Luke and Biggs
About this scene:
This scene was to come right after Threepio spots the Jawa sandcrawler in the desert, and catches their attention, and right before Artoo gets zapped by the Jawas in the rock canyon..
Here, Luke's relationship with Biggs is established, and Biggs reveals his plan to join the Rebellion to Luke. We are given a better understanding of why the Empire is such a tyranny, and the threat of even Luke's uncle's farm being taken over for their benefit. We also see how Luke is struggling between his responsibility to his uncle and his need to go on to greater things.
For years this scene remained unseen, with only a few still photos and references in the comic book and novel showing that it ever actually existed. Despite people's claims that they had seen the footage in early prints of Star Wars, this scene was never shown to the public. The sound mix had never been completed, and the footage was not included in anything but rough editor's cuts (such as the legendary Lost Cut). In 1997 at the San Diego Comic Con, mega-collector and Lucasfilm employee Steve Sansweet gave fans an incredible treat by showing the Biggs footage publicly for the first time. See here for more info about that presentation. Later in 1998 with the inclusion of this footage on the Behind The Magic CD ROM, fans all over the world finally got to see what this scene looked like on film.
To download and watch this scene,
click here.
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codec.
(DivX AVI movie file,
23.2 MB, color and sound- courtesy ofGuruKenn & Garrett)
To download and watch
a short outtake from this scene, click here.
(Quicktime movie file, 1
MB, color and sound - from The Making of Star Wars)
To watch this scene as shown at
the 1997 San Diego Comic Con, click here.
You may need the latest
codec.
(DivX AVI file, 7.9 MB, color,
poor sound & picture - origin unknown)
