Nice moves, old man

I was rewatching A New Hope the other day (whatever version they have on Disney+, probably the 2019 version - which I realize does not help my “cred” around here). In the Cantina, when Ben and Luke first sit down with Han, the first line of dialogue is Han saying “Han Solo. I’m captain of the Millennium Falcon”.

This scene occurs shortly after Ben dismembers the “death sentence in 12 systems” guy (whom the EU decided was some kind of mad plastic surgeon), immediately after a very brief intervening scene showing Threepio outside.

Now, I somehow have this very clear memory of Han saying to Ben something like “Nice moves, old man - pretty impressive”, when Ben and Luke first sit down with Han and Chewie. I can hear Harrison Ford saying these lines in my head. But… Han doesn’t actually say this in the movie. I was wondering if he said it some earlier release. I checked the script, but it’s not in the script either.

On a whim, I decided to check the novelization. In the novelization, Han actually DOES say something like this. Right before saying “I’m Han Solo, Captain of the Millennium Falcon”, Han says “You’re pretty handy with that saber, old man.” That’s not quite what I remember, but it’s close.

So, my working theory right now is I must have read the novelization a long time ago, and formed this false memory in my head of Harrison Ford actually saying these lines. Still, I just thought I’d check with this site to see if there may be some earlier release or perhaps a deleted scene where Harrison Ford says this line or something similar to it, because the memory I have of this seems incredibly real.

Wow - thanks! So I wasn’t going crazy after all.

or on bluray deletet cantina scene…

“Nice moves, old man - pretty impressive” is a pretty great line, along with Harrison’s delivery of it, that sets up these characters journey together.

I do wonder whatever happened to Jenny!

I wish they kept that line in the film.

I always imagined Jenny got together with Fixer and Camie, and they had their own adventures that were almost but not quite remembered by the Galaxy at large. Some historians claim their adventures were recorded in “The Book of Jenny”, but prevailing consensus now believes these were apocryphal additions to the Journal of the Whills, known only through later accounts falsely attributed to Mace Windy and C.J. Thorpe. Other evidence may suggest these accounts were lost when the Journal of the Whills was recompiled by a later scribe known only as “Marcia L.” as attested in the margin notes.

There has to be “The Book of Jenny” somewhere out there in the EU?
Or a possibly new Disney+ series?! 😉

Thank you Emre, I never knew she was also in Space 1999.

Channel72 said:

I wish they kept that line in the film.

I always imagined Jenny got together with Fixer and Camie, and they had their own adventures that were almost but not quite remembered by the Galaxy at large. Some historians claim their adventures were recorded in “The Book of Jenny”, but prevailing consensus now believes these were apocryphal additions to the Journal of the Whills, known only through later accounts falsely attributed to Mace Windy and C.J. Thorpe. Other evidence may suggest these accounts were lost when the Journal of the Whills was recompiled by a later scribe known only as “Marcia L.” as attested in the margin notes.

I’d watch that as a limited run series, it actually seems like it could be fun, or something the Auralnauts should do!

Marooned Biker Scout said:

Channel72 said:

I wish they kept that line in the film.

I always imagined Jenny got together with Fixer and Camie, and they had their own adventures that were almost but not quite remembered by the Galaxy at large. Some historians claim their adventures were recorded in “The Book of Jenny”, but prevailing consensus now believes these were apocryphal additions to the Journal of the Whills, known only through later accounts falsely attributed to Mace Windy and C.J. Thorpe. Other evidence may suggest these accounts were lost when the Journal of the Whills was recompiled by a later scribe known only as “Marcia L.” as attested in the margin notes.

I’d watch that as a limited run series, it actually seems like it could be fun, or something the Auralnauts should do!

100% this. 😃