TK99 said: But as for emotional impact for the scene there is an almost impossible shot to fix that. A 3 second shot on Leia's face her face fixed in shock and mouth open and eye's welling up in tears but only one rolls down her cheek. Its simple, powerful and incredibly difficult to get but there are few shots of her face doing just that pose but only for an instant. Plus it would have to be cut with Obi-wan's look of shock too at sensing the death of Aldreeran.

It demonstrates how Lucas (ironically in a story about the human spirit trumping technology) is more concerned about the physical props of the story rather than the emotional sweep of it.

It's an irony compounded a bit by us all talking about making the bang bigger and more impressive so I'm really pleased that you made this suggestion TK99 as it might more doable than some of the ambitious additions Ady is planning to the Revisited versions (making models and sets and filming them etc).

Find someone with a reasonable resemblance to Carrie and film a teardrop rolling down her cheek (matching the lighting and grain).

That could add a real punch to the scene, possibly much more than any new explosion.

Luke gets a big reaction shot for the death of his family but Leia hasn't just lost her adopted parents, she's seen almost everyone she's ever known, millions of people, turned into ash and dust.