Postscript

I should note that Col. Shan’s method for removing Leia’s eyes was probably by dissolving them, melting them out of her head with the venom of an Acromantula (a giant beaked spider native to Bestine). Naturally this is another reference to Frank Herbert’s Dune series; in particular to the second book, Dune Messiah, where Paul is blinded by an atomic explosion.

Also, General Owen Lars’ wife would probably have a cameo somewhere in the film. This version of Beru Lars was probably meant to have dark hair and blue eyes, rather like Majel Barrett as Number One, first officer of the Enterprise in the first Star Trek pilot from 1964. Beru’s small appearance would have been modeled on the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it reference to Captain Ahab’s wife in Moby Dick.