Darth Hade said:
4. Shortened Wampa scene
Honestly, I don't understand the dislike for the new wampa scene. I know the argument for less is more being scarier, but come on, it's Star Wars, not SAW.
And Lucas would've had it in there in 1980 if he could. Ironically, the bad wampa shot is when we first see it hit Luke and kill the tauntaun.
That's the shot that should be removed.
Show just the claw hitting Luke and killing the tauntaun. Wait till the cave to actually see the creature.
If one looks at it logically, the wampa would definitely take both the tauntaun and Luke. There's no way a large meal like that would be passed up in such a frozen wasteland.
So, seeing the wampa eating the tauntaun makes perfect sense.
The only bad shot in that scene is when the wampa starts to slower lumber toward Luke after it stands up from its crouch. In the next shot from the OUT, it has claws raised and is moving very fast.
That makes no sense. Lose that one shot and the scene is perfect, especially if you add burn marks to the wampa's fur, add a little smoke to the wound, and correct the timing of Luke's lightsaber deactivating.
On the other hand....
I always personally loved that first 'unexpected' scare of the sudden appearance of a roaring Wampa's face popping up into the frame near the beginning, and would not like to see it omitted from Adywan's edit....especially since that first version has got the best-designed facial features as far as I'm concerned....
Yes, it makes perfect sense for the Taun-Taun to have been eaten....but I certainly don't think that Luke's Taun-Taun was left behind just because we only see Luke being dragged behind the Wampa onscreen. Surely even the mighty Wampa would have struggled to drag both Luke and the heavy Taun-Taun along to it's ice-cave at the same time, in one trip....
While it could be said (and it has been previously) that there is also the possibility that there was more than one Wampa around to share the load....I always thought that Luke had been 'hung up for another time', while the Wampa (or Wampa's) ate the Taun-Taun first, which had been brought back secondly....
As far as which SE shots should be kept or removed, or whether the sequence looked better with none of the new shots, and should just revert back to the minimal original editing and pacing, there seems to be wildly differing opinions, and no consensus unfortunately. There are a few combinations that would look okay (if they didn't linger so long), but hopefully we'll like Adywan's eventual decision, whatever it turns out to be, even if it reverts to the exact original editing.
Hey, I'm just looking forward to the re-colouring! :)