Bingowings said:
I've done this rough video scribble to illustrate my earlier point about making a bit more of Leia's injury.
It's rough as hell and the musical cues and linking material are all over the place I only post it as hopefully fuel for a bit of discussion and maybe inspiration for further ideas.
It does swing back and forth (largely because I was playing with the idea of mini-cliffhangers (is Leia ok? will Luke swing to the darkside? will he be killed by the Emperor?) so maybe only a few of the ideas in there might be fit for use.
It might seem less jumpy if some of the battle was shifted into the gaps.
That's great. I always felt the pacing of those scenes were a bit bullshit. But now it seems much more intense. In fact I was dissapointed to see it end as topping that with the ending sequences inside the death star would have been perfect. It also gives Luke a more believable amount of time to haul Vader to a docking bay.