As far as I can tell that’s how the original looks… although it could be a weird HDR thing making it look more washed out on my PC.

It definitely had a bit more color when watching on my TV (but I have that set to boost saturation).

So it may not be the most reliable before? Regardless, my edit still has higher color saturation and levels of contrast then the original.

I’ve thought about cutting the scene where Sabine gets stabbed. Still have the fight but remove that goofy moment and cut to Ashoka finding Sabine injured.

I’ve thought about making a movie cut… still undecided on cuts and rearrangements for now but I’ll see how the whole series goes!

For now though I’m focused on improving the visuals.

What I’m doing:
I’m not sure if this will go anywhere as of yet but while I’ve been watching Ahsoka I felt there has been something missing… color!!! So much of the series has callbacks to the prequels in the way that it’s filmed but the incredible color pallet is missing.

Along with that I’ve noticed some lightsabers don’t look right (the orange ones look unique and great but the other sabers look off)

I’ve had a crack at bringing some much needed life into the Marrok and Ahsoka fight in episode 2 (at this stage I’ve only got 17 seconds of footage). I’ve heard some people criticise it but I feel the choreography is mostly there it just needs some visual impact! That’s why I’ve started at this fight scene.

I’m wanting to get some feedback as I’ve never attempted any visual edits to this degree.

The footage:
https://youtu.be/g0WCSU-myio

Changes So Far:

• Recolored Corellian Sky to be blue instead of grey.
• Reworked Marroks Lightsaber
• Cut Hera Entering Phantom 2.
• Cut Hera Shot of Hera taking the phantom 2 wheel.
• Cut Phantom 2 takeoff.
• Cut third establishing shot of Murrok and his droid
• Cut shot where droid attacks ashoka first

For those not interested in watching the video here is a before and after shot.

Original

My Version

Original

My Version

Original

My Version

PMs sent 😃

zaccthegreat said:

Is it still possible to get a link to the fanedit episodes, please?

PM Sent 😃

RELEASED S02E02 - Relics of the Republic V4

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Revamped introduction text
• Added episode title card
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential. Sets up some major characters for the show ongoing.

PM’s sent 😃

PMs sent 😃

RELEASED S02E01 - The Siege of Lothal V4

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Revamped introduction text
• Added episode title card
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• Smoothed transition between episodes and removed Vaders elongated breath. Now it flows normally.

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential. Major plot development that lead into the wider Season 2 plots.

Fullmetaled said:

This is Ryan golden as a Palpatine tell me if he was able to perfect it, it wouldn’t be a perfect palpatine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgCqBkMblLE

That is very impressive. It would be interesting to hear him speak original lines (that’s when perfecting a voice becomes really difficult because you have nothing to directly imitate)!

RELEASED S01E07 - A Message to Lothal V4

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• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Revamped introduction text
• Added episode title card
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• No additional cuts or scene restorations here, just worthwhile polish and upgrades!

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential. Major plot development that leads into Season 2 and the conclusion of the main plot of the season.

RELEASED S01E06 - Broadcast of Hope V4

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Revamped introduction text
• Added episode title card
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• No additional cuts or scene restorations here, just worthwhile polish and upgrades!

Viewing Notes

Episode could be skipped but has some important character moments for Ezra, good bonding moments for Ezra and Hera and continues the story thread of Senator Gall Trayvis. (Not an overall important story thread but one that’s present through the rest of season 1).

RELEASED S01E01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.2

Changes

• Removed the random blaster sound effects - they were displaced once I added some scenes back in and now that the project is out of stereo sound I no longer need them. (the 5.1 sound has the blaster shots mixed into it’s audio).
• Further smoothed the audio transition between the Inquisitor and Ezra on the roof.
• Modified the visual transition between the Inquisitor and Ezra on the roof. Adding extra frames of the eyes, and subtracting some additional frames of Ezra to balance it out more.

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

RELEASED S01E05 - Trial of the Jedi V4

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• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Revamped introduction text
• Added episode title card
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• No additional cuts or scene restorations here, just worthwhile polish and upgrades!

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential viewing as it continues both Ezra’s and Kanan’s journey as a Jedi.

PeteOfDawn said:

I was skimming the new version of episode 1 and I noticed that during the scene where Ezra finds the lightsaber and Kanan and Hera walk in (starting at 15:32) there are random blaster sound effects. I don’t know if it’s just in that one scene but that’s something you should look into.

Also on my first watch through the series I didn’t use the subtitles but while skimming through this and the other episodes I used them noticed almost every sentence started with “>>”. Just for a test I went into one of the SRT files and removed the “>>” from a few sentences to see if it would effect the the timing but it didn’t. All it did was remove them while playing the video. Those symbols are part of the text and really shouldn’t be there.

Another suggestion I have when it comes to subtitles is instead uploading them as a separate files you should merge them into the video. Using MKVToolNix you could easily merge the SRT and MP4 files to make an MKV file and the timing will still be the same. I it did myself because I prefer having singular files and they worked perfectly fine.

Thanks for all the feedback!!

I’ll definitely look into random blaster shots in episode 1… A bit odd but I’ll see what I’ve done for that to happen 😂😂

In terms of subtitles they should display >> when it detects a new character talking. It seemed a lot for work to remove them all manually so I opted to refine and have it more consistent (though, it might only follow that rule in season 2)

I’ve considered merging the subtitles but while I’m still playing around with the series, for my workflow it’s much easier to have them seperated. I may decide to merge them later on!

I’ve checked again on google drive and the audio desync is there (incase it was just my download). Check 10:22 to 10:32 as this is where it’s more noticeable. The audio might only be a frame or two off. Hera’s and Kanan’s mouth will start moving before the audio comes through. Hope this helps!

I’ve gotten about 10 minutes into Fulcrum of the force and the audio seems to be out of sync. Not sure if that continues the whole way through. I quickly jumped to 52 minutes and the audio seem in sync there so not sure what’s happened (could just be the scenes around 10minutes). Thought I’d let you know! Loving what you’ve done so far, the opening was very clever. Once I’ve watched the whole thing I’ll give more feedback. 😃

PsyGemini said:

New intro for episode 1 got a million times better, nice!

However the transition from the Ginquisitor to Ezra on the rooftops (2:25) is still a little off-putting, and I’m guessing it’s because of the audio - goes too quickly from the ominous soundtrack to the casual stormtroopers on the radio. Maybe if you’d “slowmo” the Ginquisitor’s face just for a couple seconds while the music finds its pace to go a little quieter?

I’ll have another play with the audio blending here. Not sure I’ll be able to get it nicer but if I can I’ll put the update through. Not sure if it’ll look right to slowmo the Inquisitors face but I’ll keep experimenting. Thanks for the suggestions PsyGemini! 😄

honestabe said:

It could get a little ugly, but your best bet may be to mix and match her different lines. That could also get disjointed based on the tone and inflection of her voice.

Here is a line from S1, Ep. 15:

“Maybe this mission doesn’t make military sense. But Kanan is family. And we’ve all lost enough family to the Empire. So rescuing him makes sense to me. I’m not ordering you, any of you, to come along. But you need to decide now. In or out?”

You could find her mentioning Fulcrum elsewhere and get a line like this: “Fulcrum is ordering you to come along this mission. In or out?”

I’ve experimented with making new lines from existing ones before and honestly I don’t think it works to well. For now, I’ll keep an eye out for any bridging scenes that could be inserted and/or hope someone who reads the forum could give me an AI generated line I could use haha.

RELEASED S01E04 - Empire Day V4

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Revamped introduction text
• Added episode title card
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• Centered end credit text
• No additional cuts or scene restorations here, just worthwhile polish and upgrades!

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential viewing. Major character development for Ezra as well as further season plot progression.

I’d go with the former! I feels like it’d make the most sense in terms of the focus for your edit. I’m also interested in the workprint 😃

I’ve been trying to use AI to create an extra line for Hera for episode 2 of the edit (to bridge the two episodes of the original I’ve merged). I was trying to get her to say “We’ve got a new mission from Fulcrum. Ezra, Sabine, I need you to prep the Phantom.” But unfortunately, the AI I use can’t seem to replicate her voice.

I thought I’d put this out there incase anyone can make this dialogue or knows any other lines from Rebels I could use in its place. At this stage I’m unable to bridge that gap so the episode will stay as is.

My intent was to insert this line as the Ghost ship takes off.

I’m also open to any other ideas about how to improve this episode or how to smooth the transition between episodes.

Glad you enjoyed the changes Daiyus! Thanks again for the great suggestion!

RELEASED S01E01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.1

Changes

Okay! Placement wise for the Vader and Inquisitor scene. I think it needs to stay where it is. I’ve got a few reasons for this.

• 1. I can’t find a place where it seems I could locate it where it makes sense. It needs to appear before Kallus reports the rebels to the inquisitor and there’s no good break in the story for this.
• 2. We need this scene to A) set up that Ezra is force sensitive and B) build extra tension for when Kanan uses his lightsaber at the close of the episode.

I’ve added back Ezra on the speeder bike (great suggestion Daiyus!). I think its placement works really well with Vader’s appearance as the music builds dramatically (originally why I cut the scene as early as I did). Having that crescendo in the music move into Darth Vader on screen makes a lot of sense. This also now helps explain why Ezra is suddenly in a different location after the Vader Inquisitor scene.

I’ve reinstated the fade transition from the Inquisitor opening his eyes to Ezra. This was the original transition in the show but to a different point in time. I’ve modified it to take longer then in some of my original cuts and I think these changes definitely smooth out the opening section of episode one!

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Some great ideas Daiyus and Psy! I’ll go back and have a play around with these and see if what we get is a better product!

I’ll try some different locations for the Vader and Grand inquisitor scene. Not just the beginning and end. (Maybe I could fit it into episode 3???) And I’ll post back what I come up with to see what you all think. 😃

RELEASED S01E03 - Old Masters V4

Downloads

• 1080p version: available
• 1080p recolor: available
• 4K recolor: available
• Subtitles: available

Changes from V3

• For all downloads 5.1 Surround sound added
• Slight improvement to visual quality
• Smaller file size
• Updated intro helmet sequence
• Revamped introduction text
• Added episode title card
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• Centered end credit text
• No additional cuts or scene restorations here, just worthwhile polish and upgrades!

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential viewing as it sets up the main antagonist of season 1 and strong character/relationship development for Ezra and Kanan.