Darth Lars said:

Several good reasons for removing the scene have already been mentioned above. Here are a few more:

This scene has become the first time that we see the Millenium Falcon. It ruins the "What a piece of junk" scene where the Falcon is revealed for the first time to Luke.

Oh, wow, I forgot to mention that. It totally ruins the reveal of the single most important space-faring vessel in the entire series. Rather than giving it an actual introduction, like a character, it's just... there. We're given no explanation as to what it is, what its importance is, or how Han feels about it. It's a central setpiece in that scene with absolutely nothing to do. Truly terrible and probably another reason why it was cut.