From: 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca (Dark Lord of the Sith)
Subject: Missing scenes cut from Star Wars
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 16:27:13 GMT

     I recently came across a copy of THE STAR WARS STORYBOOK (10th
edition, 1978), published by Scholastic Book Services. This is a kiddie
version of the Star Wars movie and has text and pictures. But there are 
some pictures in this book, taken from the movie, which do NOT appear in
the Star Wars movie on laserdisk or VHS.

     On page two, there is a reference to Luke at the vaporators collecting
vapor for his uncle. He looks up to the sky and sees bright lights, it is
a space battle (destroyer chasing Leia's ship). The picture accompanying
show Luke and his droid Treadwell by the vaporator. The base of Treadwell
looks like a little wooden raft made up of five loosely tied logs. There is
a tall, skinny stand attached to the base, and a head attached to the stand.
Treadwell is about the height of Luke's waist.

Treadwell looks like this:
                                           [xxx]   
                                              |
                                              |
                                              |
                                              |     
                                         _________   
                                         o o o o o

The other picture accompnaying the text show Luke in a sun-hat looking up
at the lasers in the sky with his macrobinoculars.

This corresponds to the information in Chapter two (pages 15-17) of the Star
Wars novelization.


The second new scene shows Luke and Biggs outside talking about Biggs'
decision to go to the acedemy. The large picture show Luke and Biggs on
top of a slab of concrete outside Luke's home. The small superimposed
picture shows Biggs with his hand on Luke's right shoulder.

     This scene corresponds to the information in Chapter two (pages 27-29).
The other conversant (Fixer) and his droid do not appear in the picture.


     These pictures are live-action photos taken from the movie but put on 
the cutting floor when the final editing was done. Doubtless this contributed
to Biggs' status as a second string character in the film. Biggs name is 
mentioned only once (by Uncle Owen) in the entire film and is not even seen
until the Luke spots Biggs during the Death Star battle preparation scene.
     
     As for the scene of Luke at the vaporator witnessing the laser shots
overhead, imagine how differently the film would look with Luke on Tatooine
instead of the big space battle appearing after the STAR WARS IV: A NEW HOPE
opener.

     Card #24 of Topps Star Wars cards (set 1), shows a stormtrooper ontop
a giant dino. It is closeup shot. Having viewed the movie on VHS, I can state
that there is no closeup of the stormtrooper on the dino. My brother, who
is a dino freak, thinks that this scene originally appeared in the movie 
shown in theatres. Was there a closeup, or was it always a faraway shot?
Please give me some feedback on this.
-- 

John P. LaRocque
4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca

"Farm chores sure could be dull, and Luke Skywalker was bored beyond belief.
He yearned for adventures out among the stars - adventures that would take him
beyond the furthest galaxies to distant and alien worlds.

"But Luke got more than he bargained for..."
                            from Star Wars the paperback (1976, first edition)

"Urk..urk..."
"Apologies accepted", Darth Vader