.Mac. said:
However, like I was saying before, there is only so much we can do with the ROTJ story. All kinds of new scenes can be shot, but, unless Ady plans to shoot an entirely brand new film and replace the OT characters altogether, he will not be able to remold the film to the way you or I wish it could've been - not without it looking like a fan edit, which is NOT the aim of Revisited (it is a fan edit but it's not intended to look like one). Because of these limitations with the footage involving the OT characters, of what they do and say onscreen, I'm suggesting keeping to the film's lore and start the groundwork from there, that Ady CAN actually do and STILL make a much better film than it is now, successfully. I'm just trying to be realistic here with what can or can't be expected to be done :)
The great thing about the changes we've been discussing is that they specifically don't require the main cast to achieve them. Our principal characters will do everything identically to the original, and in the same settings. It's only the scenes that intercut between their scenes that must be altered. Any necessary exposition would be via new actors playing minor roles (rebel or imperial officers) and/or redubbing existing ones.
Because this particular idea only relates to diminishing the role of the 2nd Death Star, I don't have a full plot outline written down to give you, however I'm being realistic and only proposing things that I feel are doable. For example, as much as I'd have liked Lando to have sacrificed himself, I haven't brought it up as the footage doesn't exist to pull it off. This idea though, can be pulled off effectively because the Rebels' actions and motivations are the same. They still need to:
1. Sneak to a moon to blow up a shield generator
2. With the shield down, attack.....something.
It's all a matter of changing the meaning of these actions by altering other scenes.
As for muddyknees2000, he's a realist. If there's a flaw in the idea, I'm sure he'd be more than willing to call me out on it. ;)