Connecting Rogue One to A New Hope With Star Wars' Deleted Scenes (Seamless Transition) 

let’s talk about why i chose to place the sequences out of order, as so many of you continue to bring this up: as an editor, i use whatever footage works to tell the story in the best way. it is an unsacred, binary process - it either works, or it doesn’t. now, most footage doesn’t carry this much baggage, but every inch of STAR WARS’ celluloid seems to be religiously protected and defined by the fanbase. many of you know exactly where this footage was intended to go in the film’s timeline, and so do i. this is not usually the case when you’re putting together a piece of media. if you’d never seen this footage before, you wouldn’t know where it was supposed to go. so, i chose to ignore the “intended” order, and told a new little story. it would make no sense for me to hop back and forth between the stories when my intention is to create a short film of sorts that bridges the gap between two films - so i made this sequence have a new meaning by giving luke an introductory “false alarm” moment. here’s this guy, always looking up at the sky, hoping to catch a conflict, and his friends are like “not again.” the boy who cries wolf. it implies he’s ALWAYS doing this. and then he does it again, but this time, it means something. now i have the perfect opportunity to move cleanly into A NEW HOPE without breaking into the film’s later structure. it’s short, sweet, and complete. tell me i’m “wrong” all you want 😂

This deleted scene actually gives Luke a more realistic motivation to help out the rebellion, other than saving a princess

It sucks that casually wearing a cape like Biggs hasn't become a societal norm...

The dialog in this scene is actually decent, and while Luke’s dialog is still iffy, it’s clear portraying Luke as someone in the intermediate stage of childhood and adulthood

That deleted scene is full of prequel-era technobabble and politics. I LOVE IT 😁

"The Empire's already started to nationalize commerce" Oh God this fits in so well with the Prequels

These deleted scenes add so much value to Luke's character and make him so much more sympathetic.

Now it makes sense why he was so happy to see Biggs again later in the movie. Thanks!

I appreciate how the Obi-Wan series kinda unintentionally added context to “Your uncle could hold off a whole colony of sand people with one blaster,” him and Beru took on a friggin Inquisitor

The father chasing and finally catching his daughter, while his son watches them from the ground. All happening above and on the planet that his mother/their grandmother died with all of them completely unaware. What a wonderful space opera this is.

I see why they didn’t use the deleted scene. It feels like a entire different movie. From the script to the camera angles.

I love how cinematography back then was so stage like, always keeping the actors in profile and not cutting back and forth. Just letting the audience choose who to watch.

4:12 Never thought I would see what it looks like seeing an imperial starcruiser come out of hyper-drive from the surface of a planet, looks pretty cool

I always loved that scene with Luke and Biggs it gives them so much more backstory and a connection and the loss of Biggs hurts more

“Listen how quiet I am, you can barely hear me” That line and line delivery is both so good and so funny to me for some reason

I’ve watched this so many times almost purely for how mark hamill delivers the “listen to how quiet I am” line. It’s so well delivered, the jump from surprise to suddenly having to control your emotions is so well done.

If that deleted scene proves anything, it's that the politics of Star Wars can actually be super interesting if portrayed well. The way everything is described here is super great and compelling. The way the war is being described is super ominous. While I get why that deleted scene was cut, I really love it. It gives more context to Luke and his place in Star Wars before he got involved. That, and again, it also makes the politics of Star Wars super interesting, which doesn't happen a lot. It's also neat how much we find out about Biggs from just one scene. He's honestly a super good character in this context despite only having 2-3 scenes overall.

This scene is so cool, I never knew it existed, I get why they scraped it at the time, but it's so cool to see as a star wars fan 😃

Actually the acting between Biggs and Luke is quite good, the narrative makes sense and with time it's bloody good. Thanks for doing this. I'm 60 and still a fan but not obsessed like I was in 77 😁

So, here's the real reason why these scenes were deleted: George Lucas wanted to start the movie with C-3PO and R2-D2 from the beginning. He talked about how he wanted them to be the POV characters that the audience sees the movie through. Problem was, the producers disagreed, and thought this wouldn't work, and so Lucas filmed these scenes to introduce Luke before we officially meet him at the sandcrawler. But when it came to editing the movie, pretty much everyone agreed this didn't quite work either, considering it has to intercut with the action scene going on in space, and therefore, it feels like you're watching two different movies begin (at least I assume that's the reason it didn't work). So, Lucas' original wish to begin the movie with droids eventually came true

Hamil's acting in New Hope is underrated. He handles the dialog well

This needs to be included in a special edition cut of the movie. This gives a WHOLE deeper meaning when Luke goes from saying “you kiddin? What would the empire want with this rock?” To seeing the smoked carcasses of his aunt and uncle, by the hands of the empire.

It’s funny that the deleted scene has the best-written dialogue in the whole movie.

"Your uncle could hold off a whole colony of sand people with one blaster" really hits different after Kenobi's finale

I love that the Kenobi series showed that Owen and Beru were actually total badasses, since this scene was cut. The final cut of ANH makes them seem like an innocent old couple getting slaughtered.. now I like to think they took a good few Stormtroopers with them.

I can't listen to people who say Mark Hamill wasn't great in these movies - doesn't make sense to me. Mark was sublime, his delivery and timing was seamless, really felt like his experience was genuine. He worked opposite a puppet and brought emotional conviction for God's sake. These originals wouldn't have worked without him.

I understand why this scene of Tosche Station was cut out, because it's really not necessary for the rest of the film, but I just love how much world building and lore is stuffed into a casual conversation between two friends. Nice video

It's interesting how Biggs' line "your uncle can hold off an entire colony of sand people with one blaster" supports the characterization we see of Owen in the Obi-Wan series. Something else, I think this is the one of the only lines that separates "the Academy" from Imperial service.

I was 14 and saw Star Wars on opening day. It was a wide-screen (70mm panavision) theater. The opening of the cruiser being chased by the Star Destroyer was epic and blew you out of your seat. Never forget it.

This was very likely cut because it takes place immediately before the opening space battle. They had to "wow" people and starting off with 5+ minutes of dialogue would have been a disaster.

I always liked this scene and wondered why it got cut. It would've made the character of Luke more realistic and relatable in a way

I love Biggs and Luke's conversation it gives so much context and adds to the world building. Also it's nice to see their friendship.

“Your Uncle could hold off a whole colony of sand people with 1 blaster” sounds a lot more legit after the Kenobi finale ngl

that last wipe from luke on his binoculars to the ANH opening shot took me by surprise. you kept the energy going and it blended so wonderfully. great job on that

That scene between Luke and Biggs was some of Mark's best acting in all of the first trilogy

Biggs’ speech to Luke about how the Empire will eventually come is exactly like some of the ideologies seen in Andor

This is a great scene! I think it was probably a good choice to cut for the original theatrical release because the film is quite long if you look at it through 1977 lenses. But as superfans now, it's amazing to have it! I love that Luke is actually a little bit more motivated deeper causes. Before, it was the cliched motivation of "Save the princess" and "get off this rock". In the original cut, he makes only cursory mentions of the empire, but certainly no understanding of what is happening and WHY there is a rebellion. To see him actually understanding and more concerned about the empire and their activities gives him a much greater depth. Thank you very much for this upload!

I get why the scenes of Luke on Tatooine were cut and I agee with the decision, but they would have been great for worldbuilding: in a short time and just a few sentences, we get to learn about what the citizens of Tatooine think of themselves, their home, the empire and the rebellion. Their talk about the academy, being drafted and what the empire aspires to do and has been doing so far (nationalization of commerce, the possibility of farmers like Owen losing their land, etc.). It really paints a clearer picture of the galactic conflict and everybody's interests. The empire becomes even more of an evil, totalitarian regime and the rebellion that much more heroic and good. Does anybody else feel the same way? Not that the finished film did a bad jobe or anything, I just appreciate the added worldbuilding these scenes would have provided.

just so it’s clear for everybody - i know the scenes are out of order, haha. i made the choice to swap them because it made luke look like he always had his eyes on the sky - you can even hear somebody say “not again!” at tosche station. plus it has such good narrative flow in this order. keeps it nice and tight. but yes. i’m aware of my sin and i refuse to atone 🤣🤣🤣

Back In 1977 I always knew this scene existed with Luke meeting his friend Biggs at Toshi station and also Luke looking up into the sky with his high powered binoculars and witnessing the small rebel ship being fired upon by the large Imperial destroyer How did I know this ? its because I had the Star Wars Storybook and I still have it to this day, the front cover shows R2-D2 and C3PO on it after all these years its so great to be able to see the actual film footage of this event that is in my Star Wars Storybook A big thankyou to you Alex for posting this YT Video I have waited 45 years for this moment

This scene should have been restored and placed at the end of Rogue One.. That would have been the best “cliffhanger” into A New Hope! It really does tie it all together in an ageless way.

I know this scene would have severely dragged down the energy in the original film, but dang! - So cool to see this. You can really feel luke dreaming. Mark Hamil just killed it. He just friggin killed it. Legend.

There was so much more to Biggs that we never saw in the film. If you haven't read the Darkhorse Comics: Darklighter, I highly recommend it.

2:50 : this line sure makes more sense after the Kenobi finale !

"Your uncle could hold off a whole colony of sand people with one blaster." Obi-Wan Kenobi confirms this.

Apparently, Uncle Owen was supposed to be quite the badass, being able to "hold off a whole colony of sand people with one blaster". Makes me wonder how many Storm Troopers he took with him. I hope we get to see that badassery in the coming Kenobi series!

And so history is complete. As a Star wars fan since 1977 this not only gives me chills but makes me so happy. I wish they would do a short directors cut on dvd or blue ray as a collectors disc.

Great editing! There is an unintended consequence of your work: all of the characters in just these few minutes convey the sense of an epic story. I’m pretty certain the Biggs scene would have been cut up more with extras, mattes, scenics, etc. This was good work and thanks for the kindness.

First time seeing those deleted scenes and I gotta admit it they really add a lot. Great transition

Would you imagine if someone made seamless transitions for every movie, turning Star Wars into this 12+ hour long masterpiece.

If there was a super cut combining ANH and Rogue One like this, it would be amazing

Love this mix but I still think it was a stroke of genius starting the film with that score and then BAM! straight into the ship chase scene. It was that moment when you knew you were in for something a little different :) Still gives me goose bumps whenever I see it

omg we made it to one million. i'm totally floored and super grateful. so, uh... what else do you folks want to see? i didn't really plan on becoming a Star Wars Edit Person, and now i have all these subscribers to entertain, haha. and i still chose to put the clips in a different order, so you're informing me of absolutely nothing when you tell me that, lmao

"I'm quiet! I'm quiet, listen to how quiet I am, you can barely hear me." I love this scene. I wish they'd found a way to keep it in the original cut. This is nicely cut, I sense the editor within you.

you can argue this guy's career was negatively impacted by his scenes being reduced and cut. you can also argue that increasing his screentime would have hurt the movie and hold it from rising to what it did

“You’re uncle could take on all those sand people with one blaster!” This hits so much harder after seeing him and beru take on reva in the Kenobi Series

1:29 beautiful girl giving him the nasty look and treating him like a nerd.........doesn't know that in a few short years he's about to become the biggest chad of the entire galaxy from hero of the rebellion to master force user and lightsaber combat expert.

This is the place that Boba Fett steals the speeders of the Nycto Riders from in BoBF and beats them up. They even brought back those same actors that play Luke's friends for it

And the Rebels connection is pretty damn good too. "Met some friends" me just thinking Phoenix Squadron.

These deleted scenes would make a new hope such a beyond fantastic movie

Thank you. This edit make a jaded old fan feel a twinge of the old joy.

The existence of this scene has been known to long time fans of Star Wars for decades, and it's interesting how it establishes the world the characters exist in for the story. But it has always struck me how the "Academy" Luke and Biggs talks about is not a military one, but apparently some sort of merchant marine type of organization, especially given the way Biggs is dressed and the way he talks about not wanting to wait until the Empire drafts him into service. But the talk of how the Empire is nationalizing everything makes it clear that everything, from farms on Tatooine to the academy won't stay independent for very much longer, which ties in nicely to the later scene on the Death Star with Tarkin telling everyone there that the Senate has been dissolved permanently.

"Look how quiet I am! You can barely hear me!" I've got a sneaking suspicion Mark ad-libbed that line. That's a Mark Hammil moment there.

3:30 did he just pat Luke's bum? Atta boy

That line about looks uncles being able to hold off a bunch of sand people with one blaster hits different after kenobi

3:55 Loved the quiet but subtle change between the two themes with the lighter tone of Binary Sunset first as Luke looks up with his binos then the looming theme of the Empire as the Devastator exits out of hyperspace just behind the Tantive IV, made me feel like I was legit watching an official extended cut of the film like LotR

0:53 Mark Hamill's joker laugh 😂

Wow I never seen that footage before. Seeing that opening scene from the ground was incredible!

Nice going! That scene between Luke and Biggs works so much better with the music you put in. Great video. Thank You!

I always wished George would have added these scenes back in when he made the Special Edition edits. They are in the book, so readers are familiar with them. The scenes establish the strong connection between Luke and Biggs, giving a bigger impact to Bigg’s death. They also set up the Imperial hold across the Galaxy as well as the existence of the rebel alliance.

First, and most important: I have NEVER seen those deleted segments before, and it was really cool seeing them now, so THANKS! Second: Really spectacularly well edited, both picture and music. Third, and last: No matter how awesome, there's no denying the absolute gut punch impact of the original opening of Star Wars (IV), so while this is a really cool experiment, and the scene itself is interesting and well acted, it just doesn't fit anywhere.

there so much great stuff about this scene, i think one really good shot is seeing the corvette and star destroyer from ground level, it really puts into perspective what an average person would see if you weren’t involved with the conflict

Back in 1977 I think it was , someone bought me a book that had still images (photo printed) , from the scenes of Luke talking to Biggs. I was only about 9 years old , but I kept wondering why I had not seen those scenes in the movie. Amazing to finally find out that they were deleted scenes.

That wipe transition is absolutely perfect. Classic Star Wars

This looks better than when people edit them together without the deleted scene. Ive seen the footage before but having the rogue one scene right before it gave more energy.

The idea of showing space battle from the perspective of people on the ground is so underutilized. It looks so cool, and makes it so much more realistic.

First time seeing both this edit AND archival footage. Absolutely well done! It really gives Luke a more in depth introduction, and seeing the attack from the ground was a really interesting angle!

Wow ! This delelted scene is very interresting ! The part when Luke looks up with his binocular seeing the vessels far in the sky is beautiful and add so much realism ! It gives credit to the atmosphere of a developped galactical civilization. On another hand, I understand why it was deleted. Way too long and it doesn't fit with Luke's vision of the empire in the story, despite his naivety. It would have been interresting to see a Luke neutral then turning against the empire but it could have been a risk of inconsistency in such a character meant to embody the innocence of the good against the evil at the beginning of this trilogy.

That one shot of seeing the Tantive IV glinting in orbit, followed shortly by the Devastator jumping in is possibly one of my favorite scenes in all of Star Wars.

I watched this video like 2 weeks ago and it has lived rent free in my brain ever since!! the world building in the deleted scenes is fascinating & it’s so cool seeing how it can all tie together so well 🤩

I think it flows really well and I didn't even notice the new scenes you added on first watch. Well done! It took me a second to catch on to the "boy called wolf" narrative but I think it's because I've already seen the footage. Also, keep in mind that the theatrical release of the lightsaber scene in Obi-Wan's home was also presented dramatically out of order for better pacing and a more sympathetic narrative. It's not unheard of in any given film, and VERY common in ANH.

new comment pin to celebrate A HALF MILLION VIEWS WHOA first off, thank you all for being so welcoming of this little edit of mine. i’m so glad you all like it and are supporting it so warmly. i’d like to think that this sort of reminds us all of what this little movie was before it became what we know today. this cut makes me feel like STAR WARS is special again. here are some quick things about the video: i had a pinned comment that explained why i deliberately chose to flip the order of the clips, but it still seems to bother folks. so, think if it this way - if you were making a little sci-fi movie in the 70s, and you decided to recontextualize a clip by flipping its intended order, nobody would know. we only know because we’ve become so attached to the lore. so, let this one go, and just enjoy the new narrative. to me, it makes luke look like he’s always got his eyes on the sky, and folks are a bit sick of his constant dreaming and thirst for adventure. it doesn’t matter if he really saw a battle or not - in my head, for this particular cut, he didn’t. in my head, biggs is right - it’s just a tanker refueling or something like that. this leads me to my next point - the falcon shot. i made that one in blender and after effects, and i figured it just made a cool transition shot. i have no idea if han or chewie are canonically arriving at that point or not, and i don’t care 😂 the skyward shot of the destroyer chasing the blockade runner was something i whipped up in after effects. i’m really proud of the weight that shot has. i chose not to do a “binocular” shot because i didn’t want to give away the big reveal of the opening shot. OH. and i almost started with the vader hallway sequence. almost. but you can’t start with the coolest dang thing in the one movie and expect folks to stick around to see what i did with everything else in a seven or eight minute video, so… you all know what's in these movies already, haha. also, i’m not a film restoration specialist, i’m a professional editor - these are two different jobs and i don’t know what tools to use for restoration. instead of telling me that i should have restored the clips, please direct me to some resources so that i can learn how. finally, now that i have A WHOLE TRUCKLOAD OF FOLLOWERS NOW, wow, uh… what should i make next? doesn’t have to be star wars.

This scene adds so much needed dialogue establishing Luke’s relationship with Biggs.

Awesome to discover this scene ! Thank you for your job!

about a minute in when Luke says "But there was a lot of firing earlier!" Makes sense if its the Destruction of Scarif. You really did make a seamless transition, Bravo!

God, the shot of the Star Destroyer chasing the Tantive IV will always be the most awesome scene ever in any sci-fi movie.

I read this passage in this book I had when I was 12 this footage never made the cut of the film but it made the cut in the book. They had a similar book on Han Solo by the same author.

This is so well done, it's been a while since I've been this happy over Star Wars, thank you.

Oh man! I've seen a lot of edits like this but yours is the best I've seen so far.

Woah the transitions are amazing, wish Lucasfilm can figure out a way to compile all good deleted scenes and turn it into some anthology series. They would'nt break a sweat and they'll make profit. Giving fans and the company a win win.

I didn't realize you'd changed the order, but I HAVE seen more or less these scenes on RU-vid before somewhere. They're pretty good. When SW came out on VHS I never knew why I remembered Biggs when none of this was there. Of course it was because some of this was in the Marvel comics adaptation and maybe the novelization. Cool to use it here to connect the two stories a little more tightly. Nice work.

so no one's gonna talk about the fact how the scene that is now the opening scene in new hope finally seems like it fits the movie? it doesnt have the random beginning anymore, it actually feels, right or something. I hate how they deleted this scene

There’s something SO much more sinister, mysterious and cool about seeing the Star Destroyer just *pop* into existence from hyperspace from the POV of someone on the ground. Ships are always filmed so close in star wars media; I feel like directors (or producers) never have the gall to back things up a bit and not show their fancy ships in super-detail, but it hits so much harder like this

This is superb. Still irks me to this day that they never restored those old deleted scenes in any re-release. They could've really outdone themselves and done *this* in the actual film. Would've made an already perfect film even better!

The deleted anh scene was sooo diffierent than the movie. The dialogue and everything, doesnt feel like Star Wars at all, but I like it

I LOVE this edit! You used that deleted scene perfectly. I still think that scene needs to be in the film, it really adds depth to Luke and Biggs and also adds a sense of realism to hear them talking about the Empire that way. ❤

I really enjoy having this extra background information about Luke on Tatooine. integrated back into the story with the other scenes is a good way to telling us this now familiar epic and makes it feel a bit more "human". will there ever be fan -made Star Wars super-cut that covers the whole nine films with as much extra detail thrown is as possible.?

This should absolutely have been kept in one of the special edition as the definitive cut, these scenes are glorious

It is well that it was cut, the scene's dialogue, the way the actors play in it, it all sounds too much like a 70s sci-fi movie, which Star Wars was meant not to look like.

Thanks for adding in the background music when Wedge is talking to Luke, that really adds to it