Lost Star Wars Scene In the Wild

Someone managed to get a clip on-line of the lost Star Wars scene from Jedi where Luke is shown crafting his Lightsaber. The full clip will apparently be included on the Blu-ray box set expected to come out in 2011. Hit the link below to see what is circulating. It's not much, but it looks real. Can't wait to see what they include in the 2015 version.
Update: 08/16 22:44 GMT by S : Lucasfilm complained, and YouTube took the video down.

Comments

Snooze.

[demonlapin]

Wake me up when he puts out the one where Han shoots first.

Re:Snooze.

[segedunum]

Yer. I got tired of Lucas tinkering with things that didn't need tinkering with (just leave Boba Fett's damn voice alone) and we've got more of these 'new' scenes just to squeeze out the last trinket of change. He even managed to get Steven Speilberg totally embarrassed of the recent Indiana Jones film.

Just stop George. We know you'd probably like to remake Empire Strikes Back because you didn't direct it, and it's, you know, good, but don't. It's beyond sad and embarrassing now. The world will simply end up thinking that you contributed nothing good to the successes you've had.

What they include

[kvezach]

In the 2015 version, the bartender shoots first.

Re:What they include

[Tumbleweed]

In the 2015 version, the bartender shoots first.

I want R2D2 to shoot first, right after the bartender says he doesn't serve their kind in there.

Re:What they include

[Beardo the Bearded]

Meh, LEGO Star Wars just has everyone throw thermal detonators around the cantina. "Sorry about the mess... KABOOM!"

I want them to show R2D2 as the Sith Lord he really is.

Think about it:
1. What happened to Anakin? Put into a metal box after serious injury.
2. What would happen to a seriously injured Sith member of Yoda's race? A box, just like R2D2's.
3. We've seen R2D2 use lightning. Sith.
4. Watch the scene with the Cave of Vader and the scene where R2 stares Yoda down. Sith.
5. We've seen R2 Force Destroy a droid. Sith.
6. He hung around Anakin as a kid WAY more than Sidious / Palpatine.
7. We know that Sith can hide their force power. Sith.
8. We've seen R2 fly. Sith.
9. Force Persuade on the gunner. "Hold your fire. No life signs aboard."

Seriously, watch TOT thinking of R2 as a Sith.

I'd also like to hear the Storm Trooper's communications during Endor:
"Sir, we're under attack by what seems to be children."
"Say again?"
"Children, sir. They're 3 feet tall. Do we have a kill order?"
"Hold your fire. The Empire does not fire on children. Am I clear?"
"Yes sir, we're taking heavy losses here."
"Understood. We'll put you in Bacta Tanks on the Star once it's over."
"Yes Sir. Can we use STUN?"
"Negative. STUN might harm children and that's unacceptable."

Then the officer on the Star:
"Emperor's Secretary, this is General Endor Command. I have to hologram him, but it's not going through."
"He's busy."
"Our troops are under attack and I require a kill order signed by him."
"I'm sorry General, but he said explicitly that he is not to be disturbed by anyone."
"Our troops are under fire right now by children."
"By the force, kids? What are you doing?"
"We're standing fast. What, do you think I'm a monster?"
"Oh good, you scared me for a minute. What are you going to do?"
"Bacta tanks are ready. They're just using sticks. We can write off the AT-ATs, but Engineering's going to be pissed."

"Luke!"

[jbeaupre]

"Get out of that cave! Are you polishing your Lightsaber again? You know she's your sister, right?"

Re:"Luke!"

[jgagnon]

Incest is the dark side of the force...

Re:"Luke!"

[Anonymous Coward]

Is that what the kids call it these day? I know I began "crafting a light saber" when I found this.

Comic Con 2009 Interview Mark Hamill - Not me

[Knightlymuse]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XczClAxhCEM

Re: Comic Con 2009 Interview Mark Hamill - Not me

[Tebriel]

Or it could in fact actually not be him. Stand-ins for scenes like that aren't uncommon in the industry, or even in the Star Wars movies themselves....ask David Prowse.

Re: Comic Con 2009 Interview Mark Hamill - Not me

[Tumbleweed]

Or it could in fact actually not be him. Stand-ins for scenes like that aren't uncommon in the industry, or even in the Star Wars movies themselves....ask David Prowse.

And James Earl Jones, who should've been behind that mask at the end of ROTJ. That would certainly have been a surprise.

The 2015 Extra's Include!

[seppy]

Luke Skywalker playing with his light saber on Chat Roulette!

If I were a Star Wars completist, I think I would have George Lucas on a list by now.

I was hoping for a rickroll

[Wrexs0ul]

Really, a whole 15 seconds (and about as many words) for the $75 collector's edition?

I know we grew-up with it, but there's never going to be anything new until we STOP paying for the same old stuff.

-Matt

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[TheJokeExplainer]

while on the subject of rare Star Wars footage, check out Return of the Ewok, a mockumentary shot by the original cast and crew during the filming of Return of the Jedi.

It's got a lot of funny interesting tidbits pretty rare to find, even on the net (and much much harder to find than the Star Wars Christmas special), so check it out.

Warwick Davis as Wicket is the protagonist and it's pretty interesting how he was just a kid when they shot ROTJ. The name of the film was actually even Revenge of the Jedi during filming of Return of the Ewok.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Moridineas]

I know we grew-up with it, but there's never going to be anything new until we STOP paying for the same old stuff.

There IS new stuff. It's called The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Ironhandx]

What are those? I only recall A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi... as far as I was aware those were the only three that were made.

It really is about time they made some new star wars movies though, I mean, 30 years is a bit of a wait, don't you think? Then again maybe they'd just screw it up...

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Tumbleweed]

There IS new stuff. It's called The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith.

That's a dirty lie!

LALALALALALA I'm not listening!

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Moridineas]

The moral of the story (for the GP) is: be careful what you wish for! ;-)

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Lumpy]

I dont get it, they have not even introduced Spock yet. Plus why all this focus on the fringe alien races? No ferengi, or Vulcans anywhere in those movies.

I actually did that at a comic con during a heated discussion between 2 uber-nerds dressed as starwars characters... they came completely unglued on me. "THAT IS STAR TREK YOU IDIOT!" And started frothing at the mouth...

I then asked cince they know so much, when did buck rogers make his debut in Pantom Menace.... They almost started convulsing...

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[MightyMartian]

I want them to reshoot the scene where Qui-Gon Jinn and Obiwan first meet Jar-Jar.

Jar Jar: Meesa so happy you saved me. Yay!!!!

Qui-Gon: [pulls out light saber and cuts Jar Jar's head off]

Obiwan: Master, that was a violation of every ethic we Jedi aspire to!

Qui-Gon: Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Bobfrankly1]

They almost started convulsing...

Then you stopped too soon...

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[rainmouse]

while on the subject of rare Star Wars footage, check out Return of the Ewok,

I think a quote from the comments section of the video on YouTube sums it up nicely. Better than The Phantom Menace

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Chris Mattern]

Hamill aren't a good actor.

Wasn't one, maybe. He grew. As far as I'm concerned, his voice acting in the Dini animated Batman is *still* the definitive take on the classic Joker.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Brucelet]

Really? The subtitle A New Hope has been in use since 1981. That was when the film was re-released theatrically after the release of Empire, and well before Return of the Jedi first played in 1983.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[numbski]

Here's the thing (gawd help me...), had he done that, he'd have created an alternate reality where Anakin never goes to the dark side. The emperor never gets granted emergency powers, the Jedi have no reason to go arrest Sidious. Not to mention the fact that Anakin's turn to the dark side hinged on this razor-thin guise of going from "he should be tried in court" to cutting off Mace Windu's hand and going all "I'll even murder innocent children!" on us.

Seriously? He has an ethical problem with killing a known sith lord. He has an ethical problem with killing Sidious without a proper trial, but the young ones have to die to save Padme? WTF? :P

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[MightyMartian]

I remember reading an essay by David Brin that was highly critical of Star Wars. While I think Brin went over the top on a few things, the one thing he pointed out, though it applied to RotJ, was just how horrible the basic plotting was (think about it, the second Death Star was already doomed, and pretty much everything Luke and Vader did in toppling the Emperor was pointless, because all the legwork had been done by Han and the Ewoks on the surface and by the Alliance fleet and Lando up in space).

You can see that in the RotS as well. Lucas is a terrible writer, and you can see how he got far in the script before realizing that he hadn't given enough reasons for Anakin to turn bad, so suddenly, instead of a gradual build up of evil, which he had seemed willing to do in AotC with the Anakin killing the Sandpeople bit, he rushed the whole seduction thing into what looked like a matter of hours or days. Hence, none of it makes a lot of sense, Anakin literally turns to the Dark Side like someone would flick a switch.

They say the best Star Wars was The Empire Strikes Back, because Lucas's involvement was at its lowest ebb. A compelling and sensible plot, real character growth (by pretty much all the characters), all of the standard compasses we measure a good story by, were present. The deeper Lucas reaches into things, the worse they get, and because Lucas was most definitely the man in charge in the prequels, they, despite all the special effects, story-wise just plain suck.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[joebok]

I think you can give Lucas a bit more credit. In Phantom it is clearly established that the Jedi council thinks Anakin is too old to be trained, that there is an issue with fear of loss of his mother. Early in Clones, with the sand people, it is demonstrated that Anakin is susceptible to the suggestions of Palpatine - and indeed, in this instance, Anakin's worst fears are realized. In Revenge, Anakin's susceptibility to Palpatine is again demonstrated when he kills Dooku at Palpatine's order. Anakin is consistently shown as insecure and arrogant, which Palpatine uses to alienate Anakin from the rest of the Jedi. Anyway, I think there are enough plot points in the movies that lay enough ground work to make it reasonable to turn Anakin. Not like a switch - for years Palpatine carefully maneuvered Anakin to the balance point, and at the end it took just a tiny shove to flip him to the dark side.

And then at the end of Return, Luke is able to tip him back to the light side.

Anyway, when I think about Anakin's whole story, I find there are a lot of things to think about. For the most part, I think Lucas's dialog writing sucks - but overall, the story works for me.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Anonymous Coward]

Funny? PM was actually a pretty good movie, all things considered. It had an engaging, complex plot (try explaining everything important in 30 seconds). Beautiful visuals and choreography. Solid performance by Liam Neeson.

Taken in isolation -- if there had been no Star Wars movies before this -- it would be universally admired by critics the general public. I just think people had too many expectations for it.

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Sabriel]

just how horrible the basic plotting was (think about it, the second Death Star was already doomed, and pretty much everything Luke and Vader did in toppling the Emperor was pointless, because all the legwork had been done by Han and the Ewoks on the surface and by the Alliance fleet and Lando up in space)

I thought that was because there were two plots - the first being the "big picture" Alliance mission to destroy the second Death Star with the Emperor on board, and the second being Luke's personal quest to redeem his father. Luke even comments on that when he and Vader sense each other as the shuttle makes its initial approach: "I'm endangering the mission. I shouldn't have come."

Although, if memory serves, the Emperor was only there because he'd foreseen Luke coming to rescue his father...

(but on the prequels in general, and Anakin picking up the Lightsaber of Opposite Alignment, I completely agree)

Re:I was hoping for a rickroll

[Homr Zodyssey]

There was that one time he was on The Muppets...

Re:I wonder what happened to 3D Star Wars?

[alen]

if the last 15 years is any guide expect a new version of the saga every 2-3 years

late 1990's we had the cleaned up version of the OT followed up by the special edition versions
2000 we had The Phantom Menace
then we had the Phantom Menace DVD scandal where it was released on VHS in 2001 because GL had some grand plan to release all 6 movies on DVD middle of last decade
2002 TPM magially comes to DVD as a special release because of the demand
around this time we had the OT DVD release
then the next to NT movies came out on DVD shortly after the theater releases
i stopped buying after TPM DVD but i'm pretty sure there were a few grand releases later in the decade

after this blu ray release expect the OT movies to come out with no special edition versions
then 3D releases
then a few more releases including an upcoming complete reshoot of all the movies with new modern special effects but the original character's faces and voices to preserve the history of the series

the isuckers/star wars suckers will buy anything their cult leaders tell them to buy, in the case of the SW nerds they probably have 20 versions of each movie already and can't wait to buy more due to the continuous finds of new scenes

Looks cool ...

[WankersRevenge]

... but there was a reason it was left on the cutting room floor. Maybe it added too much of a somber tone, or maybe it was deemed redundant when vader later notes that skywalker had created a lightsaber. The real question ... how long can this franchise hold out when the last episode of any quality was made twenty years ago? Is anyone else bored by this franchise now? And when will it finally, mercifully, be put down?

Jeez...

[Abstrackt]

"The never-before-seen 56-second clip..."

This sounds like the DLC of movies.

Other News...

[rabidjoe]

George Lucas is re-releasing THX 1138 with a different title exclusively for Blu-Ray - "THX 500K4R5"

Re:Other News...

[Whalou]

THX 500K4R5

I'm not fluent in leet speak, but I'm assuming this spells "Thanks suckers".

Re:nerds

[TrisexualPuppy]

NERDS!!!

Kind of true here. They're running a little thin on marketable materials if the scene addition is a short little 15-30 second clip that adds nothing to the plot. There are probably a few more deleted scenes that will be released in the next ten years.

For me, it's a complete turnoff. I went to see the digitized releases of IV, V, and V in the theaters in the late '90s. It took away from the movies. Then they keep changing things within the scenes. Han shot first. Live with it. After I, II, and III came out, they removed the original ghost of Vader at the end of Return of the Jedi and replaced him with the Canadian actor that played Anakin Skywalker in II and III. WHY?

As Mel Brooks pointed out 23 years ago, it's all along the lines of "Moichandizing! Moichandizing!". They know that they have a franchise that they can milk for years to come. Some sci-fi geeks take things a little too far, and where there is this amount of submission, you can bet that the pocket books are open. Don't get me started about my small collection of pewter TNG starships. :)

Cash-in

[Robotron23]

You'd think by ROTJ Lucas would have thought with all the impending fandom to keep a good ten or more short clips like this to keep the money rolling in with each successive edition of Star Wars.

Anyone reminded of that Simpsons episode where company making the dolls Lisa likes introduce a tiny hat alongside a 'new' doll, and people in their droves rush to buy the same old thing with just a trivial scrap added in?

It's pretty sad that after the prequels people can still get so excited over 15 or so seconds of Luke handling his lightsabre. It's baffling and kind of sad that there's all this cheering and enthusiatic shouting over a mundane snippet like this.

Star Wars Revisited

[jackpot777]

Search YouTube for Star Wars revisited. A fan by the name of adywan has created his own Special Editions of the original trilogy ...including The Imperial March into the Battle of Yavin IV, as well as there actually being thirty Rebel ships to count (and a bucketload more in the dogfighting department) are included. Episode IV is available in its entirity in 13 parts.

As a teaser, here is the beginning of the battle (YouTube video) showing the DVD version and adywan's version. Notice the engines are now red instead of pink, the increase in ship numbers as mentioned above, and how the gas giant of Yavin is now viewable in cockpit scenes. The annoying discrepancy with the screen countdown (where '7 minutes' to the Rebel base was shown as 18 seconds, counting in 1/24ths of a second) has also been corrected.

Re:Not Mark Hamill

[91degrees]

All James Earl Jones has to do is say a few lines.

Actually this would be quite expensive. A-list actors aren't going to work for Equity minimum, and I can't imagine JEJ bothering to go to the effort for the sake of faking a deleted scene.

Heck, they're sufficiently innocuous enough that they might be from the audio recordings Jones made at the time (they had the luxury of not having to match dialog to a visible mouth so there might have been several audio takes of slightly varied dialog).

But that's quite plausible.