Ripplin said:
ChainsawAsh said:
The pacing problem with opening on Yoda's scene is the incredible amount of honestly boring exhibition you get with that scene, which is fine if you're already engaged in the story, but to start it off like that is asking a little much of the audience.

Good point. The movie wouldn't exactly start with a bang that way.

I agree but it doesn't start with a bang with Vader either, at least Empire starts has a hard thump near the beginning, whichever way it's cut Jedi lacks the kick that all the others have. So it's a choice of exposition scene, you could start with Chewie being dropped off (there's a bit of drama there, not enough really though) but that buggers up the Jabba introduction.

It's one of the reasons why I suggested some sort of dogfight at the beginning showing the Rebels are constantly being tracked, shot down and running, just to give the film a punchier beginning.

Lucas really screwed up on this one.