Bingowings said:

I'd be interested to see how that pans out but my instincts would point to putting the second Death Star scene right after Han and Co leaving Tatooine.

Jabba is the is is just the starter and the Emperor is the main course.

If you mix the two up the whole thing becomes tapas.

The Emperor arriving is mentioned in the briefing so the two scenes are linked.

"Linked" by repeating the same information, though. That's a reason to NOT put them near each other, they make each other redundant.

I agree with your motives, but putting the Emperor up front actually HELPS keep the Jabba material separate from the Emperor story. It builds the Emperor story to a boil that will still have heat after the Jabba cul de sac is finished.

It's the original release order of things that mixes everything up-- first we see DS2, then we see Jabba, then we see DS2/Emperor, then we see Yoda, then we see the Rebel Plan... that's what I'd call 'tapas'.

Try it at home by flicking through the scenes. This is a chance to actually connect story tissues to give them the oomph they were supposed to have. Being linked on a thematic level is how sequences build dramatic momentum. This is an opportunity to do that. ROTJ has a bad habit of undermining itself. A lot of good ideas in ROTJ are diluted by their position in the storytelling. IMHO.