You guys have to check this out:
Luke wasn’t the only one to get mugged. It all started when a lone Ice Creature discovered what he thought was a Snack-Warmer. It sure was hot inside the base, but the Taun Tauns were quite a delicacy:
He evidently went back to his buddies and let slip the news. Soon, other Ice Creatures began to drop in:
When the Imperial fleet jumped in, a whole party of Monsters were trapped. The Rebel leaders simply looked the other way when R2-D2 mercillessly taunted them:
These scenes were obviously cut from the film because they so clearly establish a moral equivalency between the Empire and the Rebellion. It’s sad, really….
Well… okay… maybe it had more to do with the fact that these scenes do absolutely nothing to propel Luke, Han, and Leia further into the action. Even worse, the ice monster sequence that did make it into the film was probably the worst special effect in the entire series. All you see is this big arm at first. (Woah!) Then when he’s coming to eat Luke in the cave, he looks like this stupid unmoving maniquin that’s just being rolled along the passageway. Barf.
No, but Luke, Han, and Leia are really what its about. But just sitting back and watching the films again, I have to say that the plot is really lacking something there. You know… the films really need an epic prelude that undermines the centrality of those three… and that establishes R2-D2 and Chewbacca as being the chief spys and the key movers and shakers of the entire Rebel movement.
No… no…. Nevermind. That’s a really dumb idea. Forget I mentioned it.