With its 40th anniversary on May 25th, Amy Richau writing over at the official site takes a look at some of the the legendary deleted scenes of Return of the Jedi, a selection of images and moments that have long been folklore in the fandom and these days can be found on Disney Plus. There’s the iconic sandstorm scene on Tatooine, Han and Leia raiding the Endor bunker, Moff Jerjerrod standing up to Lord Vader, a Sullustan piloting a B-Wing in the Battle of Endor, and perhaps the most iconc, Luke, R2 and 3PO in the cave on Tatooine before heading in to Jabba’s Palace.
It’s always a good time to revisit Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, especially when the film is enjoying its 40th anniversary. But while many scenes are fun to watch on repeat — from searching the shadows of Jabba’s Palace to discover new creatures to attempting to identify all the Ewoks on Endor — if you’re watching Return of the Jedi on Disney+, don’t overlook the moments that didn’t make the film’s final cut. These five sequences feature footage of the main heroes and villains of the film, lesser-known characters like Moff Jerjerrod, and extras who never made it onscreen.
Over a decade ago an incredible find was discovered. Lucasfilm’s video editing system EditDroid was unveiled in Las Vegas in 1984 with 30 minutes of raw footage from Jedi shown to the audience. That laserdisc was thought lost, but found in 2013 and the disc held numerous angles of the key scene between Luke and Yoda. The footage has been freely available on YouTube for almost ten years, and you can watch that below.
Don’t forget General Madine, who over the years has appeared in a number of deleted scenes and images, including this.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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With its 40th anniversary on May 25th, Amy Richau writing over at the official site takes a look at some of the the legendary deleted scenes of Return of the Jedi, a selection of images and moments that have long been folklore in the fandom and these days can be found on Disney Plus. There’s the iconic sandstorm scene on Tatooine, Han and Leia raiding the Endor bunker, Moff Jerjerrod standing up to Lord Vader, a Sullustan piloting a B-Wing in the Battle of Endor, and perhaps the most iconc, Luke, R2 and 3PO in the cave on Tatooine before heading in to Jabba’s Palace.
It’s always a good time to revisit Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, especially when the film is enjoying its 40th anniversary. But while many scenes are fun to watch on repeat — from searching the shadows of Jabba’s Palace to discover new creatures to attempting to identify all the Ewoks on Endor — if you’re watching Return of the Jedi on Disney+, don’t overlook the moments that didn’t make the film’s final cut. These five sequences feature footage of the main heroes and villains of the film, lesser-known characters like Moff Jerjerrod, and extras who never made it onscreen.
Over a decade ago an incredible find was discovered. Lucasfilm’s video editing system EditDroid was unveiled in Las Vegas in 1984 with 30 minutes of raw footage from Jedi shown to the audience. That laserdisc was thought lost, but found in 2013 and the disc held numerous angles of the key scene between Luke and Yoda. The footage has been freely available on YouTube for almost ten years, and you can watch that below.
Don’t forget General Madine, who over the years has appeared in a number of deleted scenes and images, including this.
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in 1981 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He's contributed to Star Wars Insider (since '06) and Starburst Magazine (since '16) as well as ILM.com, SkywalkerSound.com, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia, Model and Collectors Mart, Star Trek magazine and StarTrek.com. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host, the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since the stage began in 2015, the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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