I’m sure we all love Star Wars. But that doesn’t make it perfect, or the best it can be. And no movie is made by one person- George had a strong hand, but other writers re-wrote, other directors directed, and other editors edited, and each time, a variant movie than George’s original emerged. So why not faneditors?

And your interpretation is sound- there’s meaning in the original shape. But that doesn’t mean we can’t pick up that scene and scrutinise it, and see if it can be improved. Perhaps we’ll come to your conclusion, and put it back on the shelf, as we have with many ideas for many scenes before. But that shouldn’t mean we shouldn’t look at elements of the movies academically.

Your input on the idea is valuable, but I don’t think it’s sensible to dismiss the concept. This whole forum is a big bag of opinion and subjectivity, that’s been hugely productive and peaceful in spite of that. Sometimes you’ve just gotta live and let live, man.