Some days ago, I had a dream that I watched footage from an early cut of ROTJ. Here’re the details I recall from the dream:
- Luke had a different lightsaber. It was mallet-shaped, with a red blade.
- There was a scene of Luke slaughtering Ewoks.
- The big plot twist wasn’t that Leia was Luke’s sister, but that Darth Vader was actually his GRANDfather. Luke’s actual father had never fallen to the dark side; he might not have even ever been a Jedi.
“Anakin” was played by Mark Hamill himself. Here’s what Mark looked like in the old-age makeup: