Here's a scene from STAR WARS that I want to see included on the upcoming Blu-ray release no matter what-I don't care if it turns out good or badly realised, I just want to see it. It's the moment after the TIE fighter battle where Han and Luke congratulate themselves on their laser gun targeting skills. There's a real "Whoa, look what we did!" expression on Luke's face. Classic.
UPDATES: 26/3/2015. Access to Ann Skinner's continuity script reveals some handwritten extra dialogue notes added to the TIE attack aftermath filming, linked to this scene:
LUKE: Hey, that was great! Listen, just going to the deck to see if the droids are okay.
HAN: Okay. Smooth shooting, Kid.
LUKE. Thanks.
In the following Falcon cockpit scene, just before Han sits down to talk to Leia, there's a reason why Chewie departs to the corridor, as revealed in another of Skinner's handwritten script additions:
HAN (to CHEWIE): Hey pal- good going. You did great. Go check the aft coverter. We took a couple of hits real close to that.
Acclaimed historian/archeologist Doctor David West Reynolds saw this original footage back in 1999, viewing it as part of 13 B/W film reels once referred to as 'The Lost Cut'. Here's how he described the scene in an article in Star Wars Insider:
'As Luke and Han emerge grinning from the gun turrets, Han turns to congratulate Luke, socking him on the arm and shaking him. Luke grasps his hand. Their relief at the victory is emphasised in this shot, but the important shading here is the developing friendship between the two.'
With thanks to Ann Skinner and the BFI SPECIAL COLLECTIONS.
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