Star Wars Obscurities - Return of the Jedi

Episode VI: Return of the Jedi

unused footage: scenes 91 - 100

93 - EXT. BUNKER

"Back at the bunker, the last scout was undone. Subdued by Chewbacca, bound, stripped of his suit, he was being carried into the woods now by two other members of the strike team."

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"The rest of the squad silently crouched, forming a perimeter around the entrance."
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"Soon the entire team was huddled inside the otherwise empty steel corridor, leaving one lookout outside, dressed in the unconscious scout's uniform." 2

95 - INT. DEATH STAR - MAIN DOCKING BAY

"Vader's shuttle settled onto the docking bay of the Death Star, like a black, wingless carrion-eating bird; like a nightmare insect. Luke and the Dark Lord emerged from the snout of the beast with a small escort of stormtroopers, and walked rapidly across the cavernous main bay to the Emperor's tower elevator.

"Royal guards awaited them there, flanking the shaft, bathed in a carmine glow. They opened the elevator door. Luke stepped forward." 2

Note: this scene was tentatively scheduled to be filmed on Feb. 18, 1982. 3

100 - EXT. SPACE - DEATH STAR SHIELD

"'Pull up!' Lando commanded. 'All craft pull up!'

"He banked hard to the left, the fighters of the Red Squad veering close on his tail.

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"Some didn't make it. Three flanking X-wings nicked the invisible deflector shield, spinning out of control, exploding in flames along the shield's surface. None of the others paused to look back." 2

Sources:
1 - Behind the Magic: The Insider's Guide to Star Wars, CD-ROM, LucasArts Entertainment Co., LLC
2 - Return of the Jedi novelization by James Khan, a Del Ray® book, published by Ballantine Books.
3 - The Making of Return of the Jedi, edited by John Phillip Peecher. New York: Ballantine Books, 1983.
4 - The Art of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, published by Ballantine Books.

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