10 Unused Star Wars Scenes That Would Have Changed Everything
2. The Rebellion Is Founded
The prequel series has a lot of politics in it, and if the original plotline had been followed, it would have included a whole mess more. A whole subplot was cut out involving Senator Amidala, Bail Organa and a young Mon Mothma concocting an opposition to Palpatine's increasingly oppressive policies.
It's understandable why the scenes themselves ended up in the recycling basket. They consist of characters sitting around talking for a bit while Amidala exhibits increasingly outlandish hairstyles.
Their absence, however, leaves out an important piece of Star Wars history never addressed openly - the foundation of the Rebellion that emerged to oppose Palpatine's new Empire.
The scenes imply that Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and the other assorted weirdos features founded the Rebellion, turning their political conspiracy into a military insurgency. If the cut scenes had been a whole lot more interesting, that element of Star Wars might have survived intact.