second draft

“Now when Solo comes out of the carbon block, Leia explains that he has hibernation sickness. When he asks who she is, Leia responds, “Someone who loves you.” After they’re captured, a new scene in a dungeon cell interior reunites Han and Chewie, with the latter explaining Luke’s plans to an incredulous Solo. When Luke arrives and has to face the rancor, Lucas fills in much of the action.

After Luke and the others are sentenced, the sub-stratagem of manipulating Jabba so that they’re taken out of the fortress has been dropped. Jabba makes the decision without Luke baiting him—but on the skiff, Luke explains to Han, “Jabba’s palace was too well guarded. I had to get you out of there. Just stay close to Chewie and Lando. We’ll take of everything.” Han: “I can hardly wait.”

Kasdan goes with the angle that Luke hoped he would be able to bargain for Jabba, but the Sarlacc was the last resort. I got the feeling Lucas was imagining that Luke knew Jabba would never give up Han, and everything was just meant to get the entire gang in the right place for the Sail Barge Assault. It makes sense if Lando came to the conclusion that bargaining with Jabba or escaping the fortress would be possible, and the only way Han would ever get out of there is if Jabba took him out himself… to be executed. I think in the end, elements of both interpretations were in the script.

And if you watch the film after Luke kills the Rancor, when 3PO tells them that they are going to be taken to the Sarlacc, you can see Luke nodding his head. It seems like this is what Luke expected. So I kind of see it as them going in knowing that getting to the Sarlacc as the main goal, and not the last resort. But like you said, if Jabba actually agreed to bargain, or if Leia managed to get Han out and Lando got the droids and Chewie, then that would’ve been a welcome surprise. I just got the feeling that Luke giving up the droids from the get-go shows that Luke has no intention of playing fair with Jabba. Which is understandable, since Jabba is a criminal and doesn’t play fair either. I think in the end, though, it was left intentionally vague because they weren’t 100% on which way to approach it.

This is more of a personal interpretation, but I like to think Luke foresaw what would happen on Tatooine. I think that would have satisfied most audiences questions, “Oh okay the Force, he saw what would happen”. Plus, it not only adds more reason for Luke to be so confident in what feels like a complex plan, but Luke luring Jabba into this trap parallels the Emperor luring the rebels into a trap that he also foresaw. The parallel plays into the inner darkness that Luke is in conflict with throughout the movie as well. I also think the Jabba sequence is more interesting if Luke’s emotions during it are a little more complicated. Yeah, he is playing the role of a Jedi wanting to avoid conflict at all costs, but I also get the feeling that a part of Luke wants Jabba to refuse so he can take him out and all of his minions. Yeah, not totally Zen of Luke, but I think it makes sense narratively for Luke to be dealing with that conflict at this point in the story. But the movie definitely plays it as a hero moment unquestioningly, which is fine.

I think it could have been an interesting element to introduce in the first act, though. Luke destroys Jabba and all of his minions, and he questions if violence was a last resort, or what he was actually hoping for. Then later, when we get to the Death Star, Luke actually wonders if Palpatine is right. Does he need the dark side to save his friends? Is that what saved them before? And even though Luke’s anger allows him to actually defeat Vader, Luke doesn’t let his emotions define him, or forever dominate his destiny. He throws his weapon away. Anyway, I think little things like this could have helped thematically tie the Jabba sequence even more with the rest of the film.

EDIT: I admittedly have not read to the ROTJ novelization, but a Tor article kind of summarizes the plot, comparing to the movie, and had this tidbit about the Sail Barge Assualt

The moral ambiguity of what Luke is doing to Jabba and his entourage is made more prevalent, as well as Luke’s uncertainty in how he’s meant to use his newfound power. In that way, Luke’s journey feels more cohesive, more transparent. He is being cocky on the sailbarge, and he is happy to destroy these people who caused pain to friends and neighbors.

“[Luke] found Jabba despicable–a leech of the galaxy, sucking the life from whatever he touched. Luke wanted to burn the villain, and so was actually rather glad Jabba had refused to bargain–for now Luke would get his wish precisely. Of course, his primary objective was to free his friends, whom he loved dearly; it was this concern that guided him now, above all else. But in the process, to free the universe from this gangster slug–this was a prospect that tinted Luke’s purpose with an ever-so-slightly dark satisfaction.”

And then, a few pages later:

“The deck gunners were lining up . . . their shots for the coup de grace, when Luke stepped in front of them, laughing like a pirate king. He lit his lightsaber before they could squeeze off a shot; a moment later they were smoking corpses.”

Obviously it isn’t canon, but it is interesting that the author had a similar interpretation as well.

Wow, no kidding? Care to share more about that? That’s a pretty interesting story!

Honestly, season 2 ending works great as a finale to the series too. If you have some other higher quality shows on your watchlist I’d say go check them out instead of this.

WitchDR put it perfectly. Just going through the motions in the least interesting way possible.

Remember having to write essays in school, and sometimes having to scramble to wrap up the concluding paragraph before time ran out? That’s how this finale felt.

This is so cool! Honestly Star Wars is such a fun setting for table top. I wonder if there are more source books for this system?

Tobar said:

Hal 9000 said:

(If this film doesn’t have a Wilhelm scream, by God we’ll add one.)

Speaking of which, did you know researchers recently uncovered the original recording? Check it out! Here’s an article about it.

So cool! It would be cool to insert the other takes of the scream in different edits as well.

Channel72 said:

Even new Star Wars stories set in the OT time period, like Andor, (my new favorite show), fall victim to the dramatic consequences of the Sequel Trilogy “reboot” plot. You sort of need to mentally ignore the Sequels when watching Andor, otherwise you’re watching a small band of desperate revolutionaries endure nightmarish prisons, make impossible moral sacrifices for a better future, etc., only to have the Empire rise again around two decades later, and then be destroyed again in a similar but discontinuous way by different people.

The old EU in all honesty wasn’t that great (it went off the rails pretty quickly), but at least it told an overall story that was a progression of the OT events, as the former Rebels of the OT became the political and military leaders of the New Republic. The New Republic was depicted as a flawed institution, but it placed the OT heroes in different roles and exposed them to different challenges, progressing the OT story instead of just resetting back to Rebels vs. Empire.

I feel like a lot of these issues could’ve been alleviated with relatively minor changes. The ST films could have made it clearer that the New Republic wasn’t destroyed, but maybe in disarray after Starkiller Base destroyed the Senate. The TLJ and TROS crawls could have explained that battles were being fought across the galaxy between scattered New Republic forces and the First Order, and they didn’t reunify until TROS.

I’m sure this will be repetitive for those who have seen me say this before, but if you just went a little further, they could have removed Starkiller Base, and just had the events of the Sequel Trilogy take place within First Order space. The New Republic would be mostly offscreen, unable to make the first move until the First Order directly attacked them. Leia, who could even be described as a former Chancellor, would lead a resistance movement that is just within First Order territory. In TFA and TLJ, the New Republic would not be able to help them for geopolitical reasons, but once they informed the Republic about the hidden fleet and their plans to invade the galaxy, the ships that show up at the end could be the New Republic fleet, which would more directly vindicate all of those people who sacrificed their lives to restore the Republic.

You could give similar treatments to Han and Luke. Han, for example, could still be working with the New Republic. His ship that captures the Falcon in TFA could be a New Republic ship. And part of the reason he is estranged from Leia is because he can’t associate with her due to her being the leader of the Resistance, which I could imagine being Leia’s decision.

With Luke, you could have him tell Rey that he sent the surviving Jedi into hiding on another planet, and TROS could end with the implication that Rey is going off to find them. You could even potentially suggest that Luke’s Jedi Order serves the Republic, and thus also can’t get involved with the First Order.

Anyway, I don’t think this would’ve been the best way to tell the story if I were writing it from scratch, because people actually wanted to see the New Republic and see Luke’s new Jedi Order, but I guess I’m trying to illustrate that they could have generally told the same story without totally erasing the character progression and accomplishments of the previous generation.

I feel like there is potential in doing a fan edit that makes these changes, but I feel like it is kind of up in the air until we see what this new movie decides to do.

I don’t think this episode makes up for the problems with this season overall, but there’s a lot to like with this episode as well.

I really loved the cyberpunk vibes from the initial scenes on Coruscant. There was a great shot of the Imperial probe droid looming over Kane. Haven’t been impressed with the cinematography much this season but I really liked the look and feel of that scene.

The nerdy lore-loving part of me really enjoyed the Shadow Council scene. It presents a really intriguing concept, and while the acting from the warlords was a little campy here and there, it fits for Star Wars. I feel like Pellaeon was pulled right out of the pages of the Thrawn Trilogy. Looks just as I imagined him, and I liked the actors performance. He had this slightly dramatic way he moved his hands as he spoke, which I thought played into how Gideon called him out with always speaking with authority. You kind of get this vibe that he is trying to project more authority to persuade the other warlords to listen to him and wait for Thrawn’s return. But you also get a sense that he is trying to alleviate his own concerns with Thrawn’s long absence.

Again, I did say the other warlords were a little campy, but they set them up nicely I thought. They all have interesting looks, different costumes that set them apart. The few lines we get from them gives us a hint at their personalities. And one moment I enjoyed was when Gideon said, “I account for what goes on in my sector, no more, no less. The same can be said for every member of this council.” And the other warlords immediately chime in with, “Yes”, “Of course”. BUT, you can tell, just like Gideon, they all have their own ulterior motives that they’re also hiding. It definitely adds dimension to this concept of a Shadow Council. These warlords have an uneasy alliance with each other. I get the feeling that Brendol Hux and Pallaeon’s factions have more resources than the other warlords, and they use that as leverage to keep them quiet, and fall in line with their plans.

You can definitely argue they are trying to retroactively make the run and gun of the sequel trilogy work better, but I do appreciate the effort. I’m not saying it is brilliant storytelling, I’ve been pretty disappointed in it, but one thing I have liked about this season is that it has given some interesting tidbits of world building for this post-ROTJ era (7 years after the Battle of Endor I think?). The New Republic rangers, the Mandalorian reunification, and the Imperial Shadow Council, all make for interesting concepts that would be fun for a Star Wars tabletop game or something like that.

Has this most recent episode given you confidence in being able to put together a decent edit for this season?

The amount of work you are putting into making every single shot look as good as possible is pretty incredible. Aligning two different sources frame by frame and masking out parts you don’t want is something I wouldn’t even had considered.

I had considered playing around with a ROTJ edit this year for the 40th anniversary, but I feel like comparing whatever source I use to your version would make it hard for me to go back and watch my own edit!

Since there were always rumors of Episodes 10, 11 and 12, I think it cool from an old-school perspective to make an edit that embraces that idea.

Since Daisy came on stage I do think this will happen and not end up abandoned like many other announced projects. But I do wonder, long term, if there will actually be 3 movies or not. Guess you could endlessly speculate. We’ll have to wait and see!

With the “Rey killed your parents” idea, if you could change Luke’s line, “Because you’re a Palpatine” with “Because of your parents.” or something like that, with maybe slight alterations to his mouth movements, you wouldn’t have to change anything else about that scene.

Also, if you could give Luke a new offscreen lines before “Some things are stronger than blood” you could recontextualize that line to be about Rey’s bond with Leia being very close, rather than it being about her blood relation to Palpatine.

Also, this might be a bad idea, but I wondered if a Rey Nobody edit could still work with the Emperor still referring to Rey as Empress Palpatine. Like, Palpatine would know Rey’s quest for belonging and family, so it could be his way of saying, “the belonging you seek is with me”. But, it could also be a way for Rey Palpatine to still be hinted at for those who like that. Kind of how Deckard being a human or replicant is left ambiguous. Anyway, just a thought.

It’s pretty simple: not taking the prequels into consideration!

Haha, that is Hal’s actual voice! Unless we want to make an AI voice or Hal to use for edits forever.

Just got caught up on Mandalorian and had some general thoughts about tackling season 3.

This may not be necessary for what you might be thinking about right now, but I think there are some tools that could be useful in really transforming season 3 content to fit whatever mold you might have in mind.

For starters, as the season progresses I really am digging the idea of separating Din and Grogu for a longer period of time. I do think there will be times where it will be a headache to remove Grogu from certain shots, but there are techniques that can be used accomplish that.

1. After Effects’ content aware fill can help with masking Grogu out of certain shots.
2. Sort of like the VFX AG-83 used to cover up Grogu with a bomb in BOBF, he can be covered up with rocks or other objects.
3. There have been shots in the season where simply cropping the shot could get the job done. Using a 4K source or upcaling software would be useful for these type of shots.
4. There are definitely shots that you’ll just have to cut out completely. A lot of shots of Din in the N1 fall into this category, especially in the newest episode.

Overall, I could see it being possible though. It might be ambitious, but considering everyone thought having them separated for at least some period of time was a no brainer, I feel like making this change would be pretty transformative, a lot like TFA: Restructured with Starkiller Base.

Another tool that could be useful, even if you used it sparingly, are the new voice AI tools that are being made. Considering a majority of our main characters are wearing helmets, this could be really helpful for scene/plot restructuring, or even crafting more interesting lines. I’ve really felt the writing has been lacking this season, like video game NPCs, so this could be fun to play around with.

This YouTuber, Dewit, posted this video today with an example of Din Djarin.

I’m curious if there would be enough voice samples that could be used to do this for the Armorer and Bo Katan.

I actually think it would be useful to apply this to the existing Luke scenes as well. I know his voice is already AI generated, but I feel like the software has already improved a lot since his featured episodes were released, and his line could be given more emotion and sound bit more realistic if they were remade. This would also allow you to change what Luke tells/teaches Grogu to fit a more Legends-esque version of the character.

Dewit also has an interesting example for Luke at the end of this video It does sound a bit more like “Mark” than “Luke”, probably because he trained it on interviews rather than the films, but I feel like it has more emotion than how he sounds in the Mandalorian. Perhaps if the AI was trained on his lines from the OT, specifically from ROTJ, it would fit more closely with Mark’s “Luke” voice.

I can’t recall if you used it or not, but it would be nice to use Shamook’s deepfake of Luke for the Season 2 finale if you haven’t already used it. Also, not a big deal, but it always sort of bugged me that Luke didn’t even really introduce himself to Din before leaving with the child. A simple “I’m Luke Skywalker” would’ve been nice.

(Also? Since you’re a legends fan too, it could be cool to make Luke’s training planet Yavin by adding the red gas giant to the sky in an establishing shot or something.)

And this idea could even be applied to Boba Fett for any BOBF content that maybe could’ve used a certain line here or there from
Boba.

Anyway, what JarJar Bricks has been doing for TROS: Ascendant has been pretty crazy, but you are still limited mostly to using it for off screen dialogue, or having to use VFX to match mouth movements for a few words here and there. With the Mandalorian, you would have a lot more freedom to redub all of these helmeted characters, and you could even record new voices for Mandalorian characters with brief speaking roles if you needed to convey some information.

And speaking of lines in general, I think it would be nice if you could trim down the use of “This is the Way”. I feel like the Mandalorians day it for every little thing, and it takes away from its gravitas when used for the most trivial things. “You can sit by the fire. This is the Way.”

Hard to have a lot of ideas about the overall plot until this season is over, but I thought it would be useful to keep this stuff in mind when imagining what can be done with this season.