ROTJ AT 30: THE COMPANY SHE KEEPS...

As repellant and nasty an individual as Darth Vader (if not more so!), Princess Leia isn't enjoying the company of the gross crime lord Jabba the Hutt at all, nor wearing the skimpy, soon iconic, slave girl costume, in this memorable scene from RETURN OF THE JEDI.

CLASSIC IMAGE: LEIA'S 'REVENGE'!

Its a deleted scene we've always wanted to see, and, surprise surprise, it was one of many that still didn't make it into the Blu-ray release, our favourite gold-bikini clad Princess Leia takes out the second deck gunner on Jabba's Sail Barge whilst Luke presses his surprise attack on the rest of the Hutt's forces.

Some recent behind the scenes location footage has been unearthed by fan Jeff Broz, who was at Yuma in April 1982 for REVENGE OF THE JEDI when this sequence was being filmed-and you can catch the action scene in long shot within his recorded cine-footage here: A Documentary By Jeff Broz - YouTube  It's not new footage-some of it was included in fan Jambe Davdar's acclaimed unofficial documentary RETURNING TO JEDI a few years back, but it's great to finally see the material in its entirety.

CLASSIC IMAGE: JABBA IN DA HOUSE!

Here's another classic B/W image sent by LUCASFILM to KENNER for reference use in 1982/83, this time of Jabba and friends from RETURN OF THE JEDI, inside the palace throne room on Tatooine. If ever there was a great image that should be released via OFFICIAL PIXS, this is certainly one worthy for consideration.

C'mon, OP, release more rare JEDI pics please!

And, check out this great and highly informative web feature from John Coppinger going behind the scenes at Jabba's creation : Star Wars - Passion4Makeup Magazine

With thanks to Chris Baker for the image.


And, linked to JEDI, check out this rare interview material (including Richard Marquand conversation)/behind the scenes footage that has returned to YOUTUBE about the making of JEDI, and most importantly, the creation of Jabba's Palace creatures/ Sail Barge.

YouTube - mrjohnavery's Channel
YouTube - ROTJ Richard Marquand, Anthony Daniels

With thanks to the YOUTUBE posters for these great TV finds.