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What are some movies where the director's cut is actually WORSE than the theatrical cut? Recommendation (piefed.social)
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[–] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

and included that scene with Jabba but instead of it being Jabba it was some guy in a fur suit

The original theatrical release did not contain Jabba at all. A scene was shot with a human actor, but never used in the film.

We wouldn't get Jabba in the film until the 1997 Special Edition, which replaced him with CGI. In the documentary alongside that release we do see the original clip and Han stepping on Jabba's tail is due to Harrison Ford moving around the human actor in a way that doesn't work with a tail in the way.

We also later got an updated Jabba for the DVD release.

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-jabba-hutt-human-actor-change-reason/

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    This is making me question a lot of things… I would’ve sworn that it was in the original cut, I distinctly remember the DVD special features talking about that scene having been restored from the original cut. I’m gonna have to go back and find that.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I can't speak to the DVD special features, but the VHS intro has an interview with George (jump to 7:30).

    George definitely talks about it like it was always there. To be fair he shot the scene for the film and intended to include it. So George views it as a scene intended for the original cut, but it wasn't.

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