Speaking as someone who thinks season 3 of Mando completely dropped the ball. I don’t think you’ve strayed too far from the intentions of the show.

Inserting more of the Mandalorian culture is completely in line with the shows intentions. This season in particular became the season to explore what it means to be Mandalorian. Must they be from Mandalore? Must they fight? Are they a family? Is it about strength, an army, or connection? I think these questions are all explored with the original and are brought out to a much better extent with the changes you’re implementing.

I think what we see in season 3 is a rush to the finish, tapping into ideas but not fully exploring them and that leads us to rushed conclusions. E.g., Din gives the darksaber to Bo because of a technicality and she needed it to recruit her old Mandos. Whereas in your take, the darksaber is returned to Bo because she is the one designed to reunite the Mandalorians. Your take also feels more true to the overarching story of Bo Katarn AND Din. Also having Din tell this story in the critical moment enhances his character and motivations rather then dismissing them as I feel the original did.

I think the difference between the two comes through the exploration of myth (both through your armour scenes and this one) and the commitment to character arks. Your changes keep the essence of the story but enhance character, lore and story telling.

So no, I don’t think you’ve strayed far from the original at all! You’ve clearly got a passion for these changes. I’d trust that instinct and keep pushing your ideas forward!

I think the new lines work VERY well. I don’t think you should cut anything. I honestly don’t mind Din talking for a while here. With all the tension that builds up at the Season 2 Mando finale, we need a strong reason why Din and Bo don’t fight each other and I think this monologue works to explain that on a few levels.

Firstly, this monologue is a fight (both with Bo and the wider Mandalorians), so to cut it down makes the ‘fight’ easier.

Secondly, it helps build Din’s character. He’s no longer just traveling the galaxy solo bounty hunting. He’s lost Grogu by reuniting him with his perceived ‘family’ of the Jedi. He’s now looking to reconcile the Mandalorian’s to fill the void of not having Grogu as his family. Because of this, he’s now willing to lay down his weapons in pursuit of unity and I think this speech conveys that strongly. He wasn’t willing to do this before with Paz Vizsla but he is now. This is development that he completely missed out on in the original season 3 (although, it seems to be what they originally intended for him).

I think your v2 attempt covers everything we need functionally for the story to work AND develops Din further. I think it’s awesome and you should keep it as is 😃

Now that I’ve finished season 2 again, my plan is to apply the 5.1 left leaning audio fix to an older V4 episode as well as adding chapters, both title card options and English Subtitles to their metadata. Then, move on to polish a V3 episode to the V4 standard. That way I’ll be fixing up content I haven’t touched in a while and polishing the series as I go!

So my next episode to rerelease is S01E01 and once that’s out I’ll move onto S03E01.

I’m also adding a Telegram link to the edit (which has been requested). You’ll be able to find the link on the spreadsheet I’ve been sending out. If you don’t have the link to the spreadsheet, I’ve added a .txt file to Google, Mega and TeraBox with the link inside it.

RELEASED S02E12 - Twilight of the Apprentice 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
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• cut Ezra saying “What are we waiting for?” then proceeding to not join the fight with Maul and the Inquisitors… good one Ezra.
• cut “I am the enemy of your enemy now” line from Maul as I couldn’t make it work nicely.
• upgraded the Keria AI lines to be 5.1 surround sound and mixed in some lines from Darth Nihilis to make it sound cooler.
• Pitch shifted Vader up by 1 semitone. (until his helmet breaks)
• Polished Vader’s blue eye visual effect to make it look better.
• 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
• Updated subtitles
  • Change >> to character names
  • Resynced subtitles
  • Minor fixes to dialogue
  • New subtitles added to cover added scenes
• Added chapters, subtitles and both title card options to video metadata
• Implemented 5.1 audio fix

For recolors only:

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

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential viewing as it concludes the season and leads into season 3

Unfortunately I don’t think there is.

It needs to happen after episode 4 and before episode 12 of the season to make sense.

For 5, were looking into Ezra’s family and don’t have the crew for most the episode. Maybe it could fit in the start but it doesn’t fit the theme of the episode.

For 6, we’re on a Kanan and Sabine episode.

For 7, we’re on a desperate mission for fuel so they’re is no time for a training break.

For 8, we’ve got an episode for Hera and her family so it doesn’t blend well.

For 9, we’ve got the Zeb and Kallus episode.

For 10, we’re in the Jedi temple and get the original motivation for Kanan to be training Ezra. If it was to fit here it’d have to close the episode which could feel a touch odd.

And finally we’re at 11, where it just breaks the flow of the whole episode if included.

So as much as I think the scene is great, I have setup Ezra’s combat advancements through introduction texts (not ideal but it’s not like it’s missing) and Hera does mention in ep 11 that Kanan has increased Ezra’s training a lot.

The 2 episodes I potentially could include it are 10 and 5. But I’m open to ideas and suggestions! 😄

RELEASED S02E11 - A New Base 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
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• cut everything but the space battle and the final scenes of S02E19: The Forgotten Droid.
  • cut shot of the Ghost and Landcaster flying for to better merge the two space battle scenes
  • cut shot of Ketsu flying with the ghost in the background to better merge the two space battle scenes
  • cut “really, so you didn’t leave the Ghost to go after that leg?” to speed up Chopper and Hera’s fight.
  • cut the AP5 and chopper stuff here (I’d like to be more exact on how but it was very difficult to document what I was doing while I was doing it, but it involved using a lot of shots from the two different episodes, changing dialogue and small cuts)
  • reluctantly cut Kanan and Ezra saber training as it breaks the flow of the start completely. I set up in the previous episode intro text that Ezra’s saber skill is getting better and, in this episode, Hera verbally mentions training has increased so it works.
  • cut AP5 already being at the base
  • digitally removed AP5 from closeup shot of the Ghost landing
• 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
• Updated subtitles
  • Change >> to character names
  • Resynced subtitles
  • Minor fixes to dialogue
  • New subtitles added to cover added scenes
• Added chapters, subtitles and both title card options to video metadata
• Implemented 5.1 audio fix

For recolors only:

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

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential viewing as it sets up season 3 and the finale of season 2.

I believe I’ve fixed the left leaning audio that Kestrel pointed out a while back. I managed to work it out after I finally fixed my headphones only putting sound through my left ear. I’ll be implementing the fix in S02E11, and into S01E01 when update it with the fixed transition. I’d love to get feedback (especially from Kestrel) on if this has fixed this issue or not but as it stands, I believe I have. S02E11 will be release in the next few days so keep an eye out!

Miles00x said:

Goob/Eddie, would you mind sharing an episode poster for S03E03 Pirates of the Outer Rim? The file provided is actually for S03E02b. It’s the only one missing, though many of the episode poster numberings did differ from my saved video files, it was nothing some renaming couldn’t take care of. Thanks!

I’ll make sure Eddie has the files! The numbers are off as it’s how I’ve ordered the edit in Plex 😂

I’ve just finished and release RedHeadJedi Style Custom posters for Plex users, below is a sneak peak.

They should be accessible by all previous links as well 😃

I’ve gotten that section flowing much better AND it’s even shorter! Now the only (some what) problem is where Kanan and Ezra train. If I leave it at the start of the episode it breaks the flow as we had all this buildup to get to the planet, take a training break and then land. I’m currently working out a better place to put it 😃

They’re all done in the style of RedHeadJedi’s custom Star Wars poster collection which ForLightAndLIfe continued. So if you want all of Star Wars in matching posters check out their work!

I’ve been working on a pretty big overhaul for S02E11 - A New Base, I’m now only using 4:02 of footage from S02E19: The Forgotten Droid. I think this vastly improves the episode as a whole (as forgotten droid is just terrible) and still covers the important story beats. The tradeoff is that I’ve had to rely on my intro text to setup some context. I’d be very interested in feedback for this, so I’ve included the first 7ish minutes of the episode in a link below.

https://youtu.be/tlrnyOYaXyY

I’ve released episode 10 of S2. This is probably my most extensive edit so far (in terms of visual changes). I hope you all like it, I’m excited to move onto other episodes again haha

RELEASED S02E10 - Shroud of Darkness 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
• Smoothed musical transition between intro sequence and episode beginning
• Further polish added to all cut transitions
• cut the weird response from Kanan “I don’t go for crazy, anymore.” to the seventh sister.
• cut a shot of Kanan watching a droid fall down the pit… what were you doing there buddy? There’s a fight going on…
• cut shot of Inquisitors just standing and watching Kanan and Ezra struggle… come on guys you’ve got a job to do! Go get them!
• cut establishing shot of the cliff after as with no ad break it’s not needed
• cut establishing shot of Kanan holding Ezra as with no ad break it’s not needed
• cut shot of creatures leaving the cliff edge for fight urgency
• cut shot of Ezra using the force as it’s repeated from 2 shots ago.
• cut shot of Ezra smacking his head, he doesn’t need to look this foolish after I setup his abilities in the intro text.
• cut “up on three, one two three” for fight urgency.
• reinstated Kanan and Ezra’s full arrival on the ship and cut Zeb’s comments here, they were the real reason I wanted this scene gone as he downplays the Inquisitors.
• cut the crew existing the Phantom and Ahsoka stating Ezra lives on Lothal, this is unneeded, there is enough visually to determine we are on Lothal again.
• cut the second shot of the crew entering the temple as we don’t need two of these back to back.
• cut “well, he kind of contacted us.” - the line feels silly, like why would you not have discussed this before you came?
• desaturated and recolored the scenes between Kanan and the Inquisitor. Given how bright the light Kanan walks into is, it felt odd the original scene was saturated like every other scene… it’d surely be washed out from the light? That’s my justification anyway.
• redid the lightsabers. This combined with the recolor makes it much easier to track them through the scenes now, they got lost in the light of the original.
• cut “a temple guard” as it’s just exposition for the audience that feels clunky. (If you watch with subtitles or have seen the Clone Wars, you’ll know what he is anyway)
• cut Jedi temple guard posing for the camera ready to strike, he had already made his intentions to attack clear enough.
• cut there initial fight a touch for pacing as there is no need for it to start up too much then cut to another scene.
• cut the opening of the second fight. The dialogue between the temple guard and Kanan undermines what happens later on.
• reinstated shot of inquisitors opening temple. Not sure why I ever cut this.
• recolored the inquisitors entering the temple to make it more dramatic (darkened shadows and make the lighting more red)
• masked around the lightsabers to give them a light glow and to restore their original color (adding more visual depth to the scene)
• redid the temple guards lightsabers here too
• cut shot of chopper talking for reasons listed below
• cut “he says Imperial forces are on their way”, yes Ezra we know that, they’re in the Temple currently.
• Deaged Vader but increasing his voice pitch by a semitone.
• 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
• Updated subtitles
  • Change >> to character names
  • Resynced subtitles
  • Minor fixes to dialogue
  • New subtitles added to cover added scenes

For recolors only:

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

Viewing Notes

Episode is essential viewing as it progresses character arks from the Clone Wars and sets up the finale episode of the season.

A look at the orange lightsaber in action: https://youtu.be/UXmOPrF6hyA

I’m still working away at this episode! Sorry about the delay, I had a power outage which lost me about a week’s worth of masking lightsabers frame by frame 😭 but I’ve redone all that work and more. I’m hoping it won’t be long now until I get s2e10 back out!

jmlaniel said:

Hello there! Could I get a link! Thanks!

PM sent 😃

WtarSars said:

Armorer states beskar is made for armor not weapons, Din states the dark saber is made of a beskar? I would omit the line of what it is made of, especially if later on you still plan to include moff crushing it.

This actually makes sense. The weapon on the darksaber is the lightsaber blade not it’s casing. She also states the reasoning is BC the spear can pierce beskar armour and when she breaks it down, it’s just the tip. The beskar on the Saber is, in a sense, acting as armour. It would stop other Saber opponents from cutting or breaking it easily.

In terms of Gideon crushing it, that still does make sense as he’s in an exo skeleton to increase his strength as well as all beskar armour himself. Although, I do think it was a poor decision to have him destroy the darksaber haha.

I’ve been using TeraBox for my edit, it’s full of ads and isn’t too user friendly but it’s a free terabyte of cloud storage.

That being said, I do get a lot of DMs about people who want the edit being confused. And I try provide a more known alternative for those sceptical of or unable to use TeraBox.

The limits on mega can be avoided if you use an internet downloader rather then Megas download software itself or in built browser downloaders.

Jedi122 said:

May I please have a link?

PM sent 😃

xaviercompromise said:

Hello, could I get a link please? Thank you

PM sent 😃

flipcakes said:

Hi! Any way I could get a link? Thanks!

PM sent 😃

Acbagel said:

However, my biggest challenge has been his AI lines. I have not found any way to recreate his unique voice, and I’m not sure anyone else has either. I posted on one of Eddie’s threads about it, but if anyone has successfully made an AI Boba model, I would love to hear it!

I’ve sent you a PM about this! I’ve got an idea on how to pull it off but I’ll let you be the judge on if it works or not hahaha

I’ve been playing around with the second temple vision and I wanted to see what everyone thought about this change. Personally, I’ve always hated that Kanan pulls a red lightsaber. I get that it’s intention is to signify darkness and his need to overcome fear (or something like that) but I don’t think it works. A red blade is a symbol of not just the darkness but of the Sith.

I don’t see Kanan falling to darkness, not like a Sith does anyway. So why not make the saber Orange. Given Disney cannon we only really see Baylon and Shin with Orange lightsabers. IF Kanan fell to the dark I would see it as a dark Jedi over Sith, so I think this change works.

Looking at it from outside of Disney canon, the vision is meant to be in the Jedi Temple (I assume) and why would they have red lightsabers just laying around? Anyway let me know what you all think!

Before

After (VFX on blue saber incomplete)

SrRossi said:

Hey really liked the concept of the edit! Can you send me the link? Thanks!!

PM sent 😃