Watching Book 5 and it flows pretty well so far. Small nitpick: At 52:30 it cuts from the head of the droid to Mando’s head, with both being in exactly the same place. That transition is a bit rocky.
Personally, I thought the design was close enough. The Inquisitors in Kenobi were in desperate need of fixing, some people did not even recognize the Grand Inquisitor, so that was work well spent for Trials of the Master. Investing big amounts of time to make Bane look 10% better is not worth it imo.
One thing just came to me: Will the scene of Grogu seeing the space whales be in there? It is just so damn beautiful. ❤️
With the Maul show and Ventress’ Tales story taking place in the same timeframe, it seems like they are not quite done with this part of the timeline. Fingers crossed.
Sadly it will not be the canned Clone Wars Arc.
It is a super fun watch. Can recommend.
This does look indeed amazing!
Thanks for all your hard work!
This does look amazing
I have just stumbled over this guy, some stuff might be worthy of inclusion in some fan edits
https://youtu.be/s8MD6shUMtA?si=evG3WSPIrF57rPQU
Just jumping in to say that your work is highly appreciated.
The gif has Obi Wan and the whole landscape outside shifting, while the inside of the cave stays static.
I assume there is just a png of the inside with a transparent cutout on the top layer.
I also pitched in. All the best wishes.
Flows pretty well, considering the original footage. Maybe someone has an idea to get rid of the planet core mentioning? Making it just a secret passage into the city?
Hoping the new versions of Episode I will also remove the force run scene …
I second this
So elegant. I love it.
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.
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.
NM
It would be great to have the Padme Funeral scene from Totj in the last episode!
Big fan of a lot of your stuff. Personally, I am not a big fan of just adding scenes so characters have screen time. It was my biggest problem with BB2 that those Phee and Batch scenes in the first half felt so disjointed/disconnected.
BB3 Feedback:
Very nice finale. Overall this edit is very good, has good pacing and works nicely. That is an achievement considering the source material.
A few suggestions that came to mind while watching:
Omega is told to stay on Pabu by all characters and then just comes with them anyway to the Snow planet.l without a reason given for it.
The cyanide equivalent hidden in the teeth is not etablished and never comes back. The reference to it in the interrogation scene can be cut without losing anything.
After Rex sees the target hologram of Omega, it cuts to the Batch waiting for Echo. (who was with them the last time we saw them) This feels a bit disorienting. Showing Echo leave or working with another timejump somehow might resolve the issue.
Adding the Batch attaching to the science vessel (very trimmed version) might flow better. Between Echo being onboard in Disguise and the Batches Ship being attached to that vessel it is really felt that something is missing here.
I really think these are super close to perfection. Now on to Rebels. 😃
Just finished BB 2 (had to pause yesterday).
It worked quite well, I especially Like that both movie 1 and 2 now end with the Batch facing Crosshair, but with almost flipped dynamics as to who is ready to forgive the other side. What I have not mentioned so far: The technical quality of these edits is also top notch
Got 2 more suggestions, 1 nice2have and 1 that I feel is needed for continuity:
It would be a nice thing to have the shuttle crash onscreen and not just mentioned in dialogue. It is awfully convenient that there just happens to be a shuttle crash either way, so this is more nice2have and I see the reason for cutting it, since the scene could be hard to place pacing wise.
The one thing that took me out of the movie was that we did not see Batcher being freed, but Omega still refers to his empty box. I think this could be fixed in 2 ways: Either the scene of Batcher being freed could be put in, or the direct reference to her Box being empty could be removed. (with the 2nd option implying that she just got let loose with all the other dogs.)
The big thing this edit does right imho is to jump over most of season 2. While there are a few things I liked there, it is almost impossible to get around the Phee and Pabu introduction, which always messes things up. Looking forward to part 3 and the Rebels stuff.
Of the points I mentioned, I really think establishing Cid and AZ is the big one, although believe me I GET the urge ro get rid of her. xD
BB2 Feedback:
I think the Crawl can be a bit more vague. Should be enough to mention that the Batch is laying low. Phee does not need to be introduced by name here.
In the same vein, it should be enough if the crawl says that Echo and Rex are off together.
Also, showing the attack of Rex and Echo on that convoy and extracting the data would be a good, action filled start to the edit. And it would establish the stolen data a bit better.
Furthermore, if direct references to Crosshairs crime are taken out, it would be implied in this edit that Crosshair is just taken prisoner because he is supposed to be questioned about the whereabouts of his squad. Which means his portion of the Crawl can be omitted and we don’t have such a big thing happening offscreen.
Ideally, there would an “Intermission” short movie or something that has Crosshairs journey in it. But I think that goes a bit against your vision.
Feedback for BB1:
I do like a lot of the choices in this edit. The way the training room sequence from ep1 was cut around was super elegant. The time jump also worked quite nicely.
The edit does not establish why Omega is in the cell. By adding that scene back in Lulu would also get established.
Right before the time jump, after Crosshairs assignment, a scene could be added of the Batch meeting Rex in Cids bar. (implying that they are there to meet Rex) This would set up the events after the timejump nicely.
I think a more direct establishing of Cid would be great. A scene of the Batch getting rewarded for a successful mission and getting the next one after the time jump could work wonders. (edit: this could maybe also be used to show that AZ now hangs out at the bar, so this is properly set up for movie 2, when AZ is the whole reason to return to Cid)
The ending scene is a good fit thematically, but it could do with some setup. Maybe it could also help to cut the reference to the footage being taken from Ramparts Venator. If that line gets cut, the implication could be that it is the recording of the batches ship.