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Am I Experiencing Faulty Memory Syndrome?

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I could swear that, in 1997, LucasFilm ran a trailer for ROTJ:SE with a newly created shot of the Millennium Falcon flying across the surface of the Death Star, but that shot didn't make it into the movie.

Am I the only one who remembers this? Did I imagine that?

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Wow, this is the first I've heard of either of these. Can I view these shots anywhere?
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I have never heard of these shots either and would love to see them.


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There was no new space scenes added for the ROTJ SE. The redone Tantive IV opening of ANH was for an IMAX Special Effects documentary (someone just posted the clip here a few days ago) in the early 90's.
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Originally posted by: zombie84
There was no new space scenes added for the ROTJ SE. The redone Tantive IV opening of ANH was for an IMAX Special Effects documentary (someone just posted the clip here a few days ago) in the early 90's.
Just a minor correction here: it was actually done in the late 90s. The IMAX Special Effects presentation came out not long before the Special Editions, and in fact included material from the making of the Star Wars Special Edition. The actual release date was 1996.

--SKot

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Originally posted by: zombie84
There was no new space scenes added for the ROTJ SE.
Yea, but it is possible they wanted to include new space shots but for some reason they where left out of the final '97 SE print. Its also possible he is referring to un-seen BOE footage in early ROTJ trailers that might have been re-used for the SE trailer.

Originally posted by: SKot
Originally posted by: zombie84
There was no new space scenes added for the ROTJ SE. The redone Tantive IV opening of ANH was for an IMAX Special Effects documentary (someone just posted the clip here a few days ago) in the early 90's.
Just a minor correction here: it was actually done in the late 90s. The IMAX Special Effects presentation came out not long before the Special Editions, and in fact included material from the making of the Star Wars Special Edition. The actual release date was 1996.

--SKot


Yea, but I thought they where shot for the actual movie but they left them out for some reason. Btw. I would call 1996 mid-90's

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Originally posted by: Master Skywalker
Yea, but it is possible they wanted to include new space shots but for some reason they where left out of the final '97 SE print. Except that as I understand it, they shot all that footage specifically on special IMAX film rather than regular film. So it was definitely done as an IMAX project. They may have thought about using the footage in the SE but decided against it, yes.

Its also possible he is referring to un-seen BOE footage in early ROTJ trailers that might have been re-used for the SE trailer.
BOE?

Btw. I would call 1996 mid-90's
I'll accept that answer as well.

--SKot

Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special [COMPLETED]
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project [DORMANT]
Felix the Cat 1919-1930 early film shorts preservation [ONGOING]
Lights Out! (lost TV anthology shows) [ONGOING]
Iznogoud (1995 animated series) English audio preservation [ONGOING]

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Originally posted by: SKot
Its also possible he is referring to un-seen BOE footage in early ROTJ trailers that might have been re-used for the SE trailer.
BOE?


BOE = Battle over Endor = [sarcasm] Big space battle seen at the end of Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
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Originally posted by: zombie84
There was no new space scenes added for the ROTJ SE. The redone Tantive IV opening of ANH was for an IMAX Special Effects documentary (someone just posted the clip here a few days ago) in the early 90's.


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