Update: Merrin stole my phone

Still too many gaps and the middle has some pacing issues, but it’s slowly coming together 🤞

Modded screenshot from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Cal Kestis leans on one of the tables in the Jedha Archive, his hand hovering over the console buttons. Merrin and Kata Akuna watch him from across the table. Cere Junda and Bode Akuna talk in the background.

Cal refuses to stay in character and keeps messing with the console buttons. I threatened to fire him but apparently we "can't make this film without the lead actor" smh

Today’s mood. #maulshadowlord

The first half of April put this project on hold (taxes, travel, PHM) and unfortunately I'd just hit the "woah I hate this" stage of the creative process. It's fine!!! The film will be good!* I just can't appreciate it right now but we persevere anyway 🥲

TI4 Production Update

Scenes filmed: 8ish/11
Story lock: whatever idk anymore
Late night snack: tacos
Current problem: still so much left to film

finally back home and ready to finish this let's GO

Traitor Inquisitorius | Jedi Survivor

Thanks! 🙏

to be a jedi.
(maul: shadow lord spoilers)

Buried the lede on the "in-game green screen" but it's just a really big wall object with channel-specific lighting. Genuinely surprised at how well it worked, and yes I will be using this technique for future shenanigans

I made this by stealing the Rocky footage from a PHM social ad, then filmed BD in front of an in-game "green screen" in Jedi Survivor. Now they're friends!

BD-1 Rocky save galaxies 🌌

Woooo congrats!!! 🎉

Merrin | Jedi Survivor

Photomode portrait of Cal Kestis from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. He faces up and to our right, illuminated by hash top-down lighting. The photo is framed by a blue and gold lens flare.

Cal Kestis | Jedi Survivor

Current joy: seeing PHM in imax (twice) and absorbing Fraser's beautiful cinematography into my bones (hopefully it helps)

TI4 Production Update

Scenes filmed: 5.8/11
Story lock: 95%
Late night snack: cinnamon popcorners
Current problem: too many 1am filming sessions

Two screenshots from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. In the first photo, Cal Kestis says “Good luck fighting those Inquisitors.” In the second photo, Darth Maul (added to the game with mods) says “Why do you look like Kenobi?”

so Cal watched the new Maul: Shadow Lord trailer

These look like Cal’s equivalent of those little workout stations at the park: “Hang from ship wreckage for 20 seconds,” “Slide 100 ft off a cliff,” “Grapple across open chasms”

he’s perfect

Fallen Order is a great game :) Enjoy!!

found Cal Kestis in the mailbox 💫

TI4 Production Update

Scenes filmed: 4.5/11
Story lock: 94%
Late night snack: tortellini soup
Current problem: Cere is an immovable enigma (thankfully her clone is behaving)

Cal Kestis - Legacy. (Drag Path)

Three “production stills” from Traitor Inquisitorius 4. In the first: former Inquisitor Cal Kestis stands inside temple ruins on Jedha. In the second: Imperial armor is buried in sand, surrounded by flames, with two lightsaber hilts (Cal’s healed Inquisitor saber and Dagan’s bled saber) laid on top. In the third: Merrin teleports on top of a stone pillar with her spear in hand.

TI4 Production Update

Scenes filmed: 2/11
Story lock: 90%
Late night snacks: 3
Current problem: purge trooper keeps crashing the game (rude)

Photomode screenshot of Cal Kestis from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. He wears a modded Imperial shirt and walks away from the crashed shuttle on Jedha.

There are so many things happening right now that we can’t control, and I know a what-if Star Wars video is far from the most important. But this project has been such a joy (and pain) over the last few years and I’m determined to see it through. More updates soon!

Screenshot of an Adobe Premiere timeline, with a photomode screenshot of Cal Kestis above it.

Production officially begins this week, but pre-production started five months ago: sourcing music, testing mods, and building a rough "radio edit" out of voice lines. As of now about 70% of the story is locked, with a few sections that still need assets or narrative direction

Traitor Inquisitorius 4: Prodigal

April 2026

very important addition to Merrin's pink poncho (she's restarting ancient feuds due to aura loss)

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