Some interesting answers there Lorne, which helps to make sense of things better. Welcome aboard!
Although I've come across these 'behind-the-scenes' shots of 'Walrus' guy and 'Freaky nose' before, I've only just realised that there are actually 2 blasters shown in them! Can't believe I never picked up on that properly before.
To be honest, I'm glad that the production went with the 'Wolfman' hand for my initial viewing of the movie, as the 'flipper' may have come over as looking a little ridiculous to me when it came to 'holding' the blaster that lay beside it. The initial 'push' on Luke by the 'Walrus' guy goes by pretty quickly, and no-one would have really picked up on the fact that it was a different hand at the time. Only in subsequent re-watches would anyone notice. And although the actual footage used doesn't seem to show a clear shot of 'Walrus' guy holding a blaster before Obi-wan swipes, I'm pleased to see that it seems like he *did*, after all!
I could never understand why the 'wrong person's arm was used when I rewatched the movie over the years, but at least these photos help make sense of it better now, considering they *both* were about to use a blaster, it seems!
However, I'll always prefer adywan's 'Revisited' version now, since that's the only arm we actually see raising a blaster in the movie.
Nice to see that alternate 'cantina bar' footage again, doubleofive - I always wished that the neat wide shot of the interior at the beginning of the clip where Obi-wan enters, had been used, as well as the shot of the 'giant fly-headed'(!) alien, and when the Sandtroopers actually enter the premises. I always liked those ones.