In a deleted scene from EMPIRE, set just before the Vader dinner scene, Lando takes Han, Leia and Chewbacca on an outdoor walkway tour of the Bespin mining colony. Why the scene never made the final cut is unknown-perhaps lack of time and advancing release date pressures at ILM saw it cancelled.
Scene dialogue as from the Marvel Comics adaptation 1980:
Leia: It's a lovely outpost, Lando.
Lando: We're proud of it. The air is quite special here...stimulating. (To Leia) You could grow to like it.
Han: Only until the Falcon's repaired, old buddy.
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| Enjoying a scenic tour against blue screen! |
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Billy Dee Williams on the walkway set at Elstree, just as a technician does some sweeping!
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| An early Ralph McQuarrie conceptual piece from EMPIRE showing Lando and Leia outside the Bespin mining colony. |
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| Rough concept art by Michael Pangrazio's for his unused 1979 painting for the deleted scene's background. |
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Hi!
ReplyDeleteI have also written a thread about this on my blog. There was a matte painting planned to this scene.
Check this out:
http://csillaghaboruk.blogspot.com/2022/03/bespini-kilatas.html
And also I've found the dialogue in the shooting script:
https://csillaghaboruk.blogspot.com/2021/04/landoek-kivagott-jelenete.html
Bye:
Csongor