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I've personally always found this quite an interesting POD, but one that's never been very deeply explored. Stephen Spielberg was reportedly George Lucas's first choice to direct the third installment in the Star Wars franchise : Return of the Jedi. The rumor goes that Spielberg was not allowed to participate in the movie because of conflicts between Lucas and the Director's Guild over George's decision to not include opening credits.
Though he's always been making pretty good movies, this is about the era where Spielberg made some of his most classic films (including E.T.). I would be really interested in seeing how you guys think a Stephen Spielberg ROTJ would develop and whether it would be more or less successful than the OTL one. My gut says the it'll be successful no matter what and I also think it might be better.
Feel free to play around with additional PODs or butterfly add-ons (such as Harrison Ford deciding not to return).