Originally posted by: astromech
There is a more simpler explanation to why the AT-ATs came in from far away...
An aerial bombardment/ground assault would have been designed to weaken the shields sufficiently enough for them to pass through without having to destroy what was inside. Having the AT-ATs and AT-STs come in with guns blazing would have been part of this strategy - pound the defense till it's too weak to defend, then you can do as you wish. You can liken it to Germany's aerial bombing of London...it was all designed to weaken the enemy to the point of no fightback (they just hadn't factored everything in!)
Or you could just say the Imperials got a little lost and had to rely on their GPS systems to get them back ontrack...!
There isn't a massive amount I would change in ESB. The Emperor's communication with Vader should be reverted to the original dialogue. It ties in too much to handhold the viewer all the way to Vader's reveal. Yoda should remain as he is...if anything, he should be replaced in the rest of the movies! Minor bits can be cleaned up and tweaked, but it doesn't require much. Irvin Kerschner's direction and detail is much stronger than the rest of the trilogy. But please make sure Luke doesn't scream going down the exhaust shaft - he made a conscious decision to fall, so wouldn't be screaming in terror. He would have been at peace with his decision.
There is a more simpler explanation to why the AT-ATs came in from far away...
An aerial bombardment/ground assault would have been designed to weaken the shields sufficiently enough for them to pass through without having to destroy what was inside. Having the AT-ATs and AT-STs come in with guns blazing would have been part of this strategy - pound the defense till it's too weak to defend, then you can do as you wish. You can liken it to Germany's aerial bombing of London...it was all designed to weaken the enemy to the point of no fightback (they just hadn't factored everything in!)
Or you could just say the Imperials got a little lost and had to rely on their GPS systems to get them back ontrack...!
There isn't a massive amount I would change in ESB. The Emperor's communication with Vader should be reverted to the original dialogue. It ties in too much to handhold the viewer all the way to Vader's reveal. Yoda should remain as he is...if anything, he should be replaced in the rest of the movies! Minor bits can be cleaned up and tweaked, but it doesn't require much. Irvin Kerschner's direction and detail is much stronger than the rest of the trilogy. But please make sure Luke doesn't scream going down the exhaust shaft - he made a conscious decision to fall, so wouldn't be screaming in terror. He would have been at peace with his decision.
Except the dialog states that the shield is strong enough to withstand "any bombardment" (presumably that means they'd have to devastate the planet in order to get past the shield, which would end up killing the people they wanted to take prisoner, making it totally impractical).
Presumably if they'd come up far away, they wouldn't have been detected, and the original plan would have been to target the shield generator from orbit and take it out before the Rebels knew what was happening, then make the capture much easier (since they could use surgical strikes on key assets and prevent ships from escaping much more easily).
If the shields are strong enough to stop orbital bombardment from the Star Destroyer and other ships, it certainly would be more than enough to resist the weapons of the Imperial walkers that landed. Rather, the walkers can pass through the shield, being that they are small, slow moving objects (think the Gungan theater shields from Episode I, on a larger scale).