This Star Wars Scene was Too VIOLENT for 80s Kids…
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Published 2023-03-18
Boba Fett and the bounty hunters played a much bigger role in George Lucas's original Star Wars drafts...
0:00 The Original Plan
1:03 Extra Footage
1:35 Not For Children
2:27 Lobot's Dark Fate
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All Comments (21)
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I remember that scene. Vader made Han watch The Phantom Menace but only with Jar Jar scenes.
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"considered too violent by the adults making the movie" - as an 80s kid I can assure you we wouldn't have been fazed at all
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Vader deflecting the blast and snatching the gun from Han gave me chills in the theater as a kid. Still badass
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Seriously, I don't know why they cut down that torture scene with Han, because if you recall in A New Hope there was the scene with the chard and smoking remains of Luke's aunt and uncle. And hell I saw that in the theater when I was 6.
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I saw Han being tortured in the original theatrical release in '80, and even then it was pretty harsh. His screams were gut-wrenching.
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0:34 Han saying "I'm that ONE!" broke me for the day 😂
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Kids in 1980 were quite prepared to watch a Han Solo torture scene. We had already endured the Star Wars Holiday Special.
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"Not sure how kids would've reacted to Han's extended torture scene..." Meanwhile in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom's "Heart" Scene...
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Man, that movie where it would be all about rescuing Han and Boba Fett is the villain sounds awesome. Disney could have made something like that where Boba goes back to bounty hunting with a vengeance but instead they turned him into a crime boss who does not want to commit crimes.
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If you think this is bad, you should listen to the original radio drama of A New Hope. Leila’s torture scene is brutal.
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When you think it through, Han had yet to meet Vader despite the glance he caught of him in Episode IV fighting Ben Kenobi. The great back story involves Han's time in the Imperial Navy and knowing of Vader's existence as part of the highest end in the chain of command. That's (likely) why he fires his blaster so quickly.
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The way Hans went after Vader , makes me certain he prob shot greedo first
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RETURN OF THE JEDI was my favorite. My mates uncle took us to see it at the movies. We were only 5 and we were blown away. Everything was Star Wars for the next 7 or so years. Every tree was a spaceship we played in. Every broom was a light saber. Every parent was part of the empire. The list goes on. The good old days..
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Honestly I’ve never seen half of this footage - that stuff at the beginning with the bounty hunters is amazing! And what about that bit with Boba and an Ewok on the Death Star - wtf?!?
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Gotta say Boba this is one beauty of a ship! Not crazy about the NAME tho... 😂👏🏾
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The Han Solo being tortured scene was in the original theatrical release in 1980. I remember it well, more so because it hasn't been seen since.
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This is why George's early movies are so much more revered. Sometimes it's more impactful to lead into but not show. This is where modern movies have taken it too far sometimes.
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I remember first watching The Empire Strikes back when I was somewhere between 6-8 years old back in 2009 or 2010 and the scene of Han getting tortured gave me 2nd-hand pain like I never knew before, and seeing Luke's arm get chopped off didn't help. I couldn't sleep for days after watching that! I refused to re-watch The Empire Strikes Back until about eight-ten years later!
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That bit with the bounty hunters rescuing Han would have been incredible - stretching it all out to more movies would have been even more incredible. Still, I'll always love OT Star Wars. As for those surprised the cut the Han torture scene, all I can say is the world was a much kinder, gentler place back in the early 80s in terms of what parents were willing to expose their kids to.
