10 Deleted Scenes That Made Movies Way Darker
2. Kylo Ren Tortures Chewbacca - Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker is such a messy hodgepodge of competing ideas and tones that it's little surprise a ton of material ended up on the cutting room floor - though in the case of this dark deleted scene, it was sadly never actually released.
But as revealed in the movie's art book and expanded upon in Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo's own book "Roar," J.J. Abrams filmed a scene in which, after being captured, Chewie is mercilessly tortured by Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).
The scene would show Chewie being strung up and tortured for information by Kylo Ren, which actor Suotamo described as incredibly intense, in large part due to Driver's ferocious performance.
Suotamo suggested the scene was most likely cut because it would've interfered with Kylo's ultimate redemption arc in act three, proving too savage in a movie where audiences were supposed to start rooting for him.