.Mac. said:
That all said, I do agree that there has to be leeway for some exceptions to be made because of how ridiculous certain points of the film can be; omitting it may not be an option either since it's integral to the plot, and what's done is done so we have to work with what's there. What I have in mind is the Han rescue plan ;) This needs to somehow make "better" sense and be more tolerable, which can partly be "improved" by tweaking the opening crawl and completely omitting Leia ever bringing in Chewie (some good moments lost, sure, but she should already be inside in disguise just as Lando is when the droids arrive, both learning the layout of the palace and soon making the plan to get every friend out, and Chewie has already been captured by some other way). When Han first sees Chewie, that's when we do also. As he can begin to sense the foil in the plan through the force, Luke sends the two droids, merely as a distraction, to buy himself extra time before he can personally arrive there (he was off elsewhere doing things integral towards his Jedi self-training). Not the best, but it is an improvement with what we got. I guess I got side-tracked and off point :)
well, until we get an official RotJ:R thread, this is a place to drop "suggestions", not necessary a must-do list for Adywan, more of a brainstorming for all edits (that want to improve the saga) :-)
yeah, I wouldn't cut or throw out good parts or scenes that work, but like in original movie making, not every idea gets into the final print, some nice things get cut and end in the "bonus" - so when a better plot comes up I think, most will take that and run with it, than stick with "Plan A" and frown every time they see it ...
As for "Jabbas Palace": it really shouldn't be Lukes plan after all, maybe Leia got impatient and like him before tried to rescue her boyfriend - Chewie and Lando as a recon-team would cement the dialogue C3PO has with R2 (if kept) - Luke should finish his training, Yoda dies, THEN he is on his way to save his friends and later the galaxy ;-)
If we keep only things that "matter", the movie will be around 1 hour max - I am not a fan of the new musical number, it was too "loud" - the old had some magic, as it came from a place, where dragons, wizards and knights traversed castles (with disco balls) - so a "mix" out of both (if that is possible) or a new version (one needs to decide if cgi or puppets) could be a plus ...
Not sure what you mean by "lore" ? as Lucas himself didn't know that ;-)