Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

unused footage: scenes 41 - 50

44 - EXT. DUNE SEA - LANDING AREA Note: while the below text comes from an official Lucasfilm source, a logical juxtaposition of available images does not allow for the scene to unfold exactly as described. It may have been photographed according to a later screenplay revision or modification on the set. 1 2 A ferocious sandstorm blocks our view. Then, through the roar, we hear the voices of our heroes. They emerge slowly from the veil of sand, pressing on against the wind. First come Artoo and Threepio, followed by Leia guiding Han, then Luke and Lando come into view, each supporting one side of the towering Chewbacca, who hobbles from his wound. 3 4 Soon, they can make out some large vague shapes in the blowing sand. It is the Millennium Falcon and, parked beside it, Luke's trusty X-wing and a two-seated Y-wing. They must shout to be heard. 5 6 HAN I don't know. All I can see is a lot of blowing sand! LEIA That's all any of us can see. HAN (blinking) Then I guess I'm getting better. 7 8 9 10 As soon as the group huddles under the bulk of the Falcon, the wind dies down to something more describable as a severe weather condition. Threepio hits a switch, and the gangplank lowers with a hum. 11 12 HAN (turning to Luke) I've got to hand it to you, kid, you were pretty good out there. LUKE (shrugging it off) I had a lot of help. Think nothing of it. 13 14 HAN No, I'm thinking a lot about it. That carbon freeze was the closest thing to dead there is. And it wasn't just sleepin'. It was a big wide-awake nothing! Luke nods, as Chewie growls affectionately at the young Jedi warrior, mussing his hair like a proud uncle. And Leia warmly hugs him. LUKE (moving to his ship) I'll see you back at the fleet. HAN Why don't you leave that crate and come with us? LUKE I have a promise I have to keep first... to an old friend. 15 16 Luke and Artoo take off in their spacecraft. HAN (looking dubiously at Lando, obviously remembering his friend's betrayal and subsequent aid) Guess I owe you some thanks, too, Lando. LANDO Figured if I left you frozen like that you'd just give me bad luck the rest of my life, so I might as well get you unfrozen sooner or later. LEIA He means, "You're welcome." LANDO Come on, let's get off this miserable dust ball. 17 Go to Image Gallery... 46 - EXT. SPACE - DEATH STAR AND ENDOR 18 A Super Star Destroyer and several ships of the Imperial Fleet rest in space above the half-completed Death Star and its green neighbor, Endor. Four squads of TIE fighters escort an Imperial shuttle toward the Death Star. 47 - INT. DEATH STAR - CORRIDOR TO DOCKING BAY 19 20 Lord Vader strides down the hallway accompanied by a phalanx of Imperial brass, including a very nervous Death Star Commander. 21 Listen to the missing cue. 48 - INT. DOCKING BAY - DEATH STAR 22 23 24 25 Note: 23, 24, 25 are alternate camera angles for this scene. EXT. SPACE ABOVE DAGOBAH 26 The storyboard depiction of an unsued shot - Luke approaches a planet, possibly Tatooine, though more likely Dagobah. Sources: 1 - Sci-Fi Universe #1, July 1994. 2, 8 - "Wonder Column" #3, by Anthony Daniels, The Star Wars Insider #28, 1996. 3, 7, 16 - image source unknown; images courtesy of T'Bone's Star Wars Universe. 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15 - "The Jedi Sandstorm" by David Oghia, The Star Wars Insider, Issue #35, Winter 1997. 5, 19 - Behind the Magic: The Insider's Guide to Star Wars, CD-ROM, LucasArts Entertainment Co., LLC 12 - Star Wars, The Role Playing Game, 2nd edition by West End Games, 1992. 17, 21 - The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, edited by John Phillip Peecher, pp.145. Published by Ballantine Books, 1983. 18, 26 - Return of the Jedi by James Kahn; based on a story by George Lucas; screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas; illustrations by Joe Johnston and Nilo Rodis-Jamero. The Illustrated Ed., lst ed. New York: Ballantine Books, 1983. 20 - The Star Wars Customizable Card Game. 22 - Star Wars: The Magic of Myth by Mary Henderson, published by Bantam Books, 1997. 23 - Starlog Movie Series #6: Sci-Fi People #1, copyright 1999 Starlog Group, Inc. 24 - Return of the Jedi movie trailer, courtesy of T'Bone's Star Wars Universe. 25 - Star Wars: the Action Figure Archive, Chronicle Books, publisher; ®, ™, copyright © 1999 Lucasfilm Ltd.

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