Originally posted by: Erikstormtrooper
Thanks, guys!
Move the ROTJ opening scene over Endor to the beginning of ESB. (I've always felt that the opening for ESB was a little weak.) The Empire has already started repairing the station. This keeps the Death Star in the story, so it doesn't feel so rehashed in ROTJ. To spice things up, see if it's possible to replace Endor with Mustafar in this opening shot.
Vader lands and tells the new Grand Moff that he's there to get the project back on schedule. Cut the mention of the Emperor. Cut to Star Destroyer launching probes. Then use the ESB Special Edition shot of Vader's shuttle approaching the Super Star Destroyer to get to the fleet, so he has time to check out the fleet and then get the report about the rebels on Hoth. Continue with rest of movie as planned.
For ROTJ, start out with a new opening shot, or maybe heavily modify the original opening shot and have the Emperor show up at the beginning. Commander Courage's idea about moving the Dagobah scenes to the beginning work well, so maybe a new opening shot panning down on Dagobah would work.
Thanks, guys!
Move the ROTJ opening scene over Endor to the beginning of ESB. (I've always felt that the opening for ESB was a little weak.) The Empire has already started repairing the station. This keeps the Death Star in the story, so it doesn't feel so rehashed in ROTJ. To spice things up, see if it's possible to replace Endor with Mustafar in this opening shot.
Vader lands and tells the new Grand Moff that he's there to get the project back on schedule. Cut the mention of the Emperor. Cut to Star Destroyer launching probes. Then use the ESB Special Edition shot of Vader's shuttle approaching the Super Star Destroyer to get to the fleet, so he has time to check out the fleet and then get the report about the rebels on Hoth. Continue with rest of movie as planned.
For ROTJ, start out with a new opening shot, or maybe heavily modify the original opening shot and have the Emperor show up at the beginning. Commander Courage's idea about moving the Dagobah scenes to the beginning work well, so maybe a new opening shot panning down on Dagobah would work.
This is the way to go with the Second Death Star. The opening crawls of all the films will be reworked to some extent, so the concept of the DSII would be introduced in the last paragraph. Pan down to RotJ's first scene. Not sure about referencing the Emperor. Wipe to Probe droid speeding towards Hoth; we've been told the Empire is deploying probe droids, we don't need to see it (like you said it's a boring scene). The film would commence as originally until the Imperial Fleet scene. The shot of Vader's shuttle approaching his Star Destroyer won't match with the shot of the fleet, but the shuttle can be matted in to the fleet shot. With some shot shuffling on the bridge of the Executor, it appears as if Vader has just arrived and is walking over for a status report from his officers. I've cut together a test of this and it works great (other than the needed special effects work with the shuttle). Also, while incorporating Mustafar is an interesting idea, I think it's best to leave DSII at Endor. It would probably be best to try and paint out some of the DSII to make it appear less completed in ESB than in ANH.