Here is my movie edit of one of the better Star Wars games in a while, Jedi Fallen Order. I recommend watching this video on an HDR capable device if you have one, but I've custom tonemapped the HDR image to look great in SDR as well.

If you aren't familiar with my work, I take video games and I try to edit them into a movie experience that can be enjoyed by everybody, whether you play video games or not. For people who don't play games, or couldn't play this particular game for whatever reason, this gives them the opportunity to enjoy a great story they might have otherwise missed out on, but even if you've played the game, it allows you to experience the story in a new way. When playing games, we usually split the story up into multiple gameplay sessions, so by the end of the game, the beginning of the story isn't as fresh in our minds, as well as other smaller details. By watching in a compressed format like this, you get to keep the entire story fresh in your mind, and also experience it with better pacing from scene to scene.

For my movies, I want to include just as much gameplay as is necessary to understand and enjoy the story, without creating plot holes or a feeling of confusion in the audience, especially for those who haven't experienced the story before. This is a game that's heavy on combat sequences, and I wanted to cut the gameplay up more to flow through the worlds without needing to show the entirety of every combat scenario. When it made sense, I would cut entire sections of a world, or otherwise do quicker montages through the various combat encounters in the world. This required more chopping up of the gameplay than I've done in some other movies, but I think I was able to find a good balance that showcased the action without leaving the viewer bored with it taking too much time between story beats.

Like my other movies, I also work to try to minimize distractions that make it super obvious you're watching a game. The main way I achieved this was to cut off the top and bottom of the HUD, by reformatting the image to a 2.40:1 aspect ratio, and using "tilt and scan" techniques to manually adjust the framing of the image for every since one of the ~2000 shots in the movie. I also used over 200 VFX shots to remove some other HUD elements, such as when the game prompts you to press the right stick or d-pad to interact with things, as well as some progress notifications. One area I was unfortunately not able to remove was the enemy life/stamina bars, and that's simply because of how often they appear on screen.

As always, if you enjoy this story, and are able to, I recommend supporting the developers by buying the game (and its sequel when it inevitably comes out). If you'd like to support me directly, I have a patreon page here:

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In addition to following the progress of the making of my movies, supporters at higher levels can access full quality downloads in SDR and HDR with 5.1 sound, and even access to early cuts of my movies. If you'd rather just send a one time donation, I also have a paypal link on my channel page.

Because of some copyright issues, for youtube I've edited the music in a couple scenes to remove John Williams music from the Episode III soundtrack, and replaced it from tracks from the game's soundtrack instead. However, the full quality downloads available to mid and top tier patreon supporters include the original unedited audio, if you'd like a slightly more authentic experience for those two scenes. The changes only account for about 3 minutes total of music, but a scene at the end in particular feels much better with the original music imo.

Chapters:

0:00:00 - The Scrapper (Bracca)
0:29:33 - The Vault (Bogano)
0:40:15 - The Tomb of Eilram (Zeffo)
1:00:34 - The Refinery (Kashyyyk)
1:26:38 - The Tomb of Miktrull (Zeffo)
1:45:22 - The Arena (Ordo Eris)
1:57:46 - The Origin Tree (Kashyyyk)
2:21:02 - The Tomb of Kujet (Dathomir)
2:58:09 - The Jedi Temple (Ilum)
3:17:09 - The Astrium (Dathomir)
3:33:04 - The Holocron (Bogano)
3:45:28 - The Fortress (Nur)

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