Re: the Jerjerrod scene:

Making Jerjerrod more antagonistic would definitely benefit the scene, although I've just watched the deleted scene in question and he looks anxious in pretty much every shot. It was unfortunate that they went with such a weak and uninteresting character. I get that they didn't want to repeat the Tarkin character again, but there had to be something better than this.

Still, I think you've isolated the main problems with this scene, so I'll play around with reducing his reaction shots and make him seem as villainous as I can.

Cutting down the close ups and more fancy battle shots also makes sense, and I'll see what I can do - but again it's a case of being restricted by the available footage. That stuff comes from "Makazie One", which is a relatively well shot fan film... ironically in this case it might have been better if it was shot less well.

If there was some way to link this scene to the ones preceding and following it would help. But I can't think of any way to do that other than creating elaborate special effects shots. Like, for instance, the TIE ships could then be shown exiting the area, and we see them leave from Han and Leia's POV by the bunker.

I suppose my point is that the Jerjerrod scene feels a bit disconnected from everything else.

Re: 3PO and the Ewoks:

I don't really have a problem with how it plays now, but it might work better abridged. It's worth trying out.

Thanks for the suggestions!