Gaffer Tape said:
It ended up on the cutting room floor for a reason, and it was not because of an unfinished special effect.
When all the revisionist lies are removed from the story, that's it in a nutshell. It was never intended to be in the film. It was an idea that was scrapped - as it should have been. Not knowing anything about the Jabba character - other than he was someone the untrustworthy pilot had to stay clear of - made for a much more interesting angle to the story. You know - the whole imagination thing.