Post #51833

Author: Samatar
Parent topic: MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Link to post in topic: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51833/action/topic#51833
Date created: 1-Jun-2004, 11:46 PM

The whole reason the scene was cut was because Lucas wasn't happy with the way Jabba looked (IE a man). If he had been able to use the same puppet that appeared in ROTJ, then the scene wouldn't have been cut in the first place. There is an interview where he recounts this, I think it is on one of the OT videos.

A very good decision to cut the scene I think. Can you imagine ROTJ where a man is used instead of the fat slug thing we all know and love? It just wouldn't be the same...