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yoshif8tures said:

smudger9 said:

GLogus said:

When you think about it, not a lot has happened over the course of 7 episodes. It’s basically just “Star Wars: The Return of Thrawn”. Seeing Hayden as Anakin again was nice more satisfying than in Kenobi), and I really like the the actor who plays Ezra, but over all, the show has not covered a lot of ground.

Totally agree. Plot wise it fits a 3 act movie perfectly.
Act 1: Character introduction & getting the map to Seatos.
Act 2: Confrontation on Seatos & Journey to Peridea.
Act 3: Thrawn reveal & Finale

However, it’s been edited and structured in a way that makes it difficult to cut the fat.
Much work to do! Hopefully all will become clearer after the finale.

Perhaps they saw how popular that Kenobi fanedit was and decided to make this in such a way as to make an edit very difficult 😉

Wouldn’t surprise me. I also wonder if fan editing is one of the reasons we don’t seem to get deleted scenes anymore.

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GLogus said:

When you think about it, not a lot has happened over the course of 7 episodes. It’s basically just “Star Wars: The Return of Thrawn”. Seeing Hayden as Anakin again was nice more satisfying than in Kenobi), and I really like the the actor who plays Ezra, but over all, the show has not covered a lot of ground.

Totally agree. Plot wise it fits a 3 act movie perfectly.
Act 1: Character introduction & getting the map to Seatos.
Act 2: Confrontation on Seatos & Journey to Peridea.
Act 3: Thrawn reveal & Finale

However, it’s been edited and structured in a way that makes it difficult to cut the fat.
Much work to do! Hopefully all will become clearer after the finale.

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szopman said:

I beg you, please don’t cut Anakin’s hologram, it was so cool to see it! 😉

The whole training scene will probably be cut 😬. If we hadn’t had the Clone Wars visions I would have kept it, but it seems unnecessary since we’ve already had more than enough to establish Anakin and Ahsoka’s connection and history.

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tony-bob said:

Hi ! After watching the first two films, I thought it was excellent ! No weirdness in the editing bothered me, it’s very good work, bravo ! The first one is perfect for me. For the second, some elements could have been lengthened as the passage with Ahsoka but it’s not embarrassing at all. I can’t wait to see the other two !

Thanks again for sharing your movies !

Many thanks. I agree that season one works much better as a movie because the main plot can be extracted from the filler.
Season 2 was much trickier because there was less filler and it was harder to remove. As a result I had to cut scenes down to give a more reasonable runtime. I think anything over 3 hours becomes onerous to watch.

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Well episode 7 was a whole lotta filler! Looks like a single movie is back on the table!

So all that needs to be accomplished with the episode 7 footage is the arrival of Ahsoka, Baylan and Shin parting ways and Ahsoka/Sabine/Ezra reuniting.

The fight sequence achieves very little in terms of the story so can be heavily cut, just a question of just how much can he cut without it feeling too short.
The Baylan/Ahsoka duel definitely needs to go!

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vranir said:

smudger9 said:

vranir said:

While we’re on the topic, there any way that we can change Ashoka’s question to Elsbeth? She should know generally where Thrawn is, and Elsbeth doesn’t actually know anything more than she does about it. Instead, could we have an AI voice ask where the map/orb/it is? That (either chronologically or by inference if used as a flashback) is what leads Ahsoka to the ruin where she finds the artifact.

I don’t think the question needs to be changed does it? We don’t see the answer so it’s perfectly believable that Morgan would say that he’s in another galaxy and you need a map to locate it.

But why would she be asking Elsbeth and not someone easier to find who knows the same thing, like Hera or Sabine? It’s weird to go on a quest to hunt an enemy in order to ask a question that your friends already know the answer to.

Even slightly different wording would help: “Where was Thrawn taken?” This would imply that she knows more. “Where is Thrawn?” sounds like he’s hiding or coming, not trapped somewhere.

Because Sabine and Hera don’t know either. When Ahsoka encounters Sabine the first thing she says is “I know how to find Ezra”.

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vranir said:

While we’re on the topic, there any way that we can change Ashoka’s question to Elsbeth? She should know generally where Thrawn is, and Elsbeth doesn’t actually know anything more than she does about it. Instead, could we have an AI voice ask where the map/orb/it is? That (either chronologically or by inference if used as a flashback) is what leads Ahsoka to the ruin where she finds the artifact.

I don’t think the question needs to be changed does it? We don’t see the answer so it’s perfectly believable that Morgan would say that he’s in another galaxy and you need a map to locate it.

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Ulbert said:

Smudger9, since it’s clear to me that episodes 6-8 won’t have enough material for 2 and a half hour movie, you could use the Mandalorian s02e05 footage you cut from your second Mando movie “Search for The Jedi” at the beginning of the second Ahsoka movie.
The confrontation between Ahsoka and Morgan could serve as flashback that Morgan would think about during the travel to Peridea, which would reveal how Ahsoka arrested Morgan and thus stretch the footage a bit.
We saw something similar in the Halloween Kills, where at the beginning of the film, thanks to a flashback, we found out how the police arrested Micheal Myers.

That’s a very good idea. I had considered using it as the opening to the first Ahsoka movie but it didn’t flow well enough into the Ahsoka series. Using it as a flashback would work much better and it also removes the need to end the sequence with a resolution. Infact ending it on Ahsoka asking “where is Grand Admiral Thrawn” and cutting to the bridge of the Hyoerspace ring as they approach Peridea would be perfect! Definitely an idea to park if I go for 2 movies!

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juan-man said:

Hi! First time posting here. Since Ahsoka started, I’ve been thinking how could a TV-to-movie fanedit of this season work. I supposed some of the ‘usual suspects’ would end up doing it, so I searched and I found that, yes, none other than Smudger9 was already planning on it. So here I am.

In my opinion, the season is unfolding in a manner that will lend itself more to a two-movie edit: the first one comprising episodes 1 to 5, and the second one with 6 to 8. I agree with Smudger when he says that, because of how Filoni has structured the series, it is difficult to cut a lot (as opposed to The Mandalorian, Boba Fett or Obi-Wan). But I also think that, even if it seems that the first episodes do not advance the plot a whole lot, they tell a complete story (sort of) in emotional terms. And, also, the end of episode 5 marks a change of setting, and also an ellipsis, that structurally would make for a perfect ending for the first movie. That movie would tell, on one side, the story of the search for Thrawn. But it would also tell the story of how Ahsoka comes to terms with her heritage, and how she emerges changed, renewed and reborn in order to start the next stage of her journey. The confrontation with Anakin would be a perfect climax, with the second part of episode 5 serving as resolution and epilogue (like Rey travelling to Ach-To to find Luke). Then, hyperspace jump, end credits, cue John Williams fanfare!

Depending on how the last two episodes unfold, the second movie could be the return of Thrawn to the galaxy, and maybe the introduction of a new and previously unknown threat (or, knowing Filoni, it could be something completely different). In any case, I think this series could work perfectly as two movies with a minimal time skip between them, similar to the one between TFA and TLJ. Until now, this show has been, rythmically speaking, quite similar to the movies (or, at least, more similar to them than the rest of the TV shows), and the big emotional stakes would make it work perfectly as two parts. Also, it would simplify a lot the editing process! Anyway, those are my two cents about it.

(P.S.: I absolutely LOVED Ahsoka’s space walk! That was the one moment I could see our beloved padawan Tano through this older, seasoned and tired Ahsoka. And, because of that, I think that’s the first moment (maybe the second, after her jump through the glass in the Corellian shipyards) the audience thinks Ahsoka can really get to ‘loosen up’ and return to her former, lighter, more heroic and peaceful self. Which I think is what has finally happened after her encounter with Anakin. So I hope you don’t end cutting the moment altogether)

Hi Juan! I agree that 1 to 5 feel like a completed arc and that would run at just over 2 hours. The finale would be slightly weak without the classic Star Wars “battle”, but it does have the emotional climax with Aksoka and the Purgill and the gap between movies with a little time skip would demonstrate just how far it is between galaxies.

My fear is that Episodes 6 to 8 won’t fit well as a movie edit on their own with lack of material and also lack of story. Had it been 9 or 10 episodes then I would agree. Unfortunately I think we’ll end up with footage for one and a half movies! Our only hope is that episode 8 is and hour or more and has more to it than simply Ahsoka and Ezra v Thrawn, Baylan and Shin. 7 and 8 do have different directors so at least we know it’s not one slightly longer episode split in half.

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losthead said:

smudger9 said:

This is going to be a really tough edit isn’t it! As many have said, the footage is there to make an amazing movie, but Filoni always makes it difficult to cut elements because one scene always leads to the next!

I’m not too keen on the idea of opening with episode 3. The presence of a crawl does give a lot of freedom regarding where you start the story because it’s free exposition. However, there will be way too much for the crawl to achieve in order to explain the state of the galaxy, the map, Thrawn and the Sabine/Ahsoka relationship. I think there are elements of episodes 1 and 2 that we need to see.

I think this edit is going to have to be done “back-to-front”, which is what I used to do with my Clone Wars edits. Figure out where you’re going and then figure out how you got there. So what I’ll probably do is edit together 7 and 8 as the final act and see what threads need a start point.

In terms of act 1, one idea I’m floating is to have Ahsoka already in possession of the map, which will be explained in the opening crawl. I’ll still open with Baylan and Shin rescuing Morgan, but then cut to Ahsoka arriving on Lothal. Then I can reinstate the scene where Morgan sends Shin to Lothal. That should all bring in act 1 at 45mins and streamlines things.
We open on the Republic cruiser and the story then moves to Lothal before heading to Seatos.

The real battle I’m having with this edit is episodes 3, 4 and 5. It’s so difficult to get those episodes edited down. Has anyone got suggestions of how to remove Ashoka’s stupid space walk? It would be easy if she hadn’t changed her damn outfit! Grrrr

Thanks for all the input. I’ve sent the link to those that have requested it.

Smudger, I think a lot of episode 3 could be cut out, namely the dog fight. Have the starfighters arrive, brief battle in space, and then dive down to Seatos. Don’t include any of Ahsoka’s cockpit scenes, on account of her outfit change. Then, have them lose them in the Purgil, and land. Cut to Baylan sensing them, and then cut to the beginning of 4. If you really need Huyang’s explanation of the hyperspace ring and purgil, you may move that to another scene, as his dialogue is very easy to move, due to not having a mouth.

Also, I still think most of the Jacen content can be cut from 5. Him showing up as Ahsoka wakes up is plenty explanation, it leaves with the audience knowing as much as Ahsoka does. You can intercut the WBW scenes with Sabine’s scenes on Peridea.

4 kinda needs to stay the way it is. I guess you could cut the saber fights down a bit, but honestly they’re some of the best parts of the episode.

I’ll have another look at moving Huyang’s hyperspace exposition to see if it’s doable. That is an essential scene and it won’t work as well for the audience without the hologram. The issue with cutting all of Ahsoka’s scenes with the spacewalk outfit is that it will be obvious something is missing. There is also the issue of the seat changes in the shuttle cockpit which would need to be worked around.

My main issue with episodes 3 and 4 is that there was no urgency from Sabine and Ahsoka once they land on Seatos. They just bumble around like they’re on a camping trip with a vague mention that their ground base isn’t far. I may need to use some AI Huyang lines to help with that.

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This is going to be a really tough edit isn’t it! As many have said, the footage is there to make an amazing movie, but Filoni always makes it difficult to cut elements because one scene always leads to the next!

I’m not too keen on the idea of opening with episode 3. The presence of a crawl does give a lot of freedom regarding where you start the story because it’s free exposition. However, there will be way too much for the crawl to achieve in order to explain the state of the galaxy, the map, Thrawn and the Sabine/Ahsoka relationship. I think there are elements of episodes 1 and 2 that we need to see.

I think this edit is going to have to be done “back-to-front”, which is what I used to do with my Clone Wars edits. Figure out where you’re going and then figure out how you got there. So what I’ll probably do is edit together 7 and 8 as the final act and see what threads need a start point.

In terms of act 1, one idea I’m floating is to have Ahsoka already in possession of the map, which will be explained in the opening crawl. I’ll still open with Baylan and Shin rescuing Morgan, but then cut to Ahsoka arriving on Lothal. Then I can reinstate the scene where Morgan sends Shin to Lothal. That should all bring in act 1 at 45mins and streamlines things.
We open on the Republic cruiser and the story then moves to Lothal before heading to Seatos.

The real battle I’m having with this edit is episodes 3, 4 and 5. It’s so difficult to get those episodes edited down. Has anyone got suggestions of how to remove Ashoka’s stupid space walk? It would be easy if she hadn’t changed her damn outfit! Grrrr

Thanks for all the input. I’ve sent the link to those that have requested it.

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Warhorn said:

I loved this first cut.

Ignoring the abrupt sound cuts and small errors (I hear the cut scene of the villains in the destroyed temple during the Sabine and Ahsoka one after the reunion), I feel that as a first act the rhythm flows well and that it is a model introduction to a film, without a rushed pace but also feeling light and pleasant.

I also really like how you have resolved Sabine’s injury, I think it looks wonderfully well and that it can be understood that she has been injured without it being something as serious as what is seen in the series.

I haven’t been able to see the clip with the two medbay scenes combined, but it also seems like a great idea to me.

As a silly detail, I feel that the cut of the shot in which the New Republic cruiser appears is very noticeable
after the opening crawl. I suppose you will polish these details tho.

On the other hand, have you decided 100% to make just one movie for the entire season? I really felt this sixth episode like the beginning of a second part of something, with Ahsoka’s arc quite closed in the previous one. The second film may be considerably shorter than the first, but narratively it suits me better divided into two films.

Thanks Warhorn. It’s a very rough cut at the moment - I haven’t done any work on the audio yet. That will come when I settle on a final cut.
The decision on one or two movies will come at the end of the series… Although it’s starting to feel like a lot for one movie.

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Yes, it was a rather meaty episode. For the sake of my edit I was hoping for lots of filler. Not a huge amount that can be cut on first viewing, but that often changes on subsequent viewings. One thing I will say is that this series feels the most cinematic of the D+ shows.

I guess I could cut more by weaving it into episode 5 but it is going to be very difficult to cut this season down to 3h.

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Peter Pan said:

So, here are my thaughts after watching the complete first act.

The general structure works just fine and has a good flow to it. Also, the dialogue change from Corellia to Seatos had me baffled. I knew it was coming, but it sounded so clean that I didn’t notice the change.

The only piece that really stood out to me was Shin’s sudden appearance on Lothal. But I suppose you cut her send-off to Lothal because you eliminated the droid battle at the temple. Speaking of which, I liked that you dropped the fight, but maybe you could add Ahsoka’s attempt to contact Huyang back in. The cut to the cockpit felt a little quick.

Other than that, I would suggest reworking the “end”. The scene with Sabine’s hologram feels redundant. I think it would be better if we had her suit up and join Ahsoka at the painting. This way you wouldn’t need to mention the Corellia mission as an excuse for the hologram.

I imagine a scene order like this could work.

-Dissection of the droid’s brain; cut right after the mention of Seatos

-Space Stonehenge

-Huyang and Sabine chat in the med bay followed by her gear up

-The arrival of the energy core

-Sabine joins Ahsoka at the painting

Alternatively, I would consider cutting both the med bay chat and the arrival of the energy core and revert back to a version of the “Brain surgeon” scene that has Hera cheer up Sabine. The arrival of the energy core scene simply does not add anything and you would save the reveal of the ship until the heroes discover it themself.

Here’s an adjustment.

I’ve combined the 2 Medbay scenes. The audio and cuts are a little rough, but I think it works pretty well. We now get a much more believable reason for Sabine to “suit up” and join Ahsoka.
The energy core scene has been removed and the Seatos Map scene put in its place.

I think it works better - thanks for the input.

https://vimeo.com/866152395

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Peter Pan said:

So, here are my thaughts after watching the complete first act.

The general structure works just fine and has a good flow to it. Also, the dialogue change from Corellia to Seatos had me baffled. I knew it was coming, but it sounded so clean that I didn’t notice the change.

The only piece that really stood out to me was Shin’s sudden appearance on Lothal. But I suppose you cut her send-off to Lothal because you eliminated the droid battle at the temple. Speaking of which, I liked that you dropped the fight, but maybe you could add Ahsoka’s attempt to contact Huyang back in. The cut to the cockpit felt a little quick.

Other than that, I would suggest reworking the “end”. The scene with Sabine’s hologram feels redundant. I think it would be better if we had her suit up and join Ahsoka at the painting. This way you wouldn’t need to mention the Corellia mission as an excuse for the hologram.

I imagine a scene order like this could work.

-Dissection of the droid’s brain; cut right after the mention of Seatos

-Space Stonehenge

-Huyang and Sabine chat in the med bay followed by her gear up

-The arrival of the energy core

-Sabine joins Ahsoka at the painting

Alternatively, I would consider cutting both the med bay chat and the arrival of the energy core and revert back to a version of the “Brain surgeon” scene that has Hera cheer up Sabine. The arrival of the energy core scene simply does not add anything and you would save the reveal of the ship until the heroes discover it themself.

Thanks for the feedback.
I agree that Shin’s appearance on Lothal is sudden, but as you say, in order to cut the Ahsoka-droid battle I also need to cut the scene where Morgan, Baylan and Shin appear at the temple remains. I may well have to put those scenes back in. I cut them primarily to avoid having consecutive light saber-heavy scenes.

I like the idea of cutting the energy core scene and may run with that by moving the Seatos map scene there instead. The only issue that creates is having to run multiple separate Lothal scenes together.

The Sabine hologram scene feels essential to me. We have the unexplained history of Sabine ending her training so I feel we need that little scene as the turning point in her relationship with Ahsoka - they’re putting the past behind them and reuniting to find Ezra. It a very short scene so has no impact on runtime and it provides a spacer between Sabine suiting up in her apartment and appearing at the mural.

I agree that I may need to put the Huyang-Sabine med bay scene back in to show why Sabine decides to re-start her training.

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szopman said:

So, I could watch only the first ~40min.
Unfortunately I probably won’t be able to watch the rest until the weekend.

Nevertheless, I wanted to share some insights:
-above all, I love how you edited the fight between Sabine and Shin. Now its way better, Sabine still got injured but she doesn’t get impaled with the lightsaber. Once again you proved what a skillfull and creative editor you are! 😉 Great job!
-overall, I’m happy with all the unnecessary stuff you cut. Tho I still believe that almost everything from those two eps could be cut 😄

I also wanted to comment the opening crawl and the title.
-I think that the white “Ahsoka” logo doesn’t compose well with the rest of the crawl. Maybe it would be possible to make it yellow, as the rest of the crawl? Alternatively, you could just name Star Wars: Heir to the Empire.
-btw, talking about the title, I don’t mind it, but it’s very probable that Dave Filoni’s movie will end up being titled “Heir to the Empire”. So maybe it’d be good to find some alternative title.
-Also, since you will probably end up with only one movie for “Ahsoka”, and considering the fact that this is a limited series, with no plans for s02 (for now at least), maybe it would make more sense to skip “Episode I” part for now? Again, it could be just “Star Wars - Ahsoka - HTTE” or “Star Wars - HTTE”.

Tbh I think the original “Ahsoka” crawl wasn’t bad, maybe you’d reconsider using it? Or just to modify it/create a similar one instead of the classic SW yellow one?

And regarding your previous answer to my post, I think that you are right that story-wise those episodes make a good first act (especially if you aim to create a coherent, 3-act movie).
Tho entertainment-wise, those episodes would be out xD

I guess 2nd and 3rd acts will be more tricky, as the episodes 4 and 5, although far from perfect, have a lot of cool content that are the kind of entertainment that the SW fans love. I’m wondering if it’s even possible to reduce them to less than 50-55min (the robots fight, Baylan vs Ahsoka, Baylan/Sabine, Anakin stuff, Ahsoka the white reborn, the whole space whales stuff).

I’m very curious to see how it all will end up (both the show and your movie edit) 😉

Thanks for the feedback. I definitely agree with your points about the logo, title etc. The current Ahsoka logo, title and crawl are placeholders.

I’m going to bring the Ahsoka movie together with my Mando and BOBF edits under one banner which will likely be “The New Republic”. Ahsoka is likely to slot in before Mando season 3 as episode 4. The logo will be something along these lines

The tile is also a placeholder… I’m currently favouring “A Threat from Beyond”.

The crawl itself is based on the crawl from the series but modified to fit better with the 3 paragraphs of (ideally) 6 lines we see in the classic crawls. The final crawl won’t be done until the series is complete because the emphasis of the crawl may need to change. It is also likely to be red in colour to match the logo.

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szopman said:

smudger9 said:

I agree. The more episodes we see, the more it moves towards a single movie. Annoyingly I think it will end up being sat between one and two movies. CrossVader is correct in that episodes 4/5 work as either an ESB-style ending or a middle act of a single movie, but its doubtful that episodes 6 to 8 will be enough for one movie.

I don’t like the idea of a really harsh cut of the first 2 episodes, because I love the introduction of the characters and there is some essential exposition in there, particularly if you haven’t seen Rebels.

I’m currently working with a faster paced edit of the first 2 episodes with the Correlia scenes cut. Sabine examines the droid head and reveals that it came from Seatos. This gets us to Seatos after 55mins. The next challenge is really tightening up episodes 3 to 5 which I think could be condensed down to about 45min, leaving an hour for the last 3 episodes… might be doable!

It’s your project and of course you will edit it the way you feel works best for you, but, I’m really surprised that you prefer to cut heavily eps 3-5 (especially that she far eps 4 and 5 seem to be the best ones of the 5 released eps) instead of the episode 1 and 2.

I think that even if you cut 90% of those first two eps, you can still have the introduction of Baylon and Shin. Regarding the introduction of the Rebels crew and the dynamics between Ahsoka and Sabine, I really believe that the episode 3 have it all. In my opinion, those who already know Rebels, won’t be confused at all, they know too well who’s who. And those who never watched Rebels - well, I think that they will feel they missed something anyway (in whatever format they choose to watch “Ahsoka”).

But again, your previous edits proved that you know what you’re doing 😉

Also, luckily, there s a lot of useless material that can be easily cut from the episode 5 ( we don’t really need those long and slow scenes with Jacen and Hera). One short scene with Jacen sensing Ahsoka would be enough. I think that this episode can be cut to 25-30min without a problem.

Then, if you decided to do a more “harsh” cut of the first two episodes, and considering some necessary cuts and trims for eps 3 and 4, you’d probably have a nice 60-70min I act (/1st half) of the movie. Then, there would be less to cut from eps 6-8 which will probably be the most crucial ones (I imagine that the creme de la creme will be those 3 last episodes).

Anyway, I ll be happy to check this edit anyway once it comes out as the show itself is not really rewatchable for me so far 😉

I just feel that as far as a movie structure is concerned, the first one and a half episodes give us a perfect first act, which I’ve edited down to 60mins.

  • Intro to the villains
  • Step-wise introduction to our three main heroes (Ahsoka, Hera & Sabine) with crucial backstory.
  • References to Thrawn and Ezra who will (presumably) be the centre of act 3.
  • Our first Villain-Hero confrontation where the villain wins.
  • Sabine and Ahsoka reuniting in a call to action.

Episodes 3, 4 and 5 don’t actually do much legwork in terms of the story, the pace is really slow and there is a lot of scene repetition. A slower-paced second act is what I always aim for, but not quite this slow. In those 3 episodes all that needs to happen is:

  • A short Jedi training sequence.
  • Our heroes discover the villains’ plan (hyperdrive).
  • Thay fail in their attempt to retrieve the map and prevent the villains from using the hyperdrive.
  • The Villains escape.
  • Ahsoka has an epiphany.

It really isnt much and should occupy no more than 45mins of screentime, unfortunately the episodes are constructed in a way that makes cutting out the required material very difficult. Ashoka’s costume change in EP3 is a big annoyance.

I have uploaded a first cut of act 1 if anyone is interested in a viewing and offering feedback. All welcome.

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Ulbert said:

Hello smudger9, I am curently cuting together New sequel trilogy which will consist of the Favreau-Filoni TV show (Mando, TBOBF and Ahsoka). I’d like to make Episode VII - A New Dawn, which will be a mix of season 1 and season 2 of The Mandalorian but I’m stuck with in dle middle of my edit. I’d like to know if there’s a chance to see your legendary edits (and take inspirations from your). If it’s not a problem, would you send me links for them? Thank you.

Sure thing. PM sent

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GLogus said:

Smudger, I watched this edit again and just can’t believe how much of an improvement it is over the original. I simply can’t give enough praise. However, have you ever thought about ending Episode 3 with Mando leaving the armor with Ahsoka to pass on to Grogu, and saving the Luke/Grogu stuff for the beginning of Episode 4?

Thanks so much!

I have considered restructuring episodes 2, 3 and 4 and it’s something I’ll go back to after Ahsoka is finished. I think everyone can agree that the Grogu-Luke reunion was done extremely poorly in the series and it’s trying to decide at what point this occurs in the edits. Much to ponder!