This wipe here is temporary, right?
And not a huge fan of restoring Vader’s shuttle. It kinda messes with the pacing, and it’s unnecessary.
Yeah I think I said on the other forum where I posted this before, that one is just temporary. I haven’t gone back and done a final cut of Empire yet. Mostly I was just showing someone there how I used the new exterior shot, but cut out the CGI video game nonsense that precedes it, then had to adjust the soundtrack and framerate and make Leia pause before she turns around in order to sync everything up.
And I agree about the importance of the pacing in the second sequence. I left out the exterior shot of Vader boarding the shuttle, and him landing on the Executor. Those just kill the film’s momentum.
But I do like the SE music cue better, and the idea of intercutting between Luke and Vader as the climax progresses. I think that one shot actually enhances the pacing, but yeah maybe some people will feel differently.