regularjoe said:

-- I understand that the editor was probably trying to keep the time down but some of the cuts are too deep and major scenes are reduced to bookends of themselves (the walker battle on Hoth for example or the rescue of the princess on the Death Star, they basically go in, get her, some light saber battle and they leave).

I understand your disappointment. I decided to cut it more like a drama, and less like an action movie, to get the full impact of the character development. That's the benefit this kind of cut brings... I was trying to shy away from simply putting my favorite parts of SW into a highlight reel (if I'd done that, I definitely wouldn't have cut out the banter between Han and Leia on Hoth - greatest dialogue in the series!)