10 Unused Star Wars Scenes That Would Have Changed Everything
4. The Reunion
The second slice of the Biggs subplot sees Luke encountering his old friend at Yavin IV, prior to the big showdown against the Death Star. It's a short scene that nevertheless confirms Biggs joined the Rebel Alliance as he promised, and explains why he's given a featured part in the final trench run assault.
Perhaps most crucially, another pilot interrupts the boys' love-in to say he fought with Luke's father, who was a great man. This little nugget would have thrown a massive spanner in the works of the whole "No, I Am Your Father" thing in one movie's time, and suggests strongly that Luke and Vader's familial connection wasn't on George Lucas' radar when he made A New Hope.
As minor as this scene is, it really could have changed everything, by forcing the filmmakers to come up with a new twist for the final throwdown at Bespin, and changing the entire course of the movie series, Vader's character, and Luke's destiny.