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| Image: STAR WARS ARCHIVES website. |
Striding through the hallway of Princess Leia's captured consular vessel, Darth Vader, the infamous Dark Lord of the Sith, confers with his arrogant aide, Commander Daine Jir (played by Al Lampert), about the dangers of keeping the Alderaanian princess and key Rebel Alliance operative alive. In a filmed but unused take, there is some alternate dialogue in which Jir tells Vader that "she must be destroyed immediately," to which Vader responds, "No, my first duty is to locate that hidden fortress of theirs."
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| Unused angle, adding to the often documentary style visual feel. |
The "hidden fortress' of the original Star Wars is clearly another affectionate Lucas homage to the Akira Kurosawa classic of the same name- The Hidden Fortress, an important movie to the rising star director during his formative film school/university days, what with its memorable story and characters.
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