How would you do Return of the Jedi?

It's May 1980 and the Empire Strikes Back is doing wonderfully in theaters. 

In a stunning move, George Lucas announces he is leaving film for good.  However, not wanting to disappoint his fans with the many loose ends in ESB, he commissions you to finish the Star Wars trilogy.

How would you do it?

Some issues to think about:

What will happen to Han Solo? 

Who is the other that Yoda speaks of and how does this person enter the story?

Will Luke and Leia be siblings?

Is the love triangle at the beginning of ESB really resolved?  Does Luke still have a shot?

Is Vader really Luke's father?

Will any major characters die?

How does Luke confront Vader and the Emperor?

When does Luke go to complete his Jedi training?

Is there another Death Star under construction?

If Leia is Luke's sister, does she play any role in confronting Vader and the Emperor?

What new characters would you introduce?

EDIT: More things to ponder

Where does the final confrontation happen?

To Ewok or not to Ewok?

Will Vader survive the film?

Will Vader be redeemed?

Should Luke fight the Emperor?

Who is Luke's mother?

How will Luke confirm that Vader is his father?

How will Obi-Wan explain Anakin's turn to the dark-side and his lie to Luke, if at all?

I wrote extensively on this on the previous thread.

But I've also thought this. It would be cool if when the Emperor arrives on the Death Star, that first scene, he's in a white robe with dark crimson lining. Because as evil as he is, he's primarily a deciever.

Seventeen?

xhonzi said:

Or a deceiver, as the case may be.  :)

 

Proper vowell order is the first thing out the window when you embrace the darkside. 

TheBoost said:

xhonzi said:

Or a deceiver, as the case may be.  :)

 

Proper vowell order is the first thing out the window when you embrace the darkside. 

Proper spelling is the second thing :p

There are a number or things I'd do differently. Instead of a new Death Star I'd come up with a new type of Star Destroyer, larger than a Super Star Destroyer, like this one:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Eclipse-class_Super_Star_Destroyer

And I probably wouldn't have cast Ian McDiarmid as the Emperor. Don't get me wrong, I liked his performance in ROTJ (less so in the PT, but he still had a bit of charm there), but I would have taken Palpatine's character in a whole different direction.

The dark side is supposed to be seductive, yet Lucas never went and made any dark siders seductive themselves; they all looked old, or deformed, or stereotypically Satanic. I would have done the opposite. I would have cast a woman as Palpatine - preferably young and at least moderately attractive - and brought back Clive Revill to do Palpatine's voice. Instead of snarky and sarcastic, Palpatine would sound calm, sauve, and at times even genuinely remorseful. He would be this great dark father - mother? - figure.

I probably would have also replaced the Ewoks with Wookiees, or some other non-dwarfish race.

DuracellEnergizer said:

The dark side is supposed to be seductive, yet Lucas never went and made any dark siders seductive themselves; they all looked old, or deformed, or stereotypically Satanic. I would have done the opposite. I would have cast a woman as Palpatine - preferably young and at least moderately attractive - and brought back Clive Revill to do Palpatine's voice. Instead of snarky and sarcastic, Palpatine would sound calm, sauve, and at times even genuinely remorseful. He would be this great dark father - mother? - figure.

 A sexy Clive Revill Emperor would have been very cool/creepy.

I agree with DuracellEnergizer about a badass star destroyer rather than a second death star. The empire surely would have learned from the battle of Yavin. A more mobile laser mounted in an eclipse star destroyer. Perhaps the Ewok Leia encounters should lead here to Wookie refugees who lend unexpected aid to the rebel force?