It is a time of open war. As the Rebellion gathers its strength for a decisive strike, Luke Skywalker has returned to the hidden world of Dagobah to complete his Jedi training.
Unable to face the revelations of Darth Vader, he awaits a summons from his friends as they attempt to rescue Han Solo from the clutches of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt.
Little do they know that the EMPEROR, intent on completing his Imperial fortress, has been secretly constructing a Death Star to secure his tyrannical rule once and for all…
I prefer this one. It has a little more punch to it. “Question of his true father” was a little clunky.
Man, I just love this idea though. It’s strange how an adjustment to the opening crawl can make the movie so much better. It’s weird, but for me, this aspect of the original film always bothered me.
NeverarGreat’s revised crawl brings with it these general improvements to the overal feel/tone/plot of Jedi, at least for me:
-It explains why Luke has progressed as a Jedi.
-Yoda does truly feel like an old friend, now that Luke has spent much time with him.
-instead of Yoda happening to die when Luke shows up, its more like he was already sickening and was just holding out until Luke could finish rescuing his friend.
-when Yoda says “your training is complete”, it actually makes sense. In the original version, it seems like he’s contrdicting himself from ESB, saying “eh, now that I’m sick, you don’t need training.”
-You can tell that the question of Luke’s father is something both of them have avoided. Only until the matter at hand is resolved (rescuing Han) and Yoda is on his deathbed, do both of them confront the uncomfortable truth.
-Since Luke is on Dagobah (never shown but that’s what the crawl tells us), and not Tatooine, his arrival at Jabba’s palace is even more enigmatic and cool. It really makes him seem like an awesome Jedi coming to rescue his friends