A New Hope has tighter writing than Empire Strikes Back.
Could you elaborate on this. I’ve always been of the opinion that ESB had the tightest script but I’d be glad for a different take.
There are a few things I can think of from the movie. I don’t want to come off like I’m bashing Empire. I love Empire. I just think Star Wars is marginally better in terms of writing.
When Han is planning to leave to pay off his debt to Jabba, everyone (including Han himself) acts like this has to be a permanent departure. When really, there’s no reason why, in the 3-year gap between movies, Han couldn’t have just stopped by to pay off his debt then come back to the Alliance. He really only needed to make a quick trip and come back, but everyone acts like he’s abandoning the cause forever.
The whole Mynock/Space Slug sequence felt a little unnecessary, since the heroes find themselves in the exact same situation of being chased by a Star Destroyer as they were before.
Han’s trick of camouflaging the Falcon on the back of a Star Destroyer probably shouldn’t have worked since there were so many other Destroyers nearby facing different directions, so one of them was bound to spot it.
It’s odd that Han or Leia never noticed Slave I flying behind them during their sublight journey to Bespin.
Luke was able to go straight to Bespin, despite having no way of knowing what planet he saw in his vision or where that planet was located.