Possessed said:
Do you guys think it would be too awkward/abrupt to cut from when Luke tells Jabba "It's the last mistake you'll ever make" scene straight to them standing out on the barge waiting for it to start with a wipe of some sort? It removes alot, but you lose absolutely nothing important, and get rid of alot of annoying things.
I think some kind of establishing shot of the pit, the barge and the skiffs is necessary.