Synopsis:

Rogue One reformatted and rescored entirely as the finale arc of Andor.

Intentions:

Andor brainrot has had me this past year, it’s genuinely become one of my favorite shows of all time - to the point I joke about being an Andor fan more than I am a fan of Star Wars itself. This edit is kind of an expression of that with a movie I generally really liked - moving its energy from emulating the jaunty, swashbuckling OT, to more in line with its prequel show’s feel. I do think the elements Andor is rooted in become far more apparent foregrounded to this soundtrack. Where the movie somewhat failed to recapture the energy and excitement of traditional Star Wars (and not for lack of Giacchino effort), the places where it takes itself seriously should now feel at home in a [tonal] context that seriously considers them. It feels stronger as an expansion of the revolution / spy thriller, than as an imitation of the swashbuckling space opera. If nothing else, it’s just fun to have the show and movie connected via the same musical motifs and format.

Change List:

EPISODE 1: “JEDHA” - Starts from the Lah’mu sequence, up to Cassian, Jyn, and co. flying out from the destruction of Jedha City. - Some of the long opening shots of Krennic flying through space down to the planet are cut. The Andor opening titles are already pretty lengthy and serving the kind of build up those were originally intended for. - I cut off Jyn’s childhood sequence before Saw comes to find her in the hatch, to facilitate a hard cut time skip transition (similar to the Kenari ones we had of Cassian). Who Saw is to Jyn is elaborated on some scenes later anyway, and the same imagery pops up in a flashback further on too. - A couple reaction shots of Jyn at the Yavin holotable have been removed/replaced with unused shots from the trailers to facilitate how the scoring is different. - For similar reasons to the above, removed the pregnant pause in Tarkin’s introduction, trimming some of the more redundant dialogue in the process. - Removed 2/3 of the Bodhi scenes - Some egregious easter eggs on Jedha removed. EPISODE 2: “STARDUST” - Starts from Tarkin taking the Death Star project from Krennic, up to Jyn and Cassian walking onboard the stolen shuttle to go to Scarif. - Includes Previously On recap of “Jedha” - Completely cut the Darth Vader scene on Mustafar, moving in its place a later scene where Krennic starts to look over Galen’s communications on Scarif. It was a functionally redundant scene anyway, but it also just doesn’t feel like Andor. EPISODE 3: “ROGUE ONE” - Starts from Rogue One pulling away from Yavin, up to Jyn and Cassian embracing as they are engulfed in the death cloud. - Includes Previously On recap of “Stardust” - Moved Vader / Leia scenes to post-credits

Additional Notes:

Split into three episodes. Rescored entire film to Britell's Andor soundtrack and other adjacent media OST. Minor trims to dialogue here and there.

Other Sources:

Andor Soundtrack by Nicholas Britell The King Soundtrack by Nicholas Britell She Said Soundtrack by Nicholas Britell The Little Drummer Girl Soundtrack by Jo Yeong-wook The Expanse Season 2 Soundtrack by Clinton Shorter Assassin's Creed Unity Soundtrack by Sarah Schachner Call of Duty Modern Warfare II Soundtrack by Sarah Schachner Call of Duty Vanguard Soundtrack by Bear McCreary Elysium Soundtrack by Ryan Amon The Shamook Deepfakes of Tarkin + Leia

Special Thanks:

snooker (OT.com) for the subs and feedback Chase Adams (OT.com) for some sources and feedback Hal 9000 (OT.com) for the feedback RogueLeader (OT.com) for the feedback futon88 (FE.org) for the feedback and approval