Johannus said:
Oh and I made this very crude mock up for the opening scene showing the Bothans arriving at an imperial planet and stealing the plans. It would require a lot of work but it is just to demonstrate the idea of how it could use, and also show some examples of shots that could form the basis for new shots after a lot of editting.
This is an interesting combo of Ronster's and timdiggerm's ideas. Of all the ideas we've given serious thought to, I imagine this would be the hardest sort to pull off. It's interesting and both ideas were very close in the votes and should be discussed further. I still worry most about how hard some of these things would be to pull off, but if it simply involves editing existing footage from other films to the point where it's not too obvious, I'd have to defer to the special effects team on how doable it is. It looks interesting, as did both Ronster's and timdiggerm's ideas.