Thank you everyone for all your comments, I never would have guessed this video would have gotten so much attention and views. I am planning to continue to make more fan trailers, edits and more on the channel.
Fantastic edit. Not only does it add a lot of tension, but the deleted scenes with Jerjerrod really humanised him, which is something that was lacking in the original trilogy. It seemed the only Imperials who ever acted with any sort of empathy like human beings all became traitors who defected to the Rebellion.
This was one thing I really appreciated about Rebels. Most of the time the stormtroopers were mindless drones but then they occassionally humanized them
It made sense to do this in the OT because since this was all new to the audience they could see good - rebels/ evil - empire. BUT since Star Wars has come such a long way, I would LOVE to see a movie/ show where the stormtroopers are humanized and the Imperials are shown as the good guys! (Just like clones in Clone Wars)
A lot of this appears in the novelization. Palpatine tells Jerjerrod that if the rebels destroy the shield generator, then he is to destroy the moon. Once the Executor hits the station and the Emperor dies, everybody panics and runs off, except for Jerjerrod. He remains behind to carry out his last order and "go down with the ship".
@@MarcillaSmith The explosion of the Forrest Moon of Endor will destroy the Rebel ground forces and fleet. It will also destroy the Imperial fleet which failed to protect its emperor. He viewed it all like a giant game of chess (I can't remember what the Star Wars universe equivalent is called). He felt that if the Empire and its troops failed to protect him, then they were useless and deserved to die and be wiped away too. Hence Operation Cinder. In this case it would wipe away both sides' ground troops and fleet in the massive explosion of the moon
@@MarcillaSmith to create a no win scenario for Luke.. The emperor gives the order in the presence of Luke (its also in a deleted scene) so the later would know that even if the Rebels win down at Endor they will die.. Palpatine knew (or felt) that Luke's closest friends would be down in the assault group taking the generator.. so with that order Palpatine had sealed their fate .. or he tought as he misscalculated the alliance assault on the station and Jerjerrod hesitation
I think I could just watch an hour of footage of the Death Star engineers pushing those buttons in their dark control rooms with their strange helmets on. It looks so coool
I was really pleased to find out about Jerjerrod's subplot, especially the part about him being the Emperor's agent. And I liked how these scenes humanised him in his reluctance to fire on a planet where his fellow Imperials - or perhaps even any living beings - currently are. But it's a shame to see that material since then has characterised him - according to Wookiepedia - as spiteful, petty and unambitious.
Tom Goodwin Hi. Older comment response, sorry. Did you know that Jerjerrod had some force abilities in him ? From an very old game or Novel from the late 1980's. Just wanted to share this, thank you Maybe the Emperor was taking a interest in his future.
@@Nerdicronia I think he was able to sort of feel great disturbances but not nearly the same as a trained Force wielder. I recall he 'felt' Alderaan's destruction like Obi-wan had, but other than that it was untapped potential. I can't remember where I had read that besides wookieepedia, so I'm not sure if that was even canon to Legends.
A *lot* of Imperial characters lost all nuance or subtlety under the current writers at Lucasfilm. They just want to write cartoon villains, not three dimensional characters.
I don't thing George wanted any sympathy for the empire. Especially at the end as we would have felt something for them here. I do love how it conveys that not ALL of the empire were monsters. Had he not hesitated at the end there we would have lost all our heroes except Luke and Lando. The Death Star would have fired before it was destroyed.
Officer: "Moon Target in range. Do you want us to blow up the Moon Walmart, too?" JerrJerr: "No, no no no. Half of my portfolio is Walmart shares. The dividends alone bought me the indoor pool you fell in after your fifth Martini."
Possible alternate: Death Star gets a clear shot. Jerjerrod tries to contact the Emperor, to tell him "on your order". But no response. Then he gets a report that a wounded Vader was seen being dragged away by the rebel Skywalker. He knows. The Emperor is dead. Rebel fighters have entered the reactor core. He orders his crew to stand down. "It's over. They've won. There's been enough death today."
I like it. Maybe they're shown heading for some nearby escape pods and they plan on surrendering to the rebels and there's not enough room for everyone so Jerrod stays behind.
I like this idea. I envisioned it as Jerjerrod's men staring at him as he hesitates, then he turns and tells them to get to the hangers and that he'll fire the weapon himself. When they've all gone he goes to the console... and does nothing. He just slumps and bows his head.
"Head to the escape pods men, it's been an honor." "No sir, there were only enough pods for the construction crew and none of them are fueled." "Then I guess this is the end. Give the order to the fleet to stand down and stay away from us, the debris field and shockwaves will kill them. Rendezvous at Jakku or surrender."
my thought was "this conflict has been done in ep IV" but where would you place these scenes when they do add added dimension to the character and the empire?
@@Auxodium Exactly. Death Star II was already enough of a rehash of Episode 4, using the exact same plot tension device would have been too much. It is unfortunate, because I actually do like the scenes, and I like seeing them fan edited back in, but they really don't have a place to go in the final cut of the movice.
@@homiedclown perhaps an alternative cut (sold alongside the current version) that includes some deleted scenes would be wonderful to see. The only reservation I have regarding that idea is that the owners could attempt to make the recut version the only available one in time.
Most of the deleted scenes from the Star Wars movies were scenes that would’ve given the movies more depth and meaning but George Lucas, as good as he is at writing a story, is not very good at directing or figuring out which parts of the story he should put more focus on. And as good as the Star Wars movies are, he has cut out so many scenes that could have given the audience a better understanding of what’s going on and why it’s going on, to the point where they’re so superficial that you have to turn to the books and comics if you want to get anything of substance from the story. Basically, you have to be a full on Star Wars fan to understand the movies. I know a lot casual fans of Star Wars that think the movies are just fun to watch because of the action and flashy effects. They have no idea there’s an actual story being told. And it’s because Lucas doesn’t focus on it in the movies, and hides it in a way to where you have to look for it to see it.
Of the ones we see on screen, sure. I also like Pellaeon, and I have some sympathy for Orson Krennic. He was a megalomaniac but...it's on some level hard not to feel sorry for him as literally every single thing that could go wrong for him does.
Didn't expect the tragic aspect of the finale montage with cross-cuts to be so moving compared to the triumphant original edit. It's like a whole different director and sensitivity at work bringing pathos and fatalism to that Empire's General he didn't possess in the movie. Makes me want to know what a Star Wars movie would feel like if it was edited like a Michael Mann movie instead.
It actually goes a long way in explaining the assault on the reactor by saying "They're heading for the unfinished part of the station". I always thought it was pretty dumb on the Empire's part to not only have another exhaust port, but one so large you could fly a squadron of starfighters through. It makes more sense that they're flying through the construction.
Believe that was Palpatine's intention to make the Death Star appear defenseless and vulnerable so the Rebels would commit their entire fleet to an attack. Like all super villains, he underestimated his adversaries and an army of carpet midgets.
@@rickmaurer8726 That was definitely his gambit, and to a degree it worked and he would have won but for teddy bears. I just think they could have fleshed it out a bit during the briefing scene when Akbar laid out the battle plan. It would have added a bit more depth and strategy. The final cut was just fine, mind you. RotJ is one of my favorite SW movies. But seeing what almost was makes you start thinking about things with a new perspective.
I thought it was obvious that they were flying through construction. Not only was the Death Star II visibly missing half of itself, but all the red beams, girders, frames, and racks especially around the entry point clearly weren't a part of the Death Star's design considering they were all red and the original Death Star surface didn't have any of these things. Then the interior itself was all exposed pipes and stuff, way too big, complex, and had too many gaps everywhere to be a big exhaust port.
Um, I always assumed that these entry points would have been sealed up when the station was complete. They are access points to the interior as work continues on construction. They are not exhaust ports.
I see why they got rid of it, but still would have been cool to keep it, adds some nice little additions there. Also, helps explain why when they come out, they are facing the moon.
@@thefishoftruth235 Not much. It's more of doing it out of spite, since Palpatine knew that losing the shield more than likely meant losing the Death Star.
I guess it's just, that the rebels must have been victorious and on that moon, and now that it is no longer of any stratgic use for the empire, might aswell kill a few extra rebels
I watched this when it first came out in theaters, but I was rather young then. But I could swear I remember there being a threat of the moon being destroyed by the Death Star, but it never appeared in the VHS or DVD versions. Now that I've seen this, I am pretty damn sure this was actually part of the original theater release. Definitely love this edit, though, with only the music playing from Luke's escape up to Lando's cheer. Beautiful. Spoiler ahead: As far as making the moon a target, its destruction would take out the rebel fleet as well. It would also take out some or most of the Imperial fleet, but to the Emperor, that's small change for getting rid of those he sees as criminals and outlaws. Not small change to Jerjerrod, though. He almost did not give the order to fire. We do find out later in Rise of Skywalker that the Death Star's destruction pretty much destroyed the Endor moon anyway, forcing relocation of the Ewoks. I guess that establishes the Ewok TV movies as being before RotJ.
samsonguy10k Waaaah?! So.... your telling me that this was originally part of the theatrical release of the film?! Which MM is it? Is it on 70mm? Or 35? 🤔
+1. The eye movements and look of shock when he hears the rebs entered the superstructure (even though he knew the line), plus his thinking and sideways glance like he just figured out what to do was superb. So much better than prequel and sequel acting which is just "WHOA!!!!!" or the bad guys are just smarmy assholes or sarcastic or screaming schizo insane.
It's a great scene, it really humanizes the bad guys as some have mentioned. However it really changes the pace of the scene and the threat of the Death Star firing is identical to a New Hope, so in the end I think it worked for the best.
I agree. Once the Emperor dies, destroying the Death Star seems anticlimactic. Having these scenes reminds the audience everyone on Endor is in danger.
@@Don-ol8ze No because they would kill a bunch of the rebellion's troops... They don't know that the emperor died so they did their best to weaken the rebellion as much as they could in their last moment
I've seen this movie countless times and memorized the ending, but seeing Jerjerrod humanized, adding to the tension yet still keeping the space action consistent made me tense up to see what he's able to do as it drew to the end. Amazing scenes, that I definitely would've included in the final product.
I pity (some of) the Moffs (especially that were against it)...... greatly..... I also pity Endor Moon in general, I mean, imagine the debris and the firestorm that would be unleashed on the planet from the burning chunks of metal that will fall down onto moon.
40 years have passed since Return of the Jedi opened in May 1983 but watching this as I am now in 2023 still has me excited and never getting tired of this episode of the Star Wars saga. In my opinion this is one of the top 3 of all 3 trilogies!!
Three years and several views later, this is still one of my absolute favorite videos of yours! We learn so much about Jerjerrod’s character in these deleted scenes. His apprehension makes him appear more human in our eyes.
While I like these scenes I can see why they removed them They break up the pace of a story which already had three sub plots. Endor, the Space Battle and Luke's showdown with Vader and the Emperor. They are cool scenes but fitting them in would clutter some very fast paced action scenes.
I think something that is very often overlooked, in regards to the Death Stars, were just how many thousands and thousands of people were killed when these stations were destroyed. Not to mention how many died when The Executor slammed into the surface of the Death Star. Yes, they were Imperials but as this clip shows, not all were without empathy and understanding. Great edit, btw!
@@KrisFrost4359 that's no diffrent then pulling the trigger, he is ruthless, hes been killing since he was a young man, hunted DarthVader himself on a hostile uninhabitable planet, beat up a Officer bear chested infront of a hanger full of Stormtroopers and is a strategic mind Sidious admires, thats why hes were hes at, he knows what it means to take a life so killing a planet is new to him but hes used to it, the guy who did pull the trigger? He had to see a doctor for all his stress, Tarkin is just a cold blooded killer
@Shipwreck ofcourse not, hes a old friend to Death , he even admires his enemys fortresses and battle tactics and is willing to demote a high level officer to a near storm trooper if they fail him
In the dark days before video streaming, when I watched the un-lucased version of ROTJ on VHS, I always thought "That Death Star Commander" seemed woefully underdeveloped as a character. Now I feel deprived knowing my initial instinct about him was correct. He could have been fleshed-out a lot more, a pity they cut his scenes. This edit was incredible too. Even though I knew the outcome, it had my undivided attention the entire time. Well done!
While I love your editing, I do believe it is best that this scene was deleted. The overall flow of the film works better without the scene. Though, part of me still loves that scene despite the breaking of the flow.
@@jamiebraswell5520 Not really, the team that went down to the moon was only a fraction of the rebellion as they had to go down on a stolen shuttle, their main attack force was up in space against the imperial fleet and the DS2. a very samll number of rebels were actually on the moon itself as their only mission was to destroy the Death Stars shield Generator.
TheFallinhalo Plus the rebel fleet had suffered huge loss back in the battle of scarif and the battle of hoth. If they can endure the loss from those battles，simply killing a few of the leading generals won't kill off their willingness to fight. On the other hand，without the emperor the empire will simply implode on its own.
@@songyani3992 and even more so, the rebellion isnt a person or a few people, its litterally a rebellion, it has no central power, as its made up of people who want to unseat the empire and its rule. you take out the leaders of the rebellion and more will rise to the occasion and more people will rally to the cause. the Empire on the other hand is Palpatine himself, all their stock and such rests with him as he worked for years to consolidate all the power to him and him alone. remove him and the empire effectively shatters into remnants and small splinter factions with infighting by people only seeking to gain power and influance. weakening it as a whole. its why after endor the empire was so easily mopped up, all that was left were local moff's and warlords controlling their local sectors, the only largest battle after endor to occur was battle of jaku as that was a last ditch effort to destroy the rebellion. but it didnt work and wouldnt work.
Keep in mind that according to Disney Emperor Palpatine survived that huge explosion. 30 some years later he finally is destroyed by 2 lightsabers. Yep that's what Disney gave us.
Eh, in the EU Palpatine survived the blast in the same way (physical body death, spirit passed into a clone body) and then resumed his campaign against the New Republic a mere 7 years after ROTJ. Plus he had a bunch of ships and superweapons to use as well. Not very different.
@@bobafett9348It was almost the exact same, to be honest, probably because the Sequel Trilogy was a partial adaptation of both Legacy of the Force (Jacen Solo/Ben Solo) and Dark Empire (Palpatine). They explained things pretty equally, and at least they avoided giving Palpatine two clone bodies and a double dose of superweapons in the Sequels like they did in Dark Empire.
2:45 - 2:56 I love the flow and pace of this editing. The music crescendo to the Moff's decision to fire, the line "fire" followed by Wedge firing into the regulator makes a nice, ironic transition. The music switch even flows to a similar key nicely in this specific cut. Well done, this could've been an even more tense scene, and you've shown that.
I see you have constructed a great new edit. Your training is complete. He asks the impossible; I need more men. The Emperor is coming here? We shall doubleourefforts.
It took me years to figure out what he actually said there. That, along with a few other scenes in the Star Wars movies was a line I was never about to understand until I was able to get it on DVD and turn on subtitles. I’ve always noticed that Star Wars is full of lines that aren’t properly enunciated.
@@jscorpio1987 first death star attack by luke after he flies through explosion: "I'm a little cut but I'm ok"...what, why was he cut? DVD version: "I'm a little cooked but I'm ok"
This is great. Awesome suspense at the end and very skillful use of Rogue One footage. I really wish Jerjerrod would have gotten more screen time. He had potential as a character, and this really shows it.
The only two problems I have with this is that films back then never had rapid cuts like that. That and the scenes need to be blended better audio-wise. I didn't even know this deleted scene existed so it was a very cool window into Jerjerrod's inner conflict. I liked it. The music before DS blowing up doesn't fit either tbh. Great idea that needs a slightly better execution :) P.S.: I can see why they dropped this. This is basically a shot-for-shot copy of Tarkin's final scene in SW.
Tarkin was a different beast. Jerjerrod shows indecision and doubt, here. Tarkin has placed all of his eggs in one basket and has to see it through to the end. Tarkin is one mean son of a bitch, while Jerjerrod is more sympathetic.
I think I found my new headcanon. I never really liked the ending of rotj with the ewoks. It didn't seem like star Wars, and I know the ending was changed to better suit merchandising. I remember seeing and edit where Luke was walking off in his black clothes, debating upon something while Leia and han where doing something else. This creates a lot more tension than before and I love it.
Excellent edit. I had heard there was an alternate scene with the Death Star 2 targeting Endor, but didn't realise it was under the guidance of Jerjerrod. I would've loved this scene to play out over the original - adds one last moment of tension for everyone involved ... everyone on the moon, everyone on the Death Star, everyone currently trying to escape the Death Star.
This scene kinda highlights a problem I have with how the Death Star blew up in the first movie. Detonating the reactor would not make the whole station instantly just implode like that. I wish they could have done a more drawn out version like in this scene, where Tarkin is informed that the reactor has lost power, so that by the time the explosion reaches the control room, he is actually aware of what is happening before he dies
It's explicitly stated via Rogue One that the Death Star had a flaw built into the core that would take out the entire station if it was hit by a concentrated explosion.
I wonder what Jerjerrod was thinking in his last moments. Were they thoughts of how he had failed his emperor's last command? Or aghast that he could order such a thing himself? Was escape-self preservation, even a vector on his mind? This edit is so well done, as Moff Jerjerrod's internal feelings are so well enunciated it is practically palpable what is on his mind. In a way, I am quite sad that he perished aboard the Death Star II. It is an absolute shame that we could not see more of him, but then again, it is always possible.
I can see why this was cut. In a movie that already drew a lot from the original Star Wars a race against time to stop the Death Star from opening fire on Endor would have been too on the nose and extended an already long film.
I believe a plot similar to this was used in the Expanded Universe, but aboard the first Death Star. The guy in charge was so shaken from the destruction of Alderaan, he kept repeating the order “Stand by” to give the rebels a little more time.
Brilliant!, very nicely put together!!! I suppose though, when you stop to think about it, from a plot stand point, it makes sense to cut these scenes out, I know in the RTJ novel, Palpatine tells Luke, that in the unlikely event the rebel plan succeeds, he's given orders for the Death Star to turn on & destroy the forest moon, but that kinda seems more of a spiteful move than a tactical one, y'know, shutting the barn door _after_ the horse has bolted? - after all, blowing up Endor isn't going to stop the rebel fighters who are *already inside* the superstructure & making their way to the reactor, sure, they _might_ not succeed, & you'll destroy the band of rebels on Endor but in all likelihood, you're still gonna get blown up!, if I were Jerjerrod & his men, I'd be looking for the first ship out of dodge rather than hanging around & charging that superlaser!! lol
Like Palpatine would care. In his mind, either he rules the galaxy for all eternity or his empire dies with him. Sidious wanted the rebels to go down in the process.
They should've added this long time ago. That conflict in him was overwhelming, as if he just wanted to ignore everything the Empire stood for and walk away.
It's interesting to see just how many of the Imperials' lines can elicit a feeling of, "Yes, we know, we just saw that," like with the Rebels flying into the superstructure. It probably would've worked better in that case as something like, "Rebel fighters are 45 seconds from reaching the core," or something, then have Jerjerrod react to that. All that said, though, it's great to see these incorporated. I wish we'd gotten some of this in the finished film, it makes Jerjerrod far more interesting
I can appreciate the extra layer of story and nuance that re-including these deleted scenes brings. However, it's also clear why it get edited out in the first place. So many subplots make it really difficult to relay the story in a direct way, and the Jerjerrod story ends up just getting in the way of the real crucial main subplots and their exposition. Good film editing requires a stern hand to keep a story on track, the final product ended up being much cleaner and impactful by omitting these scenes.
Fabulous edit. The tension is amazing as they count down to the moon being in range. Literally down to the last second. However, maybe its me but although the tension is very high i feel that the switching between rebel and empire scenes is a bit jarring and disrupts the momentum of the attack. Im conflicted about this as the deleted scenes work so well. Maybe its me.
@@editingsithlord It's not even John Williams? Wow, it *really* fit, to the point I thought it was something from the Sequels. Excellent way to play that scene.
I get why it was deleted. It kinda takes away from the victory feeling and replaces it with tension. I still like the deleted scene but I get why they removed it
Thanks for making this cut, but I can see why it hit the editing room floor. The scenes with Jerjerrod were shot with a very static camera; it felt jarring to go between them and the more exciting battle.
Interesting editing experiment- I liked the idea you were going for. I think, though, that it doesn't work since we have already seen Lando and Wedge were successful with their attack and the main reactor (and the rest of the station) already exploding (so the Death Star wouldn't have been able to fire anyways). The setup in ANH worked because we didn't know if Luke's shot, even though successfully on target, would work (or work in time). We didn't see it set off the chain reaction, etc. A solution, even though it would radically change things, might be to cut out the final "fly into" scene of Lando and Wedge destroying the reactor, as well as all of their subsequent "fly out" scenes. From there, constrain everything to Jerjerrod and any rebels outside of the station or on Endor (you can even repurpose Ackbar's "move the fleet away froM the Death Star" as a response to Jerjerrod's targeting orders). Don't show anything Lando until the last second when the Falcon bursts out of the station in the external shot right before the DS2 is about to fire. Then, ka-blooey! You don't even need to show Luke's escape, either, since we have Leia's "he wasn't, I can feel it" comment.
You know what, this was a breathtaking edit. You brought depth to my fave SW movie that it never possessed. The balance of absolute good vs absolute evil blurs and even balances to an extend. The rebel assault (kind of) forces jerjerrod to a measurement - the death star isnt capable of solving the issue another way but the single strike A_bomb way. Would Jerjerrod have hesitated yet one more moment and not given the order, he'd have practically chosen death over killing an amount of people which is out of proportion. It renders him a man of absolute honor. Just breathtaking.
Would have been a great scene, but it would have distracted from the main conflict between Luke, Vader and the Emperor. There is ONE major thing in one of the deleted clips though. In the space battle, we see the Death Star's superlaser pointed away from Endor, but when the Death Star blows up, its pointed TOWARD Endor. That always bugged me. Its like the production crew decided to "keep the Death Star's familiar face shown at all times". Jerferrod's instructions to turn the superlaser toward Endor fixed that. (Except that we see the superlaser facing Endor in earlier scenes before the Rebel fleet arrives...)
But wouldn't firing on the endor moon destroy the Death Star and the imperial fleet as well? Yes but it will also take out the rebel fleet as well. Basically this is a "Samson Policy"
@@TokyoXtreme It is the Israeli Governments policy on the use of nuclear weapons. If it looks like Israel is about to be destroyed or over run they will use the "Samson Policy" to destory themselves and anyone else involved in a war which sees Israel either lose or will be annihilated
Bradley Parker it’s called “Samson Option” though, not “policy”. And it goes a little bit deeper in that Israel uses their supposed arsenal to blackmail the world into following Zionist doctrine (hence why their tendrils run through everything in other, “allied” countries like the USA).
Thanks for putting this together!! So much better with it in - I think this film could go from a B- Star Wars film to an A Star Wars film by putting many of the deleted shots in and cleaning up the films overall editing - excellent job! 🤘
I like the tension of the Rebels realizing what's about to happen and preparing for the end but I also find myself wondering, if the main reactor's been destroyed...what's powering the Death Star superlaser at that point? I mean, had the movie wanted to go in this direction for the end, I would imagine they'd show the Death Star in Endor orbit with its superlaser dish not visible (that is, it's pointing away from the moon at the Rebel fleet) but during the battle, the station could've been shown in the sky again but this time with the superlaser dish visible, pointing directly at them, alerting the Rebels that their end is nigh
I read the book sometime after seeing the movie. The book has this subplot about Jerjerrod being ordered to blow Endor if the generator goes down. Interesting to see it was filmed.
Well it could've been much worse for the heroes on the forest moon as well as the ones above the planet. If the moon blew up, so goes the remaining band of the Rebellion there.
The Mandalorian He had been ordered by the Emperor that if the shield generator was destroyed to blow up Endor. Retreat was not an option in the Emperor's eyes.
I don’t usually comment on these edits…but WOW!! Truly epic ending. Had me on the edge of my screen the entire time. And I even knew how it was going to end!! Bravo, my friend. Bravo!
Nice edit, although I can't help but wonder why, from a strategic standpoint, Endor would need to be blown up. It posed no threat, and there were far better targets that actually DID poss a threat to the Empire. Anyway, this isn't meant as a dig at the uploader, since this was just something done for fun. I guess my point is that I'm glad this material didn't make the final cut, because it would've just muddled things.
The Emperor ordered that the moon be blown up if the shield generator was destroyed. Most likely the Emperor decided on this order as an act of spite against the Rebellion.
Princess Leia, one of the main leaders of the rebellion was on the moon. So if the empire was going down, they wanted to take as many of them with them in the destruction.
@@kevinyork1503 The Empire had no clue who was on the moon. All they knew was that Luke and a small band of rebels (literally no more than could fit in an imperial shuttle) had infiltrated. Leia was not on the Emporor's radar, at least not any more than any other Rebel leader. Every move the Emporor made was coldly calculated to further his agenda. Blowing up the moon, simply out of spite, wouldn't fit that profile. Surely that massive battlestation could have been put to better use than simply killing ~20 rebels.
@Pep Ol, He knew DS will be pretty much destroyed if shield gen is down. This is a perfect plan to make a last laugh, taking everyone (including rebel fleet) along with them.
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If Endor would have been blown up while being so close to it the whole rebel fleet and second death star would have been destroyed by the debris and explosion :)
This was a very solid cut, definitely adding tension to the attack on the Death Star. However, it might have been a little better without Han looking up (he had no idea what was going on) and with them reporting to Jerjerrod that the power reactor had been destroyed - giving him a few moments to reflect on his failure before his death.
Are you kidding? This is way better. Jerjerrod being read the distances could've really used an extra Star Warsy UI graphic, but the cuts between the forest moon and the Death Star II were quite beautiful. That unseen footage of him is really fantastic.
I always felt like when that last tie fighter that followed Wedge and the Falcon into the power section, saw them successfully blow that thing, he was just like, "Welp, f* this. I quit. Deuces." But his shit wasn't fast enough to make it out in time.
i think the only thing that showed the Death Star about to fire on Endor was, surprisingly, Disney Infinity 3.0, in the Rise against the Empire playset. the final cutscene shows the superlaser charging
Thank you everyone for all your comments, I never would have guessed this video would have gotten so much attention and views. I am planning to continue to make more fan trailers, edits and more on the channel.
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Fantastic edit. Not only does it add a lot of tension, but the deleted scenes with Jerjerrod really humanised him, which is something that was lacking in the original trilogy. It seemed the only Imperials who ever acted with any sort of empathy like human beings all became traitors who defected to the Rebellion.
Thanks.
This was one thing I really appreciated about Rebels. Most of the time the stormtroopers were mindless drones but then they occassionally humanized them
Scène from the novel not included in the movie. Terrible mistake.
It made sense to do this in the OT because since this was all new to the audience they could see good - rebels/ evil - empire. BUT since Star Wars has come such a long way, I would LOVE to see a movie/ show where the stormtroopers are humanized and the Imperials are shown as the good guys! (Just like clones in Clone Wars)
@@thesexyskywalker3283 In the Solo movie it's kind of ;)
A lot of this appears in the novelization. Palpatine tells Jerjerrod that if the rebels destroy the shield generator, then he is to destroy the moon. Once the Executor hits the station and the Emperor dies, everybody panics and runs off, except for Jerjerrod. He remains behind to carry out his last order and "go down with the ship".
What's the purpose of destroying Endor?
@@MarcillaSmith The explosion of the Forrest Moon of Endor will destroy the Rebel ground forces and fleet. It will also destroy the Imperial fleet which failed to protect its emperor. He viewed it all like a giant game of chess (I can't remember what the Star Wars universe equivalent is called). He felt that if the Empire and its troops failed to protect him, then they were useless and deserved to die and be wiped away too. Hence Operation Cinder. In this case it would wipe away both sides' ground troops and fleet in the massive explosion of the moon
I live in the novelesation how done jerjerrod seemed with everything. Almost like he hoped they would destroy him
@@MarcillaSmith to create a no win scenario for Luke.. The emperor gives the order in the presence of Luke (its also in a deleted scene) so the later would know that even if the Rebels win down at Endor they will die.. Palpatine knew (or felt) that Luke's closest friends would be down in the assault group taking the generator.. so with that order Palpatine had sealed their fate .. or he tought as he misscalculated the alliance assault on the station and Jerjerrod hesitation
@@sparrowlt Where can I found that deleted scene?
I think I could just watch an hour of footage of the Death Star engineers pushing those buttons in their dark control rooms with their strange helmets on. It looks so coool
very true
Those helmets remind me of the ones B17 crew wore
True but besides individuals being in the firing chamber, why the hell would engineers need such helmets for?
@@wolftal1178 very true hahaha xD
Go work at a tv broadcasting stage… same gear! 😍
I was really pleased to find out about Jerjerrod's subplot, especially the part about him being the Emperor's agent. And I liked how these scenes humanised him in his reluctance to fire on a planet where his fellow Imperials - or perhaps even any living beings - currently are. But it's a shame to see that material since then has characterised him - according to Wookiepedia - as spiteful, petty and unambitious.
Tom Goodwin Hi. Older comment response, sorry. Did you know that Jerjerrod had some force abilities in him ? From an very old game or Novel from the late 1980's. Just wanted to share this, thank you Maybe the Emperor was taking a interest in his future.
@@zcorpalpha2462 Do you remember what he could do ability-wise? I can't find anything on that other than he was Force Aware.
@@Nerdicronia I think he was able to sort of feel great disturbances but not nearly the same as a trained Force wielder. I recall he 'felt' Alderaan's destruction like Obi-wan had, but other than that it was untapped potential. I can't remember where I had read that besides wookieepedia, so I'm not sure if that was even canon to Legends.
A *lot* of Imperial characters lost all nuance or subtlety under the current writers at Lucasfilm. They just want to write cartoon villains, not three dimensional characters.
@@AJadedLizard nigga i think he's talking about Legends
Jerjerrod doesn't have much characterization yet in the new canon y'know being new and all
Jerjerrod was actually a soldier, a man of honor, not an assasin, I would have been fair to remember him..
Soldiers are assasins (?)
Jerjerrod and Veers. I agree completely.
harry_mwalker yes. ✌🏻
P C 😹😹😹😹 sure...
@@fkerpants not veers. i work with him once. that guy's a nutcrack of an officer.
That's pretty neat, I really think this Deleted Scene should have been added for the Special Edition for Return of the Jedi.
I agree with you. 1st time ever seeing this after so many years. It was pretty darn cool. I love Star Wars!
I don't thing George wanted any sympathy for the empire. Especially at the end as we would have felt something for them here. I do love how it conveys that not ALL of the empire were monsters. Had he not hesitated at the end there we would have lost all our heroes except Luke and Lando. The Death Star would have fired before it was destroyed.
It might have overcrowded the battle to keep these scenes in with so many points of view already.
There just doesn't seem to be any plausible way they could have done it.
Yep, since the Return of the Jedi book contains these deleted scenes, so its make them canon.
Officer: "Moon Target in range. Do you want us to blow up the Moon Walmart, too?"
JerrJerr: "No, no no no. Half of my portfolio is Walmart shares. The dividends alone bought me the indoor pool you fell in after your fifth Martini."
Underrated, my friend
wtf lmao
The rioters burned all the Moon Targets
@@jonathanbastard4629 That was my thought too lmao wtf
@Alex anything is possible in the fullness of time, especially when they keep losing spaceships.
I love Jerjerrod's hesitation to fire on behalf of his troops that remain on the planet.
Possible alternate: Death Star gets a clear shot. Jerjerrod tries to contact the Emperor, to tell him "on your order". But no response. Then he gets a report that a wounded Vader was seen being dragged away by the rebel Skywalker. He knows. The Emperor is dead. Rebel fighters have entered the reactor core. He orders his crew to stand down. "It's over. They've won. There's been enough death today."
That'd be a boss Pellaeon move
I like it. Maybe they're shown heading for some nearby escape pods and they plan on surrendering to the rebels and there's not enough room for everyone so Jerrod stays behind.
I like this idea. I envisioned it as Jerjerrod's men staring at him as he hesitates, then he turns and tells them to get to the hangers and that he'll fire the weapon himself. When they've all gone he goes to the console... and does nothing. He just slumps and bows his head.
"Head to the escape pods men, it's been an honor." "No sir, there were only enough pods for the construction crew and none of them are fueled." "Then I guess this is the end. Give the order to the fleet to stand down and stay away from us, the debris field and shockwaves will kill them. Rendezvous at Jakku or surrender."
@@devinthierault He should have trippled his efforts!
I understand why they cut it, but it’s still a good scene.
my thought was "this conflict has been done in ep IV" but where would you place these scenes when they do add added dimension to the character and the empire?
@@Auxodium Exactly. Death Star II was already enough of a rehash of Episode 4, using the exact same plot tension device would have been too much. It is unfortunate, because I actually do like the scenes, and I like seeing them fan edited back in, but they really don't have a place to go in the final cut of the movice.
@@homiedclown perhaps an alternative cut (sold alongside the current version) that includes some deleted scenes would be wonderful to see. The only reservation I have regarding that idea is that the owners could attempt to make the recut version the only available one in time.
no you didn't understood, it gave us a urgency sense and sowing a humanity part for the imperials just before the war finished
I think that this delete scene should’ve been kept in to add even more tension,
Well this Deleted Scene could be used for the Legends version of Return of the Jedi Will DeMarco
But it would've been the same as Episode IV - again a Death Star is about to fire but taken out at the last moment
Most of the deleted scenes from the Star Wars movies were scenes that would’ve given the movies more depth and meaning but George Lucas, as good as he is at writing a story, is not very good at directing or figuring out which parts of the story he should put more focus on. And as good as the Star Wars movies are, he has cut out so many scenes that could have given the audience a better understanding of what’s going on and why it’s going on, to the point where they’re so superficial that you have to turn to the books and comics if you want to get anything of substance from the story. Basically, you have to be a full on Star Wars fan to understand the movies.
I know a lot casual fans of Star Wars that think the movies are just fun to watch because of the action and flashy effects. They have no idea there’s an actual story being told. And it’s because Lucas doesn’t focus on it in the movies, and hides it in a way to where you have to look for it to see it.
Although I am not a fan of cutting the material, in this case, while this video was superb, the deleted scenes kinda interrupt the pace of the movie.
Maybe they ran out of time, money or perhaps both... *shrug*
my favorite imperials are Piett, Veers, and Jerjerrod.
Of the ones we see on screen, sure. I also like Pellaeon, and I have some sympathy for Orson Krennic. He was a megalomaniac but...it's on some level hard not to feel sorry for him as literally every single thing that could go wrong for him does.
They are pretty much the only named ones in the OT (apart from Tarkin)
@@thefishoftruth235 Also, poor Captain Needa.
Let us not forget Needa.
@@thefishoftruth235 There's also the clumsy and stupid Ozzel.
Didn't expect the tragic aspect of the finale montage with cross-cuts to be so moving compared to the triumphant original edit. It's like a whole different director and sensitivity at work bringing pathos and fatalism to that Empire's General he didn't possess in the movie. Makes me want to know what a Star Wars movie would feel like if it was edited like a Michael Mann movie instead.
Editing is 90% of a film. The score, the acting, etc. are only about 10% of it.
George Lucas even said his favorite part of movie-making is the Editing. Because that’s where the magic happens.
It actually goes a long way in explaining the assault on the reactor by saying "They're heading for the unfinished part of the station". I always thought it was pretty dumb on the Empire's part to not only have another exhaust port, but one so large you could fly a squadron of starfighters through. It makes more sense that they're flying through the construction.
Galen Erso has taught them well ^^
Believe that was Palpatine's intention to make the Death Star appear defenseless and vulnerable so the Rebels would commit their entire fleet to an attack. Like all super villains, he underestimated his adversaries and an army of carpet midgets.
@@rickmaurer8726 That was definitely his gambit, and to a degree it worked and he would have won but for teddy bears. I just think they could have fleshed it out a bit during the briefing scene when Akbar laid out the battle plan. It would have added a bit more depth and strategy. The final cut was just fine, mind you. RotJ is one of my favorite SW movies. But seeing what almost was makes you start thinking about things with a new perspective.
I thought it was obvious that they were flying through construction. Not only was the Death Star II visibly missing half of itself, but all the red beams, girders, frames, and racks especially around the entry point clearly weren't a part of the Death Star's design considering they were all red and the original Death Star surface didn't have any of these things. Then the interior itself was all exposed pipes and stuff, way too big, complex, and had too many gaps everywhere to be a big exhaust port.
Um, I always assumed that these entry points would have been sealed up when the station was complete. They are access points to the interior as work continues on construction. They are not exhaust ports.
I see why they got rid of it, but still would have been cool to keep it, adds some nice little additions there. Also, helps explain why when they come out, they are facing the moon.
I dont get what the Emperor would gain by blowing up the moon
@@thefishoftruth235 Not much. It's more of doing it out of spite, since Palpatine knew that losing the shield more than likely meant losing the Death Star.
I guess it's just, that the rebels must have been victorious and on that moon, and now that it is no longer of any stratgic use for the empire, might aswell kill a few extra rebels
I watched this when it first came out in theaters, but I was rather young then. But I could swear I remember there being a threat of the moon being destroyed by the Death Star, but it never appeared in the VHS or DVD versions. Now that I've seen this, I am pretty damn sure this was actually part of the original theater release.
Definitely love this edit, though, with only the music playing from Luke's escape up to Lando's cheer. Beautiful.
Spoiler ahead:
As far as making the moon a target, its destruction would take out the rebel fleet as well. It would also take out some or most of the Imperial fleet, but to the Emperor, that's small change for getting rid of those he sees as criminals and outlaws. Not small change to Jerjerrod, though. He almost did not give the order to fire.
We do find out later in Rise of Skywalker that the Death Star's destruction pretty much destroyed the Endor moon anyway, forcing relocation of the Ewoks. I guess that establishes the Ewok TV movies as being before RotJ.
samsonguy10k Waaaah?! So.... your telling me that this was originally part of the theatrical release of the film?! Which MM is it? Is it on 70mm? Or 35? 🤔
Damn, Jerjerrod's actor is really good.
Too bad a lot of his scenes ended up being cut out
@@angelic_disappointment7889 he got basically half of his screentime cut out
+1. The eye movements and look of shock when he hears the rebs entered the superstructure (even though he knew the line), plus his thinking and sideways glance like he just figured out what to do was superb. So much better than prequel and sequel acting which is just "WHOA!!!!!" or the bad guys are just smarmy assholes or sarcastic or screaming schizo insane.
It's a great scene, it really humanizes the bad guys as some have mentioned. However it really changes the pace of the scene and the threat of the Death Star firing is identical to a New Hope, so in the end I think it worked for the best.
To be honest, it would have been an even closer call than in A New Hope
I don’t understand why this was cut, it adds a sense of urgency to the whole battle
I've always been for the Old Empire and always thought the other side was wrong.
Because this is the exact same trope used in Episode 4
I agree. Once the Emperor dies, destroying the Death Star seems anticlimactic. Having these scenes reminds the audience everyone on Endor is in danger.
@@Tommykey07 Except why should they be in danger, at least from the Death Star? Targeting Endor seems completely pointless.
@@Don-ol8ze No because they would kill a bunch of the rebellion's troops... They don't know that the emperor died so they did their best to weaken the rebellion as much as they could in their last moment
"The God of war hates those who hesitate"
"He who hesitates, disintegrates..."
I've seen this movie countless times and memorized the ending, but seeing Jerjerrod humanized, adding to the tension yet still keeping the space action consistent made me tense up to see what he's able to do as it drew to the end. Amazing scenes, that I definitely would've included in the final product.
The actor who plays him must had been pissed so much of his scenes got deleted!!
There's at least one other scene he's in, with Vader, that was cut.
@@MaraIndigoJadeYou must be referring to the "You may not pass" scene.
@@ArchangelExile Indeed.
I pity (some of) the Moffs (especially that were against it)...... greatly..... I also pity Endor Moon in general, I mean, imagine the debris and the firestorm that would be unleashed on the planet from the burning chunks of metal that will fall down onto moon.
Gianluca Borg there was actually a comic that talked about that, but in the end it was just a myth.
But, still, its interesting to know what would really have happened, and also, what fate befell the Ewoks, albeit, I no longer have a dislike to them.
fall down on Earth 😂
Gianluca Borg earth?
Earth lol
Jerjerrod hesitates right before he tells the officer to commence firing XD
40 years have passed since Return of the Jedi opened in May 1983 but watching this as I am now in 2023 still has me excited and never getting tired of this episode of the Star Wars saga. In my opinion this is one of the top 3 of all 3 trilogies!!
Man... Seeing this recut made me realize that it would have made everybody's heart pound from the stress of it all! Fantastic editing!
love the battle of crait music at the end
Thanks. I wanted to give the feeling that someone might just die before the end.
it works really well, adds a lot of jeopardy to it. the original music is very reassuring, even as the falcon is getting engulfed by flames
Three years and several views later, this is still one of my absolute favorite videos of yours!
We learn so much about Jerjerrod’s character in these deleted scenes. His apprehension makes him appear more human in our eyes.
He did not to kill his own men, even if it meant taking out the "Rebel scum"
If this stayed in, it would’ve caused alot of heart attacks.
While I like these scenes I can see why they removed them
They break up the pace of a story which already had three sub plots. Endor, the Space Battle and Luke's showdown with Vader and the Emperor. They are cool scenes but fitting them in would clutter some very fast paced action scenes.
Yup. Something some modern directors could learn.
I feel like jerjerrod was rooting for the rebels at the way end...like he finally realized he picked the wrong side.
I think something that is very often overlooked, in regards to the Death Stars, were just how many thousands and thousands of people were killed when these stations were destroyed. Not to mention how many died when The Executor slammed into the surface of the Death Star. Yes, they were Imperials but as this clip shows, not all were without empathy and understanding.
Great edit, btw!
Takeing a life is one thing but takeing an entire planets life is another, it seems no matter who pulls the trigger of the deathstar will be haunted
Shipwreck Tarkin didn't press the button, he just gave the order.
@@KrisFrost4359 that's no diffrent then pulling the trigger, he is ruthless, hes been killing since he was a young man, hunted DarthVader himself on a hostile uninhabitable planet, beat up a Officer bear chested infront of a hanger full of Stormtroopers and is a strategic mind Sidious admires, thats why hes were hes at, he knows what it means to take a life so killing a planet is new to him but hes used to it, the guy who did pull the trigger? He had to see a doctor for all his stress, Tarkin is just a cold blooded killer
@Shipwreck ofcourse not, hes a old friend to Death , he even admires his enemys fortresses and battle tactics and is willing to demote a high level officer to a near storm trooper if they fail him
In the dark days before video streaming, when I watched the un-lucased version of ROTJ on VHS, I always thought "That Death Star Commander" seemed woefully underdeveloped as a character. Now I feel deprived knowing my initial instinct about him was correct. He could have been fleshed-out a lot more, a pity they cut his scenes.
This edit was incredible too. Even though I knew the outcome, it had my undivided attention the entire time. Well done!
While I love your editing, I do believe it is best that this scene was deleted. The overall flow of the film works better without the scene. Though, part of me still loves that scene despite the breaking of the flow.
yes, i agree with you. but simply WHY blow up the moon. better not to keep that scene.
@@sharpisharp , destroying the moon would be a death blow to the rebellion.
@@jamiebraswell5520 Not really, the team that went down to the moon was only a fraction of the rebellion as they had to go down on a stolen shuttle, their main attack force was up in space against the imperial fleet and the DS2. a very samll number of rebels were actually on the moon itself as their only mission was to destroy the Death Stars shield Generator.
TheFallinhalo Plus the rebel fleet had suffered huge loss back in the battle of scarif and the battle of hoth. If they can endure the loss from those battles，simply killing a few of the leading generals won't kill off their willingness to fight. On the other hand，without the emperor the empire will simply implode on its own.
@@songyani3992 and even more so, the rebellion isnt a person or a few people, its litterally a rebellion, it has no central power, as its made up of people who want to unseat the empire and its rule. you take out the leaders of the rebellion and more will rise to the occasion and more people will rally to the cause.
the Empire on the other hand is Palpatine himself, all their stock and such rests with him as he worked for years to consolidate all the power to him and him alone. remove him and the empire effectively shatters into remnants and small splinter factions with infighting by people only seeking to gain power and influance. weakening it as a whole. its why after endor the empire was so easily mopped up, all that was left were local moff's and warlords controlling their local sectors, the only largest battle after endor to occur was battle of jaku as that was a last ditch effort to destroy the rebellion. but it didnt work and wouldnt work.
Keep in mind that according to Disney Emperor Palpatine survived that huge explosion. 30 some years later he finally is destroyed by 2 lightsabers. Yep that's what Disney gave us.
Eh, in the EU Palpatine survived the blast in the same way (physical body death, spirit passed into a clone body) and then resumed his campaign against the New Republic a mere 7 years after ROTJ. Plus he had a bunch of ships and superweapons to use as well. Not very different.
@@EscapeVelocity11186 Might have been a shitty story EU wise but still much better explained and created than whatever Disney did.
He was a clone on episode 9
@@bobafett9348It was almost the exact same, to be honest, probably because the Sequel Trilogy was a partial adaptation of both Legacy of the Force (Jacen Solo/Ben Solo) and Dark Empire (Palpatine). They explained things pretty equally, and at least they avoided giving Palpatine two clone bodies and a double dose of superweapons in the Sequels like they did in Dark Empire.
@@EscapeVelocity11186 that EU story is trash too, just like the sequels. not saying all the EU is trash but, a good portion of it is
2:45 - 2:56 I love the flow and pace of this editing. The music crescendo to the Moff's decision to fire, the line "fire" followed by Wedge firing into the regulator makes a nice, ironic transition. The music switch even flows to a similar key nicely in this specific cut. Well done, this could've been an even more tense scene, and you've shown that.
I see you have constructed a great new edit. Your training is complete. He asks the impossible; I need more men. The Emperor is coming here? We shall doubleourefforts.
It took me years to figure out what he actually said there. That, along with a few other scenes in the Star Wars movies was a line I was never about to understand until I was able to get it on DVD and turn on subtitles. I’ve always noticed that Star Wars is full of lines that aren’t properly enunciated.
HAHAHAHAH hey dude, you are very funny, excellent your opinion, poor Jerjerrod XD
@@jscorpio1987 yes like, "Obi Wan once thought as you do... You don't know the power of the Dark Side"
@@jscorpio1987 first death star attack by luke after he flies through explosion: "I'm a little cut but I'm ok"...what, why was he cut?
DVD version: "I'm a little cooked but I'm ok"
Wow, You can actually see the Death Star Rotate towards Endor as it cuts to the fighters heading in, Never notice that, really cool
This is great. Awesome suspense at the end and very skillful use of Rogue One footage. I really wish Jerjerrod would have gotten more screen time. He had potential as a character, and this really shows it.
Love the use of the music from the Battle of Crait from The Last Jedi. Really adds so much tension and pathos to all of the characters in the scene.
And that's academy award for best fan editing goes to...
The only two problems I have with this is that films back then never had rapid cuts like that. That and the scenes need to be blended better audio-wise. I didn't even know this deleted scene existed so it was a very cool window into Jerjerrod's inner conflict. I liked it. The music before DS blowing up doesn't fit either tbh. Great idea that needs a slightly better execution :) P.S.: I can see why they dropped this. This is basically a shot-for-shot copy of Tarkin's final scene in SW.
Tarkin was a different beast. Jerjerrod shows indecision and doubt, here. Tarkin has placed all of his eggs in one basket and has to see it through to the end. Tarkin is one mean son of a bitch, while Jerjerrod is more sympathetic.
We don't need to see the Death Star actually begin to fire when the main reactor has already exploded, lol!
@@jamiebraswell5520 agreed
yeah exactly
My god you people just listen to Palpatine’s ways. He ended the Clone Wars
Well,he also caused them,so there's that
Hmm that’s kinda true
Darth Plagueis: a drunk lord of the sith
But he did kill you
I wasn’t drunk, I was just tired of work
I think I found my new headcanon.
I never really liked the ending of rotj with the ewoks. It didn't seem like star Wars, and I know the ending was changed to better suit merchandising. I remember seeing and edit where Luke was walking off in his black clothes, debating upon something while Leia and han where doing something else. This creates a lot more tension than before and I love it.
Excellent edit. I had heard there was an alternate scene with the Death Star 2 targeting Endor, but didn't realise it was under the guidance of Jerjerrod. I would've loved this scene to play out over the original - adds one last moment of tension for everyone involved ... everyone on the moon, everyone on the Death Star, everyone currently trying to escape the Death Star.
This scene kinda highlights a problem I have with how the Death Star blew up in the first movie. Detonating the reactor would not make the whole station instantly just implode like that. I wish they could have done a more drawn out version like in this scene, where Tarkin is informed that the reactor has lost power, so that by the time the explosion reaches the control room, he is actually aware of what is happening before he dies
In the novel “Tarkin” that’s exactly what happens
It's explicitly stated via Rogue One that the Death Star had a flaw built into the core that would take out the entire station if it was hit by a concentrated explosion.
@@mirandalockey7334 don't you mean the Death Star novel?
I wonder what Jerjerrod was thinking in his last moments. Were they thoughts of how he had failed his emperor's last command? Or aghast that he could order such a thing himself? Was escape-self preservation, even a vector on his mind? This edit is so well done, as Moff Jerjerrod's internal feelings are so well enunciated it is practically palpable what is on his mind. In a way, I am quite sad that he perished aboard the Death Star II. It is an absolute shame that we could not see more of him, but then again, it is always possible.
I can see why this was cut. In a movie that already drew a lot from the original Star Wars a race against time to stop the Death Star from opening fire on Endor would have been too on the nose and extended an already long film.
I believe a plot similar to this was used in the Expanded Universe, but aboard the first Death Star. The guy in charge was so shaken from the destruction of Alderaan, he kept repeating the order “Stand by” to give the rebels a little more time.
Pretty cool cut you did there.
I had friends and family on that deathstar :-(
Those terrorists will pay for that, the empire is not beaten yet
Did you get em'?
@@j.franklin21 Some of em'.
Thank you for your service. xD
would love to see a full edit of ROTJ with a more serious tone like this . good job .
Brilliant!, very nicely put together!!!
I suppose though, when you stop to think about it, from a plot stand point, it makes sense to cut these scenes out, I know in the RTJ novel, Palpatine tells Luke, that in the unlikely event the rebel plan succeeds, he's given orders for the Death Star to turn on & destroy the forest moon, but that kinda seems more of a spiteful move than a tactical one, y'know, shutting the barn door _after_ the horse has bolted? - after all, blowing up Endor isn't going to stop the rebel fighters who are *already inside* the superstructure & making their way to the reactor, sure, they _might_ not succeed, & you'll destroy the band of rebels on Endor but in all likelihood, you're still gonna get blown up!, if I were Jerjerrod & his men, I'd be looking for the first ship out of dodge rather than hanging around & charging that superlaser!! lol
Like Palpatine would care. In his mind, either he rules the galaxy for all eternity or his empire dies with him. Sidious wanted the rebels to go down in the process.
I can appreciate this. Complete understand removing it though.
A real shame deleted scenes have placeholder tracks in them, would have been slick to be able to mix the music to make it feel natural.
That was really good, they should have left that in the final cut, it keeps you on the edge of your seat, thanks for uploading that.
Random Stormtrooper: We were not expecting special forces...
Death Star: fires
D:
This is so good, the editing is on point and adds so much, it feels like this is how it would have been.
Amazingly good! You built that tension perfectly, I was on the edge of tears as the triumphant music swelled to crescendo!
They should've added this long time ago.
That conflict in him was overwhelming, as if he just wanted to ignore everything the Empire stood for and walk away.
This was pretty neat. Imagine how it would come out if the music was consistent.
It's interesting to see just how many of the Imperials' lines can elicit a feeling of, "Yes, we know, we just saw that," like with the Rebels flying into the superstructure. It probably would've worked better in that case as something like, "Rebel fighters are 45 seconds from reaching the core," or something, then have Jerjerrod react to that. All that said, though, it's great to see these incorporated. I wish we'd gotten some of this in the finished film, it makes Jerjerrod far more interesting
2:47 Jarrod has a Lord Beckett moment.
I can appreciate the extra layer of story and nuance that re-including these deleted scenes brings. However, it's also clear why it get edited out in the first place. So many subplots make it really difficult to relay the story in a direct way, and the Jerjerrod story ends up just getting in the way of the real crucial main subplots and their exposition. Good film editing requires a stern hand to keep a story on track, the final product ended up being much cleaner and impactful by omitting these scenes.
I really hope we get this scene in the From a Certain Point of View book for the ROTJ 40th anniversary
Fabulous edit. The tension is amazing as they count down to the moon being in range. Literally down to the last second.
However, maybe its me but although the tension is very high i feel that the switching between rebel and empire scenes is a bit jarring and disrupts the momentum of the attack. Im conflicted about this as the deleted scenes work so well. Maybe its me.
Yeah, I agree, it doesn't flow too well for the film, but it made for a fun editing experiment.
Excellent edit. Jerjerrod really deserves more attention. What is the name of the music that plays in his room at 2:23 ?
Thanks. The track is Star-Dust from the Rogue One soundtrack.
@@editingsithlord It's not even John Williams? Wow, it *really* fit, to the point I thought it was something from the Sequels. Excellent way to play that scene.
I get why it was deleted. It kinda takes away from the victory feeling and replaces it with tension.
I still like the deleted scene but I get why they removed it
Thanks for making this cut, but I can see why it hit the editing room floor. The scenes with Jerjerrod were shot with a very static camera; it felt jarring to go between them and the more exciting battle.
Interesting editing experiment- I liked the idea you were going for. I think, though, that it doesn't work since we have already seen Lando and Wedge were successful with their attack and the main reactor (and the rest of the station) already exploding (so the Death Star wouldn't have been able to fire anyways).
The setup in ANH worked because we didn't know if Luke's shot, even though successfully on target, would work (or work in time). We didn't see it set off the chain reaction, etc.
A solution, even though it would radically change things, might be to cut out the final "fly into" scene of Lando and Wedge destroying the reactor, as well as all of their subsequent "fly out" scenes. From there, constrain everything to Jerjerrod and any rebels outside of the station or on Endor (you can even repurpose Ackbar's "move the fleet away froM the Death Star" as a response to Jerjerrod's targeting orders).
Don't show anything Lando until the last second when the Falcon bursts out of the station in the external shot right before the DS2 is about to fire. Then, ka-blooey! You don't even need to show Luke's escape, either, since we have Leia's "he wasn't, I can feel it" comment.
Thanks. It was just a fun editing experiment. I never thought the video would get this many views or comments.
You know what, this was a breathtaking edit. You brought depth to my fave SW movie that it never possessed. The balance of absolute good vs absolute evil blurs and even balances to an extend. The rebel assault (kind of) forces jerjerrod to a measurement - the death star isnt capable of solving the issue another way but the single strike A_bomb way. Would Jerjerrod have hesitated yet one more moment and not given the order, he'd have practically chosen death over killing an amount of people which is out of proportion. It renders him a man of absolute honor. Just breathtaking.
I’ve seen this movie plenty of times but that editing was pretty edge of your seat.
Would have been a great scene, but it would have distracted from the main conflict between Luke, Vader and the Emperor.
There is ONE major thing in one of the deleted clips though. In the space battle, we see the Death Star's superlaser pointed away from Endor, but when the Death Star blows up, its pointed TOWARD Endor. That always bugged me. Its like the production crew decided to "keep the Death Star's familiar face shown at all times". Jerferrod's instructions to turn the superlaser toward Endor fixed that. (Except that we see the superlaser facing Endor in earlier scenes before the Rebel fleet arrives...)
That makes the hole situacion more tense
But wouldn't firing on the endor moon destroy the Death Star and the imperial fleet as well? Yes but it will also take out the rebel fleet as well. Basically this is a "Samson Policy"
Operation Cinder.
Samson Option, specifically. Googling that term will explain a lot about why the world is currently in the state that it is.
@@TokyoXtreme It is the Israeli Governments policy on the use of nuclear weapons. If it looks like Israel is about to be destroyed or over run they will use the "Samson Policy" to destory themselves and anyone else involved in a war which sees Israel either lose or will be annihilated
Bradley Parker it’s called “Samson Option” though, not “policy”. And it goes a little bit deeper in that Israel uses their supposed arsenal to blackmail the world into following Zionist doctrine (hence why their tendrils run through everything in other, “allied” countries like the USA).
@@TokyoXtreme Sounds like MAD
Thanks for putting this together!! So much better with it in - I think this film could go from a B- Star Wars film to an A Star Wars film by putting many of the deleted shots in and cleaning up the films overall editing - excellent job! 🤘
Thanks
Imagine what the Empire spends on hats.
Dope ass hats, im a rebel boy, but the empire is packin when it comes to hats and uniforms.
The editing on this segment was superb. I like to see a whole recut of Return of the Jedi at the theater.
I like the tension of the Rebels realizing what's about to happen and preparing for the end but I also find myself wondering, if the main reactor's been destroyed...what's powering the Death Star superlaser at that point?
I mean, had the movie wanted to go in this direction for the end, I would imagine they'd show the Death Star in Endor orbit with its superlaser dish not visible (that is, it's pointing away from the moon at the Rebel fleet) but during the battle, the station could've been shown in the sky again but this time with the superlaser dish visible, pointing directly at them, alerting the Rebels that their end is nigh
I read the book sometime after seeing the movie. The book has this subplot about Jerjerrod being ordered to blow Endor if the generator goes down. Interesting to see it was filmed.
I've never seen this before and I thought I was a star wars fan 😂 but damn this was tense, epic af! 😂😂
I knew how this was going to end, I've seen this movie plenty of times, yet I still was on the edge of my seat. Fantastic edit my friend!
Well it could've been much worse for the heroes on the forest moon as well as the ones above the planet. If the moon blew up, so goes the remaining band of the Rebellion there.
WHY would they ever take out such amazing scenes?!
That adds an extra cool layer of drama and suspense to it.
Loved it! Really great work.
Thanks!
BTW love your profile thumbnail, Go Geelong!
Thanks! Are you an Aussie?
Jason Freiberg No, I'm an American
The Mandalorian He had been ordered by the Emperor that if the shield generator was destroyed to blow up Endor. Retreat was not an option in the Emperor's eyes.
I don’t usually comment on these edits…but WOW!! Truly epic ending. Had me on the edge of my screen the entire time. And I even knew how it was going to end!! Bravo, my friend. Bravo!
Nice edit, although I can't help but wonder why, from a strategic standpoint, Endor would need to be blown up. It posed no threat, and there were far better targets that actually DID poss a threat to the Empire. Anyway, this isn't meant as a dig at the uploader, since this was just something done for fun. I guess my point is that I'm glad this material didn't make the final cut, because it would've just muddled things.
The Emperor ordered that the moon be blown up if the shield generator was destroyed. Most likely the Emperor decided on this order as an act of spite against the Rebellion.
Princess Leia, one of the main leaders of the rebellion was on the moon. So if the empire was going down, they wanted to take as many of them with them in the destruction.
@@kevinyork1503 The Empire had no clue who was on the moon. All they knew was that Luke and a small band of rebels (literally no more than could fit in an imperial shuttle) had infiltrated. Leia was not on the Emporor's radar, at least not any more than any other Rebel leader. Every move the Emporor made was coldly calculated to further his agenda. Blowing up the moon, simply out of spite, wouldn't fit that profile. Surely that massive battlestation could have been put to better use than simply killing ~20 rebels.
@Pep Ol, He knew DS will be pretty much destroyed if shield gen is down. This is a perfect plan to make a last laugh, taking everyone (including rebel fleet) along with them.
If Endor would have been blown up while being so close to it the whole rebel fleet and second death star would have been destroyed by the debris and explosion :)
This was a very solid cut, definitely adding tension to the attack on the Death Star. However, it might have been a little better without Han looking up (he had no idea what was going on) and with them reporting to Jerjerrod that the power reactor had been destroyed - giving him a few moments to reflect on his failure before his death.
Would the Death Star have been capable of charging a shot if it's main reactor was already in the process of going nova?
Are you kidding? This is way better. Jerjerrod being read the distances could've really used an extra Star Warsy UI graphic, but the cuts between the forest moon and the Death Star II were quite beautiful. That unseen footage of him is really fantastic.
I think that would have been in the final cut, but it didn't pass editing. Just my guess.
Excellent, Jerjerrod should have had way more storyline
Great edit, loved the tension and focus on Jerjerrod. Something like this could’ve worked really well in the final cut.
You can tell by the way Jerjerrod acts that a large part of him is screaming "please don't fail, rebels."
Excellent work! Really enjoyed this.
I wish this was in the film. It put me on the edge of my seat.
I love the red Imperial Guard soldier uniforms. COOL looking.
I always felt like when that last tie fighter that followed Wedge and the Falcon into the power section, saw them successfully blow that thing, he was just like, "Welp, f* this. I quit. Deuces."
But his shit wasn't fast enough to make it out in time.
if you look, he wasnt firing at all, he just wanted to live
man this added sooo much tension, very nice job, the scenes with han solo and leia are very well cut
1:03...potato chips.
i think the only thing that showed the Death Star about to fire on Endor was, surprisingly, Disney Infinity 3.0, in the Rise against the Empire playset. the final cutscene shows the superlaser charging