Yeah, you know, Han Solo hanging from a noose might be too disturbing an image for kids. My reasoning was that although Jabba usually feeds his victims to the Rancor, he wanted to do something special with Solo. This would put additional meaning into Boba Fett's words, "He's no good to me dead." He was no good dead because Jabba wanted to kill Solo himself. It just didn't make sense to me that Jabba would want to keep Solo alive for all that time. I pictured the reveal of this when Jabba says something like, "I like Solo where he is." But then, instead of cutting to Solo in carbonite, you would cut to the dead, hanging Solo. Then Jabba would laugh. It just felt more chilling to me (and better). It's absolutely true that his death would make you afraid for everyone else. I think that's a good thing because it introduces tension, a very good element in a film. It also helps if you really hate the bad guys.

And the original question was not, "How would ROTJ have been if we had written it (for kids, of course)?" That's just how it would've been if I had written it. And I also remember clearly when I was a kid. I would've been scared, but I would've gotten over it pretty quickly. Anyway, Lucas shouldn't be worried due to the similar direction he's going in in ROTS

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