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Post #673135

Author
Reegar
Parent topic
Return of the Jedi: Radical Re-Edit (Released)
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Date created
22-Nov-2013, 6:45 PM

Sounds like a plan!

Two new scenes I will adamantly defend in all future editions: Coruscant at the beginning and the sand storm. The details of the first may change in the future, but it does need to be there. Virtually the entire OT happens in the galactic sticks. For the film to be sandwiched between Coruscant shots, however brief, is to connect the major war to the galaxy at large. It helps to see the Emperor on his throne on the city planet. Far as the sand storm, that was shot because viewers needed a breather after the action-packed Jabba parts. We still do. It feels like a necessary break.

The extra scene of storm troopers versus rebels in the forest is interesting. The battle feels more wide-spread on Endor and overall bigger as a result. I feel we need one more added scene like that to help balance this one out. That feeling is abstract, yeah. We're seeing a battle that's borderline isolated from the bunker. In the future, when more high-quality material is available, I'd really want to see a second battle happening on the "border" of it all.