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Hello, another newbie here :
First off I wish to join the chorus of congratulation for what you did with your version of A New Hope.
Things I still wish were done are, putting Boba back in (I don't miss Jabba though, they could never get him to work, the tail stomping is silly and the scene is pointless after the Greedo scene) but it have been nice to have dropped the Boba shot into the streets of Mos Eisley as a mysterious figure who may be tracking Kenobi and Co or Han and Chewie only to have his background filled in later (or serve as a reminder of AOTC if seen from 1 to 6). I'd have also liked to have seen the message about the Dantooine Base delivered as a hologram projected from the conference table. Holographic telephony is a regular feature of the Star Wars universe and the ball in the centre of the conference table is almost certainly used for this purpose. Tarkin would want to get a report as soon as possible so a projected report from a field officer would make sense (keeping the conference room doors shut and projecting the officer from the ball sounds doable but it may have been gilding the lilly more than a tad).
The only addition to Empire I can think of (that has yet to been mentioned as far as I can remember) would be to have the Star Destroyer bridge hit by the asteroid instead of vanishing in an explosive cloud to snap off and fly towards the screen sparking after being hit in the neck. It would explain why her Captain is still alive for a fraction of a second during the video conference with Vader (something I thought was great fun when I was young and still do).
I know it's very early days but for Jedi (and boy do you have your work cut out there) my instincts are a little different from yours as I'd keep Boba's womanising but I'd rejig the sabre action on the skiff so rather than have Solo accidentally sending him to his death, I'd have Luke cut his head off mirroring what happened to his father in AOTC. The main subtext of ROTJ is Luke trying to avoid following the same fate as his father, Boba followed his father's path so it makes symbolic sense if he suffered the same fate.
The Ewoks should do the same trick as the baby aliens in Galaxy Guest, look cute but by adding articulation to their faces actually look disturbing at times (they certainly need to blink now and then).
The conference room on the Rebel ship is a hideous set which always looks like a set. If possible it would be nice to revisit the production designs which had technicians on cherry pickeresque arms (which is sort of in evidence in Ackbar's digital alarm clock radio chair). 21b should go he's only there because he was hanging around the prop dept when they were dressing the set.
The capital ships when they jump to hyperspace should streak to the same vanishing point as the fighters (they are going to the same place after all) and I'd have Jejerrod turn the Death Star on Endor as a scorched moon spite attack.
I agree Lando should go up in flames with the Falcon. The Falcon was Solo's bachelor pad and he's not going to be Solo anymore if he's nesting with bikini Jedi (though I don't think in the real world it will be a happy marriage, going by the choking by proxy she gave Lando in Empire it's Leia not Luke who's more likely to follow in her fathers boot steps).
I'd also have a shot of the AT-AT stomping through the tree line in the Endor battle only to come a cropper via some trap or other.
Something needs to be done with Leia remembering Padme. Perhaps having the line edited to "No, just images really, feelings." may be enough.
If I were George I would have had Padme recording messages for her child in ROTS (she was pregnant during uncertain times and it would have served as a way for Leia to have seen her mother even though she died soon after her birth).
All power to your arm and I will follow your efforts with great interest.