Ok I'll conclude my mental Pass over the Hoth Battle and give reasons for each suggestion based on why I feel it might improve the sequence (this is based on my opinion only and has no bearing to anything Adywan or the team does of course) and is only an exercise to highlight my final thoughts and explain the reasons behind why I have made the suggestions I have.
1. Making Lukes Crash feel more natural - slight use of reversed footage at a different speed so he brings his head up to lead into the next shot of him getting his buckles off feel less jumpy (self explanatory really)
2. Seeing a Scout trooper on a speeder Hoth Camo bike 2d animation whiz past- Serves as a tease for ROTJ makes the battlefield feel a bit more dangerous for luke who is crash landed and trying to escape from the downed snowspeeder.
3.General Veers gets killed after destruction of Shield generator - We don't see him again this was in the original script probably already addressed with new footage perhaps.
4. Vader walks off a shuttle onto hoth - I feel this is a better way to introduce Vader to Hoth battlefield rather than the first time we see him there he bursts through a wall with snow troopers using the added scene at the end of ESB special edition that we know is being cut and finding a better use for it. It also ties in that veers mentions to Vader "you may begin your approach"
5. Seeing Snow troopers disembark the AT-AT's on ropes. Star Wars fans know that the AT-AT's carry troops but we never got to see it in ESB. It would not only go in hand with Vader walking off a shuttle but some people may not realize that this is part of their purpose as a troop carrier and not just an assault mech. Using footage / elements from Imps Chapter 2 is an option to avoid lot's of extra work perhaps.
6.Vader Slaughters a Rebel in Echo Base with Light sabre - It would serve to show that Vader was coming to kill Leia, Han, Chewie etc and be a lot more menacing and create more tension this could be achieved using existing footage and one of the new rebels the team are filming perhaps. Later Vaders strategy changes because Luke is not there.
7. Using the Awful footage of the Wampa Attack - Make it look like security camera footage and show the 2 rebels hit by Laser fire instead of an invisible Wampa round the corner. Storm troopers never killed anyone and the placement I suggested ties in with the announcement "Imperial troops have enetered the base" but because we don't see storm troopers it makes the announcement plausible to come afterward. But this may already be addressed with new footage
8. Taun Tauns - It would be nice to see some Taun Tauns on the Battlefield the stop motion Taun Taun (although no good close up) Could be plausible from a distance with motion blur running away in the later stages of the battle. A lot of factors involved with this one but co-operation would be required from person with stop motion puppet (can't be too many of them around) but I admit this is the most difficult suggestion due to how complicated it could actually be. But CGI Taun Tauns perhaps would not work?
9. Slow Snowspeeders - First Post Changelist number 89 - Vaguely addressed but thought I would share my thoughts on which ones I think are Bad
10. Out of Scale AT-ST - Addressed and Removed
11. Wedge's Cockpit POV shot - Suggest Cut makes no sense dialog wise "I'll cover you" and looks Bad or alternative shot / dialog.
12. ION Cannon Fires Again - re-used footage but flipped on a new background Serves as a reminder the battle is not just taking place on the surface and that the only offense the rebels can mount of the incoming invasion is from this point as all other resources are taken up by defense
13. Bomber in Hanger Bay before Bombing Run - Could serve to set up a better transition and set an atmosphere rather than jumping straight to a star destroyer shooting asteroids few asteroids float past in space and help show losses to craft in this dangerous situation.
14. Luke meets no resistance when leaving Hoth - I know this has been discussed at length and I hope the team do something to address this somehow but I will reaffirm this one also.
That is my thoughts it does not make anything right or wrong or anyone else's opinions right or wrong it's just an exercise and none of it is needed to be done has to be done or should be done. It is an exercise and this is my conclusion on Battle of Hoth section and shortly there after suggestions.
