Happy Star Wars Day!
May 25th, 1977.
Let's start with a classic.
We waited a long time to see this. It was in the novel. It was in the comics. It was in the storybook. It was in the radio show. Luke talks about it in later scenes in the movie. Remember - just because it's deleted doesn't mean it's good. (And one day, Biggs will get beat up at the beginning of Burton's Batman. Where William Hootkins plays a crooked cop.)
I'd been saving this one for a while (then Scott goes and mails it to me). There were a couple more of them. Spacey did Jack Lemon as Chewbacca. Can't find it. Two more useless facts: Christopher Walken actually was up for Han Solo. And Kevin Spacey once swore at me (personally) while doing his Walter Matthau impression.
Well, I'm glad the new DVDs are photoshopped. 'Cause this guys stuff is clearly no good.
Ahh yes, 29 years ago. A time before Jar Jar. A time before Ewoks. A time when George Lucas wasn't so publicly crazy.
A long time ago in a galaxy far,
far away....
8 comments:
Ahh yes, 19 years ago
19?
Shouldn't that be 29?
Or is that referring to some other date?
Um... Yeah. Right. (Math.)
He just wishes it was only 19 years ago, because for the record, he is the oldest. :)
Bummer. That was up for a couple of weeks. The increased traffic from this site must have called attention to it.
It WAS the scenes on Tatooine between Luke, Biggs, Fixer and the gang.
Scott - suuuuuure I'm the oldest. Ask anyone.
Try this one...
http://www.starwarscutscenes.com/episode4/Biggs.html
Biggs had one of the coolest costumes in all of Star Wars. For that matter, so did Lando. Hmmm.
I think I may have the other SNL Star Wars auditions - it also featured a Babs trying out for Leia.
Oh yeah, and Burt Reynolds trying for Darth Vader...
here's a transcript and a couple pics:
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/96/96jstarwars2.phtml
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