Scenes cut from Star Wars

This is a partial list of scenes (some filmed, some merely considered) that weren't included in any film version of either the original trilogy or the prequels. Some were cut due to time constraints, while others simply didn't fit into the overall flow of the story, though some fans hope that their favorite scenes will someday be included in a later edition of one of the films. Their wish might soon be granted: it has been rumored that deleted scenes from all of the films of the series will be featured in the 2007 Star Wars Saga Boxed Set, which would most likely include all six films and more special features.

The Phantom Menace
(NOTE: Most of these scenes made it to the novelization.)
 * Extended Podrace grid sequence, the Complete Podrace grid sequence(DVD scene)
 * Extended Lap 2 sequence (DVD scene)
 * Jar-Jar becoming disoriented, being flung onto the wals, and tumbling numerous times in the Skiffs lower level.
 * Jar-Jar juggling equipment in Watto's shop.
 * Extended scenes from Watto's Junkyard.
 * When the "Ambassadors", Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi, are led into the Trade Federation Conference Room at the beginning of the film, there are some exotic bird-like creatures singing in a cage near the door. When the Jedi notice the room is filling with deadly gas, the bird-like creatures drop dead in their cage as a visual cue that danger is literally in the air. ("Pylat Birds")
 * R2-D2 shows that he has booster rockets. (this idea would later be shown in Episodes II and III.)
 * Scenes showcasing Anakin Skywalker's pre-cognative powers.
 * Padme waking Anakin the morning of the podrace.(DVD scene)
 * Qui-Gon, Obi-Wan, and Jar Jar escape their sub before it goes over a water fall.(DVD scene)
 * After saying farwell to Jira and giving her some credits, Qui-Gon and Anakin break into a run after they destroy of Darth Maul's probe droids following them, thus explaining why they are running to the ship in the original version.(DVD scene)
 * Anakin has a fight with Greedo the Elder, the future father of the bounty hunter Greedo.(DVD scene)
 * The Neimoidians escort Darth Maul on Naboo.(DVD scene)
 * Numerous shots were cut from the end battle.(Many of these can be briefly seen during some of the DVD documentaries.)

Attack of the Clones

 * Obi-Wan and Jocasta Nu discuss Count Dooku and the Lost Twenty.
 * Obi-Wan and Mace discuss the mystery of the missing data on Kamino and Anakin's ability to protect Padmé while Obi-Wan boards his Jedi starfighter.(NOTE:this was dropped altogether and instead was combined with a discussion between Obi-wan and Yoda, thus Mace, Obi-Wan, and Yoda are discussing it all together.)
 * Extended arrival of Anakin and Padmé on Naboo.
 * On Naboo, Padmé introduces Anakin to her family at her Naboo villa.
 * Padmé shows Anakin her bedroom, which has holographic images of her Humanitarian work.
 * Anakin and Padmé are brought before Count Dooku, requesting Obi-Wan's release. Dooku says he cannot do so unless Naboo joins the Confederacy, giving reasons for why he is forming the new government.
 * Padmé and Anakin are put on trial by Poggle the Lesser, who finds them guilty. (NOTE: after the scene where they go before Count Dooku was dropped, this scene didn't make much sense and was dropped as well)
 * The Jedi attack the Droid Control Ship: Ki-Adi Mundi and several other Jedi find one of the landed Droid Control Ships, and deactivate them, only to find that since Episode I, the droids have an independent backup system.

Revenge of the Sith

 * The death of Shaak Ti (this scene has been designated non-canonical, as Shaak Ti can be seen elsewhere in the film's final release). In this sequence, Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi enter a hallway aboard the Invisible Hand. Waiting for them is General Grievous, who proceeds to stab Shaak Ti with her own lightsaber. Before his droids can attack Obi-Wan and Anakin, the two Jedi cut through the floor and drop into a fuel compartment.(there is a level in the video game which shows a very similar situation) Super Battle Droids follow them, but are unable to stop them from escaping. The fuel rises to an electrical line and the section of the ship explodes.
 * Extended duel with Count Dooku
 * Rebel Alliance subplot - Three scenes featuring Bail Organa, Mon Mothma, Padmé Amidala, and other senators as they discuss the situation in the Senate and Palpatine's rise to power, and eventually establish the Rebel Alliance.
 * 1.("A Stirring in the Senate" is included as a deleted scene on the Special Features DVD)
 * 2.("Seeds of Rebellion" is included as a deleted scene on the Special Features DVD)
 * 3.The senators present the petition to Palpatine and Anakin, who is acting as his personal bodyguard. ("Confronting the Chancellor" is included as a deleted scene on the Special Features DVD)
 * Attack on the Jedi Temple
 * The Lizard Pen
 * Obi-Wan versus the MagnaGuards
 * Chasing the General
 * Crazy Yoda and a Wookiee ambush
 * Extended duel between Obi-wan and Anakin which shows why at one point in the movie Obi-wan is missing his lightsaber, Anakin at one point uses it along with his own.
 * The Naboo Skiff shown flying off from Mustafar to Polis Massa (this scene was featured in the teaser trailer).
 * The Emperor's shuttle with three V-wing starfighters arrive at Coruscant (this scene was featured in the trailer).
 * Yoda arrives on Dagobah in the final montage.("Yoda Exiled to Dagobah" is included as a deleted scene on the Special Features DVD)
 * Obi-Wan Kenobi enters an Utapau Dragon Pen and selects Boga from several other Varactyls. His ride to Grievous' hangar is extended, and when the MagnaGuards attack Obi-Wan, he fights them shortly and then crushes them with a section of the ceiling.
 * Extended Order 66 and Temple Purge shots, and others, in which the deaths of Barriss Offee, Luminara Unduli, Whie, Bene, Cin Drallig, and Shaak Ti are seen. In this cut version of Shaak Ti's death, Darth Vader enters the meditation chamber in which she's concentrating and proceeds to stab her in the back.
 * After being shot down by his troops, Obi-Wan evades a Nos Monster in the depths of Utapau. The Nos Monster attacks several Republic Seeker Droids, while Obi-Wan sneaks past some baby Nos Monsters. ("The Nos Monster")
 * When Obi-Wan and Yoda arrive at the Jedi Temple they find a group of clone troopers disguised as Jedi waiting outside. The 2 Jedi are not fooled though and kill them all.
 * Scenes with an unknown Sentator portrayed by Bai Ling.
 * Scenes featuring Captain Neeta.
 * Extended Separatist Slaughter, in which Wat Tambor is seen being killed by Darth Vader.
 * Qui-Gon Jinn speaks to Yoda, who names himself Qui-Gon's apprentice.

A New Hope
Scenes cut from Episode IV include:
 * Luke in the Desert
 * Luke and Biggs
 * Vader and Bast
 * The Search for Artoo
 * Luke and Ben Spend the Night at Bestine.
 * A "Lost Cut" exists. This "Lost Cut" contained all the footage that George Lucas had shot up to that point, as well as on-set sound effects and a different opening. Aside from the small amount of still photos that have surfaced, very few people have seen it. It has since deteriorated to black & white, but an article about it was published in Star Wars Insider 41.
 * Luke's Poncho
 * Luke visits his friends at Anchorhead - Camie and Fixer. He tells them that he saw a space battle (between the Devastator and the blockade runner Tantive IV) with his microbinoculars. When they go to see it for themselves, however, the battle has already ended and his friends do not believe him.
 * Luke's friend, Biggs, tells Luke he is going to defect to the Rebels.
 * A patron of the Cantina leaves and reports them to the Stormtroopers. The camera follows him out of the Cantina. He can briefly be seen just before an optical wipe and then immediately outside talking to the Stormtroopers as C3PO says "I don't like the look of this".
 * Luke is seen haggling over the price he gets for his landspeeder for a little longer than is shown in the film.
 * A shot of a hidden gun on the Millennium Falcon shooting at Stormtroopers was cut. This shot was later used on The Empire Strikes Back in the scene where Leia, Chewbacca, Lando and the Droids reach the Millennium Falcon on Bespin.
 * The scene between Biggs and Luke in the rebel hangar bay lasts longer, involving Red leader speaking of knowing Luke's father
 * There was an additional rebel pilot. He is killed shortly after making his first kill. His death still exists on film. He is the pilot with the dark red helmet.

The Empire Strikes Back

 * While fleeing Imperial troops, Han suggests they take a shortcut through a room that has a sign on it. Leia tells him "that's where they keep those creatures" (the wampas). They run off and C-3PO tears off the warning sign, hoping the troops will mistake it for another room.
 * Wampa attack on Echo base
 * Dead Tauntauns
 * Bacta Tank
 * Wampa Attack
 * Wampa Trap
 * Bacta Mask
 * Luke and Leia's kiss
 * General Veers' "Death" (the character later appears in EU stories, though the accident which could have resulted in his death is discussed as though the scene had taken place)
 * Troops Meet Wampas
 * Extended scene between Han and Leia on Bespin.
 * Luke's Rescue
 * Additional shots of Hobbie Klivian and his "death"

Return of the Jedi

 * Luke's Lightsaber
 * Rancor Pit Grate
 * Barge Fight
 * The Sandstorm
 * Ben's Monologue
 * Jerjerrod
 * Darth Vader Force chokes Moff Jerjerrod to get into the Emperor's throne room.
 * Right after Jabba's Sail Barge blows up, Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, and the droids go back to the Millennium Falcon and Luke's X-wing (both of which are in the middle of a sand storm). Han thanks Luke for saving him and Luke explains to his friends that he has to go back to Dagobah.
 * Darth Vader lands in the Death Star docking bay with Luke, taking him to the Emperor. (this outtake was partially restored and placed in the special edition of The Empire Strikes Back, having Vader land in the Executor. Moff Jerjerrod can be seen in the new footage and is mouthing his dialogue from ROTJ.)
 * During the filming, there was an earlier screen draft where Luke killed his father and put on his helmet.
 * Boba Fett in the Endor Bunker &mdash; An easter egg in the Star Wars DVD set shows a cut scene of the Ewok Wicket inside the Endor bunker. He sees massed ranks of stormtroopers, presumably those sent by the Emperor as a trap for the rebels. He is spotted by Boba Fett and shot at but manages to escape. A Boba Fett model can be seen mounted on a speeder bike during the pre-production animatics for ROTJ.
 * Endor Battle - General Crix Madine was to have scenes aboard a Mon Calamari ship during the final battle. These scenes were filmed. Actor Dermot Crowley claims to have spent a few extra days filming in a moving chair shouting things such as "Fire!". There are cut shots of rebel gunners aboard the Millennium Falcon. It was rumored that the B-Wing fighters would be given more to do during the battle in the Special Editions. These scenes have apparently been held back for a future release.