I agree with you, Rogueleader. I’ve always been in the camp of ‘all Star Wars is better than any particular Star Wars’, and that the tweaks that we make should preserve as much of the whole unifying story as possible. I would absolutely prefer to have an acceptable TROS with Palpatine than cut the movie entirely, I just think that that movie leaves so, so much to be desired that I think it’s worth exploring the option - at least in a Radical thread. Certainly I think the biggest necessary question (and the one with the biggest set of follow-up questions) is whether or not to retain Palpatine.

If we keep TROS and Palpatine, then our next questions are how to make that movie (and the sequels) cohesive, and you’re right that even dipping into the ending of ROTJ is sensible.

I think the biggest technical challenge in terms of improving TROS is having Finn’s arc worth something.