{"id":2025,"date":"2013-02-28T15:22:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/?p=2025"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:03:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T19:03:33","slug":"the-battle-above-endor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/the-battle-above-endor\/","title":{"rendered":"The Battle Above Endor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Battle of Endor was the final fight in a long war of Rebellion against a tyrannical Empire. In the end, good prevailed, but not without a really great space battle!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>PREPARING FOR BATTLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Included here are some media from before the Battle of Endor. If you look closely at some of the images, you&#8217;ll notice a rebel transport that made an appearance in <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/echo-base-the-battle-of-hoth\/\"><em>Episode V<\/em> at Echo Base<\/a>. You can see it briefly in the film as Han and Lando are walking towards the stolen Imperial shuttle. Also, when Lando and Han are saying their goodbyes, Chewbacca comes to say goodbye as well, but this was edited out of the film. On <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ISBN=B00003CXCT\/tbonefendersstar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Star Wars Trilogy DVD<\/a>, there&#8217;s a photo of Leia with Han and Lando too. This was not in the film.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1233.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-636\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1233-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1233\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1233-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1233-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1233-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1233-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1232.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-635\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1232-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1232\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1232-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1232-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1232-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1232-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1239.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-642\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1239-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1239\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1239-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1239-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1239-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1239-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1235.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-638\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1235-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1235\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1235-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1235-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1235-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1235-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1238.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-641\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1238-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1238\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1238-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1238-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1238-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1238-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1236.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-639\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1236-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1236\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1236-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1236-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1236-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1236-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1240.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-643\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1240-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1240\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1240-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1240-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1240-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1240-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1237.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-640\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1237-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1237\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1237-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1237-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1237-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1237-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Return of the Jedi: DELETED ORIGINAL EDITS (Rare Footage 1982)\" width=\"648\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZMzX4bLDT8k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>REBEL HEROES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When watching the Endor battle scenes, you catch many glimpses of Mon Calamari officers rushing all around the bridge of the Home One flagship, where Admiral Ackbar leads the Rebel attack against the second Death Star. On a few occasions, someone referred to as an &#8220;aid&#8221; in the script has some dialogue with Ackbar about the battle. Most of these deleted pieces of dialogue are in still intact in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ISBN=0345384385\/tbonefendersstar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">novelization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Actor and puppeteer Gerald Home played one of those aids (as well as the Squid-Head (Tessek) in Jabba&#8217;s Palace.) He managed to keep a few call sheets and script pages from the shoot and dug them up years later to share with the now defunct New Zealand site SWNZ.co.nz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1119.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1119-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1119\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1117.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-520\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1117-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1117\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1117-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1117-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1117-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1117-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1118.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-521\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1118-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1118\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1118-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1118-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1118-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1118-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1120.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-523\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1120-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1120\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1120-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1120-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1120-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1120-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1159.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1159-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1159\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>General Madine had his own command ship, just like Admiral Ackbar, but we never got to see him command it. In an interview with <i>Star Wars Insider<\/i> (Issue #41), the actor who played Madine (Dermot Crowley) said he got to say the famous line, &#8220;May the Force be with us,&#8221; but all of his Endor battle scenes were ultimately deleted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>By the end of his two-day stint in the Briefing Room, Crowley had gotten so used to his surroundings that he soon found General Madine recruited for a second mission. &#8220;At the end of the day, someone came up to me &#8211; I can&#8217;t remember if it was Richard Marquand &#8211; and said, &#8216;What are you doing next week? We&#8217;d like to shoot some more with you.&#8217; So I spent a whole period of maybe five days being directed by George Lucas, who was directing a lot of the second unit.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During that week, Crowley filmed scenes of Madine&#8217;s actions during the Endor Battle. &#8220;I had a whole sequence of flying through space in this special machine,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and I got to say, &#8216;May the Force be with us,&#8217; and all sorts of exciting things &#8211; which of course never got in the movie, much to my disappointment. But of course, an enormous amount of the movie obviously ended up on the cutting room floor. That&#8217;s part of the actor&#8217;s portfolio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fact that his extra footage didn&#8217;t make it into the final cut, Crowley said that he was happy to film the scenes. &#8220;It became exciting,&#8221; he said. You had to pinch yourself now and again and say, &#8216;Hey, I&#8217;m being directed by George Lucas &#8211; this is fun!&#8217; I got to play with some of the gadgets, and I remember being on this sort of rotor arm being whirled around and shouting whatever orders were to be shouted at the time. And because I was on the set for a little longer, I saw some of the other creatures, which were absolutely astonishing.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1160.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-563\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1160-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1160\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1160-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1160-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1160-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1160-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1161.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-564\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1161-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1161\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1161-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1161-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1161-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1161-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1162.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-565\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1162-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1162\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1162-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1162-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1162-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1162-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1163.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-566\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1163-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1163\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1163-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1163-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1163-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1163-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1164.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-567\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1164-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1164\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1164-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1164-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1164-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1164-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1165.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-568\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1165-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1165\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1165-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1165-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1165-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1165-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-569\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1166-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1166\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1166-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1166-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1166-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1166-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wedge Antilles shows up to the end celebration, shaking hands with Han Solo in some photos. You won&#8217;t see this gentlemanly exchange in the film, though. The video clip below from an early trailer shows Wedge Antilles doing what he does best &#8211; piloting an X-Wing fighter. He&#8217;s on his way to the center of the second Death Star. I checked to see if this exact frame is in the film, and it definitely is not there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-685\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1282-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1282\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1282-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1282-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1282-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1282-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1283.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-686\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1283-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1283\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1283-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1283-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1283-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1283-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1116.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-519\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1116-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1116\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1116-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1116-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1116-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1116-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2025-1\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/wedgecut.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/wedgecut.mp4\">https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/wedgecut.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In Issue #172 of the Starwars.com newsletter, <em>The Homing Beacon<\/em>, Mike Quinn (Nien Nunb) talks about his role in the film and quickly mentions some deleted scenes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Nien Nunb was not the only Sullustian Quinn had a hand in; lesser known is Ten Numb, a fighter pilot who has recently been immortalized as an action figure. &#8220;We shot Ten Numb in a B-wing cockpit,&#8221; Quinn continues. &#8220;Those scenes were cut and are probably waiting to be discovered in the archives somewhere. I had to improvise the whole thing as there was no scripted dialogue and they were just generic cutaways for the space battle at the end. I said some pretty stupid things about not getting good reception of his favorite radio station out in space.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Photos are always appearing of more pilots shot, but not included in the final film. Some had their own ships, others were, for example, gunners in the Millennium Falcon&#8217;s turrets. According to Starwars.com and sites like <a title=\"http:\/\/starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com.au\/2011\/09\/girl-power-jedis-female-fighter-pilots.html\" href=\"http:\/\/starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com.au\/2011\/09\/girl-power-jedis-female-fighter-pilots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Star Wars Aficionado<\/a>, many of the deleted pilots were female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1192.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-595\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1192-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1192\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1192-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1192-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1192-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1192-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2027\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pilot1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot1-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2028\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pilot2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot2-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2029\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"pilot3\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/pilot3-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWJediSullustianOnFalcon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3078\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWJediSullustianOnFalcon-150x150.png\" alt=\"Sullustian on the Falcon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWJediSullustianOnFalcon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/SWJediSullustianOnFalcon-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rebel-on-the-Falcon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-3079\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rebel-on-the-Falcon-150x150.png\" alt=\"Rebel on the Falcon\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rebel-on-the-Falcon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/Rebel-on-the-Falcon-120x120.png 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALL CRAFT PULL UP!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1121.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-524 alignright\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1121-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1121\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1121-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1121-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1121-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/1121-230x230.jpg 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve acquired a few sets of <em>Star Wars<\/em> storyboards and call sheets over the years, and I&#8217;m always on the lookout for more. While combing through a stack of <em>Episode VI<\/em> storyboards one day, something jogged my memory. I remembered something about a scene where a ship (or ships) crashed into the Death Star&#8217;s shield when first arriving at Endor. After doing some research, I found a corresponding paragraph in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ISBN=0345384385\/tbonefendersstar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">novelization<\/a>. The only discrepancy that stands out is that the novel says that three ships hit the shield (and are destroyed) while the storyboard dictates two (a Y-Wing and a B-Wing).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the excerpt from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ISBN=0345384385\/tbonefendersstar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">novelization<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>&#8220;Pull up!&#8221; Lando commanded. &#8220;All craft pull up!&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>He banked hard to the left, the fighters of the Red Squad veering close on his tail.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Some didn&#8217;t make it. Three flanking X-wings nicked the invisible deflector shield, spinning out of control, exploding in flames along the shield surface. None of the others paused to look back.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The teasers and trailers for the films are a great place to find little snippets of deleted footage. Usually, trailers are made during editing when it is still not known what footage will end up in the finished product. In a snippet from the <em>Revenge of the Jedi<\/em> trailer, there&#8217;s an extra second or two of the Falcon spiraling around while inside the second Death Star.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 160px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2025-2\" width=\"160\" height=\"120\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/mftrailerclip.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/mftrailerclip.mp4\">https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-content\/uploads\/mftrailerclip.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Battle of Endor was the final fight in a long war of Rebellion against a tyrannical Empire.\u00a0 In the end, good prevailed, but not without a really great space battle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":4416,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[534,536,247,328,540,28,29,533,507,86,537,535,359,478,344,395,431,496,508,541,151,539,322,538],"class_list":["post-2025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cutscenes","category-cutscenes-rotj","tag-admiral-ackbar","tag-aide","tag-battle","tag-chewbacca","tag-craft","tag-cut","tag-deleted","tag-endor","tag-episode-vi","tag-fight","tag-general-madine","tag-gerald-home","tag-han-solo","tag-lando-calrissian","tag-luke-skywalker","tag-millennium-falcon","tag-pilots","tag-princess-leia","tag-return-of-the-jedi","tag-ships","tag-transport","tag-vehicles","tag-wedge","tag-wedge-antilles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4417,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025\/revisions\/4417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starwarz.com\/tbone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}