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Looking for a Return of the Jedi edit (with English subs) that mostly just fixes Han

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Hi everyone. I’m looking for a Return of the Jedi edit to show one of my ESL classes. While I agree with the general consensus that RotJ is the weakest of the original trilogy, I don’t really to have any major problems with it or its Special Edition tweaks. I think the CGI Sarlacc looks fine, I don’t mind the Emoks or their antics as they always play great with the intended target audience of kids, and I think having young Anakin makes perfect sense. My main issue is Han and that he really doesn’t serve much purpose in the movie outside of being rescued in the first act and all that’s left is the lame jealousy thing with Leia.

So, what I’m looking for is an edit that keeps the film mostly intact but snips out those two bits and maybe Han accidentally hitting Boba Fett’s jetpack–although that’s not a deal breaker for me. I’m also not a huge fan of the shoddy CGI band sequence at Jabba’s palace.

Has anyone made a RotJ edit that fits this criteria. I’ve been through dozens of entries of the FanEdit database, but the ones I’ve seen have been a bit too radical in their cutting for what I’m looking for. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I’d appreciate it. Thanks.

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I have the one you’re looking for. My recut of RotJ fixes all of those issues (plus a bunch more). While I’m not planning on making my full recut available, I’ve started breaking down all the changes I made to my recut of George’s SAGA on my YouTube Channel, and I’ll eventually do an episode on how to fix Han in RotJ.

Here’s the link for future reference. It’ll be a while before I make video concerning your specific question, but the latter half of the second episode shows how I fix the scene where Han kills the Probe Droid in Empire, and that’ll give you a good idea of the some of tricks I’ll be using to fix Han in Jedi: https://www.youtube.com/@JoyofEditing

Hope that helps!

Enjoy the Edit! - https://www.youtube.com/@JoyofEditing

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This is some excellent work! As long as your edits include English subtitles for my ESL students, I’d love to try them in my classes.

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Bored at 3AM said:

This is some excellent work! As long as your edits include English subtitles for my ESL students, I’d love to try them in my classes.

Cheers! I’m glad you enjoyed it! Unfortunately, I’m not doing subtitles, right now, but who knows maybe someday!

Enjoy the Edit! - https://www.youtube.com/@JoyofEditing

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Try looking at IlFanEditore “return of the Jedi renewed”. I like his edit. He did adjust the fight scene and jealous han scene. But I forgot if he included a subtitle or not

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I watched IlFanEditore’s edit last week, and I did think he’d done a good job of fixing Han, but he also cut too much out of the first act that I liked, unfortunately. Thanks for the suggestion though.