I think I’ve fixed up S01E02. Essentially, I was using the wrong parts of each episode. Now, I think they flow together nicely and feel like a cohesive story, sharing themes and arks.

I’ve reinstated Zeb and Ezra going through the Lothal market so we can see the tension between the two as well as be told about it in the intro text. I’ve reordered some scenes so we hear about Sabines mistrust plot within the first five minutes so it’s not forgotten by the time we get to it halfway through the episode like it was before. It’s placement now mirrors Zeb and Ezra’s ark, showing the mistrust both groups have for each other. I’ve cut the Phantom chase scene that opens Into Darkness and reinstated Zeb and Ezra working together to fix the phantom (but failing due to Chopper). This addition works nicely to blend the two episodes together as it forms the conclusion for Zeb and Ezra’s fighting. Now they’re working together… albeit against Chopper and still failing but it works!

I look forward to feedback on it once I get it released for everyone! 😄

bill55 said:

Would love to get a link to check this out! Thanks!

PM sent 😃

Thanks Eddie, it’s been a very fun process working out how to do all of this. I’m also very determined to make this show as good as it can be! I’m also feeling like I’m getting close to this show being as good as it can be, so that’s also awesome. 😄

CMMAP said:

nice introduction to your changes 😃

Thanks!

I‘d like to chime in once you‘ve passed season one with your v4 reworks.

I’m into season 4 with V4. I’m just fixing up the introduction (first two episodes)to the series as they’ve been noticeably poorer quality. If you’re talking about my recent proposed changes that’s fair enough!

Just released a trailer for my edit! Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVncxYQ0z44

Hopefully that’s the last version of this episode I need to release! hahaha 10 revisions is enough (Unless I’ve got to fix anything haha!)

My next mission is to fix episode 2 of the series. At the moment it’s fine but feels like two episodes back to back. I want to see if there’s a way to blend the arks together a touch. Any suggestions would be great!

RELEASED S01E01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.10

Downloads

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

Changes from V4.9

• Rebuilt the opening of the show to feel more star warsy
  • Opening shot of Ghost in space taken from The Machine in the Ghost short
    • Used masking to remove the title card
  • Took shot of the Ghost flying towards Lothal from S01E04 - Fighter Flight
    • doubled the framerate in Flowframes and doubled the duration of the clip (Essentially giving me twice as much footage for the same shot in the correct framerate)
  • Took shot of Hera flying the Ghost from S01E11 - Idiots Array
    • masked out the windows and flipped the direction to make it look like the Ghost was turning into Lothal instead of away from it.
  • Took shot from S01e03 - Droids in Distress of the Lothal city
    • Took a shot of the Ghost flying through the sky from the short Property of Ezra Bridger.
      • Masked ghost to put the ship in the shot above for a bit of continuity.
  • Took a sequence from S01e11 - Idiots Array with Zeb and Kanan in the bar. Kanan talks to Old Jho.
    • cut Zeb and chopper betting and cut right to Kanan and Old Jho
  • As the payment takes place we transition to Ezra at his home.
    • Used Flowframes and half speed to give me more time with the shot of Ezra’s home after the wipe.
  • Replaced Old Jho’s voiced dialogue to Alien speech with subtitles (I plan to do this for the rest of his lines in the seires)
  • ADDED (00:47:17) From start until zoom in on ezra’s home.
• Reinstated sequence of Ezra in Lothal helping the Gotal
  • Opening shot with the TIE fighters is now where we wipe to from the Inquisitor and Vader
  • Gotal dialogue replaced with alien language I’ve created from goat and chicken audio
  • Cut the Gotal saying the empire sucks as it’s not needed. The charge of treason for not being registered for trade is much more abuse of powery and better suited to the Empire.
  • removed dialogue over shots of citizens looking on. I think it’s more powerful if they’re silent.
    • Reordered this shot, it now happens after the Empire orders the Gotal to be taken away.
    • Put dialogue here from Grint to better blend this new ordering
  • trimmed shot of Gotal being taken away to make the Empire seem less comically evil.
  • removed dialouge over the citizens reacting. These people have just given up and I think this stresses that point without needed extra dialogue.
    • reordered this shot to after Ezra takes the comm from the Imps.
  • cut Ezra “but it sure has a way of finding me” line.
  • cut Gotal “Who is that kid?”
    Extra Cuts:
  • 08:19:21 - 08:24:00 (00:05:03 CUT) - “Who are you” exchange as its a left punchline to a joke that I’ve cut out previously.
  • 08:53:15 - 08:56:15 (00:03:00 CUT) - Cut Ezra talking to himself saying the creates must be worth it
  • 08:53:15 - 08:55:01 (00:01:10 CUT) - Made the TIE fighter only shoot once to make the Empire more credible.
  • 11:38:23 (CUT LINE) - Cut “Oh he’s in the ship alright” joke from Sabine but kept the shot.
  • 11:40:07 - 11:40:20 (00:00:13 CUT) - ^ shot was lingering a bit too long after the line cut so it was trimmed
  • 13:58:04 - 14:32:23 (00:34:19 CUT)- S01E03.mp4 has a better Kallus interaction.
  • 13:58:04 - 14:17:10 (00:19:06 ADDED) - Added in The said s01e03 - Droids in Distress scene that is both better and shorter for introducing Kallus
  • 12:53:20 - 00:14:21:08 (CUT 02:27:12) - reordered the Kallus scene to be after the first jump to hyperspace to fill the weird flow made by the ad break.
  • 12:53:20 - 00:14:22:22 (ADDED 02:29:02) - Rebels escape into Kallus scene into Tarkintown into Vizago getting the guns.
  • 15:05:08 - Changed the Tarkintown Rodian’s audio to make him speak Rodian instead of basic.
  • 17:18:20 - Cut Ezra knowing a lightsaber is the weapon of the Jedi.
• Added wildlife SFX to the outskirts of Lothal and a lesser amount over the city shots. The idea here is to enhance a plot thread already existing in the show, the Empire occupation is killing Lothal. As the series goes on (particularly in season 2 and season 4) there will be less and less of these added SFX to further this point.
• Added more background sfx to Kessel to make it feel more in alignment with current canon.

IvRo said:

Hey!
Always thought the show was a little to childish, I’m interested on your take of the show. Would love a link to it. 😃
Best Regards

PM sent 😃

900072474 said:

My middle son wants to watch Rebels with me again. I don’t know how many times he’s watched it. Now I’m excited now to experience it again but better, Recut. Would love the link. Looking forward to a better Bendu. MTFBWY, cheers and thanks!

PM sent 😃

A bit of an update of what I’m doing ATM in my spare time. I know I just released v4.9 for Spark of Rebellion but this episode has always bothered me so I’ve been working hard to fix it and well… a VERY different and much BETTER version will be released soon. I’ve been combing through all the episodes and shorts that I’ve cut and I’ve reconstructed the opening of this show, I’m addressing that problematic transition with the Inquisitor once and for all and I have an entirely new introduction for Kallus! This is the main episode I get feedback on and to be honest, it’s because the opening to Rebels is pretty poorly executed (not a bad story just bogged down by weird creative choices and overtly childish elements). This episode is one of the reasons we’ve got TheDimitrios making his own edit (at least some good has come from my many attempts to fix this episode)!

I’ve also picked up on two things that I want to continue to fix throughout the show. 1) The aliens speak basic… Why? Well, so kids can understand. I’ve been replacing a lot of alien dialogue with their native languages and even made some sounds for different languages that hadn’t been on screen before (to my knowledge). 2) I want to add more ambient wildlife to Lothal. In season 4, a plotline is how the Empire is destroying the environment of Lothal and part of this is the wildlife (hence why the lothwolves intervene) and I think I can draw this element out a bit by creating a more robust soundscape of wildlife in the first season, to have it decrease a touch in the second season and be completely gone by the fourth. My hope is this will leave the viewer feeling like Lothal is empty and dying.

I’ve built a trailer for the series that I’m very happy with and quite frankly it has inspired me to build up more “star warsy” type sounds for rebels, hence the above goals. It’s ready to release but I’m waiting for a touch of voice acting before I release it.

Anyway, that’s a little teaser of what’s to come and what’s been cooking behind the scenes!

aGreatHumanBeing said:

Therefore I humble ask if it would be possible to add a new column in your spreadsheet (next to the version-column, maybe?), that indicates when each episode was last updated?

I’ve now updated the spreadsheet to include the date the episode was last updated! This should make it much easier to work out what you do and don’t have!

Daiyus said:

There’s a spreadsheet? I’ve been using one of my own, tracking the whole saga with various fan-edits and Blu-ray rips logged, with versions where applicable. Whenever I see a new version come up on this thread I highlight it on the spreadsheet to grab at the next opportunity 🤣

I’ve now sent you a PM with the spreadsheet!

Oh! Thats a great idea! I hadn’t thought of that!

RELEASED S01E04 - Empire Day V4.3

Downloads

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

Changes from V4.2

23:51:10 - 23:57:04 CUT (00:05:18) - Cut to remove the Inquisitor saying he senses the Jedi within his grasp. Audio from Konstantine has been overlayed into the shot of the Inquisitor looking out to space to better blend the two shots.

28:55:22 - 29:02:12 CUT (00:06:14) - Cut to remove the Inquisitor sensing “movement” in the force.

Thanks to honestabe for the feedback leading to dialogue changes removing talk of the force, jedi, ect from Imperials to better blend with the OT.

RELEASED S01E01 - Spark of Rebellion V4.9

Downloads

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

Changes from V4.8

• 07:50:02 - 07:51:02 CUT (00:01:00) - Removed Wipe from clouds to clouds that then transitions to shot of Ezra in the Ghost. Now it goes from the first shot of clouds to Ezra in the Ghost.
• 02:18:12 - 02:22:03 - Slight adjustments to the wipe here: sped it up a bit and made it blend the shots a bit more
• 11:59:11 Extended Establishing shot by 00:01:17 - Thanks Spectrometer for providing feedback on this. I had HEAPS more of the shot to use… not sure how this one slipped through!
• 32:41:15 - 32:44:05 CUT (00:02:14) - To remove Kallus calling for a shot against the “Jedi”. He now says “All troopers focus your fire.”
• 34:07:12 - Kallus now says “Its over.” instead of “Its over for you Jedi.” - He still talks about a Master and Apprentice but this is fine. Kallus is in the ISB, he can know of the Jedi but it’s important he doesn’t let his troopers know about them.
• 34:34:16 - “First Jedi you’ve ever seen sir?” line from the stormtrooper cut, the shot remains unaltered and kept. (As a side not this moment is way funnier now as Kallus just brutally murders the guy because he’s frustrated)
• 38:43:17 - New VFX for this shot. Only now realised the star destroyer is above Kessel. Added the cloud vortex look and recolored the planet.

Thanks to honestabe for the feedback leading to dialogue changes removing talk of the force, jedi, ect from Imperials to better blend with the OT.

honestabe said:

The redubbed lines work really well to humanize the troopers.

I thought it was a much better choice then just letting them be nonsensically stupid hahah

The last “We better get moving” should have the voice changed. To me, it sounds like a drunk guy getting strangled. I am sure you can play around with audio editing tools to get that quickly done.

I’ll keep this in mind. So far I’ve heard more good feedback about this line then bad but I understand your perspective. It’s the sole reason I want more feedback on the small exchange! I’ll wait to hear from more people in regard to keeping it or fixing it. I’m currently on the side of keeping it (though it’s probably because I did the voice acting so I’m more attached to it) but we’ll see! 😄

Thanks again for your valuable feedback honestabe! 😄

Seeking feedback for this potential redub to address feedback from Honestabe “12:20 troopers discuss if they saw the Jedi master… The troopers look really stupid if they have no idea that they are guarding an empty prison cell. Their dialogue also functions as a strong hint or spoiler that this was a trap using a dead Jedi. Better left unstated and ambiguous. More secretive the better.”

I decided to keep the footage and attempt to redub the troopers. To that end I made it reference the conversations you can hear between stormtroopers in Jedi Outcast on the first level.

I’m not sure if I’ve made it a bit too silly or not, let me know what you all think.

https://youtu.be/7ftkev-u3gw

Thanks for that Honestabe!

To address the feedback for E1, I decided to keep in the moments of Hark talking about the Jedi. This was only because they are Mandalorian.

I do agree with your point for 15:05 that it does seem a bit too casual of a mention so I might change this if/when I review the episode at a later time 😃

I didn’t expect to be able to release the next episode today but here it is! It’s probably one of the episodes I’ve substantially changed the most and although Sabine does not get a moment to talk to anyone about her brother and mother being killed, I think the change really works. Her rage against the Empire goes two fold after the incident, as they’ve used her weapon and killed her family. She gets to share a moment with her father (although it’s just a look) but what really sells this change for me is when she turns the duchess on the Empire. With this change I really believe she would have kept using it if it wasn’t for Bo-Katan.

I’m very interested in hearing feedback in regard to this episode, mostly because killing of a main characters parent and sibling is a more radical change, even if it doesn’t change the current canon too substantially.

RELEASED S04E01 - The New Mandalore 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
• Updated look to introduction text
  • Centred Text
  • Decreased size of Text
• Rewrote introduction text
• Replaced old intro with new one
• Added episode title card
• recut everything in this episode from scratch again to avoid any previous audio mistakes. (I believe I’ve missed some changes but I’ve recorded as much as I could!)
• cut Ezra and Sabine’s exposition dialogue to talk about if her father is inside as this is covered in the intro text.
• also cut the dialogue establishing some enemies for flow purposes.
• cut expositions lines between Sabine and Rau that explain they’re about to free her father, as this is covered in the intro text. I kept the shots however as they’re good visual story telling.
• cut some shots of Sabine getting in position for flow purposes.
• cut Sabine asking what was up with Ezra
• cut Ezra saying he wanted more practice with the jet pack
• cut Sabine saying he’ll pick it up because he’s a Jedi
• cut Chopper’s “on the fly” joke and Ezra’s response.
• cut Chopper sulking in the trench
• cut title card
• cut second shot of Sabine flying and dodging on the Jetpack for flow AND to cut Ezra being incompetent with the jetpack.
  • I’ve got a few reasons to cut Ezra being bad with the jetpack.
  1. He was shown to be relatively competent with thrusters in outer space in the S4 finale (literally the last episode), I would think these skills are somewhat comparable.
  2. It kind of diminishes the Season 3 finale where Kanan says he’s taught Ezra everything he needs.
  3. Comedic relief at the start of a season is not needed, in fact it’s quite jarring here.
• cut the whole Ezra struggling to fly and taking out two stormtroopers sequence.
• cut “well this just got more and more -” “interesting, the word you’re looking for is interesting” exchange between Ezra and Sabine.
• cut continuation of this joke.
• replaced fade to black with a wipe transition to help signify the passage of time.
• cut Sabine asking Rau to contact her mother when she was just told she was on her way and transmissions are blocked. Now Rau just leaves with them.
• cut a bunch of scenes about planning the strike to free Sabine’s father. The scenes themselves are fine but it’s odd they’re only planning now that the enemy is in view AND that Sabine’s mother has already diverted the forces. It feels like there is already a plan in motion.
  • I’ve cut from Rau identifying the convoy to when we have an establishing shot of them before the action gets going.
• cut Chopper taking out a stormtrooper during the action.
  • I don’t object to Chopper getting some take downs, but this trooper was already down and ALREADY getting back up. Makes the rest of the team feel incompetent so it’s gone.
• cut “Are you with Sabine?” and Ezra’s awkward reaction, Sabine’s dad asks him if Ezra is a Jedi immediately after and the barrage of questions feels odd, he can have just one.
• cut fade to black
• cut establishing shot as its no longer needed without the fade to black.
• cut Ezra’s commentary on Sabine’s father and family
  • It always felt weird to me that he comments on them. I guess its was for children watching so they can understand the dynamics a bit easier but this cut removes these sorts of things so its gone.
• cut Bo Katan’s exposition about “The Duchess”
• trimmed Sabine’s response to Ezra (cut “you heard my father”)
• cut title card
• cut all scenes of and Ursa and Triston Surviving “The Duchess” attack.
  • I’ve cut from Sabine crying about her parents to Rau identifying the Empire
• cut a shot of the Supercommandos firing at the Wrens.
• trimmed a shot of Ursa falling back with Sabines dad to remove them.
• cut Kanan saying to get Sabines “Mother and” “father out of here” so now he just stays father
• cut the shot directly after to avoid more VFX work.
• cut wide shot of the missile moving towards the speeder
• cut shot of speeder getting blown up
• cut “are you alright?” “better then the bike” exchange between Ursa and Ezra.
• trimmed the start of the next shot with Kanan so it flows better
• cut “they’ve cut us off” shot as it shows Ursa
• trimmed the shot when a Mando ship lands and Bo hurries everyone onboard to not show Ursa.
• cut audio of Ezra beginning the weird joke explained below. (I kept the video of Bo-Katan jumping out the ship)
• cut all shots with weird joke with Ezra thinking he’s being called a Mandalorian by Bo-Katan
• cut the slapstick Ezra getting hit by the TIE fighter sequences
• cuts scenes with Tristan and Ursa onboard the Mando ship.
• cut reaction shot of Ezra seeing Bo Katan pin Sabine to the wall as it has Ursa in it.
• cut a shot of Bo Katan looking at Sabine for pacing.
• cut Ezra asking why the Mando’s don’t just use a different metal for their armour followed by getting a Mando history lesson. Found the whole sections to be clunky
• cut shot of Ezra and Sabine getting ready to fight (doesn’t flow well thanks to the next cut)
• cut shot of Sabine’s family sticking up for her to the other Mandalorians.
• cut the scene planning the attack to remove Ursa and Triston
  • Used a wipe to connect these two scenes
• cut shot of Ezra and Triston looking at each other mid flight.
• cut Bo Katan overexplaining who the Duchess was
• cut Sabine saying “it was a series of bad decisions okay”
• cut the shot after the last for flow
• cut fade to black
• cut Ezra pulling up his visor to look into a battle and say “whoa”
• cut Ezra pulling his visor down as it was now never opened.
• cut Triston’s line when Ezra reconvenes after his mission
• repurposed shot of Ezra talking to Triston to make it to Rau.
• cut Rau asking Triston and Ezra to knock it off, took Ezra’s audio asking where Sabine is and placed it on the previous shot.
  • Used the remainder of this shot as normal.
• cut “What’s happening?” “The weapon’s been turned against the empire” … yes we know that Rau thanks.
• cut “Well… that looks bad.” line from Ezra… yes Ezra, that does look bad, we can see that! Kept the shot just removed the line.
• cut scene with Ezra running off for flow purposes.
• cut scene of Sabine, Bo and Ursa entering through a door to remove Ursa.
• cut some dialogue between Sabine and Bo so they get straight to business. It was just about the Empire coming after Bo Katan and has no real baring on the story Rebels is telling.
• trimmed shot of Sabine, Bo and Ursa opening the ship door to make the removal of Ursa easier
  • Removed Ursa from the shot
• cut shot of Bo Katarn, Sabine and Ursa walking down the ramp of Bo’s ship (wasn’t needed and it makes my CGI work easier).
• Added a generic Mando helmet over the shot that shows Tristan
  • Just took the Helmet from the Mando next to him, cleaned it up a bit and recolored it then resized and added motion.
• cut “Clan Wren is with you” from Ursa
• cut shot of Sabine first handing Bo Katan the Darksaber to avoid having to CGI Ursa out of the background, instead I’ve kept “Now I understand why this saber came to me” from Sabine and put it over the next few shots.
• cut the shot of Bo Katan Igniting the Darksaber as I was having trouble convincingly removing Ursa.
• Updated the look of the end credit ‘concept art’
  • Added a cracked paint effect to all concept art
  • Added a canvas texture to all concept art
• Created subtitles
• Added chapters, subtitles and both title card art options to the video file metadata.
• created new and old style title card artwork for the renamed episode.

For recolors only:

• Fixed colors for introduction sequence
• Fixed colors of end credit sequence

Viewing Notes

Episode is critical as it concludes a plot line for the series.

SophieScholl said:

Hello! I would like a download for all the latest versions; this sounds really cool!!!

PM sent 😃

Hi everyone! Sorry it’s been a bit since my last update (it will be a while longer until the next). I’m saving all the feedback provided here for myself to review when I’ve got some spare time to keep editing (Something I have not had a lot of time of recently and for the next few months atleast). I’ve got my own wedding coming up aswell as parental and university commitments. But I’ll be right back at it once I’ve got more spare time ! 😄

Thanks for all that awesome feedback PsyGemini! I’ve saved it away for when I’ve got time to continue editing. Life’s been full on at the moment. I’m still working on S04E01 but I think it works a lot better then my V3 that’s for sure!

justinbailey627 said:

Can you please send me the link?

THC1138 said:

Would love a link to these, as well! Thanks!

PM Sent 😃

honestabe said:

A few thoughts for season 3:

E5

13:17 We have an appearance by Bendu after Sabine kicked him. What is the purpose of including him?

No role in the episode besides that 2 second appearance. If you were looking for perfection and nitpicking, you could remove him, but not sure if that is even worth the effort for you.

In isolation, this moment is a bit off however it’s nessicary to connect the threads laid out in this episode of Sabine’s force sensitivity 😃 so I’ll keep it in.

E7

26 Kallus laughs and [spoiler] tells Thrawn rebels will somehow emerge victorious out of certain defeat. Thrawn arrogantly responds that he is basically superior to Kallus so he will end up victorious. Perhaps some of the spoiler lines can be removed here. Thrawn also looks like a fool if he brags and then loses later on. Kallus really is no position to act arrogantly as he was clearly just tortured by Thrawn. He should not have the confidence to boast, but instead continue to feel afraid until we later see him more positive when dealing with Price who does mess things up.

I actually think this moment works well. I don’t think it’s a spoiler (even though it comes true). As we see later on with Pryce, he’s trying to bait Thrawn (as he does successfully to Pryce) so he can make his escape. I actually think this highlights Thrawn as superior as he claims but I’m willing to hear what others think about this moment as I might change it 😃

33:44 Thrawn states “What Jedi devilry is this?” in relation to the Bendu storm. I think he should be smart enough to know Jedi - particularly Kanan and Ezra - are incapable of making storms. No logical reason for him to assume the Jedi would suddenly have this power when it never happened in the past.

I think removing the word Jedi from the line would be sufficient. It comes across as a shocked person saying, “what the hell?”

That’s a good idea. I’ll see if I can get that working. If not, I’ll keep it as is 😃

==> Your modifications to the Bendu storm along with hiding the voice worked out quite excellently. Thrawn clearly comes across as much more intelligent by figuring out how to stop Bendu without having the blatant hint of looking at him in the sky.

Thanks! Before it felt so painfully obvious thrawn was stupid not to have done that immediately 😂

honestabe said:

I almost forgot. In the opening text for season 2, episode 11 the text notes:

"Meanwhile, amidst the chaos, Chopper embarks on a personal quest, driven by a desire to reclaim a missing component of his own.

Left behind and determined, he clandestinely boards an imperial cargo ship, forging an unexpected alliance with AP5."

With the way the episode plays out, we do not really find out about Chopper’s personal quest or what this missing component was. That statement confused me as there is no follow-up.

I understand your point here. I wrote that intro text much earlier then when I settled on the current iteration for the start of that episode. There actually is a follow-up however.

My wife and I thought the exact same thing you thought when finishing our most recent watch. To immediately then have chopper on screen stealing a droid leg in my “concept art” end credits. We laughed so hard I decided to keep it in the episode as is. I’m definitely open to changing it if overall it’s just confusing, I just thought it worth noting that I did follow-up on it in some manner (although not intentionally).