Kudos, Gaffer. You might give Confused Matthew a run for his money.

The whole Rescue from Jabba plot really is a showcase for cool looking aliens and action moments for the heroes. Leia and Han's moment just before they were both captured was nice, as was the scene with Han and Chewie in the cell, but the rest was pointless action. No character development. Nada. I wonder if the rescue would have felt a little more solid if the sandstorm scene after that hadn't been cut. As it is now, the whole opening of the movie might make more sense if the opening crawl had said "Han Solo has now been rescued from the clutches of the vile Jabba the Hutt" and moved right on to Dagobah.