10 Scrapped Star Wars Movie Scenes Better Than What We Got
Kylo Ren could have been as terrifying as Darth Vader.
As one of the most popular film franchises of all time, Star Wars has more than its fair share of memorable and iconic moments. From the staggering technical achievement of the trench run in A New Hope, to the truly awesome, yet controversial, visual spectacle of the Holdo Manoeuvre in The Last Jedi, the space opera seems to be the gift that keeps on giving.
Still, for every instance of brilliance in Star Wars, there seems to be an equal number of moments that either have half-baked ideas, or just are not as good as they could have been. Whether they are simply concepts that were pushed aside in favour of others, or fully realised deleted scenes, the franchise is unfortunately littered with plenty of scrapped moments that could have been major additions to the films.
Ultimately, it appears that if any scenes are to be scrapped, they will be the smaller, dialogue-driven ones. Whilst they definitely may not be the most exciting, the vast majority of these scrapped scenes focused on exploring the characters and ideals they hold, which certainly would have given the movies even more emotional weight than they ended up having.
10. Obi-Wan And Jocasta Nu Discuss Count Dooku - Attack Of The Clones
A common complaint some fans have with Attack of the Clones is its main villain, Count Dooku. For some reason, George Lucas decided to kill off Darth Maul, a villain with great potential, in The Phantom Menace and then take over an hour to introduce the new Sith apprentice into that film's follow-up.
Apart from a few very brief mentions as a 'political idealist' by Yoda, Count Dooku is crammed into Episode II once Obi-Wan Kenobi is captured by Separatist forces on Geonosis. Although the scene where Dooku tries to pull Kenobi over to the Dark Side by utilising their shared bond with Qui-Gon Jin is good, an earlier scene had been filmed which better introduced the villain.
In the scene, Kenobi and Jedi librarian Jocasta Nu discuss Dooku and why he left the Jedi Order. Jocasta says that Dooku left due to his faltering loyalty to the apathetic and hypocritical Jedi Council, as well as to the corrupt and crumbling Republic. Nu also makes apt comparisons of Dooku to his former apprentice, Qui-Gon, which sets up Dooku to be a wise and noble 'free thinker' for Obi-Wan. So, on top of giving the character some much-needed backstory, the later reveal to Kenobi that he is now a Sith is more shocking that it otherwise would be.