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SparkySywer said:

I think it might be a good idea to treat your fanedits like a Cinematic Universe, of which this is the third installment. If you plan on making movie edits of all these upcoming shows, they’re going to have about that level of interconnectedness.

That’s the plan. I’ll see how this season pans out before deciding on an overarching “Title”. I may just stick to The Mandalorian and have this as episode 3.

Solemn.Philosopher said:

I wonder if there will be enough flashback material to make two films: Post-RotJ and Post-Mandalorian. A snippet of the relevant Return of the Jedi scenes could be used as a prologue to the first one.

Looks like we will be getting a lot of flashback material, however, rather than make a movie out of it I’ll probably scale it back as much as I can. My first cut has the opening logos, crawl and first episode at just 20 mins. I’ve cut a lot of the Tusken stuff but I have a feeling that some scenes will need to go back in.
I’m also hoping that the later flashback scenes involving Fennec can be cut into episodes 1 and 2 of the Mandalorian.

WitchDR said:

I’m very excited for this after your amazing Mando movies! The crawl looks great! And it’s awesome to see the after credit scene stay!

I know there’s been a lot of talks about all the Post-OT shows pulling a Marvel and all lining up for a big conclusion series that wraps all the story lines together.

Just a hypothetical idea for the future… Do you plan to combined all the series together into a series of movies in the future? You say that you will add some of the Book of Boba Fett flashbacks to the Mando movie edits, but what if we get flashback scenes of how Boba got to where he was when we see him in Season 2 of Mando? Or say we get scenes from the Ashoka series showing how she got to the planet we see her on in Mando season 2.

It’d be really cool if by the end of all these Post-OT series, you were able to do a series of movies with all the characters story lines running along side each other.

Obviously this whole idea is a long ways away and also depends on just how well the shows could mesh but it could be something really awesome if it worked out. Would love to hear your thoughts on this!

After each post ROTJ TV season I’ll return to the preceding movies and adjust them to produce a continuity. I did it with Mando 1 after the second season was released to put the Tatooine scenes back in. Once BOBF is finished I’ll go back to Mando 1 and Mando 2.

bearra said:

Heres my review of The Mandalorian Episode 1: A vergence in the Force

PROS
Technical details like scene transitions and audio edits are top notch. I didnt notice any audio errors from one episode to another. And for me the more wipe transitions the better. I enjoyed the opening crawl text, it was clear and set the stage.

I was surprised at how far into episode 1 you cut but it still worked. This was a bold choice that paid off. I like the opening shot inside the cockpit where we dont see mando right from the start just a glimpse of his back. This worked well as a mysterious introduction to the character. The merginig of grief carga doing business with mando into one scene worked well without losing any information. I enjoyed looking for those kinds of edits while watching. Streamlining the first episode and cutting out others completely helped keep a logical flow of the movie so viewers wouldnt get whiplash jumping from one planet to the next. The mudhorn encounter is believable considering what you had to work with. Now that scene is followed by mando fixing his armor which is a small change but makes more sense. Moving Kuils montage of fixing IG-11 to the front of the film works so much better here. Originally it seemed like a random exposition scene but now it adds an interesting plot thread that pays off towards the end. Really good job on that. Thankfully arguably the worst scene in the series is gone: the dreaded scout trooper sequence in the last episode. Thank you for not making me watch that again. With that scene removed the pacing and transition between the last 2 episodes is silky smooth.

CONS
My only real complaint of this edit was the inclusion of the gunsligner episode. This was the only time I was taken out of the story as i realized i was going to have to watch one of my least favorite episodes in its entirety. I think this really added alot to the total runtime of the movie as well. I will say i understand why you chose to keep it. Its probably the right decision because there needed to be a passage of time from episode 3 to 7. And if your going to do future edits of shows to movies (i hope you do), Boba Fett finding Fennec Shand is probably important. Maybe if you cut it down a little more? To be fair I think this episode works better here than a standalone episode.

I miss seeing more of Cara Dune (who is one of my faves:D) but i think her introduction worked. When your watching it u assume shes someone he knew from his travels and i dont think it seemed out of nowhere.

NITPICKS
I honestly do not understand the tracking fobs in general, i dont think they make any sense and are just lazy storytelling. I would just take out any reference to them out completely. But that is neither here nor there i just felt like sharing.

I dont like the “helmets” intro on disney plus. Watching it synced to the fox fanfare didnt feel right. i know its just an easter egg and has no consequence. I would have preferred the usual starwars logo to begin the crawl and maybe change the title to simply: The Mandalorian. I noticed there are only 3 ellipsis when the other starwars films have 4.

CONCLUSION
The superior way to watch season 1. Aside from the gunsligner episode dragging down the pacing, i thought this movie told the story better than separate episodes. I really enjoyed watching this edit and dissecting all your decisions. This edit proves sometimes less is more.

Thanks for the review. Much appreciated. I agree with your cons. There definitely needed to be time between the first and third acts. Originally I used the Sanctuary episode, but it needed to be changed to the Gunslinger to fit in with the wider Mandoverse. I agree its not a great episode, but I do love a trip to Tatooine! I’m hoping that we get a few flashback scenes in the Book of Boba Fett that I can add in to give it more weight.

Good spot on the Elipses. That wasnt intentional.

DrVibble said:

How have I not come across this before??? This looks awesome! I’d love a link for both Ep1 and Ep2 of the ‘Mandoverse’.

Welcome to the party Pal!

PM Sent 😃

Here is my edit of the Book of Boba Fett. With Din Djarin’s story being a surprise feature and the Boba portions being a bit disappointing with a lot of flashback scenes, I have decided to edit this as episode 3 of the Mandalorian. Headlines are:

1. Din and Boba’s present stories run side-by-side for the first half and merge on Tatooine for the final
   battle.
2. The Luke/Grogu/Ahsoka scenes are moved to the end of the movie and Grogu no longer travels to Tatooine.
3. The flashbacks are largely removed. The only parts that remain are edited versions of the sarlaac escape,
   Tusken Gaffi training, Pikes negotiation and Tusken massacre.
4. The mods are heavily edited with the Krrsantan palace infiltration and capture of the majordomo being
   completely removed. The Majordomo is not seen again after the first meeting between Boba and the Mayor.
5. Cuts and edits have been made to strengthen Boba’s character to have him more in control of the plot.

I have also made a new logo for the series which better fits with the man Star Wars logo:

Here is a full list of changes
Opening Crawl
Created opening pan shot to Slave 1 approaching Tatooine using a shot from Mando Ep 16.
Cut to External shot of Jabba’s Palace from Mando Ep 16 Epilogue followed by scene of Boba taking Jabba’s throne.

Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian)
Cut to shot of the ring world.
Cut to Mando entering the abattoir.
Removed a couple of shots of Mando walking through the abattoir
Ends with Mando leaving abattoir.
Music transition created using section of “Final Showdown”.

Ep1 (Stranger in a Strange World)
Cut to Boba in Bacta Tank
Flashback Scene: Includes only the Sarlaac escape, Jawas taking the armour and ends as the Tuskens discover Boba.
Cut to Fennec waking Boba
Cut to 8D8 briefing scene (from EP3 Streets of Mos Espa). Removed sections that mention the assassination.
Gammorean interruption added & inserted a manufactured 8D8 line “the three families of Mos Espa are here”
Cut to External shot of the Palace (from Ep3 The Streets of Mos Espa)
Cut to Tribute scene
Removed recruitment of the 2 Gamorrean Guards
Scene ends as the Majordomo leaves.

Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian)
Cut to Mando walking through ring world
Shortened the walking segment
Scene ends with Armourer allowing Din to rejoin the Covert.

Ep1 (Stranger in a Strange World)
Cut to Boba and Fennec walking through Mos Espa
Removed Garsa/Boba dialogue about hosing the Gamorreans down
Removed Boba “I walk on my own 2 feet”
Removed Fennec “yours looks shinier than mine”
Removed Part of Fennec/Boba walking out of Garsa’s sanctuary where the Gammoreans are walking behind them (they then disappear due to a major continuity error). Added in short clip of 2 Trandoshans sat at a table to replace the cut segment
Shortened Asassin gift scene including removing slo-mo of Boba hitting the assassin with the electrostaff
End scene with Fennec capturing the assassin
Music transition created using segment of “fear is a sure bet”.

Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian)
Cut to shot of ring world.
Scene with the 3 mandalorians plays out
Removed Night of a Thousand Tears flashback
Changed explanation of where Din go the Beskar spear using dialogue from season 3 “Jawa’s, the traded it with a traveller who claimed to have visited the surface of Mandalore”.
Scene ends with Din receiving the Chain Mail armour.

Ep2 (Tribes of Tatooine)
Cut to external shot of the Palace
Use scene of Boba being put into the Bacta Tank by the Gamorreans Ep1 (Stranger in a Strange World)
The reminder of the Flashbacks from Ep1 (Stranger in a Strange World) have been removed
Cut to Flashback scene where Tuskens teach Boba to use a Gaderffii stick. Scene heavily edited to shorten it
Cut to Boba being given his Tusken robes (Spice Train, Tosche Station, hallucinogenic frog, making the Gaderffi stick and tribe dance segments of the flashback have been removed)
Cut to Fennec returning to the palace with the assassin
Removed Boba “speak prisoner”
Removed 8D8 “very expensive”
Removed Fennec “overpriced. You’re paying for the name
End scene with “shall we visit the mayor?”

Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian)
Cut to shot of ring world.
Cut to Darksaber training scene
Remove armourer line “your body is strong” where Emily Swallows accept slips.
End scene with Din leaving the covert

Ep2 (Tribes of Tatooine)
Cut to Boba and Fennec approaching the Mayor’s office.
Trim walking segment
Removed Receptionist “Boba Fett…. Do you have an appointment”
Removed Boba “I’ve found one of his stray pets, I’m here to return it”
Removed Mayor “He’s a member of the order of the night wind”
Removed Boba “ah then you admit it”
Removed Boba to Garsa “now you’re sweating like a…“
Removed Boba “I don’t care what your tablet says”
Removed Boba “these are not the death pits of….”
Removed Boba “the cowardly majordomo…”
Removed Boba “your sister is right”

Ep3 (Streets of Mos Espa)
Cut to night shot of Mos Espa
Cut to Boba coming across the biker gang
Remove “you’re a crime boss just like the rest of them”
Remove all Water Monger scenes
Music transition created using segment of “Fennec and Boba”.

Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian)
Cut to ring world spaceport
Full scene of Mando boarding starliner
Ends with Mando looking at the chainmail

Ep3 (Streets of Mos Espa)
Cut to day shot of Jabba’s Palace
Krrsantan infiltration scene completely cut
Cut to Boba/Fennec eating
Removed Boba “enough food, go help with the patrol”
Removed Fennec “you’re the head of a family, you should enjoy the trappings”
Removed Boba “these are Hutts, waiting will give them another opportunity to strike”
Cut to Hutts arriving. Krrsantan completely removed.
Add in subtitle for the Hutts when talking about the Mayor “He has fled Mos Espa”
Cut to Starliner landing and Pykes disembarking
Removed Mod/Boba joke about his prosthetic eye.
Cut to Rancor training scene
Removed Boba “I think he likes this”
Removed Boba “I’ve ridden beasts 10 times its size”
Removed Boba “Is this the spot”
Removed Boba “I think It’s hungry”
Scenes where Boba, Fennec and mods visit the Mayor’s office, the speeder chase and the capture the Majordomo have been removed.

Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian)
Cut to Mando arriving on the starliner
Removed Pelli “BD are you good? Hey look its Mando”
Removed Scurriers
Scene ends with Pelli asking Mando to help with the ship.

Ep4 (The Gathering Storm)
Cut to night shot of the palace and Boba in Bacta Tank
Cut to Mando in Bacta tank
Flashback scene of Boba going to the Pykes. Cut to the Tusken massacre scene.
Cut to Boba in batch tank with echoed audio of Fennec “Living with the Tuskens has made you soft”. Cut to Boba/Fennec scene around the campfire. Boba “No, it has made me strong”. All other Boba-Fennec flashbacks scenes have been cut.
Cut to Boba getting out of Bacta tank
Remove reference to the Majordomo being tortured.
Cut to Krrsantan bar scene.
Shorten the Garsa-Krrsantan interaction to remove the cringey lines.
Remove Boba to Garsa “It was worth a shot”.
Cut to meeting with the crime families
Shortened Fennec’s speech to give Boba’s more weight.

Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian)
Cut to External shot of Pelli’s Hangar (the ship repair montage scene has been removed).
Naboo Straighter reveal scene
Test flight space scenes removed
Wipe to Fighter landing in the hangar
End with Mando-Fennec recruitment scene

Ep6 From the Desert Comes a Stranger
Cut to Marshall Vanth - Pykes scene
Cut to Mando arriving at Jabba’s Palace
Cut the Mayor’s Mojardomo from Fennec’s briefing
Remainder of episode runs unedited - Din/Vanth, Vanth/Bane, Bombing of Garsa’s Sanctuary

Ep7 (In the Name of Honor)
Cut to Boba, Fennec & Mando in the ruins of the Sanctuary
Removed dialogue between Boba and the Mods about not retreating to the palace.
Cut to Bane & the Pike’s Lair
Removed Grogu arriving on Tatooine
Cut to Boba, Fennec & Mando in the Sanctuary
Removed long shot of Mods on speeder bikes during Fennec’s action plan description
Removed shots where Mayor’s Majordomo is visible
Removed Bane “you should have never left him without his armour”
Removed Flashback to Tusken massacre
Removed Bane “you know its true”
Added in 2 lines of dialogue as Fennec comes out of the sanctuary Bane “Fennec Shand” and Fennec “hello Bane” from the Bad Batch
Removed all of Fennec’s lines where she dissuades Boba from attacking Bane. Now it is Boba that makes the decision not to engage Bane.
Removed shots where Mayor’s Majordomo comes out of the sanctuary and shots of him inside telling Fennec where the Pike Headquarters is.
Now edited so that Boba tells Fennec to go to Mos Eisley.
Removed Mods lines “how many are there”, “At least a dozen”
Removed Mods “thank you”
Removed Fennec “Manners, I like it”
Removed Mando “Its was the smart move”
Removed Boba “It was”
Removed Majordomo being sent out to the Pykes as a diversion.
Removed Boba and Mando shooting excessively at same Pyke
Removed Mando and Boba getting hit numerous times by Pyke gunfire
Removed Mod “where did all these sand scurries come from”
Removed “we’re here to save some city rats”
Removed Boba “save it for the Pykes”
Reduced length of slo-mo scene where Krrsantan gets hit by gunfire
Removed Mando “I owe you a nice long soak in the Bacta Tank”
Removed Mando energy weapons/kinetic weapons line
Removed scene where Droid chases Krrsantan and the Mods save him
Removed Pelli and Grogu arriving - Pelli, Grogu and the Majordomo have been removed from all scenes in the finale.
Edited so that Boba and the Rancor save Mando from the droid rather than Grogu.
Removed Rancor rampage scenes - Rancor now runs off when Bane aims his flamethrower at it and it is not seen again.
Remove Boba “Maybe but I have armour”
Removed Bane “Lets find out”
Removed Bane “Now’s the time you jet off to your Bacta Tank”
Cut from Boba defeating Bane to Fennec taking out the Command centre
Cut to Boba and Fennec walking through Mos Espa and then pan up to Mando in his Starfighter - end scene with long shot of ship (close-up shots moved to end of movie)
Cut to scenes from Ep5 (Return of the Mandalorian) where Mando flies past the starliner and interacts with the Rodian. End shot when Rhodian is looking at the starfighter and it appears to jump into hyperspace.

Ep6 (From the Desert Comes a Stranger)
Cut to Mando exiting hyperspace and landing on the forest world.
Trimmed scene of R2 leading Mando through the forest.
Moved first Luke-Grogu scene to later.
Movie cuts from Mando sitting on the log to Ahsoka appearing.
Mando handing Ahsoka the armour now cuts to first Luke-Grogu scene.
Cut Luke and Grogu walking through forest
Cut Order 66 flashback
Cut Luke “The galaxy is a dangerous place Grogu”
Cut from Luke & Grogu by the water to Luke running through forest with Grogu on his back.
Run training scenes to end where Grogu is lying on the rock
Cut to shot of Mando looking up form the forest
Cut to scene of Luke and Grogu in the temple building.
Cut from head shot of Grogu pondering his decision to head shot of Grogu in the Naboo starfighter (Ep7 In the Name of Honor)
Use end scene from Ep7 of Mando and Grogu in the NAboo starfighter
Cut to end credits

EddieDean said:

Really enjoyed this. I could see the huge amount of work you put into the restructuring to make the narrative seamless, and I appreciated your moving of lines from cut content to keep their value in this movie. Excellent work.

Only nitpick would be the transitions- I didn’t feel like any were necessary, most notably that final iris wipe after Gideon’s darksaber reveal, which came fast after another transition.

I cut the Gideon scene from the first version for that very reason. However, it made sense to put it back in, having had to cut the Gideon survival reveal from episode 2. The only way to avoid the double transition is to have the Gideon scene be the final scene, but that isn’t how Star Wars movies end… they alway end with a feeling of hope, adventure or celebration.

arabian said:

Whistles patiently… sighs. Whenever you get a chance. I’d love to see the new version.

PM sent. I was wating for the correcected Ep1 V2 files to be uploaded.

If anyone has requested links for V2, I’ve resent new links that resolve the sound synch error from the armourer v Stormtroopers scene. Check your PMs.

WitchDR said:

I noticed only one audio error during v2. There’s audio delays during the Armorer’s fight scene against the Stormtroppers. Other than that this was a very well done fan edit, and your v2 will be my go to for Season 1.

Arrrghhh. Well spotted. Don’t know how that slipped through. Replacements are being rendered and will be up tomorrow 😦

wisem said:

Again another smudger9 masterpiece. So I truly enjoyed his v1 as a stand alone but totally understand the need / want of v2 now that season 2 is out there. All that being said it’s just incredible. I’m to the point where I almost want to skip the episodic nature of season 3 and just wait on smudger9’s edit.

Thanks for the review.

I plan on doing feature film versions of all the live action stuff. It’s going to be a busy year!
Book of Boba Fett
Kenobi
Andor (almost certainly 2 movies worth)
Mandalorian S3

jedimaster1995 said:

This is awesome. I would love a link for episodes 1 and 2!

PM Sent

Crossvader said:

Can I get a link to the Blu-ray version please

PM Sent

WitchDR said:

Would love a link!

PM Sent

Hal 9000 said:

Just watched this, and I’m impressed. You managed to cut out a whole lot, and it flowed so well. Could certainly have been a blockbuster as-is. I had a great time, and am refreshed and ready for the new Boba Fett book coming out next month.

Thanks Hal. Glad you enjoyed it. A Book of Boba Fett Movie is my next planned project, then one for Kenobi, then probably 2 for Andor. Busy year!!!

Version 2 is now completed and available as 720 stream, 1080 .mov, .mkv and Bluray.

I have replied to all requests. If I’ve missed you please re-PM me.

The Bluray version is now available if anyone is interested.

Version 2 is now completed and will be rendered this weekend. Anyone still wishing to download Version 1 will be able to until Wednesday. Then the links will be replaced with this version.

In short version 2 is an update that fits in better with my Episode 2 movie and hopefully The Book of Boba when released. Main changes are:

1. Tatooine has replaced Sjorgen as the “middle act” of the movie.
2. Moff Gideon climbing out of the wrecked Tie Fighter is now in the movie itself, rather than being a post credits scene.
3. I have removed a lot of the “Mando gets shot” scenes which were just too many in number.

STF78 said:

Both clips work well, I would probably favour the second on the grounds that the scenario is a little more straight forward, however both have their merits. Look forward to the final, updated edit

Thanks.

I went for the second one in the end for the reason you stated. The battle scene is now finished, I just need to tidy up the transition from Tatooine to meeting Cara. The Sorgen music is bothering me so I’m having to rebuild the audio to take it out.

So an update on V2 of Ep1.
I’ve had the Gunslinger scenes edited together for a while, but have been going back and forth on how to fit them into the overall movie.

There were 2 points on which I was struggling. Firstly whether Mando meets Cara Dune before he goes to Tatooine, or just meets up with her after Tatooine. I’ve finally settled on just the one meeting but have slightly extended the scene by cutting in parts of the Sanctuary.
Here is the scene… the audio isn’t finalised yet.

https://vimeo.com/640738207

The second debate is exactly where to insert the space battle preceding Tatooine. I have 2 options.

1. It occurs as Mando leaves Nevarro. In this scenario Mando escapes by entering hyperspace rarer than blowing up the bounty hunter’s ship, the Razor is then forced to exit hyperspace due to the damage sustained in the battle.

https://vimeo.com/640697741
(audio needs a lot of work)

2. Mando escapes Nevarro and is attacked just after he exits hyperspace.

https://vimeo.com/640697944
(audio needs lots of work and “that’s my line” needs editing out.

Let me know your thoughts.

Amococadiz said:

Hi,

I just watched your EP1 cut and must say that I’m impressed. First of all thank you so much for all the effort.

I really don’t understand the hype about this series since its first season left me yawning on my sofa. Somehow I managed to watch it all, waiting for the plot twist, some development, some change - but there was nothing. So when the second season was aired I was again hoping for more fun watching (I’m a fan, what can I do?) but I gave up after 3 episodes. It was the same guy with no expression (helmet) and a cute green alien with hardly any expression (baby, cgi) fly to some planet, get into trouble (make promises, bad guys show up, monsters), get out of it or flee, repeat. Really disappointing, when you think of the character’s potential.

In your EP1 you managed to streamline and pace the plot, get rid of redundancies, cringe and all the explanatory stuff (Come on Disney, this is made for star wars fans, we follow the force, we know. Stop explaining star wars to us). And I can’t thank you enough for it, it is so much better now. This is the way (repeat 10 times).

But as i mentioned before - I am a fan - since the day I saw episode IV in a cinema that didn’t care about my real age back in 1977. I need to know what’s happening. So, if possible PM me with a link to EP2. I would really appreciate it.

Thanks.

Many thanks. DM sent.

arabian said:

I watched this last night and I have to say that overall, once again, smudger, you did an amazing job. I’m really just in awe of how brilliantly and seamlessly you worked 8 episodes into one movie. So, so well done. OK, I wrote my thoughts down while writing it.

• Fantastic crawl. It was concise, clear, had enough punch and set everything up beautifully.
• I adored how it went from the Star Wars theme to the end of that familiar SW end note after the crawl to The Mandalorian music. BRILLIANT!
• One of the things I like about making a film from a show is that shows have longer scenes that allow characters and beats to breathe and play out (well, good shows do) and you kept that in certain spots. Like in the intro of Cobb Vance. You wisely kept that whole scene as is.
• On the other hand, I would have cut all but the first scene with the Sand People though. The scenes with the bantha sacrifice not happening and the “negotiations” I didn’t feel were needed because we got all the information that basically happened in those scenes in the town meeting scene–and much more emotionally told. (That the Sand People had studied them for generations, and that the town people would be fighting along side them.)
• I understand why you cut the entire Frog Lady adventure, but the random landing thrust not working really did come out of nowhere, and it really does feel like we missed something with nothing happening other than the New Republic pilots coming upon them. I don’t know… that might just be because I know what’s there. Still, the meeting with her and her husband, and then Mando dropping Grogu off to them later held so little resonance as well. So, yeah, I dunno. That’s a tricky one. I had no problem with the dripping Razorcrest in the background, it looked like it could be another ship. I just think maybe adding a few more scenes during the flight of interaction could have helped to give more resonance, I guess. I dunno.
• The tracking device being implanted also comes out of nowhere. I mean, Mando wouldn’t just let anyone touch his ship for no reason. So I kinda wish you’d kept that part in. Or taking out that scene with the tech telling Gideon. Did we really need it? Obviously Gideon has spies everywhere. Then later when Boba mentioned that he tracked Mando that basically made it clear he could be tracked, so Gideon doing so makes perfect sense.
• By the way…how did Mando find out that Gideon was alive?
• As much as I loved all the stuff with Ahsoka, I agree with your cuts. They weren’t necessary for Mando/Grogu’s story. I would have just added one more tiny cut. Since you went straight from the explaining why she can’t train him scene to their last scene, I would have cut her line “I can not train him” after “you’re like a father to him” and before telling him to go to the mountain. I think based on the shots it would have worked seamlessly and not been repetitious since we just had the last scene of her explaining all of why she couldn’t train him.
• Well, re: the above, the explanation of Mando getting the beskar staff is important, though. Hmm… I didn’t remember him getting the spear from the magistrate until he picked it up in the wreckage. I was like what? where? When he picked it up and had to rack my brains trying to figure out where that came from since it was so noticeable and remarked upon. Then I remembered, and of course, it played such a big part later in the fight.
• I have to admit the whole section with Mayfield and that episode doesn’t feel like it’s missing anything at all. So, I got to hand it to you, it’s completely seamless which means, yup, the Mayfield stuff is completely unnecessary in the first film too. Great, great job. (ETA: Erm… more on that later.)
• That repeat of that speech to Gideon that Mando makes verbatim is gone? That part was awesome! I’m really surprised you cut that. (And bummed.)
• So, obviously this was IN the show but the fact that this is all in one “movie” and it’s called Search for the Jedi, it’s SO INCREDIBLY powerful when THE Jedi shows up. I got full body chills, I was grinning from ear to ear, I was more overwhelmed and excited and utterly beside myself watching every single moment with Luke taking out the Dark Troopers than when I first watched it. I was imagining that if this was in a movie how incredible powerful this would be in a theater. People would be hooting and hollaring and going wild.
• In my opinion, I don’t think that Mando not taking his mask off beforehand works. When you told me earlier that by taking it out we get the full impact of him taking it off with Grogu I thought, ‘oh yeah, that’s true.’ The problem is that it’s not played that way on screen at all… as if Din is dealing with this huge thing of taking off his mask for the first time in front of a lot of people, breaking the code, in fact, taking his mask off doesn’t effect him at all, which makes absolutely zero sense for a guy who has made such a huge deal about it for two straight “movies.” And, of course, anyone who watched the show knows why… he already DID do that when he took his mask off the actual first time. It was hugely difficult for him, he did deal with it, and he realized what mattered was Grogu. So him taking off the mask again so Grogu could see his face was why it was emotionally resonating. That was the beat that hit this time. The first time was about Din and his issues. The second time was all about Grogu and their bond. But if you don’t see Din dealing with all of his mask/face revealing issues it leaves this gaping character hole. Which is why the Mayfield stuff kinda has to be included a bit. I wonder how much of that could be included, but trimming a bunch of the ooh! shocks, near-misses, fake-outs, etc. fat to get to the meat. Hmm…

Anyhoo, even with all the few changes I would have made, still, again, OVERALL… just wow, wow, wow. Once again you have done an outstanding job. Kudos, kudos out the ying yang!

Thanks for the review. Some very interesting points.

Removing the Bantha sacrifice could work. It would mean that I could reinstate the Tuskens arriving at Mos Pelgo.

Lots of the Frog lady stuff had to go in the end because of timing. I kept the Republic pilots in to give her and Mando a little more interaction, but that was the best I could do.

Yes the tracking beacon scene isn’t necessarily needed, but it acts as a spacer scene to give a smoother transition between episodes. And there was plenty of time for it to be planted when the Razor was being repaired on Trask.

With regards to Mando finding out that Gideon is alive. It’s implied in the opening crawl that he finds out off screen. This will flow better when V2 of Episode 1 is released which shows Gideon surviving. I had a version where Bo Katan tells Mando that Gideon is alive, but I just couldn’t quite get the dialogue to work.

It was a real shame to cut a lot of the Ashoka stuff, but as you say it didn’t add to the story and in the end was an obvious cut to make. It does remove the Beskar staff origin, but I don’t think it’s needed. You get enough exposition from Boba when Mando pulls it out of the Razor wreckage. We don’t need to know where it came from, we just need to know what it is.

The Mando speech to a Gideon was in right until the end and was a nice spacer scene, but I felt there were too many quick scene cuts in short order, so I cut it.

I agree it would have been better to have the first Mando mask removal in, but that would involve having pretty much the whole episode in there. That would be too much in terms of time and plot.

Crossvader said:

Is there a link to the Blu-ray version yet?

It’s rendered. I just need to split the file and upload it.

szopman said:

Well, that’s how I feel when I watch your Mando edits. Btw long time ago, If I remember correctly, you said you d do an alternative version of those edits, titled as STAR wars Episode VII, Ep VIII etc.

By anthology style I meant no opening crawl, just something like “The Mandalorian: A Star Wars Story” 😀

Out of curiosity, I know it’s too soon to say without the original material, but do you think You ll make a movie edit versions of Ahsoka or Obi-Wan or Boba Fett serieses?

I’m currently toying with doing a “complete edition” which involves two 1h 45min movies for each series.
EP1: Chapters 1 to 3 including the opening bar scene and the Jawas.
EP2: Chapters 4, 5, 7 and 8.
EP3: Chapters 9, 10, 11 and 12.
EP4: Chapters 13, 14 and 16
These will probably involve a different intro, and will keep me occupied until the book of Boba.

As for the other series… absolutely. My intention is to make movies from all the live action material. Really looking forward to Kenobi… it should work really well as a movie since it was originally designed to be one.

I’d also like to make a couple of Bad Batch movies, but I’m not sure I’ll have the time.

szopman said:

As always, great job man!!!
I love it. Of course, I miss some bits (ep1 opening sequence, some Ahsoka scenes) but overall, fantastic job, great editing. As a one concise movie, it s even better than the previous one (mostly thanks to the original material, but still).

It really feels like watching a proper Episode VIII made in the 90s 😉

Will you ever consider releasing a version of those movies in style of Anthology Movies (RO, Solo)?

Thanks. And EPVIII from the 90’s…… how amazing would that have been 😃.

In terms of releasing a version in the anthology style - what do you mean?

wisem said:

Beautiful artwork

Thankyou.

And here are the posters for comparison