Sluggo said:

This scene is immediately followed, of course, by Leia being discovered by Wicket. This scene has been talked about a bit as needing editing so it can keep the suspense and the reveal of the ewoks.

So what if this scene was dropped and instead we go with the rebel squal on ahead where they discover the remains of some slaughtered Imperial troops. A bloody massacre. Maybe they could also see another group of netted stormtroopers hanging on a distant tree with a bunch of spears and arrows in them.

They try to radio Han and Luke with a warning, but they are too far out of range. Cut back to Han, Chewie and Luke waiting for word from Leia and the rest of the squad.

This gives the viewer a "What the fudge happened to those stormtroopers?" and we may get a bit more nervous for the heroes when they are staring down all those ewok spears after they cut themselves loose from their own net.

I love this...