Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu

From Art of the Cut by Steve Hullfish, ACE

June 4, 2026 · 44 min · Season 13 · Episode 23

About this episode

The episode features a discussion with editors Rachel Goodlett Katz and Dylan Firshein about their work on Star Wars: The Mandalorian and the challenges of editing with a masked main character.

Today on Art of the Cut we speak with Rachel Goodlett Katz, ACE, and Dylan Firshein - the editors of Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu. Dylan’s been on the show before when we discussed the TV series, The Mandalorian , for which he’s been nominated for two Emmys. He also edited on The Book of Boba Fett . Dylan was also a first assistant editor on Solo: A Star Wars Story , and The Big Short. Rachel’s also been an editor on The Mandalorian TV series. Her other TV work includes Halt and Catch Fire, The Walking Dead, and Gossip Girl. She also edited parts 1, 2, and 3 of the Fear Street films. Our discussion today is about the value of editing on set, the challenges and possibilities of editing with a masked main character, and the power of cinematic inspiration from the classics If you'd like to read along with this podcast and see images - like the amazing on-set editing set-up, please visit the BorisFX blog site: borisfx.com/blog/aotc

People in this episode

Host: Steve Hullfish

Guests: Rachel Goodlett Katz, Dylan Firshein

Topics covered

  • editing
  • Star Wars
  • TV series
  • cinematic inspiration
  • challenges of editing
  • on-set editing

Keywords

  • editing
  • Star Wars
  • Mandalorian
  • Emmy
  • cinematic inspiration
  • on-set editing
  • Fear Street

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Star Wars: The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Solo: A Star Wars Story, The Big Short, Halt and Catch Fire, The Walking Dead, Gossip Girl, Fear Street

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