From: v113np2v@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (George D Emmons)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Many things.
Date: 16 Apr 92 20:28:00 GMT
Organization: University at Buffalo
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  To settle the debates which have gone on here in the past day...

1) There were only two scenes shot for A New Hope which were not 
included. Only two, folks. No others.
The scenes were:
     Luke on Tatooine spotting the battle, going to Anchorhead,
telling Camie and Fixer, meeting up with Biggs again, and speaking
with him about his (Biggs') intentions of jumping to the Alliance
with a friend when they get aboard the _Rand Ecliptic_.
     Luke meeting up with Biggs before the final battle in the 
Massassi temple hangar bay. Luke also meets Red Leader, who says
he met Luke's father (no name given yet) when he (Red Leader) was
a boy, and that if Luke is half the pilot his father was, he'll do
better than "all right" (Read the script or the comic book for the
meaning of that.)

2) Star Wars was released as STAR WARS. After the release of TESB,
the original was edited to say "Episode IV: A New Hope" in the 
scroll in the beginning. Read the Empire coverage issue of _Time_
magazine from around May 21, 1980 (Empire's release date) for 
proof.

3) The "Holiday Special" being referred to aired in late October,
1978. Chewbacca and the rest of the company (Save Vader, who 
appears in voice only) return to Kazhyyk (sp) for the celebration
of Life Day. Chewie's family, shown in the WOOKIEE STORYBOOK,
make appearances. Their names are:
     Mallatobuck (Malla) (Chewie's wife)
     Lumpwarrump (Lumpy) (Chewie's son)
     Itchitattobuck (Itchy) (Chewie's father).
Also making appearances were:
     Harvey Korman
     Bea Arthur
     Art Carney
Arthur played the proprietress of the Mos Eisley cantina, and 
Korman played a dual role as the four-armed "Julia Childs" thing
and a cantina patron enamored with Arthur's character.
I'm not sure what Art Carney did, as this information comes from
the Starlog issue on the special.

4) Biggs' last name was Darklighter.

5) It was never *OFFICIALLY* stated that Vader fell into a lava/
lime pit. Lucas states, "It can say in some magazine that that's 
how Vader got wounded, but until it shows up in one of the books or
movies, anything can happen." in the SW 10th anniversary issue of 
_Starlog_.

6) The _Tantive IV_ captain's name was Antilles. So was Wedge's.
So far, no connection has been made. An interesting point here
is that in the escape pod, Threepio says, "That's funny. The 
damage doesn't look as bad from out here." A traitor on the
_Tantive IV_, perhaps?

7) Trivia is fun, folks. But let's keep it to E-mail. I know
you all want to impress your friends with your knowledge of the
movies, but some of us don't have the time to wade through 100
posts a day on TK-421 and Robert Duvall and THX-1138. Besides, 
everybody likes to get inundated with loads of E-mail.:-)

                      Thanks for putting up with this tantrum...
                                   George
"Luke Skywalker...born Siderail Era...Son of Master and Mistress
Tan Skywalker..." 
                   -The computer, first Sunday SW Comic.