14 Awesome Star Wars Deleted Scenes

5. Han Solo, Ladies Man

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Which Episode? A New Hope

Where would it be in film? As an extension of the cantina scene.

What happens? The original Mos Eisley Cantina scene ran a fair bit longer, making the whole place feel even seedier and more alien. Not only featuring pivotal moments such as the first time a lightsaber was used in combat and that song, the first cut had more aliens and an expanded introduction of Han in full bad-ass mode, getting off with an assumedly alien woman just after Obi-Wan's bar fight. Could he get any cooler?

Should it have been cut? It makes the scene lengthier, but the cut footage really adds to the atmosphere. Interestingly, Lucas would go on to edit elements of the cantina scene (as well as overhauling the Mos Eisley entrance sequence) in the Special Edition, making some of the aliens CGI, yet he didn't go as far as reinserting this footage. We guess the ladies-man Han went against the new good-guy image having Greedo shoot first was going for.

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