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This is amazing. Thanks.
This is amazing. Thanks.
Here is a link to the first 30 minutes or so, to give an idea of what I’m aiming for. The audio has been edited too but some of the music transitions aren’t as tight as they will be for the final edit. The 30 minutes includes the opening logos and crawl, all of the episode 1 footage and the first few scenes from episode 2. I’m hoping to have the first 3 episodes put together by the end of the weekend.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15UOAlNEmVnpkQ3xGuLVFeGM7kz9CPjrQ
So whilst waiting for the next Mandoverse series, I’d thought I’d have a stab at the Andor series. I absolutely love this series as it is, but I think it will make for an epic movie series with some of the fat trimmed and the plot sped up.
My aim is to create 2 movies from season one (and then 2 or 3 from season 2). Its gonna really push things to condense season one down to 2 movies so the likely runtime for each will be approaching 3 hours. I considered making 3 movies, but the material doesn’t fit with a 3 movie structure. Unlike my Mando edits, the movies will have a new opening which will fit in better with the feel of the series.
We have a natural time jump in Cassian’s story between episodes 7 and 8 which will determine the content of the 2 movies.
Episode 1: Spark of Rebellion
Here is the summary of the edit with a list of the changes. There were a lot, so minor changes have not been listed.
The edit is split into 3 acts.
The overall goals of the edit are:
Specific Changes
Opening (1 min)
Star Wars opening Logos.
Custom opening text sequence using Andor Logo with Main Theme and Pre-Mor Shakedown
Episode 1: (33mins cut to 18mins)
Trim Cassian walking sequence to the Leisure Zone.
Completely cut Brothel Scene by transitioning from Cassian Walking towards the Brothel to him walking away from Brothel.
Cut Corpos “what have you swam over” and “he’s not laughing now” - removes reference to the meeting in the brothel.
Shorten Drezzer begging lines - Cassian shoots him straight after “we had a misunderstanding”.
Add wipe between ship leaving Morlana and Ferrix.
Trim B2’s journey to Cassian including cutting the “dogs”.
Trim first flashback scene of ship crashing.
Edit B2’s lines so that only Brasso came by the house the previous night.
Edit and shorten the sequence of Cassian walking to meet Brasso.
Shorten Cassian’s description of his alibi to Brasso.
Cut Brasso’s elaboration of the nights events.
Cut Corporate Security Headquarters scene where Syril discusses the Murders with his superior - Cassian walks from Brasso into the Garage to meet Bix.
Shorten Cassian-Bix conversation to remove references to Cassian having the Starpath for a while, and references to Bix buying the Starpath.
Cut second flashback scene at the Kenari camp.
Cut scene of Syril looking for unauthorised ships - Cassian now walks out of the garage and runs into Nurchi.
Cut Tim following Bix to the communication tower.
Cut Syril talking to his analytics team.
Cut Peglar approaching the ship where Cassian is - shot cuts straight to a closeup of the ship.
Cut Peglar talking about yard rats.
Cut flashback scene of the group leaving the camp.
Use “The Cassian Way” to create music transition into episode 2.
Episode 2 (28mins to 19mins)
Cut Cassian telling Bix he will sell her the Starpath Unit.
Shorten Tim’s walk to the phone booth.
Cut scene where Syril and the Corpos receive the information about Cassian.
Cut scene where Bix goes to Tim’s house.
Cut Syril/Mosk scene - edit moves from Informant scene to Cassian in his ship/house.
Cut flashback scene and replace with heavily edited scene where the tribe leader is shot by one of the ship’s occupants.
Edit Luthen arrival scene to remove him looking at the Salyard.
Cut Cassian saying “That would be me” he now ignores Maria’s question about Kanari.
Cut Time grappler scene
Cut Bix/Tim morning scene
Cut Mosk talking about the territorial forum
Trim Syril’s speech aboard the ship to cut out the silences, awkwardness and clapping.
Cut Luthen scene on the hoverbus.
Episode 3 (34mins to 25mins)
Edit flashback scene of young Cassian entering the craft to speed up his arrival in the control room. Cut him destroying the equipment.
Cut Scene where Cassian tells Brasso that he is leaving.
Cut scene where Luthen exits the hoverbus.
Cut end of the Bix/Luthen scene “do you trust him?”
Shorten Corpo Tac-Pod approach.
Cut flashback scene where Maarva sedates Cassian.
Cut scene where Bix asks Tim about the stuff piled up in the alley.
Cut Luthen talking about 3 choices.
Reduce “banging” scenes.
Cut Cassian and Luthen talking about the Starpath as they escape the warehouse.
Cut Corpo talking to Maarva “why, what happens then?”
Cut Mosk “shit”.
Episode 4 (41mins to 34mins)
Remove Cassian looking for the Medpack to create tension before the hyperspace jump and provide a better transition from episode 3.
Cut some of Supervisor Grandi’s lines in the ISB briefing.
Cut Luthen “It will always be worth more to me”
Cut Andor looking at the Kyber Crystal
Insert establishing shot of Corporate security headquarter from the deleted episode 1 scene.
Cut Blevin’s line about the “full apex of incredulous disaster”
Cut the Vel/Cassian Aldhani exposition scene.
Cut Nemik/Skeen lookout scene.
Cut Vel “We’ve had a stroke of luck, he’s been able to fight his way free”
Cut Syril arriving on Coriscent.
Cut Cinta attending to Cassian’s wound.
Cut rest of the group questioning Vel about Cassian.
Cut servant from Mothma/Perrin scene.
Cut Perrin “must everything be boring and sad”.
Cut Skeen “no-one but us”.
Insert party scene at Mothma’s residence from Episode 7. Use shot of Tay Kolma from the trailer when he asks “what are you really doing” - looks so much better!
Swap Rebel campfire scene and ISB scenes around to give a spacer between Aldhani night and day scenes.
Remove Partagaz “officers like you” lines.
Episode 5 (37mins to 22mins)
Cut all Syril/Mother scenes.
Cut Skeen “I think she’s having second thoughts”
Cut Skeen talking about high stakes.
Cut Skeen talking about Vel and Cinta sharing a blanket.
Insert scene from Episode 7 where Deedra asks for a data search.
Cut Mothma/Perrin/Daughter scene.
Cut Cassian “you really don’t, do you”.
Cut Tamarind “why isn’t it in the manual”.
Cut Cassian “Its a custom job”.
Cut Scene where Tamarind explains the Imperial base layout to Cassian.
Cut scene with Gorn ordering the arch to be cleaned up.
Cut scene with Blevin on Ferrix
Cut Rebels marching training.
Cut Gorn/Corporal scene talking about imperial plans.
Cut scene at Rebel Camp where they are checking their equipment.
Insert ISB scene where Blevin accuses Deedra of misconduct. - scene is edited to shorten it. Cut Blevin “no sir, at risk of repetition you are correct”. Cut Partagaz “you think this forum appropriate”. Shorten Blevin’s explanation his accusation. Cut reference to Aldhani (since the test hasn’t happened yet). Cut Partagaz “thesis please”.
Episode 6 (43mins to 39mins)
Cut Nemik “I wrote about you last night”.
Cut Imperials drinking “coffee”
Cut scene where Skeen explains to Cassian that Tamarind was a stormtrooper
Cut Imperial urinating next to Vel/Cinta.
Cut Commandant dressing scene
Cut some Dhani walking scenes to speed up the journey to the arch.
Cut Nemick “you were right, I’m not tired at all”
Cut Gorn “I want eyes shut and mouths open”
Cut Imperial Engineer smelling the goat hide.
Cut Imperials running across the dam.
Cut Imperials discussing the comm outage.
Cut some of the Dhani singing.
Cut light going off as Gorn descends into the vault.
Cut Imperials descending onto the vault.
Cut Vel “you disgusting bastard”
Move ISB response scene forwards to act as a spacer between the rebels setting off for, and arriving at the doctor’s location.
Episode 7 (42mins to 19mins)
2 scenes used earlier in the edit.
Admiral Yalaren scene used.
Cinta scene uncovering the speeder.
Luthen and Mon Mothma scene used. - Cut reference to Mothma’s future meeting because its already happened.
Episode 2: The Reckoning
Running time is 2h 57mins, exactly the same as Episode 1. It’s bulky but the material is just so damn good that the time flies by.
Available as:
Uncompressed 1080 MP4 [9.6GB]
Compressed 4K MKV [4.0GB]
Here is a list of the changes:
Broad Changes
The Movie has been edited to introduce a time skip between this and Andor Episode 1. During the time skip the Vel has disposed of the hauler, the stolen credits have been hidden by the rebel network, Dedra has continued her investigation into the rebels and Andor has assumed a new identity.
Andor has been captured off screen 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 up that everyone is trying to hunt down Andor, unaware that he is en route to an Imperial prison under an assumed name.
Syril’s Coruscant scenes that were cut from the previous edit are utilised but his mother is cut completely.
Vel now leaves Coruscant after she is ordered to find Andor and doesnt return. Her connection to Mon Mothma is absent.
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 as two dream flashback sequences whilst he’s on Narkina-5. These scenes are essential for Andor and Marrva’s character arcs and the ISB’s investigations but don’t work well if used chronologically.
Scenes involving Mon Mothma and her family are largely cut. Only the basic plot requiring her to sacrifice her daughter remains.
There has been a vast restructuring in this edit with a lot of scenes moved around. This required numerous new audio transitions requiring combinations of audio rebuild, rescore and use of audio revurb to make them seemless.
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.
The sequnce ends with Syril in his room looking at the hologram of Andor. Here I have cut together two seperate scenes to give it length and emotianl weight. the audio has been rebuilt and scored using a segment of the Episode 5 Main theme.
This sequence sets up the theme of the movie…… everyone is looking for Andor.
Episode 8
Sharp cut to Andor arriving on Narkina. The arrival sequence is edited to be continuous as the ISB scene is part of the opening sequence.
Cut to Syril arriving for his first day at the Bureau of Standards from EP7. The external shot has been removed and replaced with a repeat shot from within the bureau with rebuilt audio to remove intro music.
Cut to Andor in his prison uniform, being delivered to his unit. The sequence is shortened to remove the uneccessary interplay between the guards about staffing levels.
The “sprint segment" on the factory floor has been cut.
Cut from Andor’s shocked face to Syril at his Bureau work station from EP7. Use of revurb on the machiinery audio leads nicely into the silence of the Bureau. The audio in the Bureau scene has been rebuilt to remove the music. The monotonous background hum of the Bureau works much better to show Syril’s plight following the events of Episode 1.
Cut to Andor on the bridge at the end of the shift. The orientation sequence plays out as one continuous scene with the Mon Mothma scenes removed and placed later in the edit. I’ve used Syrils scenes as the juxaposition to Andor rather than the Mon Mothma scenes. Mon Mothma has no connection to Andor, whereas Syril’s arc is driven entriely by his obsession with Andor.
We cut from Andor reflecting in the darkness of his pod to the first of 2 flashback scenes using footage of his return to Ferrix from EP7. This first flashback is of Andor returning to Maarva’s house and her agreeing to leave ferrix with him. The audio is rebuilt to remove the music. Sound effects are added as an intro to the flashback.
Cut to shot of the hot prison floor and pan to Andor in the dark leading to the "30 shifts later” timejump. This scene is used upto the point where the prisoners leave the shower and pick up their clothing.
Cut to Syril at the Bureau as the ISB arrive to take him in for questioning. End cue from the Fuel purity track is used as the inro transition. The audio at the end of the scene is rebuilt to remove the music and a version of Syril Suite music cue from Episode 11 is used as the outro music.
Hard cut straight to Syril in the ISB interrogation room as Dedra arrives. Audio at the start is rebuilt to remove the music, allowing the music from the previous scene to transition through.
Cut to the prison as a normal shift unfolds.
Cut to Syril’s second interrogation scene.
Cut to Ferrix scenes of Brasso and Bix with Maarva and the watching Vel and Sinta. Vel and Sinta’s scene is 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 and removing Luthen “not knowing what he knows” when talking about Andor.
Cut to nightime prison scene where the prisoner is about to commit suicide. Added in shot of Andor sleeping. Then cut to the second Ferrix Flashback scene where Maarva tells Andor she is staying on Ferrix. The Flashback of young Andor v the Clones is removed to avoid having a flashback within a flashback - it is used later. Cut Maarva “That’s just love… nothing you can do about that” - those lines never sat well with me. Edit Andor’s exit to cut references to Andor’s sister. AUdio rebuilt and the end of the Maarva’s Rebellion track used as the ooutro music.
Cut back to a reversed, trimmed shot of the prison at nightime and 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.
Cut to the Prison floor…. Only the very start of this scene is used and combined with the frist prison scene of Episode 9 to create a single scene.
Episode 9
First prison scene moved up to provide a spacer between the Bix/Dedra scene at the end of the last episode and start of this episode. Audio revurb used to create an ominous audio transition that cuts straight to Dedra turning around to face Bix.
Audio rebuilt at the start of the Bix/Dedra scene to remove the music, allowing the revurb audio to transition through.
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 with these scenes replaced with the Mon Mothma political gathering scenes from EP8. These follow on from her senate scene with the middle of the three scenes being cut completely.
Syril’s mother is cut.
The ISB scene where Dedra briefs Partagaz on Bix’s interrogation is moved back and follows on from the final Mothma scene. This scene then transitions with a wipe to the next day at the Narkia 5 prison.
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. This scene is cut into 2 parts. As Dedra walks into the ISB building we cut to the next Prison floor scene and then back to Dedra as she arrives at her office.
Removed the prison doctor “He’s had a massive stroke” - I dont like “earthy” langage 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 tannoy.
Trimmed Lonni’s journey in the lift.
Cut references to Lonni’s child.
Cut to Melshi and Andor running… audio rebuilt and re-scored using “Tell me they’re leaving”. Wipe transition to Chapter 11 scene at Maarva’s house.
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 Syril/Linus scene.
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. Cyrils’ 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.
Add post credits Death Star scene as the final scene before cut to credits.
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This film is not only very well edited, but also, for me, it fixes the biggest mistake that Boba Fett and his Din and Grogu-centric chapters had: making them meet again without generating a tension that gives weight to the reunion. If in the middle of the series of another character you introduce as a secondary plot what is the main one of another, it feels strange. However in your films, taking that reunion to the end of a third film without Grogu appearing until then, you feel that in relation to the previous ones there is a weight and a burden for the separation. It feels that the protagonist is Mando, the plot is dilated and the ending works better. Anyway, you have made my new canon of how I am going to see these series (single episodes that shine apart).
The audio mix in this one works perfectly for me, I don’t notice any difference with the Disney + versions and the transitions between plots are smooth and elegant.
Thanks Warhorn. I think most people found the Grogu-Mando reunion odd, and it is probably the only misstep so far in Mandy’s story. What I ultimately want to do is move the reunion to the start of the next Movie, but that will depend on what Season 3 entails.
Spectacular! I would say that it even has a better rhythm than the first, and although the changes have hurt me more in this one (I love episode 7 of the second season), seeing it I understand that it is impossible to integrate the story in another way. I loved the way of integrating the Boba Fett plot, it feels completely organic knowing the nature of the third part (which I haven’t been able to see yet, but I’m looking forward to it).
The only problem I have noticed is the sound. In the parts with music it is more noticeable: it is as if it had applied a noise reducer that distorts the general loudness. These days I have been putting the film in Premiere to change some parts with music because otherwise it seems to me a fantastic film.
Congratulations, another great job. 😉
This was a lot more of a struggle to edit into a movie. There was a lot I would have liked to have included, but for time and structural reasons had to be cut. The Ahsoka/Mando team up, episode 6 and episode 4 have some really great moments.
In terms of the sound issues, I have watched it back a few times and didn’t pick up on anything. We’re there any specific time stamps where it’s a problem?
Amazing job. I have enjoyed every minute of the movie and I feel that all the omissions and changes regarding the chapters are very well done. The editing work in dialogues, the rearrangement of scenes, the use of music, the way of spinning the chapters… I sweat thinking about doing it. As a Star Wars standalone this would be a blast. Congratulations, it is a 100% enjoyable movie.
Thanks for the feedback. Season 1 is definitely the most conducive to making a feature length movie and the end result is a pretty satisfying 3-act edit.
The most recent files are in Google drive now. PM if interested.
Have you considered incorporating Shamook’s redone VFX of Luke’s first entrance in the Mandalorian Season 2 Finale? Some shots don’t look good as far as the mouth movements go but I believe I using a few re-done Shamook shots could really help bridge the Luke we see in the Mandalorian with the more realistic Luke seen in the Book of Boba Fett?
I considered it but couldn’t find an adequate quality version.
Version 3 now completed and available as 1080.mov, mkv and Blu-ray.
In the end I didn’t re-instate the battle at the Corvus fortress. It never felt a necessary part of the story and details the plot. The movie runs so much better without it.
Instead I’ll slightly alter the Mando-Armourer dialogue in EP3 regarding the beskar spear. It doesn’t need to have come from a Jedi.
Apologies for the silence on this thread. Now that EP1 V3 is done I’m tinkering with this to put in the new logo, add in the Aksoka duel and add in Boba retrieving Slave 1. It’s mostly done, so will be available soon.
Loved the V3. It seems truly complete now.
I totally agree. Hopefully I can leave this one alone now!
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All links now up and running. Luckily the Bluray rendered without a problem - very strange!
So after a week of trying to sort out the rendering issue I’ve had to come up with a very unsatisfactory workaround of rendering the project in two halves and then reimporting them to FCP and rendering that.
Anyway, the 1080 is done and is uploading to Google Drive, so will be available once its been processed, which usually takes 24 hours!
Then I’ll sort the BR render.
Here is the new artwork and updated chapter list.
If you’re looking to make a chronological edit of the 4 arcs separately, or splitting the season into 2 edits it’s a good time to get ideas together.
I’ll be doing an edit of this series but with 7 hours of footage it’s too early for me to know how to approach it.
My main questions at the moment are:
1 edit or 2?
Are the flashbacks needed or not?
How will the 4 arcs connect?
I’ve been floating ideas around and the main one I’m playing with at the moment is to set up the scene with the opening crawl and jump straight to the Security Force arriving at Ferrix. Episode 3 can then largely play out as the opening act.
It’ll certainly be fun to speculate and discuss over the next 2 months. Can’t wait for tomorrow’s episode.
So I’ve managed to find a workaround by halving the project and rendering the 2 halves separately then combining the two halves and re-rendering! Bloody frustrating! V3 will all be done and dusted and available by tomorrow!
"Out of interest has anyone had experience of this error “RequestCVPixelBufferForFrame returned: 3 for absolute frame:”
Try Googling that error. I wouldn’t be surprised if you find the help you need.
Been there… done everything suggested and no help. It’s infuriating!
So version 3, with the Jawas reinserted, is completed. Absolutely love having them back! Version weighs in at 2h 43! Sadly I’m having massive issues with FCP/Compressor and cannot get it rendered, which is baffling me.
I’ll re-upload the previous versions of Ep1 and Ep2 1080 for those that want them whilst I attempt to sort the issue.
Out of interest has anyone had experience of this error “RequestCVPixelBufferForFrame returned: 3 for absolute frame:”
It is occurring around 34,000 Frame mark at 10mins, and is now happening in all my projects (not just Ep1). There is no corrupt Frame at the referenced frames in the project.
I have:
Replaced my hard drive (which I planned anyway to speed workflow)
Deleted and reinstalled FCP and compressor
Re-linked all the original files
Re-downloaded the original file which coincides with the frame marker
Created a new library and copied the project across.
Deleted FCP preferences.
Baffled
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Just finished watching this through and liked it a lot more than the series itself. The shuffling of all the Mando stuff really does make it feel like a proper Mando series 3, albeit with more Fett this time around - but the new framing makes it feel like he’s guesting in Mando’s show, not the other way around.
I liked the Fett Tusken stuff the best of that series originally but wholeheartedly agree it just isn’t needed here. There’s just enough remaining for everything to make sense. And I didn’t miss any of the other cut elements either.
The Luke Grogu stuff feels like a perfect coda and lead into what comes next too.
Thanks for the feedback. It’s quite shocking really that you can turn a Boba Fett series into a Mando film! Poor Boba got shafted.
Hi all,
Sorry for the silence on this thread, I’ve been focusing on getting Mando 3 released.
Now its done I’ve come back to Ep1 to update it.
“easily watchable as a non-stop movie”
You think 3.85 hours is “easily watchable as a non-stop movie”? Seriously? Wow.
I wouldn’t call that easily watchable 😉
Bluray is now available!
Just finished reading through your edits, really excited to give this a view. Like many, I wasn’t really enjoying what they did to Boba Fett so I’m excited to see how this flows - sounds great!
Not sure if you want us to send you a PM or just ask for a link here. Thanks for all the great work you’ve done!
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