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Post #357089

Author
JasonN
Parent topic
STAR WARS: LAST OF THE JEDI (fanedit of 'Return of the Jedi' - unfinished project)
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Date created
26-Apr-2009, 5:57 PM

Still working on this bit by bit (although it's about as painful as when I had to edit through AotC, as there's so much crap to go through...).

I looked into rearranging "Yoda's Death" to after the opening scene of Vader arriving on 2nd DS, followed by the Tatooine/Jabba sequence, but I don't think it works as well for story structure - I think it's better to do the "Rescue Han" subplot at the beginning and get it over with, since it has nothing to do with the Jedi/Vader/Emperor subplot (which takes over the rest of the film afterwards). I also tried cutting Obi-Wan from the story (so Luke never meets him and learns more about Vader), but removing it creates some plot holes later when Vader captures Luke on Endor, so I'll probably keep most of it (except for the "Leia is your sister" parts.

I'll probably won't be able to do is remove Han's "General" status either (which I thought was a ridiculous idea, since he's been gone from the Rebelion for how long???), since so many characters keep refering to him as General.

 

On the plus side:
- I've completely removed that damn "Alien Musical" scene in Jabba's palace (Why, Lucas? Why?!)
- rewritting Jabba's subtitles is kinda fun
- editing the "speeder bike chase" for better pacing and action