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T.E.Lawrence
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Info: Return of the Ewok - is the original 16mm really lost?
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11-Jun-2010, 5:29 PM

Ok I have done some more checking.

It seems it is second take after all so the story now gets ever more complicated.

Here is the easter egg take:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR-ne3lCfSU

Here is the Hyperspace take (go at 03:08 minute of the clip):

http://www.starwars.com/video/view/000076.html

Now this brings more questions. Does it mean that someone transfered rought cut to VHS for Davis. But then again if there are more takes involved it could again mean that source reels are preserved - maybe they can't locate the rough cut.

Anyway good points that Zombie was mentioned about Lucasfilm archives can be also seen in video named:

Anatomy of a Dewback - episode two

Video gives a story how the artists started to locate old elements for the SE from Lucasfilm archives. Of course it is known that Lucas keeps everything - even the elements for special effects.

Inside the video there are shoots of the archive with reels in boxes and how they started to check everything during the preparation for SE. After watching this I am having impression that the archive is not very well cataloged (at least prior to 1997).

This video can be found in the DVD-ROM section of the DELETED MAGIC - REVISED VERSION (mov format).