adywan said:
Ok direct from starwars.com:

There. the Jabba scenes were never finished and never in any version of the movie. So how could these people have seen it in this extended cut? one urban myth ended.

and about the Biggs footage:

http://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com/swcs/episode4/Biggs.html

accept it. this whole "extended cut" of star wars never existed. It is just an urban myth.

I know the official account that the Jabba scene wasn't in the final cut because Lucas couldn't get the creature for it, but I don't trust that account. See my first post on this page. I address reasons for questioning that account. It's not that I think the scene was in there, but when there's any reason to doubt the account and people are claiming to have seen it, questions are raised.

Re the Biggs footage, that article only addresses the Tatooine Biggs scene, not the Yavin one which the Star Wars Unauthorized Compendium says was in the film.

Also, the article claims the Biggs Tatooine scene was never shown in public, but on what are they basing that claim? Also, they say the sound mix wasn't finished and the scene was only in rough cuts, but again, we don't know where their info is from. I mean, they might be just giving us the offical line that's been passed around and I'm not in the habit of trusting Lucas and his associates. And I don't know, maybe somehow a rough cut could have gotten out?

I don't mean to be a pain in the ass about this, I'm just concerned with what happened and I don't see justification for dismissing these claims outright. The official accounts can be wrong and I don't trust Lucas and co.

Thanks for the info, anyway. :)