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Essentially I combined the individual episodes from each arc of Star Wars: The Clone Wars into one longer episode for what I consider to be the 25 best arcs (+1 standalone episode) of the series. I made numerous cuts to most episodes to improve pacing, remove uninteresting villain povs and moments that seem more directly aimed at a younger audience. Several years ago I saw the first few movie edits smudger9 made from the series, then a few years later EddieDean started an edit of the series to create a more serialized structure and mature tone. What little I watched of both projects is excellent, but I soon realized I had already started forming my own edit ideas. While I did refer to EddieDean's work for a few ideas, like when I was struggling with an episode transition and the idea to inter-cut the zombie episodes of the Geonosis arc, I always tried to work things out independently and implement them in my own way. It's very much a separate edit with different goals (e.g. this edit really leans into the episodic format). I've included very little of the first two seasons but retained most of the later seasons as the quality of the show markedly improves as it goes along.
General changes: removed opening "previously on" segments, created smooth transitions to join episodes, created custom intro
Episode cutlists:
1 Christophsis (37 minutes) - The Hidden Enemy (s1e16), The Clone Wars Movie
- droids talking
- villain povs
- palpatine's office
- droid attack before Ahsoka's arrival
- Mace/Yoda receiving transmission
- Obi getting "captured"
- references to hutts
- end at Obi flying off
2 Domino Squad (44 minutes) - Clone Cadets, Rookies, ARC Troopers (s3e1,s1e5,s3e2)
- trim 1st training
- 1st test with previous Shaakti and following brainhead scenes
- Cutup beatup
- graduation march
- villain povs
- inspection call
- worm eating a clone
- droid in clone armor
- Rex suspicious of clones approaching
- Rex:"roger roger"
- "not so tough sparky"
- clone commendation
3 Magic of the Holocron (44 minutes) - Holocron Heist, Cargo of Doom, Children of the Force (s2e1-3)
- villain povs
- trim bomb droid
- Ani explaining boarding in hangar
- droids talking
- replace Cargo ending hangar scene with start of Chilren
- Obi's trip to Rodia
- baby gungan
4 The Senator (38 minutes) - Assassin, Senate Spy (s3e7,s2e4)
**Senate Spy is technically part of the Geonosis arc but doesn't flow neatly into the following episode, so I combined it with Assassin to make a new Padmé-centric episode
- references to previous Aurra/Ahsoka encounter
- Hutt ending of Assassin
- villain povs
- Ani rocking the ship
- swapped two shots when Padme walks in on meeting
- Ani running down hallway
5 Return to Geonosis (62 minutes) - Landing at Point Rain, Weapons Factory, Legacy of Terror, Brain Invaders (s2e5-8)
- bridge convo and following plan discussion
- Obi in hangar
- trim fighting
- shots of Mundi on drop ship
- obvi Obi "we're hit..."
- obvi clone "bugs are surrounding us"
- Ani & Mundi trips to rendezvous with Obi
- Obi explaining plan
- Obi/Mundi departure
- Luminara ship approach
- Ani & Ahsoka explaining (another) plan, bickering
- Poggle povs
- Ani & Luminara talking about padawans' mission
- intercut Legacy and Brain Invaders episodes (idea from EddieDean's Clone Wars Refocused)
- loading poggle onto ship
- wipe from padawan hyperspace jump to Luminara on overlook
- cut from Luminara reporting in on bikes to ship in hyperspace followed by padawans sleeping
- cut from bag of eggs to Luminara arriving at temple
- cut from Luminara reporting in at temple entry to padawans eating
- wipe from bridge takeover to Obi/Ani arrival at temple
- cut from Ani/Obi team start exploring tunnels to padawans meal interrupted
- wipe from padawans leaving to check bridge to Luminara dragged
- cut from Luminara bound by queen to infected bridge clones "engage autopilot"
- cut from padawans jumping into vents to Obi/Ani just before entering queen lair
- cut from Obi:"let's go" to padawans in vent
- wipe from padawans splitting up to Obi approaching queen
- wipe from queen:"now i have 3" to Fisto call with Ahsoka
- cut from Barriss getting infected to Poggle preparing to infect Luminara
- silly manhole cover geyser shot
- cut from Jedi observing temple remains to Ahsoka calling Rex
- Fisto dispatching escort
- cut from Barriss sneak-attacking Ahsoka to ship coming out of hyperspace then back to attack
- cut from Ahsoka clawing control panel to Fisto noticing ship "guide them in" and back to Luminara mouth-worm attack
6 The Duchess of Mandalore (64 minutes) - The Mandalore Plot, Voyage of Temptation, Duchess of Mandalore (s2e12-14)
- trim villain speech overstating the obvious in Voyage
7 Boba Fett (45 minutes) - Death Trap, R2 Come Home, Lethal Trackdown (s2e20-22)
- shooting practice
- Boba bumping into clones
- trim stranded clone kids bickering
- join Ani cockpit shots from Death Trap and R2 Come Home
- gundarks
- Mace phoning ship
- after explosion insert shot of Boba interrogating prisoner from Lethal Trackdown, back to Mace/Ani trying to get free
- R2 rescue/bounty hunters plot from R2 Come Home
- bounty hunters arguing in cockpit
- Hondo not recognizing Boba
8 Corruption on Mandalore (39 minutes) - Corruption, The Academy (s3e5-6)
- villain povs
- trimmed students at warehouse
9 Witches and Monsters (52 minutes) - Nightsisters, Monster, Witches of the Mist (s3e12-14)
- droid povs
- Ventress going to dude village and trials
- Ani & Obi going to dude village
- insert Dooku sending Savage on mission between Obi/Ani capture and entering Talzin lair
10 Padmé Amidala (37 minutes) - Senate Murders, Heroes on Both Sides, Pursuit of Peace (s2e15,s3e10-11)
- other Rodian speaking & Farr response before Organa walks in
- cut from Padme entering senate chamber to Heroes on Both Sides opening senate chamber scene
- when Padme steps up to speak cut back to speech from Senate Murders
- after speech & Deechi threat cut back to Heroes at banking clan & posse conspiring
- Grievous/bomb droid povs
- Lux creeping on Ahsoka
- senate discussion after blackout
- wipe from Heroes ending to Farr mugging, then beginning of Pursuit
- replace shot of Farr in senate meeting with Mothma, later with Burtoni
- Padme/Farr office meetings with Organa, banking clan guy, Organa again
- bounty hunters escaping after 1st capture and subsequent chase scene
- insert Senate Murders scene of heroes celebrating before ending scene of Palpy in office
11 Secrets of Mortis (56 minutes) - Overlords, Altar of Mortis, Ghosts of Mortis (s3e15-17)
- Ani/Obi banter just before following daughter from ship
- son capturing Obi/Ahsoka
- keep overhead shot of arena, cut chosen one test
- use part of father trying to convince Ani to stay after Obi/Ahsoka leave arena
- force family povs (keep father waking, throwing kids thru window in Altar)
12 The Citadel (35 minutes) - The Citadel, Counterattack, Citadel Rescue (s3e18-20)
- trim plan overview (Ani/Obi stating the obvious)
- Ahsoka left behind/R2's driods/carbonite subplots
- villain povs
- hallway traps between jailbreaks
- jedi planning rescue
- droid ambush in caverns
- Obi team captured
- Ani:"always a plan b"
- beginning of Rescue until hyperspace star destroyers
13 Padawan Lost (41 minutes) - Padawan Lost, Wookiee Hunt (s3e21-22)
- droids talking
- redundant Trandoshans hunting Ahsoka at start of Wookiee Hunt
- random pilot line
14 Darkened World of Umbara (48 minutes) - Darkness on Umbara, The General, Plan of Dissent, Carnage of Krell (s4e7-10)
- beginning of Darkness to after tentacle plant fight
- attack before Krell arrival
- remainder of Darkness after Krell talks to Rex
- opening of General until after Krell/holo-Obi convo
- trim clone argument "we had to retreat...flawed strategy","we lost a lot of men last time"
- centipede fight
- 1st airbase infiltration team scene & following battle scene
- opening Dissent scene outside tower
- clone:"sir incoming" distraction after Krell/Rex convo in tower
- test flight & following until taking ships out
- droid povs
- ending tower scene in Dissent
- tentacle plants
- Krell:"for a clone"
- Krell villain speech in forest
- Krell v tentacle plants (cut from Krell throwing clone to getting stunned)
15 The Slaves of Zygerria (52 minutes) - Kidnapped, Slaves of the Republic, Escape from Kadavo (s4e11-13)
- open at Jedi arrival
- Dooku holo convo with slaver
- Ani/Ahsoka listening in via Obi comms
- recut Obi/slaver negotiation so "counter offer" is explosion in tower so slaver can escape (no fight, no city explosions)
- hutt at slave pits
16 A Friend in Need (22 minutes) - (s4e14)
- no additional cuts
17 Rako Hardeen (57 minutes) - Deception, Friends and Enemies, The Box, Crisis on Naboo (s4e15-18)
- Rako going to bar
- Obi buying 1st ship, getting captured (go from "business or pleasure? both" to Obi calling Jedi)
- bounty hunter argument between Ani/Palpy scene and boarding new ship
- drunk aliens leaving saloon
- most of The Box episode (use scene of Ani summoned to Yoda's chamber)
- warehouse fight (skip to Dooku explaining plan)
18 Darth Maul Returns (55 minutes) - Massacre, Bounty, Brothers, Revenge (s4e19-22)
- zombies arising
- Ventress' final line in Massacre:"no wait you can't leave..."
- transition end of Massacre to Brothers at ship approaching junk planet
- talisman not working
- various encounters after meeting snake guide (transition from "i can manage on my own" to "does he look like you?")
- snake line about betrayal, leftovers
- transition from Yoda telling Obi Maul lives to Bounty at Ventress arrives at Tatooine (use Massacre end music)
- Bossk:"right dispostion" & snort
- Bossk:"join our merry...authorities"
- transition from Ventress:"what do I have to do?" to Revenge planet landing (cut remainder of Bounty)
- insert Brothers scene of Ventress:"sensed someone from my past" after Maul:"start with revenge"
19 Onderon (60 minutes) - A War on Two Fronts, Front Runners, The Soft War, Tipping Points (s5e2-5)
- training up to approaching city
- Ahsoka/Lux: "pretty good plan..." exchange entering city
- droid:"that's the 5th time this rotation"
- rebel meetings at the end of Front Runners
- old king brought before new king and general droid
- after king rescue scene skip to Tipping Points flying to rebel base
- Ahsoka calling Ani/Obi during battle, Hondo stuff (skip to Lux/Ahsoka with rocket launchers)
- Ahsoka:"she sure leads by example" up to ship blasting base doors
20 Shadow Collective (58 minutes) - Eminence, Shades of Reason, The Lawless (s5e14-16)
- Nal Hutta
- Vizla to Bo-Katan:"stay focused, Mandalore will soon be..."
- Vizla speech w/ captured Maul
- Almec/Maul convo after Almec's speech
21 Rogue Jedi (84 minutes) - Sabotage, The Jedi Who Knew Too Much, To Catch a Jedi, The Wrong Jedi (s5e17-20)
- Ani reporting to Jedi council while transporting captured Ahsoka
22 Clone Protocol 66 (59 minutes) - The Unknown, Conspiracy, Fugitive, Orders (s6e1-4)
- fight in corridor, brief meeting (start just before Tup "malfunction")
- villain povs
- hangar bay, trip to Kamino
- 5s/AZ convo about numbers and names
- 5s/AZ stealing ship & taking a joyride
- 5s getting on stretcher
- inside ship en route to Coruscant
- 5s stumbling around, finding taxi, taxi ride convo
- clones/taxi driver:"its your credit...mother's a droid"
23 Rush Clovis (61 minutes) - An Old Friend, The Rise of Clovis, Crisis at the Heart (s6e5-7)
- bounty hunter calls Palp
- Dooku/Palp discuss evil plans scenes
- Palp/Ani walk and talk
- Dooku retreat command/hyperspace jump
24 Yoda's Quest (58 minutes) - The Lost One, Voices, Destiny, Sacrifice (s6e10-13)
- Dooku/Palp povs
- Obi/Ani report to council after Dooku escape
- transition from Dagobah force cave vision (Voices) to waking on force planet (Destiny)
- force priestesses
- gollum Yoda encounter (after Yoda wakes, parcour to cave entrance, cut to jedi temple vision)
- transition from jedi temple vision Dooku attack (Destiny) to Yoda entering sith temple (Sacrifice)
- after Sidious fight with Yoda falling (Sacrifice) transition to Yoda exiting Dagobah force cave (Voices)
- references to force planet
- transition from leaving Dagobah to Jedi temple scene at end of Sacrifice
25 Ahsoka's Journey (57 minutes) - Gone with a Trace, Deal No Deal, Dangerous Debt, Together Again (s7e5-8)
- Pintu to end of Gone
- failed prison escape (join prison convos skipping redundant argument in Together)
26 Bad Batch (46 minutes) - The Bad Batch, A Distant Echo, On the Wings of Keeradaks, Unfinished Business (s7e1-4)
- villain povs
- minimize force99 as much as possible
- crash landing
- outpost attack
- Poletecs
- Rex/99 argument
- techno union guy
- crawling into vents (wipe directly to them in the vents)
- Tech referencing locals
- more Poletecs (wipe to next episode after "eagle" rescue)
- Wrecker, Hunter en route to ship infiltration
- Ani getting detonator, Wrecker detonation
27 Siege of Mandalore (95 minutes) - Old Friends Not Forgotten, The Phantom Apprentice, Shattered, Victory and Death (s7e9-12)
- add sfx to opening attack
- battle droids talking (moved reaction shot of Obi & Cody)
Runtime: 1406 minutes
Original: 3100 minutes
Cut: 1694 minutes
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