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Post #681191

Author
TM2YC
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The Star Wars: The Lost Workprint (* unfinished project - lots of info *)
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Date created
2-Jan-2014, 4:09 PM

A QUESTION FOR THE OT.COM HIVE MIND! ;-)

I was listening to one of the commentaries for ANH and it mentioned that the decision to have 'the Death Star be baring down on Yavin' while the X-Wing assault is taking place was a late post-production thought (To increase the drama).

This is supported by none of the cast mentioning it and the proximity of the DS only being refrenced in a few FX shots, cutaways and dubbed on radio chatter.

But I checked my January '76 4th draft script and that portion is as we see in the film, radio chatter and all. If it was a choice only made after principle photography had wrapped, is their an earlier script that reflects this? A shooting script? Plus was it intended to have a sequence of the X-Wings jumping in-and-out of hyperspace like in ROTJ?

Just something I was considering restoring to 'The Lost Cut'.