Pittrek well done some very interesting dialogue parts which is really what makes an extended edition authentic.

I don’t want to distract myself from Star wars at the moment though the one thing that has taken up a lot of my concentration is the escape pod sequence and I may have finally had the Eureaka moment!

Here is my plan and it will involve changing things quite a bit unfortunately but It might end up being much much better but until I try it I won’t know.

This is the proposal for the edit and segment.

Laser Blast hits corridor 3P0 climbs in through Hatch. Replace sound of the hatch closing.

I may need to cut away to an exterior shot here of Star destroyer with blockade runner actually clmped in.

Cut to 3P0 and R2-D2 sitting in the Pod. “thats funny the damage does not look as bad from out here”. What will be different here is that I will put the interior edge of the Launch ring on the outer edge of the Window and a starfield. But the Ring will also have another Hatch which opens which reveals the starfield. I will then Resume the music cue for the Launch after “are you sure this thing is safe?” Then on the Launch I will try to restore the boosters igniting and the tunnel to try to finish this shot add missing parts matte elements. I will cover the shot of the escape Pod with the shot from ESB special edition dvd menu of Pod towards camera. Then when the gunner let’s the Pod escape we cut straight to the Pod flying towards Tattooine. On this shot as the Pod goes into the distance I plan to show the Pod detach the nose cone and shoot off left towards the planet. A bit similar to Predator opening space sequence so we see the Pod but a part detaches and goes towards the planet.

This sounds fairly extraneous and you may ask why change it. But I really want to fix this whole non-sensical part somehow. Then extension will come from another Pod being destroyed. Wish me luck.

“There goes another one”