CT Classic Trilogy Rare and Behind the Scenes pics and footage

Man, really? I thought if it had been on the blu ray it would've leaked onto YouTube already (like the extended Han/Leia scenes from ESB), but I've never been able to find it. Huh. And I'm stubborn about getting the blu rays. I'm scared that once I do, they'll release the OOT versions (like they did with the DVDs) and I"ll be in another "d'oh!!" situation.

 

The OT deleted scenes alone are worth the purchase. I know it's frustrating when the next release has what you already bought plus more, but I've wanted to see those scenes for decades, and now I can.

The rest of the set's great as well. Vintage docos, bits & pieces from all over the place in high quality (rather than off the net, which is where a lot are from) - oh, and the six films in HD. Yes there's some silly new changes, but apart from that, if you've got the TV to do them justice, they all look fantastic.

 

I've long since reconciled myself to never getting the blu-rays. No matter what else is on there, the Darth Vader "NOOOO" is a literal deal-breaker.

It's a real shame, because while you can find a lot of this stuff on YouTube, I've always felt that's lacking something beyond just the quality.

 

Argh, man, I was planning on going to that panel, but it was so hot and the bad 3D in AOTC had given me such a headache that I decided to get drinks and a hot dog instead. Now I regret that.

 

Here, I found it on Dailymotion (along with much more deleted goodness). Sandstorm scene starts at 2:53.


Also, I honestly thought the original cut was pretty... scary. I don't know, it could've been the black and white grainy image, or the lack of music, but it played a lot more on suspense. Similar to the original cut of the Wampa scene, we barely saw the creature. Which almost makes it scarier (well, until you see the guy in the gorilla suit). While a lot of the scenes in Return of the Jedi were played out for laughs, this was one scene that really had a lot of tension. While some shots were ultimately unnecessary, it was still cool to see the Jawas smash Luke's fingers, as well as the shot of Boba Fett watching over Jabba's shoulder.
It sucks that the video was already flagged down. I really hate when stuff is witheld from the fans. Though http://vdownloader.com/ is capable of downloading private videos, so there's an option for those who really want to see it.

 

Also, the gorilla suit was NOT the Rancor suit - THIS is the Rancor suit:

As Monster Legacy explains, the suit was ditched before filming even took place. The presence of the gorilla suit in the sequence was either a stand-in before it could be replaced, or just stock footage for reference sake (not unlike the dogfight footage used in the making of the Death Star battle). While the quality is too poor to tell, I assume it's stock footage; if they were going to have a stand-in, they might as well use the available costume, like was done with Jar Jar.

 

@SlashMan--Thank you so much for posting that! It was great to finally be able to see it.

To be honest, I wish they had actually kept that scene in (and I usually don't say that about deleted scenes). But Han's thank you to Luke seemed a lot more heartfelt and sincere than the one they had in the movie. It was kinda touching.

 

There will always be lots of extra footage not put in the films or on any DVD sets. I rented the Blu Ray discs from my local library, 75 cents for each trilogy. I watched with the commentary tracks I hadn't heard. I'm not sure if the library has the extra discs, but I'm not buying it just for that stuff I can see online or already know.

 

That's fair enough. Blinking Ewoks, rocks in front of Artoo and a Sebulba-type creature wandering around Jabba's Palace were one thing - but the Vader outburst comes across as being a deliberate spit in the face.
The "NOOOOOO!!!" in ROTS was already well-established as being a running joke in the SW fanbase, it's not as if GL & LFL weren't aware of how doing it all over again would be received - and this time around, as yet another tweak to the OT, to add insult to injury.

 

I had an ROTJ storybook I read over and over as a kid where he's hanging off the grating. It confused the hell outta 5 year old me.

 

It's also included in the ROTJ novelization by James Kahn.

 

Is there any word on whether the footage of the female X-wing pilots will ever be included? Supposedly Dorovio Bold (named later in the EU) had an entire page of dialogue that was cut.

 

I really liked the deleted scenes from Return Of The Jedi that were on the blu-ray bonus disc. I'd have no problem with Lucas re-inserting the scene of Vader calling out to Luke, or the scene with the group parting ways in the sandstorm on Tatooine.

 

The Scenes with Moff Jerjerod where also good, I'd love to see them reinserted, especially the scene where the Emperor tells him to blow up Endor if the shield generator is destroyed. That scene fills in the plot hole about the Death Star not blowing up the rest of the Rebel fleet.

 

Well-done though the Jerjerrod scenes were (probably my favourites of the OT deleted scenes), I don't think they're necessary. The film doesn't suffer without them, and their inclusion would have dragged the story down.

They're the best example of good deleted scenes - interesting, well executed and prompt the fans to want them back in, but no one ever felt they were needed until they saw them years later.

I posted my own feelings on the Blu-Ray OT deleted scenes here a while back, the only one I've ever felt was worth a re-think and potential re-inclusion was the earlier scene with Luke building his lightsaber and communicating telepathically with Vader:

http://boards.theforce.net/threads/ot-deleted-scenes-on-blu-ray.31932326/

 

I love the Jerjerrod scenes. They really humanize his character, and they are very well acted by Michael Pennington, truly showing Jerjerrod's conflict as he struggles to obey the Emperor's order.

And like many, I'd seen stills of the Luke in the Rancor Pit deleted segment for years in the vintage books, trading cards,etc., and it was great to finally see that sequence.

 

A while back I was in the company of a man called Robin Carlisle who was a student in London back in 1975/76. After a bit of conversation he told me that during his student days he was invited by a friend onto the set of Star Wars and was alowed the freedom to photograph whatever he liked. Anyway to cut a long story short he was kind enough to give me 33 of his original pics and I would like to share them here with you (i have added a watermark to each one).

In the first pic Robin is standing between Anthony Daniels & Mark Hamill

 

Woah! These are incredible! That last pic shows off just how magnificent and complex a set could be before the days of green screen.

 

Incredible find, thank you so much for sharing.

I have to admit I am a bit amused at how different moviemaking is today. Imagine a present-day director telling a student "sure, go ahead and photograph anything you'd like" ;-)

 

Wow!

Thanks for sharing - I don't think I've actually seen any on-set SW pics that show just how rough some of the sets were as these do. It's just a bit more insight into the real process.
Interesting note - the pics of Luke and C-3PO in the landspeeder are clearly from the deleted in-speeder scenes as they search for Artoo. The rear-projection effect didn't look convincing, so they were cut out.

A small segment appeared in Empire of Dreams and in the Blu-Ray set:

 

Excellent - Thanks for the pics. I'm very interested in any behind-the-scenes pictures from the OOT, specifically ANH & ESB. Too bad these ANH pics. didn't make it into the 'Making of' book that came out in 2007. However, it's great to see them now. Especially nice to see the Death Star guns.

This is one of the many reasons the Internet is great

 

Awesome, thanks for posting these.

 

Many, many thanks for posting these.

 

I'm just glad other fans can get the same enjoyment from them that I have. I'd vaguely known Robin for a few years but it wasn't until my mothers funeral that we got into any real conversation and this is what came out of it.