Like many fans, I see ROTJ as the weakest link in the original trilogy, mainly due to the bad pacing of the second act, the Ewoks and the prequel-esque “humorous” moments. But I also see that it lacks a sense of scale that I’d appreciate from the finale of such an epic saga. With Revenge of the Sith and recently Rogue One added to the series, Return of the Jedi is comparatively lacking in the aspect of scale, something I don’t think should happen as the capstone of the OT.

I hope to make an edit of ROTJ with a longer runtime, around 2.5 hours, and a larger scale. This means adding more content portraying the overall conflict/battles/campaigns of the Rebel Alliance, and its effect on the Galaxy. Essentially, finding places to put snippets of battle footage, taken from fanfilms and other Star Wars media, throughout the story in a way that doesn’t feel forced. The second way to add to the length and scale is by adding extra footage to the battle of Endor, to up the epicness of the trilogy’s final space battle.

I’ve made a rough edit earlier that cuts out the prequel humor and a LOT of the content regarding the Ewok Village in the second act, but that leaves the movie at a little less than 2 hours. This means I’m going to need to pull a lot of content from deleted scenes and fanfilms to bulk the runtime. This is the part that’s going to be tricky. I’m going to have to use clips from fanfilms of a higher quality, and use color correction/grading, custom sound editing, and other visual tricks to get the fan film clips to blend seamlessly with the regular footage. I know getting it to look EXACTLY like the ROTJ footage would be impossible, but I’m hoping to get it pretty darn close.

Right now I’m mainly toying around with different ideas and concepts, so any input and help is greatly appreciated! I want to see what people think about different concepts, and ways they’d improve them to fit better with the look, tone and feel of ROTJ.