ChainsawAsh said:
We're not talking about changing ROTJ to fit the prequels, we're talking about how you would have written it had George given you that task in 1980 after ESB came out.

Oh if that was the case i would have had it more like Empire Strikes Back original 1980 version. Would have liked having Kasden write the script and not just a script polish of Lucas's story. Have actual input. He said the new death star concept was stupid. I agree with that but i am on George's side when it comes to having either Luke Or Han killed off.

I would'nt change Marquand as the director unless you could have gotten Kershner back.

In Kids movies you never kill off the heroes or the good guys. Especially since this might have had a negative effect on boxoffice. I don't think Lucas was making films to lose money.

In that other rival franchise they killed off Spock. But negated the whole concept by having him come back to life. Star Trek however was never intended to be kiddie movies based on movie serials where the hero always triumphs over evil.

In science fiction death never is forever. But in star wars where i am almost pretty sure rebirth or time travel don't exist it is forever. Unless your a jedi and go to hang out with Yoda in jedi heaven,lol.

The least Kiddie of the star wars movies is Empire Strikes Back. Which confuses the hell out of people when they look at the other films in the series. Okay the 2 and 3rd prequel got darker but remained silly anyways.

If you look at the original trilogy as a 3 act play it works well as it is with the 1977 star wars, 1980 empire and 1983 return of the jedi. The dark second act is empire strikes back. There was death and darkness in return of the jedi but the movie was lightened by having ewoks and other things thrown into the mix.

I still look on the end of Jedi as bittersweet rather than a happy ending. It is not the down ending of empire neither the happy ending of star wars. Its a bit of both.