Bingowings said:
I suggested it was convoluted because it's not Luke's original plan.
It is convoluted because everyone seems to be acting on their own, no-one working together (even though at the end of ESB they seem to have a basic game plan), and everytime you turn around they're giving Jabba ANOTHER hostage....while trying to free the original hostage (Han).
Lando infiltrates first....but what does he do? Nothing....he waits for Luke's last ditch desperation plan before unmasking himself...so why was he even there in the first place?
Luke sends the droids (hostages +2), asking for an audience....Jabba refuses, but no-one informs Luke. (one might say that Jabba's silence IS his answer...I guess)
Leia shows up, sells Chewie (hostages +1) (who by the way does NOTHING) (infiltrate, do nothing...I don't get it), infiltrates, attempts to free Han (something Lando could have tried), fails, and gets captured (hostages +1).
Luke finally shows up, sans lightsaber, tries to negotiate, fails, tries to not be a total noob who fails at everything, fails, gets captured (hostages +1).
Jabba drags everyone out to a hole in the ground, threatens to throw Luke, Han and Chewie in....Luke reclaims his lightsaber which he smuggled into the palace via R2......goes psycho, kills everyone, then blows up the sail barge just to make sure.
If this was the plan.....if in all honesty Luke's plan was: "Wait and see if everyone else sucks so hard that I have to go in and save the day".....why didn't he just go in with his lightsaber in the first place...try diplomacy, and when that failed...go psycho and kill everybody (NOT above a giant hole in the sand that eats people and has a really really slow metabolism)
The whole thing is an excuse for exactly 2 things.....Leia's reveal, and the action sequence that follows.
The whole thing needs to be tightened up, and no amount of changing the order of who goes in first, or having Luke go to Ben's hurt on tattooine, or changing the order of the dagobah scenes in the film is going to fix these issues. No-one's actions make any sense.....why do they give Jabba so many NEW hostages while trying to free Han? What were they going to do if they succeeded?...run away with Han, regroup and then come up with a new plan to go free Chewie? "Ok, step 1...Han, you go and give yourself up as a prisoner....that way we have a man on the inside....but don't do anything..."
What I had suggested is that instead of Leia showing up and selling Chewie, make it seem like that was done around the same time as Lando getting a job as a guard...and that Jabba has had Chewie fighting for him as a gladiator....so leia's entrace with Chewie on the chain is just her returning (as the bounty hunter) from a fight.....Jabba asks for his winnings, she tries to stiff him (attempting to keep in character)...the thermal detonator conversation takes place.....and then all goes back to normal.........it just makes it seem like they've all infiltrated (and have been there for a while, getting the lay of the land before springing their plan) to help Luke when he finally shows up.....makes it seem like they have a plan.....instead of just showing up one by one, and giving themselves up as hostages.