Godfather III left the plot hanging in limbo with Francis Coppolas last minute ending with the aged Micheal Corleone slumping of a chair in the garden seemingly dead.

I can only treat that last scene as an anomaly within the whole Godfather plot.

Micheal does not die in Part 3, the funeral at the end was Don Tomasinos.

A beautiful story lies in limbo clouded by Michaels enemies.
Micheal is ready for his supreme act of power as he has always shown himself to exert his will just when he and the Corleones appear to be crushed.
Part 4 needs to finish the trilogy, and the story of Michaels life, irregardless of the ending in the re-release version.

Micheals job is to fulfill Vito's vision of wealth and power by lanundering the money from the gambling and prostitution rackets into legitimate enterprises. If he does not achieve this the Corleones will continue to be wiped out.

Robert Deniro can come back to play vito in a flashback sequence telling the story of building Las Vegas and rising to a postion of almost supreme power in the mafia.

I have some godfather 4 notes on my website at:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/scottsholdice/

I welcome some criticism, specifics is what I am really looking for.