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Post #673635

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daneditor
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Return of the Jedi: Radical Re-Edit (Released)
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Date created
25-Nov-2013, 3:53 AM

ben_danger said:

i wonder if any of the story could be re-purposed as 'bothan' spies for the opening? (bothans could just be humans)

There's a fan film called Broken Allegiance:

https://vimeo.com/2847715

It starts with a couple of humans on a small ship fleeing Coruscant and the Executor. At one point I used that scene to open this edit while specifying in the opening crawl that they're Bothan spies who have just stolen the Death Star plans.

I thought it was a nice way to start the film with a bang, but ultimately decided the footage wasn't good enough to use - the fx are good for a fan film, but don't match the look of ROTJ at all. I also agreed with the criticism that it's a bit weird starting with characters we've never seen before (and will never see again).

But it would be nice to start ROTJ with a space battle, and it makes sense to set up the mcguffin in the opening scene.