Sluggo

The First Rough Cut (7/1976)

As the film was being completed in '76, George Lucas and Gary Kurtz hired John Jympson to edit the film. Jympson assembled a rough cut of the film from all the footage available. Called "The Star Wars", this footage was a 35mm black and white print made from the original color negatives. This print was assembled together to follow the shooting script (the revised 4th draft) to show how the film was progressing.

The original rough cut took up 13 reels of film and contained 30 to 40 percent different footage from the Academy Award winning final edit. It contained different angles of shots, additional scenes, and longer sequences. The rough cut didn't have any of the footage of the rebels aboard the blockade runner, as this footage was still being filmed. Special effects were not part of the film either, so the laserblasts weren't there and the lightsabers didn't glow. The exterior space shots were also absent as ILM was just beginning to produce their models and filming techniques. This rough cut was also a silent film. This version was recently explored by Dr. David West Reynolds for the Star Wars Insider (issue #41). Most of the information and many of the pictures used on this site come from there.


I think I would like to know what he thought of the scenes that were later replaced by pick-up shooting. What did the film look like before: 1/12/77 With additional funding secured from FOX, a week of additional photography and re-shoot footage begins at Death Valley, California. First off is new landspeeder footage (without Mark Hamill on the first few days, who is recovering from car crash injuries. Though he is released from hospital a few days later, the scenes he later shoots at Death Valley are unusable due to his facial injuries being so prominent). Also filmed are sequences with a Bantha, played by Mardji the Elephant, and filmed in Desolation Canyon.

The area named Dante’s View was used for the reshoot view of Mos Eisley spaceport, whilst the scene of Artoo wandering through the rocky hills of the Dune Sea area (and the previous moment where he and Threepio go their separate ways) were filmed at Stovepipe Wells Village, whilst his newly shot capture by the Jawas was taken at Artoo’s Arroyo

Originally posted by: xhonzi
Actually, as time goes on... I find I forget how mad I should be about the whole mess. Then I remember and return to originaltrilogy.com and complain.

xhonzi

Originally posted by: see you auntie
The various and changing timelines and ages are examined (quite well and thoroughly) in the "secret history of star wars" which can be found on these forums if you do a search I guess. Forgive me I can't remember who the author is but he is a member here.

Originally posted by: Arnie.d

I see what you mean now Boomstick. Dark Jedi, are you from the future? Since it's only november 2 were I live and you have already posted on Sunday november 4th

Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones


That's better than I could have ever expected.

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
....

Anybody else catch the Vols/South Carolina game?

That was....

I don't even know HOW to describe it. Tennessee dodged a bullet.. No, not a bullet, a hail of gun fire.

They were up 21-0 at half time. They didn't score AT ALL in the second half, while South Carolina dominated, and scored 3 times. So it was 21-21. South Carolina scored a field goal and almost another touch down until it was intercepted.

Tennessee made a mediocre drive in which their biggest gain was due to a forward fumble that a BACK UP line man recovered. They get into touchdown range, fumble AGAIN and recover. The quarterback has to spike the ball. Nine seconds on the clock; they kick a field goal and MISS.

But there's a penalty on the play. Five yards back, repeat the down.

The second attempt, the guy hits the field goal. 24-24. The game goes into overtime. As pitiful as Tennessee as the Vols have been doing, overtime has disaster written all over it. They lose the toss and have to do Offense first. They don't make it to the endzone and have to kick a field goal, and it's good.

South Carolina gets the ball. All the need is a touchdown to win, but they don't get it, the attempt sails over their guys head. They have to kick a field goal, and their kicker is incredible.

The kicker then misses what should have been an easy kick.

So it was like snatching defeat from the jaws of victory and having victory get mad and take it back.

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: skyjedi2005

i've never understood why lucasfilm just does not release the scripts and prototype scripts and film treatments to the public in terms of "editions" in book form.