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Episode IV: A New Hope

unused footage: scenes 41 - 50


EXT. CAVE DWELLING

click to enlarge 1 An alternate exterior shot of Ben's hut.


42 - INT. CAVE DWELLING - MAIN LIVING AREA

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Luke finishes repairing Threepio and starts to fit the restraining bolt back on, Threepio looks at him nervously, Luke thinks about the bolt for a moment then puts it on the table. Ben shuffles up and presents Luke with a short handle with several electronic gadgets attached to it.


C42 - EXT. HOMESTEAD - SALT FLAT - TATOOINE

Luke stumbles around in a daze looking for his aunt and uncle. Suddenly he comes upon their smoldering remains.

click to enlarge 3 Picking up where the film leaves off, a distraught Luke is seen here, trudging back to his speeder.


LUKE
No!



D42 - INT. MAIN CONTROL ROOM - DEATH STAR

click to enlarge 4 An alternate angle for this scene.


48 - EXT. MOS EISLEY SPACEPORT - STREET - LATE AFTERNOON

click to enlarge 5 An unused establishing shot.


50 - INT. MOS EISLEY CANTINA - DAY

click to enlarge 6 An unscripted moment - a cantina patron who has observed the fatal swordplay of Ben Kenobi waits for the involved party to pass by...

click to enlarge 7 ...then, with intentions to report them to authorities, heads for the exit.


ZA50 - EXT. MOS EISLEY CANTINA STREET - DAY

Threepio paces in front of the cantina as Artoo carries on an electronic conversation with another little red R-2 unit.

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8

THREEPIO
What could be taking them so long?


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A patron comes out of the cantina and approaches two stormtroopers in the street.

THREEPIO
I don't like the looks of this.


ZB50 - INT. MOS EISLEY CANTINA - DAY

Luke is still giddy and downs a fresh drink as he follows Ben and Chewbacca to a booth where HAN SOLO is sitting. He is a tough James Dean style starpilot about thirty years old. A mercenary in a starship, simple, sentimental and cocksure of himself.

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A lovely young alien girl has her arms around him but the young space rogue sends her bouncing on her way as the group approaches.


Sources:
1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 11 - "The Evolution of Star Wars" by Dr. David West Reynolds, The Star Wars Insider, Issue #41.
3 - Star Wars Trilogy: The Definitive Collection - THX Laserdisc Box Set. 1993, FoxVideo, Inc..
6, 7, 9 - Behind the Magic: The Insider's Guide to Star Wars, CD-ROM, LucasArts Entertainment Co., LLC.
10 - MovieWeb.com.


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