TheDimitrios

I tried a few things here, primarily to gibe additional reasoning to the armorers decision to choose this moment to make a helmet exception
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"BK: You wished to see me?

A: Not long ago, this place was taken from us. Many brothers and sisters died trying to defend it… Now we have reclaimed it… By helping a former enemy…
(Pause)
You once sought to reclaim Mandalore…

BK: That dream has never died.

A: Our peoples history is a tapestry of triumph and tragedy, that forged what we know as “the way”. Each of our great leaders added to it, shaping our present and future… Sometimes in ways that had been unthinkable before…
Remove your helmet!

BK: But…?

A: It is said that a true leader can endure the Gaze of a Mythosaur and emerge unscathed, their eyes reflecting the beast’s Spirit. You claim to have seen a Mythosaur. A claim as bold as it is rare… Prove it or this Fallen Forge will be your tomb… Remove your helmet!

BK: This is the Way.

A: To claim such an encounter is to assert a connection to the very soul of Mandalore. It is to claim a right to leadership, to shape the way, to guide our scattered people back to unity.

BK: I understand.

A: Then look into my eyes and let me see the depth of your claim. Reveal Your purpose to me here and now and face our destiny… Don’t show me your eyes, show me the true leader behind them… We stand on a precipice, Bo-Katan. This is the moment where you will rise or fall…

[Music, scene change]

A: Brothers and sisters! Mando’ade! Gather around, anade. Bo-Katan Kryze is going off to bring other Mandalorians in exile to us so that we may be one people again.

PV: But she shows her face…

A: The Mythosaur has fixed her gaze upon Bo-Katan. She has been chosen to walk a new way. (The Spirit of the Mythosaur IS her helmet now.) (The burden of this responsibility has been placed on Bo-Katan’s back.) To liberate our people from the past… And to restore our future… So that our children will know the glory of the Way. (We shall return to Mandalore as one people!) She will lead us home

That was quick.

The dialogue still needs some tweaking, but overall I,think it works!

The CotW must have been created at the tail end of the Clone Wars though.

vranir said:

So then she gets to keep it off so that everyone can see the anointing in her eyes?

The armorer at some point later says something about Bo Katan walking in both worlds. I think thats pretty compatible with this idea.

What I specifically like about this approach is that taking off the helmet DOES have a risk of death attached. Which kinda feels fitting for the CotW. An exception from the helmet rule should have a risk attached.

What if some mysticism gets introduced?

The armorer claims to be able to see it in one’s eyes if a person has actually encountered a Mythosaur. So she invites Bo Katan to take off her Helmet, but warns her that she will be killed if she has lied about the Mythosaur thing.

“The true leader of Mandalore will forge a an alliance of all our people… chosen by the mighty Mythosaur itself”

“Encountering the Mythosaur leaves a mark. You can see it in the eyes of a Mandalorian. So if you want to proof your claim, remove your helmet. Should you have Lied, death will be your reward, as is our custom”

I think this would be nicely fitting with Bo Katans attitude when removing her Helmet.

any chance at least the dark/night scenes of book 1 and 2 can be updated quality wise? The stuff in daylight is totally looking OK.

It’s honestly not so much about what can be fixed and more that it feels disconnected as part of the Mando/Mandalore Story.

That disconnect would not feel like one if it was It’s own little thing.

I kinda came around on the idea of a Pershing Minisode. If it comes without the Way of Mandalore branding.

I also vote for the 3 hour book six epic finale. 😃

This does sound amazing!

Anyone has this edit and can send it my way? DZ seems to be busy with RL and did not answer my PM.

I just want to note that there is probably a relevant amount of interest in such an alternate audio track.

Super excited for this to be finished. Then I can rewatch the Mandalore stuff while a presumably great Bad Batch edit is in the making. 😃

I don’t know why Mega gets recommended. It took me multiple tries until Coaxium Heist was downloaded succesfully and it took ages.

It is especially noticeable when the whales fly around the Republic spaceships and prepare for the Hyperspace jump, if that helps.

Just wanted to say that after a Clone Wars Rewatch the Force Ghosts in Ep 9 make sooooo much sense.

Yoda specifically says “achieve victory for all times”, after starting the training to become a Force Ghost. So slick!

Am I the only one who has problems with stutters in Part 2 of this cut?
The video is 25 fps and not the normally used 23,98fps. That might be the problem.

edit: part 1 does not have the problem and is at 24fps, which indicates my theory is correct.

Great to hear!

Will you also do some finishing touches for episode 0?

Idea regarding the issue of the Mandalorians leaving Nevarrp so early:
This is another attempt of Karga to secure the planet. So if you intercut the Mandalorians leaving with a reaction shot of him looking up to the sky worried, it becomes yet another setback in his quest and therefore has at least some purpose for the story.

I could isolate the voices for you if that helps.

The recolor of the planet is a very nice touch!

Thanks g00b, this is exactly the kind of feedback to get a feel for the whole fan edit thing!

I got worried that the audience would call into question if the wookies are really there once I introduce the ambush, so I tried to make it as clear as possible for the viewer that the Ghost is indeed in the right place. I might have overdone this a bit, will try to see how it flows without the first establishing shot.
As is, the Star Destroyer does not come back yet. I am scouting for fitting footage, but a lot is still in flux and maybe I will not find something fitting. While I think it would probably work (although not very elegantly) without, it would be best to resolve that beat later on, even if it is just by the Ghost flying past a Star Destroyer.
I am still thinking about what to do with that Holocron, because Eura does give it back to Kanan when he leaves the ship. Maybe I will find a more elegant solution.

EddieDean said:

Very nice! I hope you guys can bounce off each other nicely to generate some good ideas. Best of luck!

Let’s see how the feedback to these first few changes is. 😃

EddieDean said:

Is this movies or TV-length episodes? How will it differ from g00b’s?

Will absolutely aim for tv length episodes. This actually started out as an alternate Cut to Episode 1 of Rebels Recut, had some talks about that with G00b behind the scenes.

G00b does a great job, he is more focused on plot though, while I really prefer to dig into the characters. For example, I will keep Episode 3 (which is completely skipped by G00b) mostly intact, because it shows the growing pains of the Ghost Crew becoming a unit and them accepting Ezra as a real part of them. Not to forget about the Setup For Zeb and Kallus that happens there. It is all not strictly needed to understand the plot of the show, but deepens the characters and let’s their relationships evolve a bit.
Second big difference will be that I will keep a bit more of the goof. We have Andor as a super serious show in this time frame already.
Lastly, I am probably more willing to radically change how certain scenes are used, if it fits with my goals. G00b tends to stay very close to the source material.