Another major filler episode. Luckily it’s a very simple edit to remove the core and just leave the first and last scenes. This season is so thin on plot progression. I’m basically on 90mins worth of content from 6 episodes! 😬 Here’s hoping that the last 2 episodes are worth the wait.
PMs sent to everyone that has requested links. If I’ve missed you, let me know.
You’ve identified the arch nemesis of the faneditor……. Music.
If you haven’t been able to remove the music using 6 channel isolation and standard noise reduction software, then you’re a bit stuck.
If the remaining music is very quiet you can sometimes add the new score over the top which drowns out the old score.
Beyond that the only option really is to rebuild the audio track from scratch. It’s painstaking but achievable for sound effects, and virtually impossible for dialogue.
Btw Isn’t Andor part II your tenth fanedit ? 😉
I think you’re right! And I’ve got about 10 unfinished ones! 😂
Hahaha I just have realized that the whole Pirate plot from 3x05 will work the same even if u cut 3x01 stuff 🙈 it’s obvious that Mando would help the guy anyway 😉
Do you think it’d be possible to somehow cut Grogu from the story and move the whole Skywalker thing to the end ? So far, Grogu is just there for most of the time, not really doing anything 😅
The flashback with Jedi JarJar could be nicely included in the moment when Luke brings his memory back. Then, you could cut Like/Grogu story from the 3rd movie and replace it with for ex Dr Pershing/New Republic stuff (and finish it with the cliffhanger with Moff Gideon’s escape reveal).
There really isn’t any way of cutting Grogu without some serious special effects. He is in a lot of shots and he’s also fundamental to Bo arriving on Mandalore to rescue Din.
I’m trying to streamline as much as I can. I’ve just done a rough draft that completely eliminates the youngling rescue from Episode 4. I need to hunt down some armourer dialogue then I can share the cut.
So as of now my edit includes most of episode 2 and very small segments of episodes 1, 3 and 4. I’d also love to cut most of episode 5 but I don’t think that’s possible and that plot may be needed to allow inclusion of a parallel story to give spacer scenes between the hard edits of Mando’s story.
Uff, this season doesn’t make it easy for you in terms of editing 😉
Maybe it’s time to consider making it two episodes?
At the moment it looks more like one very short one 😂
I’d love a link to this. I haven’t gotten around to watching the first 1 – life’s been crazy. So could I get a link to that one again too, just in case, I misplaced it. Might have myself a lovely weekend watching them back to back sometime soon!!
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Hi, this looks very interesting! Could I get a link please
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Its completed and uploaded.
PM if interested in a link to my Googledrive folder which contains:
Uncompressed 1080 MP4 [9.6GB] - streamable
Compressed 4K MKV [4.0GB]
Artwork
I would love it if AI could restore the F bomb in Maarva’s speech.
I’m sure someone will do it!
I’ve just got the news that the edit is now finally IFDB approved!
Thank you all so much! ❤️
Congrats. I remember the hoops I had to jump through to get Army of the Republic approved back in the day. They have high standards!
Thanks so much Smudger! They absolutely do. Thanks so much for your original TCW movies, they really started this whole thing for me. I still maintain them for those who continue to request them! I’m proud my edit can stand alongside yours.
You’ve put a hell of a lot of work into it. I’m glad someone has taken the Clone Wars and made it great through to completion. I wish I could have finished my project, sadly other priorities in life get in the way!
I’ve just got the news that the edit is now finally IFDB approved!
Thank you all so much! ❤️
Congrats. I remember the hoops I had to jump through to get Army of the Republic approved back in the day. They have high standards!
Artwork Done. Files uploading to Googledrive…
Yes 😊 and episode 1 has been done too. I’ll update those files this weekend too.
Stick a fork in it… its done. I made one last minute adjustment to add in the post credits scene as the final scene. Its currently rendering and this evening I’ll tidy up the artwork whilst the files are uploading. It should be available to view tomorrow (once Googledrive has laboriously processed the files!).
These Andor edits have been a pleasure to work on and whilst its real shame that season 2 is so far off, its nice to draw a line under the series for now so that I can concentrate on the Mandalorian, and maybe a brief foray back into animation.
I can’t believe how random and disjointed this season feels. Coupled with the fact that I’m contemplating moving elements from BOBF, I’m probably going to pause any active editing at this point. I suspect I’m going to have to work “back to front” on this instalment so it makes sense to wait until the season is complete. There is a huge amount of footage that I’d like to cut but you never know whether it will end up being essential until everything has played out, especially when Filoni is involved (I love Dave BTW).
In terms of this latest episode I really want to remove the whole Terradactyl scene but now they have the babies, it probably makes it impossible. The sequence certainly needs to be edited down to a minimum.
I hope the second half of the season is more structured. So far I’m sensing a huge amount of editing will be required to pull this all together… At least I’ve completed my Andor edits to clear the way…
Since discovering your Mandalorian edits, I have begun experimenting with my own versions of Mandalorian films, adopting elements of your edits.
It’s nothing special or extremely different from your versions, just the movies I want to watch again upon rewatches.With the release of Season 3, I was also looking for ways to incorporate all of the Mando stuff from The Book of Boba Fett into the third instalment of my Mandalorian film series.
And I think I have found a good way to introduce Mando’s quest in the mines of Mandalore by combining the scene in the Mandalorian hideout from BOBF with the dialogue from the Armorer’s cave, while also setting up his visit to Grogu.
The audio needs some more work, but here is a sample:I do not know if it fits your plans, but I’ll definitely use it for mine.
That works really well. A simple change but very effective. It acts a very good signpost for his journey. Having decided to cut Mando’s first appearance on the covert planet, I’ll utilise a similar change to make it seamless.
This looks absolutely amazing. I was going to attempt my own Kenobi edit after finishing Mando 4, but it looks like I needn’t bother. Love the look of the inquisitors.
I’ve managed to make major inroads into this edit this week.
I have completed the second cut, built the 5.1 Soundmix and done a third scan of the transition points.
It weighs in at 2h57, which is curiously exactly the same length as Episode 1. I would have liked it slightly shorter, but the material is just so good I didn’t want to make excessive cuts and lose the story beats.
All that is left are 8 audio transitions that need a little work including one that needs re-scoring.
It is shaping up really nicely.
Here is the list of alterations.Broad Changes
Edited to introduce a time skip between this and the previous movie edit.
Andor is captured off screen during the time skip to eliminate the Niamos scenes. His capture is explained in the opening text.
The remaining elements of Episode 7 have been used as the opening scenes to set the hunt for Andor as the driver of the first act.
Syril’s Coruscant scenes that were cut from the previous edit are utilised but his mother is removed. His scenes at the Bureau of Standards are used as a juxtaposition to Andor’s scenes in prison - this makes far more sense than using Mon Mothma, which is how Episode 8 was cut.
Vel now leaves Coruscant after she is ordered to find Andor and doesn’t return. Her unnecessary connection to Mon Mothma is removed.
Linus Mosk is cut completely. This gives Syril’s character more strength and autonomy. Syril’s presence on Ferrix is largely cut. He only appears when he rescues Dedra.
Andor’s return to Ferrix from Episode 7 is utilised for two dream flashback sequences whilst he’s on Narkina-5. Using these scenes chronologocally impacted on the pacing and structure of the two movies, so they had to be removed. They are, however, essential for Andor and Marrva’s character arcs and the ISB’s investigations.
Mon Mothma’s scenes are largely cut. Only the basic plot regarding her finances and sacrifice of her daughter remains.Detailed Changes
Opening sequence and text to match Episode 1
Syril’s arrival on Coruscant from EP4 is intercut with Kleya meeting with Vel from EP7 and Dedra briefing Yularen and the ISB from EP8.
Syril arrives at the appartment but his mother is cut. We then see him in his room looking at the hologram of Andor.Episode 8
Sharp cut to Andor arriving on Narkina. The arrival sequence is edited to be continuous.
Cut to Syril arriving for his first day at the Bureau of Standards from EP7.
Cut to Andor in his prison uniform being delivered to his unit. Sequence is shortened to remove the uneccessary interplay between the guards about staffing levels.
Sprint segmnent on the factory floor is cut.
Cut from Andor’s face as he realises what he’s got to do during his sentence, to Syril at his Bureau work station from EP7.
Cut to Andor on the brdge at the end of the shift. The prison dormitory orientation sequence plays out as one scene with the Mon Mothma scenes cut, and placed later in the edit.
We cut from Andor reflecting in the darkness of his pod to the first flashback scene from EP7 on Ferrix where Andor returns for Maarva.
Cut to Andor in the dark pod and the 30 shift timeskip.
Cut to Syril at the Bureau as the ISB arrive to take him in for questioning.
Hard cut straight to Syril in the ISB interrogation room as Dedra arrives.
Cut to the prison as a normal shift unfolds.
Cut to Syril’s second interrogation scene.
Present time Ferrix scenes of Brasso and Bix with Maarva and the watching Vel and Sinta. Vel and Sinta heavily edited to remove reference to Vel leaving Sinta on her own.
Ferrix and Luthen/Cleya scenes play out in sequence but with the scene of Vel leaving Ferrix being cut.
Cut to nightime prison scene where the prisoner is about to commit suicide but add in shot of Andor sleeping. Then cut to the second Ferrix Flashback scene where Maarva tells Andor she is staying on Ferrix. The Flashbacks of young Andor v the Clones are removed to avoid having a flashback within a flashback. Cut Maarva “That’s just love… nothing you can do about that” - those lines never sat well with me. References to Andor’s sister are cut.
Cut back to a reversed, trimmed shot of the prison dormitory and then Andor sleeping as the fellow prisoner jumps to his death.
Cut back to Ferrix scene where Bix is spotted - “Get Heeeeeer” is cut.
Cut to Luthen and Saw. Part of Saw’s rant is removed.
Cut to Bix’s capture and meeting with Dedra.Episode 9
First prison scene moved up to provide a spacer between the Bix/Dedra scene at the end of the last episdoe and start of this episode.
The torture scenes have been removed. I’ve gone with the ANH tactic with the torture being implied rather than shown. It also helped with the pacing. We see the suggestion of the torture, the results of it and the information gained from it.
Mon Mothma/Vel scenes cut.
Syril’s mother is cut.
2 of the 3 Mon Mothma appartment gathering scenes from Ep8 are moved to here and intercut with the evening/night prison scenes. The middle one is cut. They are introduced after her scene in the Senate.
The Syril/Dedra scene is edited to make Syril appear less creepy. “Have you been waiting out here…… Yes”, “Being in your presence” and “I sense it, I know it” have been cut.
Removed the prison doctor “He’s had a massive stroke” - I dont like “earthy” language in my Star Wars!
Moved the last ISB briefing scene to the end to provide a spacer scene between the prison scene at the end of this episode and the start of the next.Episode 10
Cut Ulaf’s body being taken through the factory floor.
Cut Mon Mothma “I’d feel far more comfotable paying you for your trouble” - sounds like something out of a west end musical!
Cut first 2 clips of Andor cutting the pipe - we have already seen him working on that pipe but it looks untouched.
Trim the sequence of the new prisoner being prepped for dropping onto the floor - speeds up the sequenece.
Trimmed the breakout sequence. The floor is activated a lot earlier, as it should have been.
Cut the shot of water dripping through the ceiling of another floor.
Cut Kino hesitating and not knowing what to say over the tannoy - I wanted him to appear strong until the point where he admits he can’t swim. A much better character arc.
Trimmed Lonni’s journey in the lift.
Cut references to Lonni’s child.Episode 11
Cut Andor and Melshi on the cliff.
Cut Andor and Melshi’s capture and escape with the aliens - poorly executed scenes. Having their escape happen off screen works just as well.
Cut Vel and Kleya scene.
Cut Vel and Mon Mothma scene.
Cut Brasso - B2 scene.
Cut scene where Bix is asked about Anto Kreeger.
Cut Scene where Linus contacts Syril.
Keep scene of Syril emptying his safe but cut his mother leaving the apartment.
Cut Melchi from the Niamos scene - implies that Melchi and Andor already agreed to separate before this point.
Move the Fondor battle scene to the end to provide a better transition into the next episode.Episode 12
Cut first scene of Wilmon making the bomb.
Edit Vel/Cinta scene to remove references to Vel coming back - she has been there the whole time.
Edit scene when Andor touches his father’s brick so that the flashback is of him being killed by the Clone Troopers - provides a more powerful resolution to the story.
Cut Luthen speeder sequence.
Cut all scenes involving Linus and Cyril. Cyril’s presence on Ferrix is unknown until the point where he rescues Deedra.
Trim the funeral band procession to speed up the pacing.
Cut the extended pause during Maarva’s hologram speech.
Cut Bix refusing to leave with Andor.Hey Smudger, will you be loosing the discussion of how they were going to torture Bix- the story about the screams of another species being decimated. That was really dark and bold for a Star Wars show, so I thought it was important to display the tone of the aeries
Yes. That’s been cut. It is definitely a very dark scene and very different. Ultimately I decided it was an unnecessary scene and maybe it’s a bit too dark.
Excellent edit of an excellent show. It flows really well and the edits are largely seemless. The only feedback I could give beyond the praise is that I think I caught a flash frame around the 40 min 37 secs mark- an image of a console screen flashes for a second in between the shots of the security police on the transport and the ship flying over Aldani
Ahh yes. Well spotted. Looks like a rogue 1080 frame left in when I was converting to 4K. I’ll clip that out and re-upload.
Did you ever get a chance to re-upload a version with the rogue frame removed? Just wanted to get a final version for my permanent, backed up collection of your edits? Thanks
Yes. The 1080 and 4K mkv files have both been updated.
Just tinkering with the artwork. The logo needs to be changed to “The Reckoning”. Which of the images do people prefer. There were no decent concept art images of the second half of the season, so I had to put some together myself from screencaps.
I’ve managed to make major inroads into this edit this week.
I have completed the second cut, built the 5.1 Soundmix and done a third scan of the transition points.
It weighs in at 2h57, which is curiously exactly the same length as Episode 1. I would have liked it slightly shorter, but the material is just so good I didn’t want to make excessive cuts and lose the story beats.
All that is left are 8 audio transitions that need a little work including one that needs re-scoring.
It is shaping up really nicely.
Here is the list of alterations.
Broad Changes
Edited to introduce a time skip between this and the previous movie edit.
Andor is captured off screen during the time skip to eliminate the Niamos scenes. His capture is explained in the opening text.
The remaining elements of Episode 7 have been used as the opening scenes to set the hunt for Andor as the driver of the first act.
Syril’s Coruscant scenes that were cut from the previous edit are utilised but his mother is removed. His scenes at the Bureau of Standards are used as a juxtaposition to Andor’s scenes in prison - this makes far more sense than using Mon Mothma, which is how Episode 8 was cut.
Vel now leaves Coruscant after she is ordered to find Andor and doesn’t return. Her unnecessary connection to Mon Mothma is removed.
Linus Mosk is cut completely. This gives Syril’s character more strength and autonomy. Syril’s presence on Ferrix is largely cut. He only appears when he rescues Dedra.
Andor’s return to Ferrix from Episode 7 is utilised for two dream flashback sequences whilst he’s on Narkina-5. Using these scenes chronologocally impacted on the pacing and structure of the two movies, so they had to be removed. They are, however, essential for Andor and Marrva’s character arcs and the ISB’s investigations.
Mon Mothma’s scenes are largely cut. Only the basic plot regarding her finances and sacrifice of her daughter remains.
Detailed Changes
Opening sequence and text to match Episode 1
Syril’s arrival on Coruscant from EP4 is intercut with Kleya meeting with Vel from EP7 and Dedra briefing Yularen and the ISB from EP8.
Syril arrives at the appartment but his mother is cut. We then see him in his room looking at the hologram of Andor.
Episode 8
Sharp cut to Andor arriving on Narkina. The arrival sequence is edited to be continuous.
Cut to Syril arriving for his first day at the Bureau of Standards from EP7.
Cut to Andor in his prison uniform being delivered to his unit. Sequence is shortened to remove the uneccessary interplay between the guards about staffing levels.
Sprint segmnent on the factory floor is cut.
Cut from Andor’s face as he realises what he’s got to do during his sentence, to Syril at his Bureau work station from EP7.
Cut to Andor on the brdge at the end of the shift. The prison dormitory orientation sequence plays out as one scene with the Mon Mothma scenes cut, and placed later in the edit.
We cut from Andor reflecting in the darkness of his pod to the first flashback scene from EP7 on Ferrix where Andor returns for Maarva.
Cut to Andor in the dark pod and the 30 shift timeskip.
Cut to Syril at the Bureau as the ISB arrive to take him in for questioning.
Hard cut straight to Syril in the ISB interrogation room as Dedra arrives.
Cut to the prison as a normal shift unfolds.
Cut to Syril’s second interrogation scene.
Present time Ferrix scenes of Brasso and Bix with Maarva and the watching Vel and Sinta. Vel and Sinta heavily edited to remove reference to Vel leaving Sinta on her own.
Ferrix and Luthen/Cleya scenes play out in sequence but with the scene of Vel leaving Ferrix being cut.
Cut to nightime prison scene where the prisoner is about to commit suicide but add in shot of Andor sleeping. Then cut to the second Ferrix Flashback scene where Maarva tells Andor she is staying on Ferrix. The Flashbacks of young Andor v the Clones are removed to avoid having a flashback within a flashback. Cut Maarva “That’s just love… nothing you can do about that” - those lines never sat well with me. References to Andor’s sister are cut.
Cut back to a reversed, trimmed shot of the prison dormitory and then Andor sleeping as the fellow prisoner jumps to his death.
Cut back to Ferrix scene where Bix is spotted - “Get Heeeeeer” is cut.
Cut to Luthen and Saw. Part of Saw’s rant is removed.
Cut to Bix’s capture and meeting with Dedra.
Episode 9
First prison scene moved up to provide a spacer between the Bix/Dedra scene at the end of the last episdoe and start of this episode.
The torture scenes have been removed. I’ve gone with the ANH tactic with the torture being implied rather than shown. It also helped with the pacing. We see the suggestion of the torture, the results of it and the information gained from it.
Mon Mothma/Vel scenes cut.
Syril’s mother is cut.
2 of the 3 Mon Mothma appartment gathering scenes from Ep8 are moved to here and intercut with the evening/night prison scenes. The middle one is cut. They are introduced after her scene in the Senate.
The Syril/Dedra scene is edited to make Syril appear less creepy. “Have you been waiting out here…… Yes”, “Being in your presence” and “I sense it, I know it” have been cut.
Removed the prison doctor “He’s had a massive stroke” - I dont like “earthy” language in my Star Wars!
Moved the last ISB briefing scene to the end to provide a spacer scene between the prison scene at the end of this episode and the start of the next.
Episode 10
Cut Ulaf’s body being taken through the factory floor.
Cut Mon Mothma “I’d feel far more comfotable paying you for your trouble” - sounds like something out of a west end musical!
Cut first 2 clips of Andor cutting the pipe - we have already seen him working on that pipe but it looks untouched.
Trim the sequence of the new prisoner being prepped for dropping onto the floor - speeds up the sequenece.
Trimmed the breakout sequence. The floor is activated a lot earlier, as it should have been.
Cut the shot of water dripping through the ceiling of another floor.
Cut Kino hesitating and not knowing what to say over the tannoy - I wanted him to appear strong until the point where he admits he can’t swim. A much better character arc.
Trimmed Lonni’s journey in the lift.
Cut references to Lonni’s child.
Episode 11
Cut Andor and Melshi on the cliff.
Cut Andor and Melshi’s capture and escape with the aliens - poorly executed scenes. Having their escape happen off screen works just as well.
Cut Vel and Kleya scene.
Cut Vel and Mon Mothma scene.
Cut Brasso - B2 scene.
Cut scene where Bix is asked about Anto Kreeger.
Cut Scene where Linus contacts Syril.
Keep scene of Syril emptying his safe but cut his mother leaving the apartment.
Cut Melchi from the Niamos scene - implies that Melchi and Andor already agreed to separate before this point.
Move the Fondor battle scene to the end to provide a better transition into the next episode.
Episode 12
Cut first scene of Wilmon making the bomb.
Edit Vel/Cinta scene to remove references to Vel coming back - she has been there the whole time.
Edit scene when Andor touches his father’s brick so that the flashback is of him being killed by the Clone Troopers - provides a more powerful resolution to the story.
Cut Luthen speeder sequence.
Cut all scenes involving Linus and Cyril. Cyril’s presence on Ferrix is unknown until the point where he rescues Deedra.
Trim the funeral band procession to speed up the pacing.
Cut the extended pause during Maarva’s hologram speech.
Cut Bix refusing to leave with Andor.
Well, I think this episode can help the film feel much more choral (I was thinking it could give it some Rogue One vibes) if, as some say, you alternate parts of Pershing’s plot between those of Din and Bo-Katan. I admit that I was watching the chapter and thinking about your edits.
Ahaha same here, I was watching and wondering how smudger will edit it 😄
I guess it all depends on how this plot plays out. It could all be very crucial or it could be mostly edited out. I think this season is going to be very difficult to edit until we’ve got all of the material.
Interested in your thoughts on this week’s content.
I actually loved this weeks episode. So nice to finally get some New Republic content. However, I have no idea how it will fit into these edits and I suspect we won’t discover its relevance until the end of the season.
Hi Smudger, I watched the trilogy this past week and it has been a blast. The amount of content of these TV series makes it hard to enjoy the whole story in a short time. Having the option now to “binge” in a matter of days instead of weeks really serves the audience who wants to revisit the overall story. Thank you for your contributions. You have done a masterful job, and I’m glad that you have fun doing this.
I have scanned over the original post and comments and didn’t see any mention of the “T” missing scene frames that occur often in Episode 3, so just wanted to mention just in case you somehow weren’t aware.
Thanks for the feedback. I hadn’t noticed the missed frames. Looks like I’ve accidentally deleted the letterbox effect file! 😬. I’ve replaced them and will re-render and upload it.