Luke's adventures in the Rancor Pit were originally supposed to be a little longer.

There are three scenes dealing with Luke at the beginning of RETURN OF THE JEDI that are somewhat related to each other but I feel deserve to be in separate sections due to the size of the posts. This is one of the three.

There are three scenes dealing with Luke at the beginning of RETURN OF THE JEDI that are somewhat related to each other but I feel deserve to be in separate sections due to the size of the posts. This is one of the three.

Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, Lando and those droids couldn't do it all alone, people.

Jabba's barge was akin to a big pirate ship with the only thing missing being a rousing chorus of, "Yo, Ho, Ho, and a Bottle of Rum!"

In the scene from RETURN OF THE JEDI on Dagobah where Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi's ghost teaches Luke the concept of seeing things from a "certain point of view," there was originally more dialogue revealing a little more about Anakin/Vader.

Father and son duke it out to bring balance to the Force.

Before there were Special Editions of the STAR WARS films, the Max Rebo band was merely a power trio consisting of the blue Max Rebo, pig-faced Droopy McCool and sexy Sy Snootles on vocals.

There's a scene in the Return of the Jedi novelization where Han, Leia, Chewie and the rebel commandos encounter some stormtroopers on their way from the bunker's back door to the control room. They have to zig-zag through some corridors to get where they need to go and, of course, they're all guarded.

Deep within the bowels of Jabba's Palace is where you'll find EV-9D9, one of Jabba's faithful worker droids. EV-9D9 checks out all the new acquisitions and puts new droids to work where needed. Here are some alternate shots of EV-9D9 that didn't appear in the finished film.