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Post #1173317

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snooker
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Revenge of the Jedi (The Snooker edit) (Cancelled: *unfinished project *)
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Date created
20-Feb-2018, 5:51 PM

darth_ender said:

Considering Lando has already been in place, I don’t know that the Falcon would be necessary to show anyway. Luke’s X-wing would probably be enough.

Can 3PO fit on the X-Wing? That’s my dilemma.

I hope you will use the original name for the Imperial capital: Had Abbadon. The only place you could put it is in the crawl, however.

Yeah, that’s the name of it in my head but I’m not sure where I can put it.

If the Rebels lose, what will be the victory? Considering this would clearly be the “end” of this version of the Star Wars saga, there would need to be some redeeming, happy ending I think. Han dies, the Rebels lose, Vader is redeemed but dies, and the Emperor dies…I’m not sure it’s enough of a victory. Will the non-Death Star space station be destroyed as well in spite of the lost battle? It just seems that the Rebels need some sort of consolation prize to me.

I feel like this edit would work better if there was the hypothetical sequel trilogy detailing Luke’s quest for his twin sister.

I don’t know if I can put a Rebel victory, but I also don’t want the ending to be ‘happy’. It should feel ‘bittersweet.’ Like the audience should be thinking “Yay, Luke got what he wanted and the Rebels were defeated, but they can rebuild.”

Also, in the very ending there will be VO from Ackbar saying

“This is Admiral Ackbar. The Empire might have won this battle, but our Rebellion still stands. We fought the good fight and will do so again, and again until the Empire crumbles. Remain vigilant! There is always hope! And may the force be with you… always”

…all of this will be playing over shots of Leia being a leader and Lando being with the falcon while it’s fixed (using ROTJ deleted scenes) maybe with a shot of Chewie being sad, who knows. Finally ending with the funeral pyre with Ackbar’s line “May the force be with you always” just before the credits start to roll.

Of course everything depends on execution, but I hope that it will all work.