JasonN said:
I love how anytime an editor suggests an edit/cut in the attempt of make a SW film better or improving it, the purists automatically balk and say that the edit will be no good, even though the fanedit in question is years away from completion and they have no idea how it'll all turn out.

From a narrative standpoint, Return of the Jedi is terribly written with poorer characterization, editing, and direction than the two films that preceeded it. If an editor is to salvage the movie and improve its story, drastic changes and cuts may be necessary.
- For Adywan, that may mean killing off Lando or Leia or R2-D2 or whoever else (although where is his posts does he say that exactly? Seriously, I can't find it anywhere in his thread).
- For my planned RotJ edit, that means cutting the "Leia is Luke's twin" and "Han/Leia romance" subplots and trying to edit a new ending that reflects some of the more "bitter" aspects of the original drafts of Jedi (although I am still looking into how feasible a new ending would be, as it would require far more editing/compositing than I've done on the Prequels)

AxiaEuxine, I believe I gave you this advice when you made your "list" on my Prequel thread, but if you don't like the changes that a faneditor makes, you're obviously NOT going to like the resulting fanedit. If you truly want to see a specific change or cut, there is nothing stopping you from making your own edit of the movie.

For one thing (in that Gary Kurtz interview on FILM THREAT with Chris Gore), he not only mentioned Vader continuing his plot to kill the Emperor and replace him with himself and Luke - but not to continue the Empire but to build a new Republic (to make ammends for the past), but that Leia was crowned queen.

Vader could possibly be redubbed (though that would be hard short of taking EMPIRE dialogue) but with some FX skills you could take the end of A NEW HOPE for Leia's coronation, maybe scenes from SOUND OF MUSIC (like Maria's wedding - recolor the dress and some other FX work)...

I say in regards to Lando or Han dying, it would help if maybe we started to plot it out - Ady may have already done this, but it could help him when he gets to JEDI:R all the same.