Star Wars lost scenes

[txteach]

I have never seen these before. Very cool.

YouTube - Star Wars Lost Intro (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyPTM2FJgA&feature=related)

[starsky]

great find, thanks for sharing, i've never seen it either!!

[monkey tennis]

Thats cool.
Its always amazing to see more of what you think you already know so well.
shame its so...fuzzy maybe a bit of sand in the lens.

[Hector]

Wow, thanks, I watched three times already...great find!

[SlipperyLilSuckers]

Interesting. My how time flies ... 32 years ago, and the excitement of seeing Star Wars for the first time back then is still in my memory. I reckon they would have had fun making that movie.

[Dave Mc]

I've never seen this footage, although I've seen several stills from it. When they released the Special Edition years ago, I expected this footage to be restored and wondered why they didn't. Watching it now, I'm kind of glad it wasn't restored. While interesting from a historical perspective, it's kind of chatty in a boring way, and makes Luke seem even more a whiner.

[Mikey]

Wedge's voice sounds weird.....
He seems to float back and forth from an English accent to an American accent.

[PCofmisfittoys]

very nice, i had heard of it and seen some images but never the video..

[mitchedwards]

Thanks for sharing.

The video answered a huge question I have had for years. I always wondered when Lukes friend joined the acadamey if they were training to serve the empire.

[Brue]

I have that scene and several others on DVD. They help piece together the movie. The guy who put the DVD together used black and white and color footage, stills, and the radio drama to piece together an extended cut of Star Wars.

[toys2cool]

That's awesome man,i'd heard about it but never got the chance to watch it :grin:

[Vortigern99]

It's a lot of fun watching these old deleted scenes! In interviews Lucas talks about how his friends (Coppola, Spielberg, dePalma) tried to talk him out of focusing exclusively on the droids in the first act of the film, so he scripted and shot all the stuff about Luke's intro. But ultimately he thought (and I think most fans and viewers can agree) that it worked better to follow the droids all the way to Luke.

Nonetheless, it's fascinating to see Luke be in this subservient position to his older, smarter friends (who call him 'Wormie'), and to see the moment when he decides (as he later tells his uncle) that he's going to "put in his application this year".

[raider5gt]

Thanks txteach,i have never seen this,they should of put it on the special edition,would of made more sense to the story,as you never really saw Biggs until just before the battle of Yavin,maybe they may add it to a 40th anniversary set? :smile:

Thanks for sharing.

[Blue Meanie]

Seen the footage before...it's on a a disc called Star Wars Behind the Magic. It's a CD Rom set from about 4 or 5 years ago. Lot clearer than what is on you tube. Great stuff. I would love to see the seens that were never shot/or never finished with the Wampa's attacking the rebel soldiers.

[WannabeMego]

Seen the footage before...it's on a a disc called Star Wars Behind the Magic. It's a CD Rom set from about 4 or 5 years ago. Lot clearer than what is on you tube. Great stuff. I would love to see the seens that were never shot/or never finished with the Wampa's attacking the rebel soldiers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Behind_the_Magic

[Steeler80]

I had a Star Wars storybook that had the scene of Biggs and Luke in it. Never had seen the footage though so this was a treat. Thanks for posting it.

I edited to add that I wish they would have put this in the special editions. I agree with Dave that it was chatty but it did flesh out even more the friendship between Biggs and Luke. In the original movie, you wondered why Luke got so upset when Biggs died. In the SE, you had a little more of an idea because of the scene just before they went after the Death Star. This would have made it even more clear.

[SeattleEd]

Finally this scene. Thank you for posting.
I read this scene in the novel many times and wondered what it would look like.
Personally, I like this intro since it's closer to the novel.

[MegoNinja]

is there meant to be sound for this clip? I am watching it with out it, is it meant to be like this or what?

[thunderbolt]

There was a still or two from that scene in a storybook I had as a kid.

[Brue]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Behind_the_Magic

Hmm. That is close to What I have. I have a DVD called Deleted Magic (not final version) with that stuff on it. from a guy named Garret Gilchrist.

[Brue]

is there meant to be sound for this clip? I am watching it with out it, is it meant to be like this or what?

There was no sound from the clip of luke looking at the space battle as filmed. The radio drama sound has been layered over several of the versions out there.