Forgotten Return of the Jedi scene finally sees the light of day

[TM2-Megatron]

Saw this earlier today, and thought it was pretty cool. A deleted scene from RotJ I'm assuming takes place somewhere near the beginning. Luke's finishing construction of his replacement lightsaber before sending the droids off to Jabba's Palace, the final ritual before officially becoming a Jedi Knight.

It was recently shown at some convention; and not surprisingly it's now on the net.

http://tv.gawker.com/5612987/watch-...a-jedi-knight-in-this-deleted-star-wars-scene

This is incredibly epic: a never-before-screened scene cut from Return of the Jedi in which Darth Vader tempts Luke Skywalker to join the dark side, paired with footage of Luke constructing/activating his green lightsaber and officially becoming a Jedi Knight.

As you can see, footage of Darth Vader is spliced with that of his infamous son/rival, as Luke constructs and activates his green lightsaber for the first time—effectively making him a Jedi Knight—in a cave on Tatooine (the first footage of Luke with his Jedi Knight lightsaber in the final version of the movie happens when he enters Jabba the Hutt's lair to lay the smack down during the skiff battle).

The footage was apparently screened for the first time today during the "Star Wars Celebration V" convention in Orange County, FL. And while it popped up online this afternoon (it looks to have been shot by an amateur photographer during the screening, who also will forever be embarrassed by his "Yeeeah!" exclamation), it probably won't be there for long. Luckily for you, though, the above clip will be staying put for your viewing enjoyment.

May the force be with you!

 

[Mr. Slowpoke]

I'm not a big SW fan (I only liked the first 3 movies) but I still find this interesting. Wonder why they never put this in?

 

[Falconwing]

That was epic. Why was it cut?

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Saw this earlier today, and thought it was pretty cool. A deleted scene from RotJ I'm assuming takes place somewhere near the beginning.

Was the original opening. Was shot in a way that would make people question whether he'd gone to the Dark Side or not (given the ending of Empire).

Was shown at this year's Star Wars Celebration (THE Star Wars convention).

Haven't heard why it was cut (though it apparently made it all the way into postproduction before being cut), but I've heard it's going to be included on the Blu-Ray re-release of the films. I just wonder if there are any other deleted scenes they haven't included in previous releases that they're going to add to this.

 

[Eye_Kan_Fly]

This is the most epic thing I've seen in like 5 years