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These 3 characters however were eventually scrapped by the time Lucas wrote his 2nd draft in January 1975, which a farmboy named "Luke" with no surname makes his first appearance, 2 new characters also introduced were "The Skywalker" who was described as a protagonist and "The Starkiller" who was described as an antagonist. Lucas from then on, adapted the script on and on, eventually featuring Luke destroying the Death Star, Ben Kenobi and his fallen student Darth Vader. In this version, Luke's father was killed when Darth Vader stole a kyber crystal to become a sith lord. The 4th and final draft dated January 1st 1976, was similar to the theatrical release, but it featured Luke being called "Luke Starkiller" which remained during filming of the film. | These 3 characters however were eventually scrapped by the time Lucas wrote his 2nd draft in January 1975, which a farmboy named "Luke" with no surname makes his first appearance, 2 new characters also introduced were "The Skywalker" who was described as a protagonist and "The Starkiller" who was described as an antagonist. Lucas from then on, adapted the script on and on, eventually featuring Luke destroying the Death Star, Ben Kenobi and his fallen student Darth Vader. In this version, Luke's father was killed when Darth Vader stole a kyber crystal to become a sith lord. The 4th and final draft dated January 1st 1976, was similar to the theatrical release, but it featured Luke being called "Luke Starkiller" which remained during filming of the film. | ||
==The Scene== | ==The Scene== | ||
In the 2nd part of the movie, where Han Solo, Chewbacca and Luke along with Ben Kenobi, C-3PO and R2-D2 infiltrate the Death Star in order to save Princess Leia, there is a scene where Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, comes into Princess Leia's cell and says "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you." according to Hamill, the scene originally had Hamill as Luke Skywalker run into Leia's cell and say "I'm Luke Starkiller, I'm here to rescue you." however Lucas changed the surname to "Skywalker" on the spot, as he disapproved of the negative connotation of the surname "Starkilller" as Hamill was portraying a protagonist. | In the 2nd part of the movie, where Han Solo, Chewbacca and Luke along with Ben Kenobi, C-3PO and R2-D2 infiltrate the Death Star in order to save Princess Leia, there is a scene where Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, comes into Princess Leia's cell and says "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you." according to Hamill, the scene originally had Hamill as Luke Skywalker run into Leia's cell and say "I'm Luke Starkiller, I'm here to rescue you." however Lucas changed the surname to "Skywalker" on the spot, as he disapproved of the negative connotation of the surname "Starkilller" as Hamill was portraying a protagonist. <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37BXHsxLP4A</ref> | ||
==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
The clip has never been shown publicly, it most likely resides in Disney's tape vault along with other deleted scenes from the movie as Disney bought the entire Star Wars franchise along with LucasArts in 2012. | The clip has never been shown publicly, it most likely resides in Disney's tape vault along with other deleted scenes from the movie as Disney bought the entire Star Wars franchise along with LucasArts in 2012. | ||
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Revision as of 22:19, 9 July 2022
Mark Hamill confirming the scenes's existence on Twitter.
Status: Lost
Star Wars: A New Hope, is an iconic film, but the main character "Luke Skywalker" wasn't originally called Luke Skywalker, and this is mentioned in a now lost scene from the iconic movie.
Background
4 years before Star Wars: A New Hope released in 1977, George Lucas wrote a 2 page synopsis titled: "Journal of the Whills" which featured the training of a bendu-jedi space commander named "C.J. Thorpe" by another character named "Mace Windy". However, movie studio executives found Lucas's story too complex and confusing. Annoyed, Lucas wrote a 14 page story treatment titled "The Star Wars" scrapping, the C.J. Thorpe and Mace Windy characters, which also featured a character named General "Luke Skywalker" tasked with rescuing a rebel princess from an evil empire. In May 1974, George Lucas adapted the previous story treatment into a rough draft screenplay, it introduced a character called "Anakin Starkiller" who lived together with his father "Kane Starkiller", the Luke Skywalker character from the story treatment was also featured in this screenplay, he was also described as a friend of both Anakin and Kane Starkiller.
These 3 characters however were eventually scrapped by the time Lucas wrote his 2nd draft in January 1975, which a farmboy named "Luke" with no surname makes his first appearance, 2 new characters also introduced were "The Skywalker" who was described as a protagonist and "The Starkiller" who was described as an antagonist. Lucas from then on, adapted the script on and on, eventually featuring Luke destroying the Death Star, Ben Kenobi and his fallen student Darth Vader. In this version, Luke's father was killed when Darth Vader stole a kyber crystal to become a sith lord. The 4th and final draft dated January 1st 1976, was similar to the theatrical release, but it featured Luke being called "Luke Starkiller" which remained during filming of the film.
The Scene
In the 2nd part of the movie, where Han Solo, Chewbacca and Luke along with Ben Kenobi, C-3PO and R2-D2 infiltrate the Death Star in order to save Princess Leia, there is a scene where Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker, comes into Princess Leia's cell and says "I'm Luke Skywalker, I'm here to rescue you." according to Hamill, the scene originally had Hamill as Luke Skywalker run into Leia's cell and say "I'm Luke Starkiller, I'm here to rescue you." however Lucas changed the surname to "Skywalker" on the spot, as he disapproved of the negative connotation of the surname "Starkilller" as Hamill was portraying a protagonist. [1]
Availability
The clip has never been shown publicly, it most likely resides in Disney's tape vault along with other deleted scenes from the movie as Disney bought the entire Star Wars franchise along with LucasArts in 2012.