Gaffer Tape said:
Something I've always wondered about including that scene, though, would have been pacing. Where would it fit in the film? As much crap as I give the rescue plan in this movie, it does give the characters INTERESTING introductions into the film. Luke building his lightsaber, while being cool to see on its own, would probably ruin his introduction into that film.

I agree. The one great thing the OT did was give a great introduction in all 3 movies to each character, something Lucas totally failed on in the PT movies. Now as a SW fan that has seen the OT films thousands of times, seeing deleted scenes of this stuff years later would still be cool too.