12 Sci-Fi Movie Endings That Were Almost Completely Different
10. Return Of The Jedi - Han Was Supposed To Die (Sooner)
No, there was never a version of the third cinematic outing for the Star Wars series and end of the original trilogy which didn’t feature ewoks prominently—sorry to disappoint.
There were, however, drafts which were set to be directed by Robocop’s Paul Verhoeven, The Fly’s David Cronenberg, and even David Lynch, which sounds crazy but makes a lot more sense when you hear how much darker the flick’s original ending was.
Yes, originally Han Solo, everyone’s favourite loveable rogue, didn’t need to wait a few decades and get offed by his own son, since Harrison Ford’s central figure was intended to die at the end of the flick in a heroic sacrifice. Fortunately someone decided this twist would take things in too dark a direction, and so the eighties was saved the spectacle of multiplexes flooded with the tears of Han fans...