Rare Original Trilogy Behind The Scenes Footage Revealed

By: Benjamin Hart

In addition to the recent reveal of the Episode IV blooper reel, there's been a sudden surge of behind the scenes material from the original trilogy. Thanks to our friends at Retro Star Wars we discovered a wealth of rare, if not never before seen, interviews and alternate takes from Episode IV, V and VI on YouTube.

First we have two fantastic interviews with Sir Alec Guinness and Carrie Fisher:

Next we have an alternate take of the "You came in that thing?" scene in A New Hope:

Continuing, here's an alternate take of the med bay scene in The Empire Strikes Back. Notice the difference version of Leia/Carrie's classic line: "Why you stuck up, lamebrained, scruffy looking, nerf herder!"

And finally we have four videos from Return Of The Jedi:

Firstly is a deleted scene from Rancor pit sequence in Jabba's palace:



Next is this alternate point of view on the Sarlaac Pit scene:



Thirdly is this alternate/extended version of Rebel hanger scene:



And lastly we this behind the scenes footage from the Luke VS Vader duel:



Also be sure to check out this Facebook page where a lucky fan got his hands on a rare Return Of The Jedi laser disc and has been sharing clips from it on the page, which includes an alternate take of Yoda's death scene.