Hello all. Long time lurker. Well, with the upcoming blu-ray release of Star Wars coming out I've decided to enter the discussion to get some ideas for my own personal saga cut I've wanted to do for some time.

So......this is definately a bit of a radical idea, but I wanted to see what other people thought of it. There have been a lot of attempts to try and reedit the obi-wan and vader duel into something more like the energetic and flahsier fights of the PT....but in the end reediting can only get you so far because of the limits of the choreography.

Has anyone ever thought, maybe, about just cutting the duel entirely? Within the context of the original trilogy or the film on its own this would be almost blasphemous...but within the context of all six movies, I wonder if it would actually be more effective.

Almost any lightsaber fight that could have been done or redone wouldn't have the same drama or emotional impact as the fight from episode 3 anyway, and perhaps it says more about obi-wan's experience and how much he's learned, and adds more shock, by him not dueling at all.

The way i see it working is this:

Obi-wan see's vader, who walks towards him, lightsaber not ignited.

VADER: "I've been Waiting for you obi-wan....".....etc. etc.

OBI-WAN: "You can't win. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine."

TheIR sabers ignite and the stormtroopers move in to watch, luke and the others sneak around to get the falcon. Vader and Obi-wan remain poised....as if waiting for the other to strike. Luke see's Obi-wan, who in turn see's luke. Vader moves in to make the first strike, begining the fight.........and obi-wan makes no attempt to parry, choosing instead to meditate.

Just a thought.....what say you all?