Luke’s childhood friend, Biggs Darklighter, was a big influence on him. He was the friend that got away, joined the Academy, and did something with his life. Luke longed to be like his friend. He wanted off the farm and to have his own adventures. The relationship between Biggs and Luke was diminished in the final film, unfortunately. There were casual mentions of Biggs and another friend named Tank. There was a short reunion with Biggs during the battle at the end of the film. That was about the extent of it, though. Biggs’ missing scenes fill in a lot of the blanks in Luke’s backstory.
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Rescuing Palpatine
You have to hand it to Palpatine. Organizing his own capture and rescue to reinforce his cover as a phantom menace to the galaxy was a stroke of pure evil genius. Poor Dooku probably thought so too until he had two lightsabers criss-crossing his neckline. I’m not sure that even Palpatine foresaw what a troublesome rescue it would be, however. What we saw in the finished film was a trimmed down version. Let’s take a look at some of the deleted/altered bits from the opening space battle to the big crash landing.
The Battle of Naboo
The Battle of Naboo can be broken down into two categories: land battle and space battle. Both were occurring at the same time and were quite hectic. The information on this page, while most likely not complete, will cover some of the land and space scenes from Battle of Naboo plus some other surrounding events.