Return of the Jedi could have been a much darker movie.  No, I'm not talking about killing off Han Solo or Luke walking off alone like a wandering samurai.  I'm saying it's a good thing the rebels calculated the blast radius of destroying the second Death Star.  Otherwise, teddy bear celebration would have been replaced with awkward-yet-glorious silence.

Hit the jump to check out an "alternate ending" to Return of the Jedi.

Via BoingBoing.

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