Bingowings said:
DarkFather said:

I like the idea of starting on Tatooine and just deleting the opening Death Star scene;

That was one of the few decent parts in this otherwise incipid mess of a film. It's the last time Vader still had that distinguishable vibe that made him so popular as a villain in ANH and ESB.

Once I have the new computer up and running I will be attempting variations on the Fan-O-Matic.

My instincts tell me that Dagobah (ending with Yoda's death) followed by Vader arriving at the Death Star 2 on the Executor with a redubbed Moff Jejerrod (he seems a bit too camp for a commandant) followed by Luke in Ben's Hut meeting Ben's ghost, followed by the Emperor arriving, followed by Droids on their way to Jabba is more the way to go.

But I won't be sure until I've tried out other combinations.

I disagree - start with the Vader/Jerjerrod scene, then go to Boussh/Leia/Chewie, then Dagobah, then freeing Han from carbonite, then Luke arriving on Tatooine/Ben's hut/Ben's ghost, then the droids go but get captured before they can deliver the message, finally Luke arrives and the rest pretty much plays out as normal. I don't know what to think about the Emperor arrival - it could work well after Ben's ghost scene, but I like the idea of not seeing any more of the Empire until Jabba's is all cleared up and they're on their way to the fleet.