Any way I can get a link to your 4K Andor edits? I have loved all your previous edits man.
Thanks dude. DM sent.
Argh.
I hate to be the grammar police, but unless there is an alternative spelling, in the text crawl, it should be ‘galvanize’ instead of ‘galvanise’.
Ahh yes. My computer autocorrected it to original English 😂. I’ll switch it to Star Wars English 😜.
Mando Episode 1
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16dXCM9USoKulInZ4dMJhjqDbbHMceFAj
Mando Episode 2
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1moAlWH7T9DYslZQ6wqRMQlNnkRs_cyzX
Mando Episode 3
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ftOnzX7STMgXmQ73M64KjZlb-sjy2bQN
Mando Episode 4
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1y6f65P9NfBJPr0EWZwsqfjVQaz8XZJNJ
Love the opening logo and crawl.
There is a spelling error in the last word: I am assuming it should be trial, and not trail.
If this is Episode V, am I correct in guessing your Mando movies are episodes I - IV?
I’ve seen another edit where Baylan and Shin are already aboard the NR ship when it appears, and the fight is already underway. It works well and speeds things up in the beginning. Just food for thought.
Can’t wait to see the finished product!
Well spotted. Thanks.
Yes, the Mando movies will be episodes I to IV. And then Skeleton Crew episode VI.
I have seen the opening scene edited that way. It works well, but as an opening scene to a Star Wars movie, I feel the fuller version works better - gives me TPM vibes.
The opening logos and crawl are now finalised.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uPUmLXNUIRwIHDIq_qcvimAwbkCDhJvb
Ok, so I watched the 2nd cut and … I think it’s really good.
Since the opening crawl and end credits are still in-progress, I won’t mention those.
When it comes to the rest of it, it’s really well edited. The editing is as great as it can be, and the transitions make it really feel like watching a full-lenght Star Wars.
I was very sceptical when you mentioned you’d keep Hera in the second act after all, but in the end it, I must admit it flows well actually. It doesn’t feel superfluous filler like in the series.
And I’m very happy you decided to keep Anakin’s hologram 😉
There are two things I’d personally cut (but it’s more like my personal preference):
-the first scene with Ahsoka, I think the entire sequence could be cut and you could start with her approaching the NR base and meeting Hera
-Ezra’s return - I’d leave it ambiguous what happened to him after he made that jump, or, I’d make it a post-credit scene instead 😉In general, the final product is a very well paced, coherent 3h movie. It’s definitely way more enjoyable and “digestible” than the source material.
PS
I know u don’t like to watch other faneditors’ work, but I ll send you a PM anyway one thing that other faneditor on this forum did to trim a bit the first scene with Bylon and Shin. It could save you a minute or two, without loosing the best part of this scene.
Thanks for the feedback. Much appreciated. I have tried removing the first Ahsoka scene, and for a while I ran with that option, but when I watched it back, it just didn’t feel right.
Firstly it involves a time jump after the first scene, and secondly it is a very underwhelming opening for the main character. I’ve removed quite a lot from that sequence so it plays out a lot faster.
Ezra’s Return was more out than in and that worked perfectly when the New Republic elements had been removed. Having put those back in, it helps provide a close more to Hera’s arc than Ezra’s. I’ll watch it back again and make a final decision.
I have seen the edits of the opening scene, and whilst they do eliminate the ineptness of the captain, opening in the middle of a battle doesn’t feel like a Star Wars movie opening.
The second act was what I was most unsure about. Did you find anything that didn’t work for you?
Hey smudger9! Would really love to watch see the Mando edits. Would you mind sending me a link? Fingers crossed.
Sure thing. PM sent.
Sorry guys it’s not release-ready yet. The second cut is done but it still needs critique, tidying up and the opening crawl and credits finalising.
Cut 2 is now complete and weighing in dead on 3 hours. A little longer than I would have liked and there are still elements of act 2 that I would like to shorten, particularly WBW and Ahsoka’s space walk, but its difficult doing that without continuity issues.
I’ve actually reinstated some of the New Republic elements on Seatos. Having watched it back it just didn’t flow well with Hera removed. She’s a main character and disappears after the first act. Plus the 2 hyperspace scenes on Seatos lost their impact because of the cutting required. Here is the space whale scene stripped right back but with Hera and the New Republic included. Let me know your thoughts.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qxv53ge8ddi1cS4y2TG9hk_wwbQngeu-
This file is now shareable.
Cut 2 is now complete and weighing in dead on 3 hours. A little longer than I would have liked and there are still elements of act 2 that I would like to shorten, particularly WBW and Ahsoka’s space walk, but its difficult doing that without continuity issues.
I’ve actually reinstated some of the New Republic elements on Seatos. Having watched it back it just didn’t flow well with Hera removed. She’s a main character and disappears after the first act. Plus the 2 hyperspace scenes on Seatos lost their impact because of the cutting required. Here is the space whale scene stripped right back but with Hera and the New Republic included. Let me know your thoughts.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qxv53ge8ddi1cS4y2TG9hk_wwbQngeu-
The second cut is done, but having watched it through I need to fiddle with act 2, so I’ll do this over the weekend.
2h 57 is pretty dang long for SW, sure just one movie?
As with most of the Disney shows, the amount of decent material for Ahsoka is around 1.5 movies worth. So I either stretch the material out to 2 movies, or tighten and trim everything and bring it in at just under 3 hours for a single movie. My aim with these edits is to create a movie event, because that is how I feel Star Wars is best viewed, so the single movie option is what I feel is best. It’s worked pretty well for my previous edits, and many modern movies have a runtime over 2.5 hours, so just shy of 3 hours isn’t excessive by modern standards.
Count me in as interested to view the current cut! Sounds like this has come along nicely. Just curious, have you seen the cut by Redditor derikwkim? I thought his edit was very well done and will be curious to see how this differs from it!
I haven’t watched any other Ahsoka edits yet. I like to produce my own vision first. When I originally started out with my clone wars and Mandalorian edits, there weren’t any others to see!
Hope the edit is ticking along nicely… Looking forward to seeing what you’re able to do with this one!
Almost there with the second cut. Just the last 15mins to finish off. The audio is complete too. Currently clocking in at 2h 57.
Acts 1 and 3 flow really well and are pretty final. The middle act is where changes may occur. I’m not 100% happy with removal of all New Republic elements on Seatos and how much of the WBW elements I’ve included.
I should get the cut finished this week and view it over the weekend. I’ll send a link to anyone interested in checking out the full current cut. I’ll also post a changelog… which will be vast!
would love to check this out!
This is very much a work in progress. I’m 3/4 done with the second cut.
This was a fantastic edit.
It basically salvages BOBF and works in the Mando stuff in a seamless, logical manner. I really liked how the final battle was cut down, and most of the vespa-crew stuff was cut. If there was a way to cut all of it, that would be even better, but I realize that would be extremely difficult. The way Grogu was edited OUT of the Tatooine stuff was pretty ingenious.
My only issue here is with all the Grogu / Luke /Ahsoka stuff at the end. This story essentially concludes with the end of the battle. I thought the scene of Din leaving Tatooine would have been the perfect place to cut to credits.
I haven’t watched Ep IV yet so I’m not sure how well it would work editing all the Jedi stuff into the beginning of that one. However, if it was to be broken up, here’s one possible way I would suggest trying:
In Ep III, Mando tests the starfighter in Beggar’s Canyon. When he heads for space, wipe to him leaving Tatooine to go present his present to Grogu. A LOT of the stuff with the droids building the temple and bench could be cut with no issues- he should arrive and find Ahsoka almost immediately. Then carry on up to the point where Ahsoka talks him down. He leaves, returns to Tatooine, and that’s when Fennic Shand is waiting for him in the docking bay. Then end EP III after the battle, and work in the rest of the Grogu stuff at the beginning of IV. Again, not having seen IV, I’m not sure how well that works.
If all else fails, maybe the answer is an EP 3.5 vignette that addresses the Grogu issue. It’s painfully obvious that Mando S3 didn’t originally account for Grogu, but his popularity caused them to write him back in. The whole thing is just kind of a mess. This would cut down on the length of EP III, allowing it to end in its proper place. (IMHO).
Anyway, great job! Looking forward to EP IV!
Thanks for the input. I agree that the Luke-Grogu segment feels like an add-on. I will be revisiting these Mando edits after I’ve finished with Ahsoka. I’m hoping to better integrate the Luke-Grogu scenes, but as yet I’m not quite sure how to do it.
Here is my edited flashback sequence. Lots of trimming here meaning I’ve got it down to 13mins with Huyang being the one that rescues her.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y4YuxylIKTCKHZJPsW8_0rF1omHsw33T
So, I checked it. The whole flashback/WbW sequence looks cool. I wasn’t able to spot where you trimmed it exactly (except one particular moment), so I’d say it looks seemeless. You managed to save the best part of the show almost intact 😉
I don’t wanna be a pain in the … but I think you shouldn’t have trimmed the moment when Anakin’s ghost goes back from “evil” to “good”. I saw you trimmed a bit the transition and I think it would be better if those few extra seconds stayed. it was a great little moment, the facial expressions of Hayden was perfect and in my opinion, for the millennials fans it had a huge emotional impact to see how his face changes from ROTS evil Anakin to the good Anakin Skywalker again. I know it may be silly, as we talk about 5-10 seconds, but for me it was something that I spot right away, I remember it was really a big deal for me when I watched this episode 😉
Nevertheless, in terms of editing and pacing - great job!
Thanks. I’ll look back at the Anakin face change and put it back in.
Half way there with the second cut!
Here is the episode 4 segment. A lot of big and little cuts here… got the episode down to 19mins. Half was point clocking in at 1h 27 so I’m on target!
Let me know your thoughts.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EK1EjzPk0ZkD9x16xAGz4AsQmzrHNnzi
I hate to see so much of Episode 4 go as I think it was the most cinematic of all eight episodes. Episode 5 may have had the member berries, but 4 was the only one that was as good as the franchise deserves.
Besides, all you had to do was remove the shots where Ahsoka is folding her arms and smirking. That would easily get your cut down below 3 hrs.
I dare to disagree, I think he cut all the superfluous stuff (tho again, some pauses and dialogues could still be trimmed probably), but left the best from it ( I personally like he chose to keep the Inquisitor’s death, I think it was a nice nod to Nightsisters magic and Kurosawa movies).
I have one question regarding the fanedit - in the end it will be “Ahsoka - Episode I” or “New Republic - (…)”?
Also, regarding the title - did you consider using the last episode’s title “The Jedi, the Witch and the Warlord”? I just personally think it was a very cool title and it describes well the whole show 😄
It will become “The New Republic Episode 5”. The title of the last episode was cool, but probably no Star Wars enough. 😃
I’ll definitely take a look at the flashback idea once I’ve completed the second cut.
This idea may sound crazy to some of you but, maybe add the part of dialogue between Ahsoka and Anakin from “Rebels” during the Lucas film/A long time ago… sequence? Like the clone troopers that could be heard in the theatrical TCW movie during the Lucas film/A long time ago … sequence.
That is what I was thinking…… Anakin/Vader dialogue from Rebels and visuals from Rogue One or Kenobi.
Here is my edited flashback sequence. Lots of trimming here meaning I’ve got it down to 13mins with Huyang being the one that rescues her.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Y4YuxylIKTCKHZJPsW8_0rF1omHsw33T
Have you considered removing all instances of Merrik (the ghost inquisitor)? I wonder if everything might be tighter and the reveal with the reanimated stormtroopers better if he wasn’t in the story.
What if Balaan Skall’s line about the legacy of violence from Anakin and Ahsoka was said right after she throws Shinn? Like he sees the violence and Vader-like action, says that, then a moment later knocks her off the cliff and says that it was always that way with her.
I do also miss the craziness of that hyperscape jump and the X-Wings. I’m not sure if that could be worked back in without getting back into the mediocre New Republic stuff.
It’s not a bad idea to completely remove him. It’s definitely doable, but I think he’s needed for the 2 v 2 encounter in the woods. What I will do, however, based on your suggestion is trim his death scene so that he isn’t a “ghost” since that plot point doesn’t really go anywhere.
Today I watched your cuts of episodes 3 and 4. Looks great, you cut a lot of superfluous stuff and you definitely improved the pacing a lot. It flows so much better now.
I personally would trim some dialogues even more, but it’s OK the way it is now 😉
Hope you won’t cut too much from the Anakin/Ahsoka encounter/flashbacks 😉
Looking forward to the final cut! 😉
I was working on the Anakin/Ahsoka sequence last night. I’ve been able to tighten it up a lot without losing too much of the dialogue. The next job is to figure out how to cut it together with the Episode 6 content having decided to remove the New Republic plot.
Half way there with the second cut!
Here is the episode 4 segment. A lot of big and little cuts here… got the episode down to 19mins. Half was point clocking in at 1h 27 so I’m on target!
Let me know your thoughts.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EK1EjzPk0ZkD9x16xAGz4AsQmzrHNnzi
smudger9 said:
The workaround I’ve done (not yet released) is to use the dialogue I cut from Season 4 where Mando is discussing the Mandalorian glass he has in his possession. I forget the actual dialogue but he explains he fot it off Jawas who claim to have been on the surface of Mandalore.That sounds even more elegant, very curious to see it.
I thought it worked quite well because it casts doubt over Armourer’s beliefs about Mandalore.