I figured since I couldn't find the entire original Jabba Cut on RU-vid, I would upload it myself. Please like, comment and subscribe. All footage belongs to 20th Century Fox, Lucasfilm, and Disney
@@romusa10 Unless the documentaries about animals and plants, I don't really believe them. Criminals, military persons, cops, etc. have reasons enough to stay silent about their "work" and deliver false informations.
No he called him a wonderful human being because it was an insult. They were always going to change the human out for an alien, so if they had left it in, you would’ve still never seen the human actor.
He seemed like a businessman that was explaining in a friendly tone why Han had a bounty on his head. Han dropped consignment to escape a situation, and that's a big fucking mistake as far as Jabba is concerned. They made a deal, which good businessmen are always willing to do. But the wrong move and hans head is on a pike all with Jabba in the same cheery tone.
@@isaiahdaniels5643 I watched Cocaine Cowboys recently, a documentary about drug runners. A smuggler was talking about this situation where he had to drop a load because of cops and had the dealer for Medellin cartel showed up at his house with guns. The guy talked himself out of it just like Han.
The best Jabba in my opinion, even if it was not intended to last. His delivery shows a cocky but at the same time ruthless businessman, who is only interested in getting his money back and will use his power against Han Solo should he not get it in time.
He probably didn't know it was going to be cut. It's reasonable to assume that back in '75-'76, Lucas hadn't settled on the "Jabba as massive slug" idea.
@@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel Plus we know Lucas lied to a few actors like David Prowse (Vader), by telling them they were the ones playing the role for the entire time. Prowse said he never knew he'd been replaced till he saw the premier in theaters, but Lucas said that they always planned to dub over him. Good chance Lucas told this actor he was going to be in the film too
Declan Mulholland. Aside from the fact that it’s unlikely Lucas envisioned replacing him with a special effect when he directed this scene (the way he and Harrison interact is unrestrained and gave ILM a headache in the 90s. In the 70s that effect would have been impossible), he probably wouldn’t have even told Mulholland the plan.
I mean, the fact that he acts so agreeable makes him more menacing in my opinion. As in, you come yo trust the guy, you make some errands for him, but you fuck up slightly, and then he shows how deranged he can be.
At this point in production he wasn't meant to be a crime lord, just an egotistical street gangster. The 'powerful crime lord' element was added during jedi.
@@poocheese55 he was always going to be the slug, never human, so it IS Solos humor. the actor was a stand in and to be replaced, scene was scrapped for that very reason because the budget couldnt cut it.
@@autonami4639 I call bull. That’s not the kind of costume you put an actor in if you’re intending to paint them out. Plus they never accounted for the tail, necessitating the awkward, edit of having Han walk on Jaba. George Lucas may have come up with the idea of Jaba being a slug creature sometime during post production, but it definitely wasn’t in his mind when the scene was shot.
'Yeah I was in star wars. Lucas said I was the closest thing aesthetically to the imagined jabba character.' Imagine his face when he saw return of the jedi
I wonder what the opening half hour of Return of the Jedi would have been like if Lucas hadn't deleted this scene, and Jabba ended up being a human character.
He still wasn't to be quite "human." He was humanoid but artist conceptions depicted him with six arms, all fat and flabby. Much of the dialogue from this scene was transferred to the scene with Greedo, so it seems oddly redundant to restore it...
echoing what others have said here, Mulholland's Jabba strikes me as the kind of guy who would greet you with a smile and a hearty handshake, invite you into his home for a drink, talk over the jobs you've done for him lately, build towards the one that went south, and then kneecap you under the table to make a point
This Jabba needs his own action figure. If they can give us figures of the Ralph Macquarie concept art, they can give us an action figure of this Jabba.
@@Ranstone The only figures I've seen of this Jabba are fan made figures. No official figure from Hasbro has been made of this guy, as far as I'm aware.
@@elwoodjacobs4353 Hasbro should go out of their way to make this human Jabba figure instead of recycling the same clone trooper figures and giving them new paint jobs.
@thomsboys77 There wasn't a q&a at this small event. It was mainly for collectors to buy stuff and get their items signed by the guests. He would speak to anyone and everyone walking by, but I didn't hear him speak on this topic.
Yeah, when you think about it.. what difference really would it make? The same sort of character could be portrayed by a person. Sure, Jabba is gross and kinda memorable, but if they had the same effects available back then, he'd just be another Dexter Jettser.
I love at the end of the scene when han says "you're a wonderful human being" the actor who plays Jabba snaps his fingers as if to say , "Yup! Nailed it!"
Yes, he went from a dimension where Jabba is a wonderfull human being and parsecs are a measurement of time to a dimension where Jabba is a big slug and parsecs are a measurement of distance.
I just have to say jabba’s actor is killing it here. Even if it’s just a short scene this dude is acting his ass off and yeah the slug jabba might be more iconic but this guy had range from acting like a friend for old times sake to han to letting him know he means business if he screws up again.Definitely a seasoned actor and almost makes me wish we saw this version instead of the one we got.
This scene should be cut whatever form it's in. It dissipates the tension to have Han talk his way out of it. It adds to his character if the whole time he made the decision to turn around and help the rebellion, he was on the run from bounty hunters. Having Jabba be reasonable takes away the anxiety Han must be feeling, that the whole time he's away with the rebels Jabba's sending goons to look for him.
The only problem is that all versions of this scene are kind of redundant when Han basically said the exact same things to Greedo a minute before, still, nice to see irish human jabba
Me personally; I'm still glad this scene makes it into the movie with a CG Jabba, because it shows the kind of relationship Han has with him. Though, I do like how the scene was recycled with the Star Wars Radio Drama, with the guy in the coat NOT being Jabba, but instead playing one of his enforcers. And I like how the scene ends with the guy warning Han that Jabba is threatening to send Boba Fett after him - alluding to not only Boba's reputation, but also a personal history between the two.
There were bootleg copies of Star Wars during its VERY long run in New England. In Maine at a matinee in 1979 in August I watched it for my 6th time then and this scene was in it, along with Biggs and Luke at Tashi Station and I made mental note of it as well as the funny whistling nonchalant Chewbacca captured on the Death Star scene when the group was getting to the elevator to the Detention Center. Some 35mm copies of this still exist in basements and are traded. Years later, I was surprised no one else noticed it was missing when the VHS copy came out. Some prints were made with additional edits. They EXIST!
I’m not so sure this scene was intended to be matted. The actor is wearing a costume and George Lucas notoriously rewrites the history of the making of Star Wars at his leisure.
Jedi would have made more sense if a human Jabba kept Leia as a chained up slave in a gold bikini. Having the reptilian Jabba lust after a female human is like having a man with the hots for a female (but not male) iguana
+TomthatiscalledTom I disagree - In the Star Wars universe interspecies relationships might be quite normal - And even if they were something frowned upon it would just add to Jabba's seedy character.
+jorgemariozuleta He didn't do this. It's the work of a fan named Garrett Gilchrist for his "Deleted Magic" documentary. This was simply lifted from it.
...I saw this original footage in 1983 as part of a documentary released coinciding with the release of RETURN OF THE JEDI. At that time it had been cut from A NEW HOPE and wasn't re-included until the altered versions of the first three original films were released in the early 2000s. I was always struck at how good Declan Mulholland was. He was humorous but distinctly menacing at the same time. The version of Jabba who replaced him, based on the 1983 Jabba, never convinced me. He was so obviously an oversized muppet he couldn't convince in the same way Frank Oz's Yoda did. I felt George Lucas diminished the re-release by putting in the altered Jabba over Declan and also including Boba Fett, an obvious sop to overenthusiastic fans. Boba Fett would have too much professional pride to just do cheap enforcement work for Jabba. He'd act as a bodyguard like in JEDI yes, but not with a squad of 'twerps' as Han calls them...
Jabba was always supposed to be an alien slug. He was going to be a stop motion piece superimposed in post production but budget and time constraints didn't allow it to happen.
Boba Fett wasn't a character at this point. His first appearance was the holiday special after this movie. I like his addition. It at least gives him more screen time that he desperately needs.
Oh, that explains why the actor got replaced with Jabba the Hutt in the rereleased versions. I never knew Jabba was planned to be a human instead of a Hutt alien.
George Lucas intended to insert a stop motion creature over the actor but ultimately scrapped the scene due to time and money. As a result he reshot the Greedo scene with the dialogue reworked to including some of the bits from this scene, hence why both scenes have some of the same lines. Then in 1997 the scene was readded with a CGI Jabba which was further updated for the 2004 DVD. However aside from Greedo shooting first the Greedo scene was not altered to accommodate the reinsertion of this scene.
"George Lucas intended to insert a stop motion creature over the actor but ultimately scrapped the scene due to time and money." Nope, all evidence actually points out that the whole "we always meant to replace it with an alien" thing is just George Lucas bullshitting as usual. Otherwise, if this really was true, they would never have costumed an actor who's is supposed to be replaced completely by a visual effect anyway, cause this makes zero sense.
The special edition should've kept it in. Just erase all the times Han calls him Jabba and have him be a guy working for Jabba. That way it can be a mystery for anyone who hasn't seen ROTJ yet.
I've always wanted to see this scene with the human actor. I'm also glad George Lucas had the forethought to go ahead and film this back then so it could become part of the movie now.
It's kind of funny how in this version, Han just seems like a dick while Jabba is down right agreeable. Like he just wants his money and seems to respect Han.
So here's the thing I do not understand.I keep reading again and again that George Lukas shoot Declan Mulholland merely as a stand in for some kind of stop go motion / FX alien creature. But ether because this "puppet" didn't look good or he couldn't really afford it, this scene was cut.However if this really was true, why fully costume an actor who's is supposed to be replaced completely by a visual effect anyway? It makes no sense!Making such a costume for any actor, particularly one as vast as Mr Mulholland (no offence) can't be cheap, so why do it? Especially if the budget was as tight as we (too) keep reading.Plus, would Han really call Jabba a human being? - Well maybe he was being ironic.
+Dax A. Look at the guy that was playing as Darth Vader and spoke every line we has dubbed over. The guy really thought he was going to be the main villain of the film.
+Bryce A Except Jabba and Han make physical contact multiple times in the scene, which would have made editing a stop-motion creature in his place nearly impossible at the time.
+NobodyBasically Only because Jabba ended up being a slug. At the time, there was no design for him yet. Presumably, you'd make a creature who looked humanoid. Although every point where Han intersects with Jabba would've looked like ass - ie the original non-restored Rancor scene.
+Bryce A The problem is, they already had that contingency plan, with the Greedo scene, where they expose you the exact same information you get from this scene.
Hamill recently said in a Nerdist interview that Lucas was proud of how he made it look like Solo walks over Jabba's tail in the new cut, which shocked me because it looks like garbage. It's one of the worst cgi flubs ever made. It literally looks like a jittery cutout of Solo about to jitter off the screen into the sky lol
Sorry mr achievement if all you can do is sit in your basement shitting on others accomplishments and doing exactly what that’s meaningful in life lmao what a ridiculous freak you are what the fuck are you cretin?
Plus it doesn’t make sense with jabbas character, ruthless drug lord. Having cocky han walk all over him literally. Doesn’t seem like he’d have put up with it. Also with the effects being shitty
Stefan Urquelle Barring the terrible superimpose of Jabba over the human stand in, this scene just feels redundant because everything Jabba and Han discuss has already been mentioned by Greedo before Han shot him. So we don't learn anything new or earth shattering that can add to the stakes Han finds himself facing with Jabba and his henchmen. It's just a rehash.
@@emirlsanchos6302 which is why editors are so important. They help remove unnecessary scenes that do nothing to advance the story and kill momentum. You summed up the reason why this should never have even been considered to be left in the final cut of the film.
Supposedly this scene was included on the laserdisc version which ITV showed showed here one in the UK one Christmas, late 80s/early 90s (it was also annoying the amount of class mates at school that said I was lying about this scene as it wasn’t in their VHS versions)
I remember my dad telling me about Jabba originally being human. It would have been kinda interesting to see Jabba as human. But I prefer the special edition scene.
In the original 1975 script of Star Wars (called "The Star Wars") there is no reference to the race of Jabba the Hutt (the lines spoken here are mostly from the 1976 shooting script). All the sources of Lucas claiming to superimpose an animatronic creature in place of the actor are later than the original's release date and 1978 being the earliest such source (a few interviews, a short reference in The Empire Strikes Back script and some concept art). Storyboards have recently surfaced showing the superimposed reptilian Jabba on top of the actor, but the source is not verified. For all we know Lucas cooked up the idea he always wanted a reptilian Jabba after the fact he already intended a human actor to play the role, as shown here.
"they never intended jabba to be human. they planned from the beginning to animate an alien over the human actor" Nope, all evidence actually indicates that the whole "we always meant to replace it with an alien" thing is just George Lucas bullshitting as usual. Otherwise, if this really was true, they would never have costumed an actor who was supposed to be replaced completely by a visual effect, because this makes zero sense.
I actually kind of think Jabba should have been a human like this, or at least more bipedal if not a human, it just makes more sense for a crime lord. The alien slug puppet could've been kept, could have just been Jabba's exotic pet or something.
I knew I wasn’t crazy! I remember the first time I saw this movie, I rented a VHS from Roadrunner video. It was the original VHS release. Later, after watching the 1990’s VHS remaster, it’s a slug. And I was like... no way that was a slug the first time I watched this film. And now proof! Thank you for uploading.
