he was just fat actor lol

in the original script jabba was human..

@@tigersgedanken1246 I know dude..

He had some kind of fur suit, to be later dealt with by special effects. Han walked around Jabba in that original shot. They then replaced the Jabba Actor by a cgi Jabba but the tail was in the way, so they decided to cut out Han, lift him and let him purposely step on Jabbas tail.

a beautiful slug

ashpete21 Absolutely

It's "cojones". Google it

Realistic because he (delibarately) copied WW2 RAF dogfight chatter.

Bravo Zulu shipmate

The clips were mostly from documentaries and other rarer sources. A lot more deleted material from the first Star Wars has leaked since I first edited this material in 2009, however. (Via Star Wars Edit Droid on FB and other leakers- later downloads of Deleted Magic include these clips as extras.) And on a technical level I could do much better now, with things like the human Jabba. I have considered revisiting the project but I left that fandom a long time ago and have a lot more urgent projects to finish.

@@ocpmovie Please whenever you get time, would be great to see you finish off whatever you had planned on this - Did you ever use the netdwellers.c website for reference?

I haven't heard of that site. I don't think I'll be revisiting this- although I did start some work and then abandon it. I just have too many other projects.

Damn, really?

​@@ocpmovie

lol

There's a good video about the subject, it's title "how star wars was saved in the edit"

@@JackTheBeast88 that's a really bullshit video, espically if you look at this one calling it out. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdKhiaqrm9Ozhnk.html

@@JackTheBeast88 There is a video that breaks down all the bullshit said in that video, its called: How "Star Wars was saved in the edit" was saved in the edit

If it wasn't for George Lucas's wife we wouldn't have the amazing Star Wars as it is. She was given the task of the final edit for this movie and was able to put everything in the correct order that we know and love today

@@mwara2444 Paul Hitch, George Lucas and Richard Chew totally dont exist am i right. Marcia Lucas was the one who wanted to keep the original Luke introduction too, it was George who wanted to get rid of it.

more like able to buy same fashion shirt and jeans for the next 5000 years

Ahahhaha yes! !

Fashion passes but style never dies

I watched this incredible film 42 times in the movie theaters by 1978, and it was well worth it!

It was not a movie then; It was an experience. I remember when "Star Wars" title screen opened everybody cheered and screamed!

Yeah it was. I had just turned 11 when I saw the original release in 1977. Damn near a religious experience.

@@kevinnelson66 I was 18 and yes it was indeed an experience. It was like nothing we had ever seen before.

That's right. It was!

You betcha! best goddam thing ever!

Most great movies are determined in the edit. Some more than others, obviously.

Marcia Lucas, FTW

i was thinking the same thing for the millenium falcon pan. it looks like forced perspective but im probably totally wrong.

@@SunStarSounds No. Gary Kurtz had more influence over Lucas than even she had. AND she wasn't the only editor.

@@peterp2153 Indeed, Star Wars was a BIG one that was.

this is where the fun begins

This is where the fun begins

"*Top* men."

He couldn’t hold it.

He was also the lackey for Zarkov in *Flash Gordon* (and gets run over by a plane), the police chief in *Dust Devil,* the creepy Peeping Tom in *Hardware,* and the Chaank company man in *Death Machine.* Guess how many times he dies!

He was also corrupt Gotham police Lt. Eckhart in Batman 89 and also one of the Nuclear Arms dealers Lex Luthor was working with in Superman IV.

"Faster, more intense."-George Lucas "Cradle the balls, work the shaft."-Kevin Smith

The Empire just built a multi-billion credit super weapon. They had to cut costs where they could lol.

NextGenPants Ur life, iz nsignificent, n comparison 2 da mission of dis Death Star.

Dude its obvious it was designed that way so some avg yahoo couldnt get to it easily and disable it.

The reason it is the way it is is because flux capacitor reverb inversion units need to be able to breathe... a wide gangway would have been ridiculous.

@Dirtyd23 anytime is a good time for a "clerks" reference!

Big bada boom!

Lia: NO! bang

some one should put the bang on the explosion footage

no it was not.

Just like every other film ever made, i see youve watched "How star wars was saved in the edit" too much, go watch the better video called: How "How star wars was saved in the edit" was saved in the edit

I saw the original on tv and vhs later and yes I remember the close the blast doors line I was born in 1981

I still have my original VHS. It’s definitely there.

Star Wars had 3 sound mixes for theatrical release: 6 channel, 2 channel stereo and mono, they were completed in that order. The 6 channel mix had to be ready first since it took longer to prepare the 70mm prints, so it was rushed and therefore not the final version of the mix, the stereo prints were next and the mono prints last therefore they were the most complete and contained the "Close the blast doors" and 3POs tractor beam dialogue. Initial home video releases had the mono mix (complete), later home video releases had the incomplete stereo mix (incomplete). When the Special Editions were released in 1997 they were based on the original 6 channel (incomplete) mixes, with all the missing elements added back in, if you listen carefully you will hear a list of dialogue differences between the new Special Edition mixes and the original 2 channel stereo mixes we grew up on....Empire Strikes Back being the worst offender. "Until I can get the shelter built" vs "Until I can get the shelter up" "You're lucky you don't taste very good" vs "You were lucky to get out of there" "There's nowhere to go" "Bring my shuttle" vs "Inform my star destroyer to prepare for my arrival"

Vader should really said "No Nooooo!" When the death star blew up. I really didn't understood what was going on the first time around.

Because they slowed down the pace of the scene

Hah, you haven't read the original script well. It ends with the destruction of the Death Star. The war is over, the rebel Alliance has won. There wasn't going to be a sequel because Lucas didn't think Star Wars would be the phenomenon that it would become. He thought it might make 10-15 million dollars. So in the original script, Vader's Tie Advanced is hurled into space uncontrollably. I bet that in the first cut that was shown in the theatres in the USA, the opening crawl did not include "Episode 4: A New Hope." Nope, it was just: "Star Wars." So Vader got lost in space and died a slow and silent death... Untill Star Wars exploded in the theatres and Lucas hastily added the "Episode 4" nonsense and added the few frames showing Vader's regaining control of his fighter and flying off into space... Next time, you Rebel scum! Next time...

In 1977/78, Vader’s fate was a bit controversial. A lot of people insisted he was dead. Those of us that watched the movie 6 or 12 or 80 times (I was 10 so I only saw it 4 or 5 times that first summer) new that he was last seen spiraling out of control, but not specifically shown dying. People had “Vader Lives” t-shirts and so on until TESB was announced.

@Evilmike42 Thanks for replying. If you haven't read it yet, I would recommend the excellent book "Empire Building: The Remarkable, Real-life Story of Star Wars" by Garry Jenkins.

@@AudieHolland episode four wasn't added untill 1997.

@@solomonkane102 Nah, I think it was already in place when they released 'Star Wars' on VHS. I didn't see the first one in the theatres but I cannot recall the text crawl at the start being any different.

Go cry in a corner, simpy.

It's a joke. Get over yourself.

Damn scruffy looking Nerf herder!

Rebels crashing spaceships into the largest building of the American Empire? Those rebels are the Al Qaeda of the future and this despicable Luke Skywalker is their Osama Bin Laden.

I love seeing the parts where Peter Mayhew is talking, it's better then Vader without the James Earl Jones voice.

Starwind - WHY exactly is this supposed to be better?

I've heard the actor David Prouse many times before its weird enough not hearing James Earl Jones' voice. Peter Mayhew's voice coming out of Chewie instead of grunts is even more weird and funny since I've heard it only a few times. I don't mean its better movie wise, just better for weird and funny Star Wars moments.

lol.

Fox wanted to put pants on Chewie.

mngentry couldn’t he have some leiderhosen?

@@mngentry there isnt an inseam in the entire galaxy that could contain that MONSTER.

Now I’m imagining the Alien wearing a vest. Thanks.

Could have put that in the film. It would have fit seamlessly

Can you believe Disney digitally erased his Cigarette in the D23 showing of this footage? it's the one where he walks with his arms around Mark and Carrie toward the camera and they playfully bump into it... Harrisons Smokey is totally missing!

@@DechantMusic Really? I never knew that.

Thank you. I am the editor of Star Wars Deleted Magic.

It's not that simple. The suits have the final word. That's why CGI is so overused. The prequel to The Thing is the perfect example. It originally had puppets and animatronics for the various iterations of the creature. It was then all rotoscoped over with CGI at the behest of the studio. Same thing with modern scores. James Horner (Aliens, Apollo 13, Titanic) all but stopped working on movies in his later years because the sheer amount of micromanagement was too much and resulted in watered down material. You can't write strong, thematic music that actually makes a statement if it's got to be approved by twelve people before it's finalized.

U can see how western civilization is failing now . All the talent pushed out for racial diversity

The Band Man It sounds cool and futuristic

Do you have any anecdotes from messed up conversations you overheard?

He really didn't let us get too close to the stuff, most of it he built himself from kits. So many dials...

...and he did an excellent job of it

I could see that! He was a great actor.

Being an old SW fan , always takes me a few sec to realise that episode 4 is actually the first one!

@@user-wv5vc6yq7o For me it will always be episode 1.

Nice.

Don't forget the moment she passes a king size beer to Mark Hamill in his X wing.

That. And the slave outfit...

@@janocronismo Well, I'll be honest and say that was more lust on my part :)

It could also be seen as sarcasm and still work within the context.

@@peterp2153 in the german version its still in it lol

It was re-inserted in the Special Edition. I have seen footage with a real human in some pompous 17th century clothing.

I always wondered why anyone who was not a jedi say " May The Force Be With You " ya know?

@@Jessamer I mean that's pretty much explained the first time the force is ever mentioned in the franchise. It "encompasses all living things", not just jedi. The force effects everyone regardless of whether or not they have any control of it. Its basically the same as saying "good luck".

@@jdick91 I was merely addressing the "GO as opposed to the "MAY"

Or "BE".

@@Jessamer , a jedi would not say "May the force be with you. The Jedi would know if it was with you or not. "The Force will be you always!"

Agreed. My guess is because it was all initially Lucas putting his heart into it, followed by people with way better editing and narrative skills making it into something actually watchable, you got a good movie with heart. After that I get the impression Lucas learned merch and profit was considered more successful than heart, and went down that route, till eventually he ended up making very long commercials for kids toys, otherwise known as the prequels. He never did learn how to write dialogue, but a good editor could always sort that out, if he’d let them.

@@Lumibear. In another video about the editing it's stated that Marcia Lucas, George's wife, had a lot to do with the editing and how it turned out and won an Oscar for it.

@@NeolotusB5G yes that’s mainly what I’m referring to, the man was never a stand alone genius, alone he’s a bland nerd who makes confusing movies based on a collection of disconnected ideas, collated, written, directed and edited by a barely competent amateur, but with the right team interpreting his vision and, most crucially, not absolute control over it, he can produce absolutely amazing entertainment. Damn shame the older and more successful he got the less humble he became as his ego controlled him, I swear he started a man and ended up an old sulky teenager. Mad.

@@NeolotusB5G sorry... but... it's debunked: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdKhiaqrm9Ozhnk.html&t

I think that’s because A New Hope is unique as a Star Wars movie since it’s the only one that wasn’t made as part of a franchise. Even Empire Strikes Back (my personal favourite) can’t quite recapture the magic and innocence of A New Hope because by that point the toys had made a fortune and the films were well and truly into franchise territory. The melancholy truth is that the first Star Wars movie is a lightning in a bottle moment in time that can never quite be repeated, even though I enjoy a lot of the later stuff.

I always thought Wedge never got the recognition he deserved.

Well, David Fincher is so good at movie magic that all his CG trickery is invisible. Hollywood hacks are the ones giving CG a bad fame, because is the go-to resource for cashgrab filmmaking that is now too tempting thanks to it. It is a double edge sword that gives us more trash than excellence, sadly, and the only ones to blame are the users, not the tool. What they did to The Thing 2011, for example, having made animatronics for the same film before resorting to CG, is completely disgusting.

I couldn't agree more, babacalouche! Some have argued with me on this point, but I think there's a heckuva lot more specialized skill and craftsmanship that goes into practical effects than CGI. One guy was insulted that I said Disney's "Snow White" (1937) was superior to modern-day CGI-only animated films. Yeah, to do CGI takes skill ...but nothing like it took for the original Disney animators of their first feature-length "cartoons", which are still just beautiful.

I think there's also a difference between expertise/work required and quality. I don't doubt the tremendous skill and care that modern CGI work requires; the people who do it should be proud of the amazing work they do! It just seems that it's less forgiving and that audiences are much more sensitive about the use of CGI than they are with practical effects.

um, cgi was used in the original trillogy, and in a new hope, hell most of the space battles in empire where going to be CG at one point, but deemed too expensive, people like you who complain about cgi runing films, yet alot of films used computers t ohep with production, we wouldent have had star wars without the use of computer aided cameras

CGI only allows the absurd to be implemented ad-nauseum, which is why movies today looks so phony compared to these older classics.

That would be a great Randall Graves line in a Kevin Smith film.

Random trooper to another: "Hey, looks like someone else failed for the last time. Hahhahaha"

Noob

Thank you. I am the editor of Star Wars Deleted Magic.

I love Star Wars as much as anyone, but dont compare it to Kubrick. They are completely totally utterly different.

@@MoviesUnderTheSurface Other than them both editing their movies after release and not letting the original version be available

WHAT

Yeah, real creepy. My kind of creepy.

Ahahaha... yep, spotted it and love it! The ultimate in practical effects... from the film which did that *SO* well! :) The sheer modesty of Star Wars, compared with its legendary status (well-deserved) is very touching.

I love when they were doing the prequels and had to tell Ewan or Hayden that they don't have to make the light saber sound. When your fighting with a light saber its a little hard not to.

wow, good eyes!

@@MoviesUnderTheSurface I know. It can be annoying at times :)

I see a stage hand working on a R2 unit. On top of an x wing fighter

@@hansolo374 I see Han Solo commenting. Also a stage hand, not Leia.

Chaparro Chaparral Yeah

Chaparro Chaparral and Gary Kurtz,RIP

That would be "DISNEYFilm" now.

There are DVDs with two discs available of each episode 4 through 6. One disc has the edited version and the other has the original theatrical release. You have to read the jacket.

I have it on VHS

The original theatrical release in my area showed the Biggs-Luke Reunion on Tatooine as well as Luke tracking the space battle between Leia and Vader's ship with macrobinocs. My friends and I distinctly recall those scenes. I just assumed they were cut when transferred to Home Video, but it seems those were one of kind showings. They should have kept them. They add to the story and Luke's character.

@@stevengallant6008 I own these DVDs.

"The force will be with you......always." is a much better way of saying it anyways.

More Mandela Effect proof for those that go that route... gah.

We could've had the prequels in '77. From a dialogue standpoint anyway.

BEN?

maybe, but I suppose rather not.