Thanks for the comments! I definitely think the trick is figuring out the order of scenes, as well as where to cut between them exactly. I think the music can make this a bit of a challenge.

I do agree that it would be nice to see a new regrade for the film. I think using Ady’s would work as a great base. I also feel like the flatness is partly due to the cinematography of the film. A lot of the shots, imo, feel a lot more static and less ‘inspired’ than what we saw in ANH or ESB. Unfortunately I don’t think there is much that can be done about that, besides what Ady is doing, and replacing some matte backgrounds with model work.

I would also like to possibly make a “downgraded” version of the film, sort of like Puggo’s versions of the OT. If the entire film was real dirty and grainy, you could incorporate a lot of the deleted scenes without them feeling out of place. But maybe I’d save that for a more radical Revenge of the Jedi edit.