smudger9

As I watched the Acolyte I found myself caught between excitement and disappointment. There’s so much to love about the series, yet I can appreciate why some fans felt it fell short. Of all the live action shows and seasons we’ve had, this one felt in most need of a solid movie edit. This edit certainly has a bigger list of changes than any of my others.

I’ve been crafting this edit since the series first aired, but with limited free time, I’ve found myself fashionably late to the editing party. Just as I was wrapping up my work, the cancellation news hit — an unexpected twist that, while disappointing, ultimately granted me the creative freedom to reimagine the ending.

My Vision for this Edit:

1. A True Prequel: I have aligned the series with established lore, particularly what’s laid out in The Phantom Menace, setting it up as a legitimate prequel to the prequels.

2. Chronological Flow: By introducing a prologue sequence reminiscent of “Rogue One” and incorporating a single, impactful flashback in the finale, the narrative unfolds in a clear, chronological and engaging manner.

3. Character Focus: I have prioritised the arcs of Sol and Osha, while having Mae as a more peripheral character who doesn’t step into the spotlight until the confrontation on Olega.

4. Murder-Mystery Enhancement: To amplify the intrigue, the murders of Indara and Torbin will occur off-screen, allowing suspense to build.

5. Jedi Perspective: I have presented the Jedi in a more positive light. Highlighting their noble mission on Brendock and showcasing their motivations for intervening with the twins as a response to the dangers posed by their upbringing in a dark side cult.

6. Complex Antagonism: Venestra has been transformed into a compelling secondary villain. The last Jedi privy to these events, who conceals the truth from both the Jedi Council and the Senate.

7. A New Ending: The edit has eliminated Mae’s memory wipe, paving the way for a more thought-provoking conclusion.

8. Mysterious Origins: The origins of the twins remain shrouded in mystery, echoing the nature of Anakin’s creation in TPM.

9. Enigmatic Witches: The witches are depicted as a mysterious and powerful entity, devoid of chanting!

10. Fluid Storytelling: I have significantly reduced the back-and-forth between Plot A and Plot B, as well as minimising transition wipes, allowing scenes to breathe and offering a richer viewing experience.

11. Refined Dialogue: Finally, I have trimmed any dialogue that feels unnecessary or poorly executed, ensuring that every line serves a purpose and is cringe-free.

With these changes, I hope to breathe new life into “The Acolyte,” creating a viewing experience that resonates with both fans of the show, and those that disliked it.

Detailed Changes
Total run time 2h 39mins

Opening Logos (2mins)
Classical Star Wars Opening Crawl

Prologue: (23 mins)
This is a fusion of EP3 and EP7 that delivers a condensed, chronological narrative of events to lay the groundwork for the movie’s essential plot elements.
We begin from the Jedis’ perspective, seamlessly transitioning to Osha’s perspective during her Jedi testing.
This setup portrays The Jedi as noble guardians of the force and transforms the witches into a mysterious entity. The specifics of the twins’ conception are shrouded in mystery. It establishes the Jedi as having noble motives, turns the witches into more of a mystery, removes the explicit details of the twins’ conception and frames Mae as the pivotal figure in the massacre.
The Ascension ceremony is omitted with all necessary exposition presented during Mae’s Jedi testing.

EP7 Campfire Scene
Trimmed to remove Torbin’s mention of returning home - Torbin is not the catalyst for events in this edit. Wipe transition added.

EP7 Sol & Indara in the forest
Complete scene. Wipe transition added.

EP7 Sol discovers the witches
Removed Sol trying to contact Indara, this doesn’t fit with his character and it allows a focused pursuit of the twins.
Wipe transition to an establishing shot of the mine from EP3. We then cut to the twins & Koril entering the mine - the first shot of Sol hiding has been removed.
Removed mother Koril hearing and responding to the noise made by Sol.
Wipe transition to next scene.

EP7 Sol returns to camp
Removed Sol talking about a ceremony - how does he know this?
Removed Sol talking about Indara deferring to the council.
The Jedi jump on their speeders.
Wipe transition to next scene.

EP3/EP7 The Jedi enter the mine
This sequence begins with the EP7 Jedi POV but switches to EP3 footage to remove the Torbyn/Aniseya possession sequence. The mind control element is kept.
Removed the twins talking about the Jedis’ robes.
Removed Indara “with your permission” - she doesn’t really ask for permission!
Use the EP7 transition from the Jedi leaving the mine to the scene on the Jedi cruiser. Wipe transition added.

EP7 The Tests
Shortened the dialogue between Indara and Mae.
Transition wipe from Osha’s test to an external shot of the mine.

EP3 The Massacre
Here we switch to the Witches POV and cut straight to Mae declaring that Osha failed to follow their plan.
Removed Osha “I don’t want to share it with Mae” - poorly acted.
The Mother Aniseya-Osha scene is trimmed to just include mention of Osha having a choice. Mentions of “The Thread” are cut.
The EP7 scene of mother Koril ordering Mae to prevent Osha leaving is added. This sets up Mae (and Mother Koril) as the cause of the massacre (which happens off screen in the prologue).
The EP7 Jedi campfire scene is added. AI dialogue is used to reframe their motives for returning to the mine. Their primary motive is the safety of the twins.
Trimmed the Osha-Mae fire sequence for pacing reasons.
Removed Osha and Sol running past the bodies of the witches. Osha only sees mother Aniseya’s body.

EP1 (25 mins)
Wipe transition from the external shot of the burning mine to Osha asleep aboard the Neimoidian Cruiser. This transition frames the prologue as a dream sequence from Osha’s perspective. The scenes aboard the Neimoidian cruiser quickly give the audience the necessary exposition to fill in events during the time skip.
The entire Mae-Indara sequence is removed, partly to achieve the above transition but also to maintain the mystery surrounding the identity of the murderer.
Removed Osha “Woah, inside voices PIP”.
Removed the “we can hear you” chat - cringey!
Removed the “fire in space” sequence. This flashback is superfluous because of the prologue sequence.
Removed female Neimoidian “Urgh” when the Jedi arrive, the male Neimoidian’s “urgh” is a far better scene ender.
Removed Yord introducing himself. This is mainly to remove reference to the other Jedi being his Padawan because she is absent for the rest of the movie.
Removed Osha’s talk about Jedi skills not being transferrable. Erm… yes they are…. To anything!
Removed Yord’s line about attachments. Just a word salad!
Added wipe transition from Osha’s room to them walking along the corridor.
Removed Sol “time for lunch” unnecessary use of everyday language in Star Wars really takes me out of scenes.
Removed some of the cringey dialogue between Sol and Venestra such as “you were so shy” - yuk!
Removed wipe between Jedi Temple and Prison Ship.
Re-edited the Parasite’s jump so that it flows better.
Removed Osha struggling to get the seat harness on.
Removed the Sol-Jecki scene - it adds nothing.
Wipe transition added from the Sol/Venestra conversation to Sol and Jecki walking down the steps.
The two separate Osha-Mae flashback scenes have been edited together into a single sequence but the Brendock part has been removed. This is unnecessary due to the prologue sequence. I added in Mae “I will kill them all” and then transitioned to Osha waking up.
The Carlaac sequence has been completely re-arranged to reduce the number of cuts between Osha and the Jedi and to remove the horrible transition wipe as the Jedi arrive and immediately appear inside the prison ship.
Removed the end scene of Mae and Qimir.

EP2 (19 mins)
Removed the Mae-Torbin scenes. This maintains Osha’s status as a suspect for Indara’s murder, adds weight to Yord’s concerns regarding Osha and tightens the narrative focus on Osha and Sol.
I have rearranged the scenes aboard the Jedi cruiser to remove yet another unnecessary transition wipe and to allow the Mae-Quimir scene in the Apothecary store to be removed. This gives us a seamless 5-minute sequence aboard the Jedi Cruiser allowing our characters’ relationships to develop without interruption. It also provides an adequate passage of time for the journey from Carlaac to Olega.
I removed Osha talking about Pip being flexible. More cringe!
Removed Sol “It doesn’t matter what I like” - creepy delivery.
I have removed all of the Mae-Torbin scenes, so we get a continuous sequence of Sol and the others arriving on Olega and discovering Torbin’s body.
I have removed reference to Torbin killing himself, so it is presumed that Mae killed him.
Removed Yord “I followed her when she broke off” yeah, we know!
Removed Osha “Thank you Yord” - jarring
Extensive trimming of the Jedi plans to get information out of Qimir. We hear Yord’s plan. Then Jeki says “or we skip that, and she just talks to him”, followed by Osha saying “I’m in” and cutting to Osha walking to through the street wearing the cloak.
Slight trimming of the Osha-Qimir scene to remove pauses and their overly-awkward greeting.
Removed Qimir asking Sol not to use a memory wipe on him - I have removed all references to memory wipes - a terrible plot idea.
Removed Qimir “if you want to get to her she’ll be back tonight”. It doesn’t make sense for him to completely sell Mae out.
Removed 2 other unnecessary wipes from Osha to Yord on lookout and from Sol v Mae to Osha.
Removed Yord talking about it being a trap.
Removed Osha “stationed on Brendok” when talking to Sol. Unnecessary exposition and removes tension from the scene.
Removed Sol and Yord telling Mae that Osha is alive. Her finding out when she sees Osha has far more emotional impact.
Altered Jeki’s declaration of “the Galactic Senate of the Republic” to “the Galactic Republic”
Removed wipe from Osha to Mae running.
I have re-arranged the scene of Sol reporting back to Venestra. Using AI dialogue Venestra orders Sol to assemble a squad of Jedi and head straight to Kofar to intercept Mae. This is a crucial plot change. It allows me to remove the canon-breaking Jedi temple scene with Ki-Adi Mundi, it reinforces Venestra’s role as a manipulative figure and it transforms the pacing by tightening the timeline and injecting urgency and tension.
Kalnecca on Kofar has been removed. It adds nothing and I wanted the unfindable Jedi to only appear on screen once he is dead.

EP4 (23 mins)
Removed Kalnecca on Kofar scene - again adds nothing.
Removed all Jedi Temple scenes - they are no longer needed as the team head straight to Kofar.
The first scene from this episode is Yord’s briefing on the Jedi Cruiser. Removed Pip squirting Basil.
I have removed a lot of the pre-battle Kofar scenes because they added little to the plot and sapped. the tension and urgency from the race to Kelnacca.
I have restructured the remaining scenes to create suspense and uncertainty, leaving the viewer to wonder who will reach Kelnacca first. In the original series its obvious that Mae and Qimir will reach Kelnacca first.
Removed Yord asking Osha for the blaster. Osha refuses, so the scene changes nothing and it makes Yord look like too much of a pompous idiot.
Removed the Yord-Osha scene where they talk about Basil and Mae.
Removed first scene of Mae and Qimir talking about the mission and the master - most of this is repeated later.
Removed Osha and Jacki talking about loss - poorly acted and unnecessary.
Removed odd close-up shot of the umbramoth and Sol saying “I have it”.
Removed Mae “attacking a defenceless person is against everything the Jedi stands for” it makes no sense for her to say this.
Removed a couple of wipes to wide shots of Kofar to improve pacing.
Removed Sol telling Osha that he’ll explain everything when they get to the ship.
Removed Mae saying “hey little buddy” to Basil. He calls out as soon as he sees her.
Removed Yord telling Osha to stay behind them. Kills the pacing.
Removed Yord “that means you Mae”
Removed Jecki “What is that”

EP5 (21 mins)
Many scenes in this episode have been trimmed or removed with the remainder restructured. It’s a great sequence, but it is way too long, and many scenes don’t advance the plot.
The first scene I have used from EP5 is Mae looking out from Kelnacca’s place to create a better EP4 to EP5 transition.
She grabs the lightsaber and we then cut to Osha waking up next to a dead Jedi - the scene of her waking up and looking for Pip has been removed.
The first mass battle scene then plays out to where Yord tells Osha to run.
We then see Mae leave Kelnacca’s place and Jecki attacks her. In the series there is too long a period where Mae and Jecki are not seen.
Removed the portion of Jecki v Mae that happens inside Kelnacca’s place. The enter, fight and exit with no important plot points.
Trimmed Qimir chasing Osha - she no longer stops to look around.
Removed Yord finding Basil - the next time we see Basil is at the end of the battle.
Removed Osha and Yord talking about going back. They don’t at this point, so it adds nothing and it actually detracts from Osha’s decision to go back when she senses Mae is in danger.
Sol v Qimir is presented as a single sequence. There is a lot of great dialogue here, and it’s the most important segment of the battle, so I wanted it to run uninterrupted.
Removed Yord and Osha stopping to talk about Qimir. This scene removes tension and is a pacing killer.
I then cut back to Mae v Jecki and that scene plays out.
The rest of the battle scenes play out in full and in sequence.
I trimmed the Osha-Mae reunion scene to remove a lot of the cringey dialogue and have Osha turn on Mae a lot more quickly - this is more fitting with Osha’s emotional state at this point.
I removed Mae cutting her hair - it’s fairly obvious that they switch, but it’s more satisfying and engaging for the audience to work that out themselves.
I removed Qimir finding Osha for the same reason.
The last scene from this episode is Sol and Mae returning to the Jedi Cruiser.

EP6 (23 mins)
I have done some major scene restructuring in this episode. The original series opens with Osha on the mystery planet and Sol still on Brendock. Firstly this makes no editorial sense and secondly it makes the mystery planet seem too accessible. It’s supposed to be remote and hidden.
Thus I have pushed the Qimir/Osha scenes to later and combined the first few Sol/Mae scenes into a single sequence.
Sol and Mae (and unfortunately Basil) enter the Jedi cruiser and immediately take off.
I have moved Basil putting Pip into the dock here, to allow me to streamline the Mae/Sol scenes.
Mae sneaks up behind Sol and Sol heads off to reset the transceiver. The Jedi cruiser docks with the hyperspace device and Sol tries again to contact Coruscant having returned to the cockpit. The power then fails.
This order has allowed me to remove the awkward Sol/Mae hug and associated dialogue.
The Venestra/Mog scene then plays out in sequence and we finally transition to Osha waking up on the mystery planet.
A number of Osha/Qimir scenes are then cut together to produce a long sequence allowing the audience to feel Qimir’s slow seduction of Osha to the sark side. We briefly see Mae find Pip and then we move back to Qimir and Osha.
I have trimmed some aspects to help with pacing and to reduce the unnecessary shots of flesh.
Removed Osha drinking.
Trimmed Osha’s approach to the pool and removed her watching him undress.
Removed Qimir “I assume you didn’t keep your own saber when you left the order”
Removed Qimir “if you’re not going to join me I’d like to put my clothes back on” - too sexually suggestive.
Removed Qimir “a really long time ago” - unnecessary repetition.
The scene plays out until Osha activates the lightsaber. We then get a transition wipe to an external shot of the Jedi cruiser and Mae discussing the state of the ship with Sol - Basil in the ventilation shaft has been removed.
Sol talking about Osha (Mae) loving Pip has been removed. He mentions PIP, but that is all.
Removed Mae pretending to be Osha to get information from Sol about Brendock…. Gets rid of the annoying “interruption” gag.
Removed the Venestra/Mogg scene at the temple - quite possibly the worst scene in the series.
Removed Osha and Qimir talking about his scar.
Venestra and her team surveying the Jedi slaughter is heavily trimmed. I have cut the annoying commentary and Mog suggesting that Sol may be responsible. They survey the area and Venestra very quickly orders the bodies to be prepared for burial. I have edited it to imply that Venestra is covering things up and formulating a plan in her own mind.

EP8 (34 mins)
Removed Qimir “she can kill with no weapon”. We know what he’s thinking without unnecessarily verbalising his thoughts to Osha.
Removed Qimir and Osha talking about how to get to Mae and Sol.
Removed Mae “see you in hell Jedi” - feels out of place.
Removed Mae “wish this thing had a hyperdrive” - not everything needs to be spelled out.
Removed Mae “he’s too big to follow us in here” - he does!
Removed Basil tampering with Sol’s ship - makes no sense at all.
Removed Venestra/Mogg - “Where is he?.. He’s in there” - pointless dialogue.
Removed Mae saying that Qimir is a fair person.
Trimmed the Plagueis shot so that we just see him from the back - the frontal reveal is moved to the end scene.
Removed Osha shutting down the power in Qimir’s cockpit.
The ONLY FLASHBACK scene: This is added when Sol enters the mine courtyard and we see him having a force memory. The Flashback is the short sequence of him and Torbin walking into the courtyard and Sol killing Mother Aniseya. It ends with Mae screaming “mama” and looking up at Sol. And we transition back to Sol’s face in the present. This is the big reveal and is more powerful when placed here, at the start of the finale. Things very quickly unravel for Sol from this point.
Removed Sol going to the bridge area.
Removed Osha “unless you want to climb”
Removed Qimir’s boomerang lightsabers - a bit over the top.
Removed Osha “ I could never learn to calm my negative emotions” - poor dialogue with poor delivery.
Removed Osha recognising Pip and Pip squirting her in the face. Osha never mentions Pip again, so this plot point goes nowhere.
Trimmed the Osha v Mae fight - too many of the same moves.
Trimmed Sol holding his saber at Qimir’s throat - goes on way too long.
Removed Osha and Mae escaping through the mine tunnels. We just see them appear at the exit.
Removed Mog “basil, you’re alright, what a relief”. We still see Basil approach the group.
Altered the audio of Venestra’s force vision to remove “Kelnacca, No!”
Removed the Basil sniffing the rucksack scene. We know what he does!

The Ending:
This is a big change.
The memory wipe has been removed - the idea that a selective memory wipe can be performed in a matter of seconds is crazy - this was just too much of a plot convenience and if it is so easy, why haven’t we seen it before?
I have edited it so that Mae surrenders to the Jedi and Osha goes off to train with Qimir after getting Mae’s blessing.
The Jedi search party finds Mae who surrenders.
We then transition to Coruscant and see Mae in restraints. She enters the office with Venestra and Venestra asks for her restraints to be removed and to be left alone. We move from a close up of Venestra’s head as she looks at Mae, to Venestra reporting to the senate committee. It is left ambiguous as to what Venestra does with Mae, but given that in this edit Mae is a secondary character, her fate is not important. The audience can decide just how far they think Venestra would go to hide the truth!
At the end of Venestra’s senate briefing I added a reversed shot of her from behind, looking at the senate committee and an AI line “The Jedi council considers this matter closed” and we cut to Qimir and Osha.
The Osha/Qimir end scene plays out with the addition of the Frontal shot of Plagueis.
Iris wipe to end credits and the Star Wars main theme.

eldritch said:

Finished watching both episodes last week, absolutely loved them! You did an amazing job on these, do you think you will do something with the next season coming? 😃

Thanks very much. I will definitely be doing similar with season 2. Hopefully 2 movie edits, but the 3-arc structure with time jumps may be a challenge.

DMs sent.

TDS91939 said:

See I don’t mind the show not featuring Sith or Jedi, I love that they didn’t do it this time. I know it’s not going to happen but, for season 2 I reaaaaaaaly want David Oyelowo to reprise his role as Agent Kallus

I can’t see that happening either. I don’t think we’ll see any Rebels Easter eggs. They’re going all out to have the series run seamlessly into Rogue One. I really hope we get Krennic and Dedra facing off against each other. Big question for me is how much of the Death Star plot do we get, CGI Tarkin?

TDS91939 said:

At risk of being hated on. Unfortunately I HATE Andor, to me it seemed like the most crap non Star Wars piece of media I’ve ever seen. And everyone seems to love it because of that reason!! I’ve seen the word “perfect” being thrown around a lot when people talk about Andor Which baffles me but, I’m really looking forward to seeing this edit!! Since reading the changes makes it seem like it’s more “Star Warsy” which I love; because I feel like that’s what Andor was missing.

It’s certainly different. It focuses more on characters and plot with less of the fantasy element, and is a slower-paced as a result.

There are no Jedi or Sith and just a couple of small dogfights in space, so it lacks the features that many associate with Star Wars. However, it does a fantastic job of showing the power of the Empire. You really feel the oppression in the series and that makes payoffs like the prison break and the Ferrix riot even sweeter.

What I’ve done in these edits is keep the core stories intact and simply trim the fat and speed up the pacing.

Hi there!. DM sent. Leave feedback in this thread if you have any. Hope you enjoy it.

Sounds very interesting.

DMs sent.

Tojima890 said:

Heeey can you give me please the link for season 1 and 2?
Did you make it also for season 3?
I heard you made a great Job 😃

I’ve sent you links via DM 😊.

Bl49er said:

Hello there!
Could I get a link to this?
Thanks!

DM sent.

PM Sent

Thanks Glogus. It’s sooo close to release. Just a few music transitions to sort out. I’ve got another project on the go at the moment that I’m prioritising, but this will be done by the summer. Then onto season 6.

0kingskins0 said:

Can I please get a link to this?

Link sent.

GLogus said:

smudger9 said:

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!

Hi, smudger. Do you think you still might revisit this at some point. I know you’re hard at work on other projects, but I just thought I’d ask.

I’m hoping to. Unfortunately I’ve had a partial hard drive failure which has corrupted my Mando edit libraries. I’m about to send them off to see if they can be retrieved.

westo4 said:

smudger9 said:

TOTE Devoted: Bariss and the other inquisitors are introduced to Vader.
Final Clone Wars scene of Vader and Imperial troops exploring the wrecked Venator.

Might be a stupid idea, but have you considered switching the final two scenes?
In my mind it would work as following: After Padmé’s funeral Anakin hears about what happened to Ahsoka, he goes to look for her. She’s dead, all ties to his old life are over. Cue Bariss and the other Inquisitors awaiting their new leader Vader, the true beginning of a new era.
I do understand how great of a closing shot the CW ending is though, so I understand keeping it as well. Either way I’m so stoked to see what you’ve come up with!

The issue really is that there is a bit of a time skip to that Final scene because there are full-on OT-era troopers. Also being without dialogue it works so well as a final scene.

Just found this original thread, so thought I’d transfer my Siege of Mandalore discussion to here.

I’ve made some great progress with this and it is basically completed, other than the opening pan shot. It will be finished this week and then I’ll do a couple of watch throughs next week from my Greek holiday sunbed and release it just before the Acolyte airs.
Here is the change list.

For now I’ve decided to retain the Bariss content, but in a trimmed version which cuts out the other Jedi recruits. It essentially acts as an epilogue along with Padme’s funeral and the Vader snow scene. The other thing I’ve added to the final scenes is Obi-Wans holo message from Rebels, which plays as Ahsoka looks over the clone helmets. The aim for the final few scenes is provide a definitive end to the prequel era.

Runtime 2h 35mins

Act 1 (54mins)

Star Wars Logos (2 mins)
Opening Crawl
Pan down to shot of a shuttle exiting hyperspace above coruscant (shot from Rise of Clovis)

TOTJ Practice Makes Perfect (4 mins)
Cut to external shot of Jedi Temple from Tales of the Jedi Practice Makes Perfect.
Jedi Temple scene from Arctic Makes Perfect.
Wipe to Ahsoka arriving at the military hanger. Training plays out up to Ahsoka being stunned.

Gone With A Trace (9 mins)
Cut to Ahsoka on her speeder on Corusctant
Remove Ahsoka talking about fixing her own bike - Trace fixes it in this edit.
Remove Trace “don’t take too long”
Remove scene of Ahoska fixing her bike.
Trim fight between Trace and Bintu’s thugs.
Remove Droids storyline. We now cut from Rafa greeting the Alien in the laundromat to Ahsoka and Trace working on Trace’s ship.

Deal no Deal (19mins)
Cut chat about the Silver Angel name.
Remove Anakin and his cruiser - he’s su[posed to be in the user rim. Ahsoca, Trace and Rafa now lift off from the hangar and leave coruscant without incident.
Cut the meeting with King Yaruba - they arrive at Kessel and head straight to the spice mine.
Cut Ahsoka “That was more of an ethical debate”.
Cut trace and Krim talking abut trust.
Cut Rafa “I think we transmitted that to you already…. Let’s get out of here”.
As the crew get captured in their crusier I reversed the wide shot of their ship so that the shot pans out and inserted the clip of Bo Katan and her night owls discussing the identity of the Jedi they can see.

Between the crew dumping the spice and arriving on Oba-Diah I have inserted the Anakin Padme scene from A Distant Echo. I used the establishing shot of Annxes from “The Bad Batch” and rebuilt the audio with re-score using “Anakin and Padme”.
I used an AI Anakin voice to change his concern about Rex from the Echo issue to reference Fives.

Dangerous Debt (4mins)
Only the scene of Ahsoka, Rafa and Trace in the cell has been used.
The rest of the episode has been cut.

Together Again (16mins)
Initial scene of Ahsoka, Trace and Rafa in the cell has been cut - this has essentially been replaced by the scene from Dangerous debt.
Second scene of Rafa and Trace acquiring a nice shipment has been removed.

Act 2 (47mins)

Old Friends Not Forgotten (25mins)
Cut Anakin and Kenobi talking about Ahsoka and Maul as Bo’s ship arrives.
Trim Ahsoka and Anakin walking down the corridor.
As Ahsoka meets the 501st I have used the next sequence from Practice Makes Perfect to create a flashback of her training.
Trim Ahsoka twirling her new lightsabers.
Cut Ahsoka wishing Anakin good luck.
Cut most of Ahsoka’s free-fall to the surface of Mandalore.

The Phantom Apprentice (22mins)
Cut Maul “your way of thinking is behind the times.
Cut Rex and 501st running through the tunnels.
Cut Ahsoka “Tell Anakin……” And Obi Wan “I will”.
Cut Maul talking to Jesse about the grand plan.
Cut Maul “information is a valuable commodity”
Trim Maul/Ahsoka battle including Ahsoka losing and regaining a lightsaber and Ahsoka telling Maul Anakin would have beaten him easily.

Act 3 (41mins)

Shattered (22 mins plus 2mins additional)
Cut Yoda asking Ahsoka if she has a message for Skywalker.
Trim Bo and Ahsoka farewell.
Cut first clip of Maul and Ahsoka sensing something in the force.
As Ahsoka stands on the bridge I have added the next flashback sequence from Practice Makes Perfect.
As Rex and the 501st head doff to hunt down Ahsoka I’ve inserted the first scene from TOTE Devoted of Bariss in her cell as order 66 is carried out.
Cut Ahsoka having difficulty finding Rex’s chip.

Victory and Death (19mins plus 1min additional)
Add final flashback scene from Practice Makes Perfect using the scene of Rex and Ahsoka walking into the Hangar.
Minor trimming to the hangar battle to remove static shots.
Trim sequence with Ahsoka falling through the air.
Inserted Barriss recruitment scene from TOTE Devoted before we see Rex and Ahsoka looking at the crashed Ventor and clone helmets.
Obi-Wan hologram warning from Rebels added to scene of Ahsoka looking at the clone helmets.

Epilogue (10mins)

TOTE Doveted: Barriss arrives at the fortress inquisitorius and we immediately cut to her being tested by the Grand Inquisitor. The other Jedi there for testing have been cut.
TOTJ Resolve: Padme funeral scene plays out in full.
TOTE Devoted: Bariss and the other inquisitors are introduced to Vader.
Final Clone Wars scene of Vader and Imperial troops exploring the wrecked Venator.

The chips have become such an important part of animated canon. We have the arc in Clone Wars season 6 and it continues into Bad Batch.

Shane said:

smudger9 said:
I agree. It was set up for an amazing finale, but they just didn’t deliver.
We should have had a major clone rebellion, Rex and his crew should have been involved and at least one of the batch should have died. And Ventress should have tied into Omega’s future.

And I can’t believe alpha didn’t make an appearance!

While I don’t think there is anything your edit can do about this, I definitely got the feeling that the writers didn’t know this was going to be the final season until they were already well into producing the season.

I get the vibe that they had to pivot and the finale we got wasn’t the finale that was planned, but who knows.

I’m pretty sure they always knew this would be the final season. But I agree it was very odd to leave so many threads hanging which could have easily been tied together.

Martinkaworu said:

Your Bad Batch fanedits are the best TV-to-movie Star Wars fanedits I’ve seen, and I’ve only ever seen the TV shows as movies, so that’s saying something. Your Episode II particularly was a stroke of genius in that I couldn’t imagine what you could have possibly cut as it all worked so well as a movie - and a good one at that.

I’m very excited for a season 3 movie.

Thanks so much Martin. I’ll be back onto episode 3 at the end of the month. I’m just finishing off a Clone Wars project that I’ve been itching to complete for a while.

WtarSars said:

Some of the outside scenes in the clone hideout episode match the hanger lighting when the Zillo breaks out. Trying to see if theres a way that Clone force 99 calls in reinforcements and they show up to help. It just kills me that when echo joined them for the mission they didn’t think to bring Rex or the other clones. It’s not like his whole reason for fighting is to save clone lives. If theres any way at all to insert some of those scenes into the finale it would be worth it.

It’s just not an option for me. It would take some serious special effects to pull that off. I’m just an amateur editor, I have to work with what Lucasfilm gives me 😞.

I agree with you both that it could be jarring to suddenly have Barriss appear and take on a major story role right at the end. I have thought about combining it with Ahsoka’s final episode in Tales of the Jedi. It would make a great episode in a TV show format but not as a feature. I think I’ve managed to produce something that works as an epilogue to the movie.

I have put the first Barriss scene during the order 66 sequence, so she doesn’t appear from nowhere and I will mention her in the opening crawl. In terms of the rest of the Barriss content.
The Siege of Mandalore arc already has an epilogue of sorts with Vader finding Ahsoka’s lightsaber. What I’ve done is use that scene, a condensed version of Barriss’ recruitment to the Inquisitorius and the Padme funeral scene to create the epilogue. It plays out in chronological order with small time skips and shows us what directions these characters are going in as we head into the Dark Times and also hammers home that dark times are ahead.

Here is the sequence. Let me know what you think.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OaSO65TfzCiXSPZDmHsTI78g8X90877o

Hi all,

This has been an awful long time coming, but I’ve decided to dip back into the Clone Wars.

I’ve always wanted to do something with the last 3 seasons because they had some fantastic stories and the animation really improved, particularly with the final season.

I still have my live action and Bad Batch projects to continue, so the Clone Wars project will have to fit in around them and I’m not going to do things chronologically. I’m going to start with the final season, largely because the thing that actually triggered me to dive back in was the Tales of… series, which have arcs that fit in and around the final season. So here we are:

Episode IX [The Siege of Mangalore]
Includes:
Clone Wars: S7E2 and S7E5 to S7E12
Tales of the Jedi: E5 & E6
Tales of the Empire: E4

I have completed my second cut and the audio editing is about 80% complete so I should have this released by the end of the month.

Brief Outline: (Runtime 2h34)

Act 1 (53 mins)
The movie opens on Coruscant with the first 2 scenes of Tales of the Jedi: Practice Makes Perfect as a flashback prologue. This shows Ahsoka’s test at the Jedi Temple and the first part of her training with Anakin and the 501st. This serves 2 purposes, firstly as a way of having Anakin and the 501st present in the first act and secondly to open on a scene that is relevant to the finale.

We then cut to Ahsoka on her speeder and she meets the Martez sisters.
The Martez arc is included and essentially becomes the first act. It’s not my favourite arc by any means, but its essential as it shows us how Ahsoka is surviving following her expulsion from the Jedi order and it provides the inciting incident for the movie - Ahsoka discovering the location of Maul and Bo Katan asking for her help.
The plot for the arc has been heavily condensed so that it totals just 45mins.
This act also includes the Anakin/Padme holo chat from the Bad Batch arc. This acts as a spacer scene to replace cut elements from the Martez arc, it maintains Anakin and Rex’s presence in act 1 and its just a great scene with relevance to ROTS.

Act 2 (52 mins)
The Siege of Mandalore and Maul’s capture play out as the second act with minor trimming and the addition of the next training segment of Practice Makes Perfect as a brief flashback for Ahsoka as she is reunited with the 501st.

Act 3 (49 mins)
Order 66 and Ashoka’s escape with Rex play out with minor trimming as the base of act 3.
There are 2 further flashback scenes using footage from Practice Makes Perfect. One just before order 66 and one as Ahsoka and Rex are walking to the hangar bay.
During the order 66 sequence I have inserted the first scene from Tales of the Empire: Devoted where Bariss is looking at the Jedi Temple from her cell.
After Rex and Ahsoka escape in the Y-wing the rest of Bariss’ recruitment to the Inqusitorius from Resolve is intercut with the final 2 scenes of the Mandalore arc and the Naboo scenes from Tales of the Jedi: Devoted.

If anyone is keen to see what I’ve done so far here is a completed 20minute segment. This is the Order 66 segment which includes one of the flashbacks and the first Bariss scene. I’d be grateful for any feedback.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fj9nDM14p-L4YtVsL0aH8I8_Fnlnzsck

JasPet said:

Both were 10/10! Cut right to the good stuff, and the edits are invisible. It has pretty much all the info you need to know for season 3 and yet is still paced very well. I had a great time. Thank you, and happy Star Wars Day!

Thanks Jas. glad you enjoyed them.

Annoyingly there isn’t any way to change the basics of the plot, Omega is crucial in too many scenes away from Tantis. And to be honest my goal with these edits is to avoid sweeping story changes.

I’ve gone through the first 2 acts and managed to bring them in at 2 hours exactly. With some further scene trimming I should be able to shave a few more minutes off. I’ve cut out most of the Juggernaut episode by moving the focus to Rampart at the labour camp and simply have the Batch appear on the Juggernaut to rescue him. Very much like the Rebels breaking Jynn out of the Wobani camp in Rogue One. Intercut with Omega on Tantiss is works really well.

Now I need to condense Flash Strike, The Finale and half of Into the Breach down to an hour or less!

yoshif8tures said:

Well the show showed promise but they teased too much and ultimately played it far too safe and predictable for my tastes.

I agree. It was set up for an amazing finale, but they just didn’t deliver.
We should have had a major clone rebellion, Rex and his crew should have been involved and at least one of the batch should have died. And Ventress should have tied into Omega’s future.

And I can’t believe alpha didn’t make an appearance!