I’ve talked to Ben Burtt and those scenes never even had the score laid down, or proper sound effects done, … when I ask if another cut could have been made with extra scenes added or removed from Star Wars, they literally laugh out loud.
Okay, you can tell us then … Luke did throw his grappling hook … twice, right? First time he missed and stepped back to reloop as the Princess traded shots with the storm troopers. Second time he hooks it. Right?
Yep, and somehow they cut that scene a bit later without affecting the score.
Funnily enough, people really remember the second throw clearly, as in, they can picture it all, and their Uncle turning to them and saying ‘Whoopsie’ and laughing, so much detail, but can’t remember exactly how it went when asked, like did he haul it back in, was there another cutaway to stormtroopers and he just had the hook in his hand again, did Leia and him exchange worried glances, did he loop the rope or let it hang in a large loop etc.