Battle of Endor - The Moff Cut

The Battle of Endor from Star Wars Episode VI recut with the deleted Moff Jerjerrod scenes.
These scenes show the Death Star II commander's struggling with the Emperor's orders to destroy the moon and murder hundreds of his own men.
Hopefully that comes across in this rough combination of faded cutting room floor footage and the film you know in HD.
Cut footage can be seen seperately here: • Video
Thanks to Salith Taydan for uploading this to KZbin.
Copyright content used under Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107

[@eriktillman8114]

No idea why they cut this but added 40+ minutes of Ewoks.

[@youseemunsettled]

I was going to say this too lol

[@Darth-vade123]

Agreed these deleted scenes added plenty to moff jerjerrod character

[@blitzy3244]

I know right, that's why it was the most boring movie out of the series for me.

[@V38-r7t]

Merchandising

[@Torentino_Ian_no_channel_2006]

Apparently Lucas wanted to show no remorse to the Empire

[@siegebrickstudios4828]

I wish those cut scenes stayed in the movie. I love how you see an OFFICER second guess the emperor himself and show remorse for his comrades.

[@rogersstinson4019]

[ SiegeBrickStudios ] they cut it cause the officers had the wrong badges

[@Darth-vade123]

@@rogersstinson4019 really? Man that's dumb lol return of the Jedi doesn't show pieet as admiral and doesn't show jerjerrod as moff that is there rank

[@Thisismeisityou]

Totally a hypothetical, but if Jerjerrod managed to survive I feel like Operation Cinder would have been his breaking point and he would have tried to defect to the Rebellion.

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Very likely, considering the hesitation and doubts he had in these scenes with ordering the destruction of imperial troops, and (possibly) major portions of the fleet

[@Darth-vade123]

Indeed

[@Darth-vade123]

Especially since operation cyder ended with many imperial deaths and killing there own citizens

[@anternet104]

Huh Ryoma pfp

[@richardlahan7068]

He's beginning to have doubts about the government he serves.

[@Amp661]

R.I.P Jerjerrod. A hero in your own right to second guess the emperor.

[@tiannjerjerrod6744]

Thank you!

[@Darth-vade123]

Agreed this deleted scene shows how human he is compared to Palpatine and tarkin and even Vader tarkin would have destroyed endor without any emotion

[@Darth-vade123]

@@tiannjerjerrod6744 your a good man moff jerjerrod i hope you didn't die on death star 2

[@agustinbaletti]

Jergerord. A star wars story.

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Agustín Baletti a true hero.

[@CapratDraco]

*Jerjerrod

[@V38-r7t]

Should be a movie

[@sanmo3057]

Jerjerrod is more humane than his predeccesor Tarkin, who destroyed Scarif which many Imperials down there

[@thatoneradicalizedprussian225]

It's bickering in case you wanted to know mate :)

[@b-series5075]

Hey he was going to destroy Endor with the 501st

[@devinthierault]

He was younger and less influenced by the clone wars. A lot of imperials were in the belief that the Rebels were even worse than the separatists.

[@martingenero6328]

@@anxientwisdom2171 Well actually he has a reason. Motti is his political family, because Tarkin is married to Thalassa Motti

[@diegob798]

@@anxientwisdom2171 he killed more imperials than Vader himself, it's on the comics (canon)

[@charlesf6247]

Not a scratch you promise, Not a scratch oooops lost the satellite dish

[@Gotchism4Life]

Great, can't get DirectTV now.

[@smithwesson1896]

@@Gotchism4Life S**t! There goes HBO again!

[@johnsonwaite9865]

That was something that Lando couldn't avoid. He tried, but flying through the Superstructure of the Death Star, there was gonna be some risk.

[@tanyakasim3988]

😭😭😭

[@IndriidaeNT]

0:26 I think Vader and Luke did not want Endor to be destroyed, but the emperor wanted the death star to destroy Endor the same way Tarkin made the original death star fire at Scarif to kill Rouge One.

[@user-fm1fg1mh6r]

Now i can feel Jerjerrod's stress in his final minutes

[@timewarpdrive77]

I find these scenes fairly interesting. It adds depth to the "generic military commander guy"....

[@FishGuyTy]

Just need to get Sam Witwer to dub over that Emperor voice and this would be perfect

[@YoungButRetro]

No need, Ian McDiarmid did in fact record his lines for this scene. It can be heard in The Making of Return Of The Jedi (Enhanced Edition) by J W Rinzler

[@darth856]

I can only imagine that Jerjerrod's hesitance is not just about those batallions, but about the simple fact that the Endor moon's explosion would surely have wiped out the Death Star as well, at the distance it was orbiting?

[@jamiemerian9736]

Perhaps a lower yeild setting could just destroy the surface instead of detonating the whole moon? But yeah, good call.

[@Bis000N]

darthen856 NO!!!!!!!! If yes, the emperor wouldnt have comanded it

[@nigtcreature1837]

I'm pretty sure the Emperor didn't care if he, along with the Death Star, and with the majority of the Imperial Fleet, were destroyed in Endor's destruction. As long as he took the rebellion, and everyone out with him.

[@davidw.2791]

Nigtcreature18 I don't think so. Vader was on the Death Star with him, he wouldn't want to take out himself and his Sith Empire successor.

[@nigtcreature1837]

He never cared for Vader. He only saw him as a pawn. If he could, he would gladly take Vader with him.

[@galacticempire720]

These scenes are important, should not have been deleted. They show the Emperor's insanity and absolutely twisted and evil mind, while the Imperials like poor Jerjerrod are noble heroes :'(

[@alecrobinson2063]

This should have been added to the original cut...

[@christopherhermans]

I think with some small edits this would have been more of a cliff hanger with the threat of the Deathstar destroying Endor. The emperor's voice thou, yeah that was a deal breaker. Lol.

[@AmericanHero911]

4:38 Hang on...where are all the star destroyers and the rest of the Imperial fleet? Lol They can't just disappear! The rebels were getting their ass handed to them earlier on.

[@HiringHamblin]

Huh, I never notcied that. I guess, with most of these ships being transports, the Rebel's capital ships could have been offscreen still engaging Star Destroyers. This does raise the question of WTF those transports were doing anywhere near the battle, let alone so close to the Death Star? There will be about 20 different explainations for it on Wookiepedia... but seriously, wtf?

[@Rebel-tb5fi]

Hamblin Approved The explanation is that if the would discover the rebels base while they attacked endor they could have destroyed the base killing a number of rebels so they put all rebels that werent pilots in those transports

[@HiringHamblin]

Gamern07 Is that canon (Legends or otherwise)? I can understand packing up all personnel in case of discovery, but doing that only to bring them to a space battle on board near-defenceless transports seems utterly counter productive. You might have saved them from being bombed to death in your discovered base, but you've delivered them to being blown up in the vacuum of space.

[@Rebel-tb5fi]

Hamblin Approved Its a teory but it makes sense u can watch the video urself though

[@HiringHamblin]

"u can watch the video urself though" Yeh, OK, I might do that then.

[@stevej1910]

Thank you for properly Moff-ing the battle.

[@savagepanda8458]

Had Jerjerrod’s character been fleshed out a bit more throughout the movie, then this should’ve been kept in. Otherwise, keeping it out was the best option.

[@christophersanchez7731]

It was noble what he did to hesitate firing on his own men One can argue though that Endor would have turned around if he didn’t hesitate If the Death Star II hyperdrive was built he would have escaped and save the battle station to be rebuilt another day Or he could have ordered an evacuation the moment the shield went out saving more Imperial lives Or had he fired at Endor at begginning it would have ended battle there At this point from a military standpoint Endor was compromised overtaken by the Rebels At Sacrif that might have been Tarkin’s reason to fire, to not only kill his rival Krennic but also an attempt to stop Rebels from stealing Death Star plans or other Imperial secrets Sacif was supposed to be a secret and the moment the Rebels found it, it and the Empire’s secrets was compromised So from that analogy it wasn’t as wasteful as one might think firing the Death Star on the planet Same With Endor the Empire was losing on the planet and without the shield the weapon was vulnerable destroying the planet might have taken out some of the Rebel fleet with it and demoralized them to retreat or surrender or at least make battle a draw if rebel ships still attempt and succeed in destroying Death Star jerjerrod was still noble and right to hesitate and help Rebels win unwittingly Still there was ways he could have done still

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Christopher Sanchez Sums it up pretty well militarily. But i also think having Palpatine ordering the moon's destruction is to show how twisted and evil his mindset is. Once again, lot's of good points here too

[@FalconNest]

Great edit! However, among the deleted bits there was a scene concerning the destruction of the DS firing lenses, and you can find a pretty thorough description of this episode in the last mission of SW X-Wing Alliance (1999). If so, perhaps the chronology of the sequence should be rearranged, but of course there's another scene missing (unfortunately not released), i.e. that when Jerjerrod goes "duh?" when realising that the DS is not firing :D

[@gianlucaborg195]

Is that the actual Palpatine voice or a voice over? Palpatine sounded different!?

[@davidw.2791]

Gianluca Borg i think the voice is either OP or a friend of OP's. the original deleted clip also had a standin Emperor voice through the comms so we're not being robbed of any Ian Mcadimiard there.

[@Farb_dk]

Yes

[@KarlSturmgewher]

These extra scenes should be on Disney+ in the extras of Return of the Jedi.

[@modeem352]

Why would the Emperor order the moon fired upon with all those rebel capitol ships in range? I mean sure, many rebel heroes would die, but the moon was only good for the shield generator, and it was down.

[@spaceknight793]

Because it would demoralize Luke by killing his friends, making him more vulnerable to the Emperor's manipulations.

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

modeem352 We see the Death Star being used at least twice in battle against these capital ships you mention. But i think the reason the moon was targeted was because it could've done so much more damage than taking out one more ship before the Death Star's destruction. Not only would destroying the moon kill leading figures of the Rebellion, but the debris and shockwaves would probably be able to destroy or at least completely cripple the Rebel Fleet in orbit, as in one last crushing blow.

[@villarrealblue72]

I like it this way just as much as the way I seen it when it came out

[@scottb4540]

They shouldn't have cut this scene

[@erolturtoga8933]

Man if they didnt cut those scenes of moff jerjerrod who would have been really interesting

[@frname7665]

I'm actually glad they cut it. Not realistic at all. It would be the most foolish order ever from Palpatine: the Death Star would have been totally blown up by the explosion of Endor. But the Jerjerrod scenes were amazing.

[@KrisFrost4359]

Palpatine wouldn't give a fuck. His motto is "if I'm going down, you're going down with me". He was probably hoping to take out most of the Rebel fleet in that explosion.

[@frname7665]

But Palpatine didn't want to go down... :p

[@FBramme]

Don't forget that the Death Star had the best shields available so chances are big it would survive. Certainly Palpatine knew what would happen if he gave the order. The rebel ships wouldn't be that lucky though

[@weepingangel4638]

death star had the shields from the moon

[@George-Hawthorne]

Actually this was Palpatine's plan should the shield generator go offline and part of the plan to tempt Luke. On top of that he had a clone of himself hidden on another planet.

[@patrickglover7506]

Nice cut.

[@Doorhenge]

Does it make the scene too busy to try and repeat Yavin here again at Endor?

[@HiringHamblin]

That was the opinion I formed while putting the video together

[@babalarassrah]

4:35: YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@sodica81]

4:37 ya ha

[@BotWhisperer]

This makes no sense. Once the shield is already down blowing up the planet does nothing but draw fire away from the fleet attacking the station and trying to escape. Plus, when the shield was already down blowing up the surface to prevent this was a rendered moot. Also, if used as a preventitive measure, blasting the planet before the shield was tampered with would do nothing but blow up the shield generator (along with the rebels yes), exposing the death star to danger and accomplishing the rebels mission for them faster and more efficiently.

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

ElderFan 1425 I don't think that it was meant as a defensive measure. I think that Palpatine knew that if the rebels somehow managed to defeat the garrison and deactivated the shield, that the Death Star's fate would've been sealed. I think that in that situation he'd have considered his Enpire to have failed to protect him, and thus did not "deserve" to survive, so to speak. We see more of that mentality elsewhere, with Operation Cinder for example in SW Battlefront II. And the point of destroying the forest moon would be to deal a crippling blow to both the Rebels that had dared oppose him, as well as the Empire that had failed to protect him. Destroying the moon would kill key members and leaders of the Rebel Alliance, including Leia Organa and Han solo, as well as some of their best troops. It would also kill the soldiers and officers of the Imperial Garrison but more importantly, i think that the aim was to also destroy both the Rebel and Imperial fleets in orbit around the moon. To support this you can hear Admiral Ackbar ordering the Rebels to move away from the death star after it begins to explode, otherwise the fleet might sustain damage. And look at what happend when Starkiller base destroyed Hosnian prime, in EP VII. There was a major portion of the New Republic fleet orbiting the planets, and you could see them getting absolutely destroyed. While this forest moon will not cause such big of an explosion as a big planet, i still think that it's destruction would cause debris and shockwaves to destroy, or at least severely damage, to all ships in the area. I see it as a order to just destroy everything, as a final, crushing blow.

[@oubrioko]

Impressive. Most Impressive.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

I'm confused. What was blowing up Endor supposed to accomplish?

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Vetarlit Torf It would've killed key leaders of the rebellion, including Luke's friends. The debris and shockwave of the explosion would also likely destroy the Rebel fleet in orbit around the forest moon.

[@sonrouge]

Who voiced the Emperor in the cut scenes?

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

sonrouge Probably some guy of the support team, as away of letting Jerjerrod know when to do his lines. I've read that they did not get to Ian McDiarmid doing the scene before they scrapped it

[@jasonian2339]

This is how you do a Space Kamikaze

[@mikemanners1069]

One out of control A-Wing can take down Darth Vader's flagship?

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Mike Manners Remember that the rebel fleet was ordered to focus solely on the Executor. The bridge deflector shields were destroyed, leaving it unprotected. Losing the bridge and command/control centre sealed the ship's fate. I read that the Executor actually had a secondary bridge somewhere, but that the crew did not manage to save the ship on time as the Death Star's gravity pulled it down.

[@geekylion6531]

you learn to pilot a tridirium in the force?

[@john-michaelburlingame323]

Interesting but doesnt make much sense. If the death star was rotating towards the planet how the hell could they have flown through it? I think I am glad it was cut.

[@lol-un6nl]

It has its own gravity

[@lloyd9710]

That would of changed the tide of the battle i think of the death star destroyed endor

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

lloyd9710 Maybe not, because the Death Star would still be destroyed by the fighters if not by the explosion of the moon, since it was orbiting it. But it could deal a crippling blow to Rebellion, by taking out key leaders which were on the moon, as well as destroying or at keast severely crippling it's fleet, which was also in orbit.

[@Lenzar86]

I'd have left this is..AND had the DSII destroy Endor. But of course SW is supposedly for kids who wouldn't understand bittersweet.

[@STONECOLD1988]

Wtf was this cut?

[@rippingtons60]

I read in sources that blowing up Endor was Palpatine's contingency plan if the rebel had managed to cut off the shield. What was the point of that?, It wouldn't have accomplished anything save for killing the rebels on the moon. The shield would still be down and the Death Start would still be vulnerable to the rebel fleet and fighters. I don't see how Palpatine hoped to win the battle by having Endor destroyed.

[@HiringHamblin]

At the very least he was just being spiteful

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Hamblin Approved True, it wouldn't save him or the Death Star. I like to think that he knew that, and instead wanted to punish both the Rebels for daring to oppose him all those years, as well as his Empire for failing to protect him. Destroying the forest moon would not only kill key members of the Rebel Alliance leadership (As well as the Imperial garrison) But the destruction and explosion would probably create enough debris and shockwaves to destroy, or at least severely cripple, both the Rebel and Imperial fleets in orbit. Look at EP. VII, when Starkiller base destroys Hosnian Prime. The New Republic fleet in orbit gets pretty much evaporated. I think that was the goal of destroying the moon; Dealing one final, crushing blow.

[@richardlahan7068]

How is he a Moff? He's wearing a commander's rank insignia.

[@isaacio8924]

There was a costuming error.

[@Sanfedismo1192]

His offical rank is moff but he is also known as director of imperial energy sistems

[@richardlahan7068]

@@Sanfedismo1192 If he were a Moff, he'd be wearing a Moff's rank insignia. Vader even addresses him as "commander".

[@Sanfedismo1192]

@@richardlahan7068 1.no one cares about insignia ranks in OT 2. Commander isn't offical rank, anyone can be called commander and his rank insignia is captain

[@richardlahan7068]

@@Sanfedismo1192 You are correct. He is a captain. Not a Moff.

[@zachbaird4717]

So he died then

[@HiringHamblin]

Absolutely.

[@davidw.2791]

Hamblin Approved And the stormtroopers, and the slave labour.

[@justinstuart8382]

Moffs Gay lover Gary the Stormtrooper was on the moon of Endor unfortunately hence his delaying a bit, later the Eworks play drums on his skull

[@itwontcomeout5678]

So Moff Jerjerrod is the uncle of Gary The Stormtrooper's daughter

[@ryankerr2289]

the emperor's voice is pathetic in the video. it's not right.

[@spaceknight793]

It's not him. Just a crew member reading out lines for the scene.

[@tru1072]

Holy shit this adds another layer to what was already a tense scene. Makes it feel more modern.

[@Darth-vade123]

They should have kept this

[@shamus10011]

Excellent job. I really like how you cut it in with the existing film. Too bad Lucas didn't add this scene as part of the updated version of Episode VI. I would have added to the dramatic tension at the end. Maybe he felt it was too much like the end of Episode IV?

[@HiringHamblin]

Thanks. I do get the impression that the similarities to the end of Ep IV are what saw these scenes on the cutting room floor. Also in the process of editing this I did feel that having both the Moff's scenes and Piett's was a bit redundant. We'd spend quite a bit of time with Imperial officers, perhaps too much. I think this would've played a part too, in the final edit at least. Piett was a returning character, and would be required to be involved in the Executor's sequences so I can understand them going with his scenes over Jerjerrod's.

[@shamus10011]

I disagree on the redundancy. It would have showed the battle from all perspectives. I feel that Jerjerrod got short changed. The wonderful thing about Piett was that he was a fleshed out character in Episode V and you cared about him in Episode VI. I think you would have had a similar feeling about Jerjerrod if these scenes were kept. They also build the tension -- will the Death Star be destroyed before it blows up Endor and will Luke's sister and best friends survive on Endor or be blown up by the Death Star?

[@HiringHamblin]

Redundant storywise, maybe not. But I can see why they'd be sheepish about having both sequences in, for the sake of pacing.

[@blueshell6048]

Hamblin Approved i personally think it would just be cool to see more Imperial activity(Like what they were doing in assembling fleets and preparing to attack the rebels if that makes any sense) and focus on characters besides the good guys, and see what the officers were thinking during the battle, seeing the empire losing to the rebellion

[@letzrock1675]

@@shamus10011 Actually extremely redundant due to the fact that the Death Star was already blown up in the middle of its firing sequence in ANH. What are the chances that a 2nd Death Star would also be blown up right in the middle of being fired? Regardless of the nice side-story showing all perspectives, it would seem repetitive and predictable to see the Empire again only seconds away from destroying another planet/moon at the climax of the movie. The fact that yet another Death Star's weak spot is exploited is enough of a repetition of the end of ANH.

[@sethmoss8671]

Grand Moff Tarkin would never give any darn about firing on lower ranked imperials.

[@ferbthe2gadgetguy]

seth moss Heck a whole planet he didn't even give a damn, why not a planet with little Imperial presence?

[@justinstuart8382]

seth moss Moffs Gay lover Gary the Stormtrooper was on the moon of Endor unfortunately hence his delaying a bit, later the Eworks play drums on his skull

[@lolshark99b49]

yea he was savage

[@CaptainM792]

What about director krennic and every imperial on Scarif ?

[@jejeakle]

ferbthe2gadgetguy it’s not the moon he was worried about. A large portion of important Rebel leadership was on that moon. By destroying it, he would still devastate the Rebellion

[@koonstudios7591]

I really do like Jerjerrod. Wish they hadn't cut those scenes.

[@koonstudios7591]

Collins Ongaya I really don't know.

[@Tk5869]

Lucas once said that the empire and it's officers are the bad guys and he didn't want the officers to be too humane. This scene would eventually draw the audience more to the evil side showing officers that are too friendly and humane. Hope that helped a bit. By the way, I would have loved to have that scene included in the final version of the movie. Jerjerrod rules and Michael Pennington is a very good actor, he actually acted his ass off in this scene and Lucas just said "NO" too humane for the empire.

[@Roper122]

The scenes were completely unnecessary.

[@-Joyfull]

The most logical reason which I can think of for them cutting these scenes is to prevent the movie from feeling like an exact deja-vu repeating of episode 4 and to make it feel more original and distinguishable.

[@ExplorerDS6789]

Really slowed down the pacing, and I guess it made it look too much like the original Star Wars climax.

[@kevinshea7547]

This is great evidence about the Emperor's insanity. Not only would he fire on his own troops, but are the Death Star and the ships in the battle close enough to the moon to be destroyed when it explodes?

[@lourdeslepretti1118]

It's Palpatine, obviously he didn't care

[@Zarrov]

he was more interested in creating a no-win scenario so that Luke will have no choice but to turn to the dark side in an attempt to kill him and stop this madness. Originally though, in first drafts of the script, Palpatine was supposed to be killed by Vader, and Vader was supposed to take the mantle of the emperor. They planned to have +3 movies at this point, but then they changed their mind. They cut this scene because it was unnecessary, and the complexity of Jerrjerod was a left-over from those drafts were he was kinda rival to Vader in plotting against emperor and trying to take over the Empire.

[@sethmoss8671]

As Lourdes Lepretti said, he wouldn't care. He wants the galaxy and the empire all to himself. If he can't avoid his death, he'll gladly take everyone else down with him.

[@angelic_disappointment7889]

@@Zarrov those 3+ movies probably would be 10x better than the sequel trilogy we have now

[@sparrowlt]

@@lourdeslepretti1118 Considering Operation Cinder was literally "if the empire allows me to die then they must die loyal or not" he wouldn care even less about the troops and ships in the battle where he dies

[@don39boo]

In his last moment, Jerjerrod became a rebel.

[@Conneromance]

Almost perfect. I'd like the final Moff moments to be closer to the end, with the "laser backfire" just a moment before Lando escapes the fire. Plus I always wanted quick cuts to stormtroopers falling in hallways on the Death Star when the Executor crashes. (like when we see troopers falling in ANH whenever pilots miss on the torpedo run

[@jejeakle]

In the book it’s stated the entire Death Star shook from the impact

[@angelic_disappointment7889]

@@jejeakle probably killed thousands in the Death Star in that section too

[@walnzell9328]

It sounds like Palpatine called Moff Jerjerrod on his Nokia.

[@Darthbelal]

It would've made for a good plot had men like Jererrod, who are good loyal men, get treated like trash by the Imperial elite and have so many innocents die to further the Emperor's goals decide to abandon their posts and flee. Only to eventually join the Rebel Alliance.

[@mattwordsworth9825]

Imagine if Piett survived and during Operation Cinder he joined the Alliance and he kept his rank as Admiral. That would have been a massive gain for the Alliance.

[@tu_luchito_xd9913]

This scene explains why the second death star has a small explosion on the cannon before been destroyed, that small explosion it was the superlaser

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

3:06 "Piett, you fool..."

[@StellarYankee]

JerJerrod, a man who did his duty right up till the final second. They honestly shouldn’t have cut this to add suspense. And if only...if only...the Death Star destroyed those puny rebels once and for all...

[@absboodoo]

Deadpool it's a great scene in its own rights, but it does detract the tensions of the battles.

[@cannonfodder4000]

Jerjerrod's actor did a fantastic job, but I can see why they cut these scenes. It's a pretty grey plot line, not like the good vs evil story of the movie. Star Wars has alot of war elements but illustrating the kind of horrors of war might not sit right with the rest of it. maybe if Jerjerrod escaped it would have been better.

[@toddsmitts]

The additional scenes are interesting, but they slow down the pacing and when were jumping between three different locations during the final act (Luke/Vader/Emperor in the throne room, Han/Leia/Ewoks on Endor. Lando/Wedge/Ackbar in space), introducing a four just seems excessive, especially when it only involves a supporting character. Cutting these was the right call.

[@IndriidaeNT]

3:09: Ackbar was the only one not cheering because Arvel destroying the Executor led to his own death as well as the deaths of everyone on board the Executor.

[@justinstuart8382]

Your Emporer voice is awful mate

[@HiringHamblin]

Lad, its 17% more Emperor-like than the stand in they had in the original footage, which'll do for the purpose of this video.

[@HiringHamblin]

This is a basic knock up of what these deleted scenes would look like in Episode VI. Not exactly a team production.

[@CaptainArn]

Fuck me ... you absolute bitches. You two are everything that people say about the scum of KZbin.

[@grumpymcfudge9616]

& your spelling is a joke

[@wanderingoryx3710]

OI U HOVIM A GIGGLE MAYYTE

[@angelic_disappointment7889]

The ringing sound at the start is so out of place that it’s Hilarious

[@TheNinjaMarmot]

They had several battalions and they couldn't defend one shield. ONE heavily defended shield from space teddy bears.

[@spaceknight793]

Such is the heroism of the heroes! Anything is possible when you are on the side of good.

[@angelic_disappointment7889]

It’s said that the Ewoks were as strong as Wookiee’s and they completely outnumbered the imperials there with the surprise attack, can’t really blame them for uncalculated variables

[@AgentScooterX]

Wasn't the Emperor already dead or about to be killed by the time the shield generator on Endor was destroyed?

[@HiringHamblin]

AgentScooterX Off the top of my head, I think theres at least 15 minutes of screen time between the generator going up and Palps biting it.

[@davidkippy101]

The emperor is dead right before the fighters go into the superstructure.

[@davidkippy101]

The shield was destroyed, then ackbar tols everyone, then the emperor dies, then superstructure

[@ExplorerDS6789]

No, the shield is destroyed right before the Emperor starts torturing Luke.

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

ExplorerDS6789 And i guess that's also the reason why he wasn't alerted about the shields being down. He'd just ordered everyone out so that the confrontation with Luke could take place.

[@fruitpigenthusiast120]

I really wish they kept this

[@Mitchthe1soul]

I thought his scenes seem great here, but I can kinda see why they cut them.

[@cozyapustaja8249]

I see why they cut it, but it would’ve added an extra layer of tension

[@spaceknight793]

Yes but adding sympathy for any part of the Empire that late into the story would be bad writing. That would have required some foreshadowing.

[@phenompy]

How would've destroying Endor helped them in anyway tho?

[@williamtate843]

These cuts would make it even more like the New hope than it already is. W/out cuts - purpose destroy rebellion fleet W/ cuts - purpose destroy Endor ANH - purpose destroy Yavin 4

[@jetflyer62901]

Wow. Jerjerrod's hesitance was their own undoing. Had he given the command just a little sooner, they might have been successful in blowing up Endor

[@jetflyer62901]

Starscream91 Well, I mean, C-3PO, R2-D2, Han Solo, Leia, and Chewbacca would have died… Plus maybe the shockwave and/or debris and explosions from endor would damage or destroy the rebel fleet

[@jetflyer62901]

Starscream91 I would not be so sure of that. I think losing Han Solo and Leia would rather be a bigger loss. They were some of the best in alliance. "The second one? Nope." You do not know that.

[@darthsidious1137]

It wouldn't have mattered for the Death Star but the loss of Leia would of been a huge blow. plus they were in a very low orbit. looks like they may have been within the thermosphere, the rebel fleet would have sustained catastrophic damage, the rebel fleet being destroyed by the blast makes much more sense than the executor crashing into the Death Star now that was dumb. Anyway why do you think Ackbar ordered the fleet away from the Death Star when it was about to go? Cause it would have sustained heavy losses imagine what would happen if Endor was destroyed.

[@DDog52]

Never understood why the Falcon didn't go last. Would be easy to keep the fighters off their back with the gun turrets, no?

[@itwontcomeout5678]

0:55 I thought that officer (lieutenant?) had an American accent in the beginning of the movie when Vader arrives? I think it's British now Same goes for Wedge Antilles; American accent in A New Hope, Scottish accent in Return of The Jedi (his actual accent)

[@Spacegoat92]

Good edit! Would've been good if this made it into the blu ray instead of half the cgi added crap...

[@diyapia]

Should have put it back in rather than the terrible Jabba’s musical number....

[@scottb4540]

Jesus did Carrie fisher do palpatines voice in that scene cuz that did not sound like Ian mcdiarmid

[@pineutrino]

These original deleted scenes didn't have any post-processing at all (no music), and had some movie-set dude call out the Emperor's lines, as a cue for our heroic Imperial officer to do his own actual acting. Whoever put together this specific video interspersed the deleted scenes with the movie scenes to make their "Moff Cut", added soundtrack music - and in all likelihood, did their own Emperor voice acting, over the top of the movie-set dude.

[@Cormac131]

They cut it to try show that good imperial did not exist really stupid

[@WintersWar]

these scenes would have enhanced ROTJ. no doubt about it.

[@RoxyAnimates]

This part would’ve added to the intensity 3:45

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

Wait...are Palpatine's lines dubbed, or is that actually what he sounds like?

[@HiringHamblin]

In the original deleted scene they had someone (presumably a production assistant or similar) reading the line offscreen I made an attempt or two at a more Palps-like reading, but probably shouldn't have bothered in the end

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

@@HiringHamblin Ah, so you were trying to read them? If so, then you actually did a fairly good job with it.

[@HiringHamblin]

@@theevildrummingsithlord1492 Cheers

[@theevildrummingsithlord1492]

@@HiringHamblin You too!

[@PurpleCrownVic]

Piett. You fool.

[@Rafael-pi4md]

Wtf was Ian McDiarmid's voice overdubbed? or they just edited?

[@HiringHamblin]

Placeholder audio. They didn't get round to having him record the lines before scrapping the scene

[@pithecophaga1688]

The last jerjerrod...

[@heywoodfloyd9]

Never understood why the Executor didnt have failsafes and backup systems to keep the ship foing if the bridge were destroyed. So stupid.

[@saltyshrimp1151]

Which this with captions on.

[@Aleksandarbatmansupermen]

Volim ratovi zvezda cela trilogy sjajna

[@truepremise2053]

Thank LUCUS this was removed.

[@atomiswave2]

I feel like maybe they should have left it in

[@LoLzZ85]

3:21 bad looking shots with that shadow cast on Moff's face. And too many of those ridiculous Spaceballs sized helmets on show.

[@HiringHamblin]

LoLzZ85 I imagine they'd have reshot it with cleaner lighting if they were going to keep it in.

[@pineutrino]

At first I was with most of the commenters here, thinking "oh come on, they should have left this in, it would have been awesome" ... but on reflection, I think it was the right decision to cut. What would have been our hero's character arc? He's the commanding officer of the planet-smashing apex of the entire Galactic Empire. He might be another Krennic. Would the order to destroy Endor really stress him out so, simply because he's such a gosh-darn decent guy? Such an unorthodox character miiiight work ... but you'd also have to do a ton of extra work earlier in the movie to scope that out, to explain how someone with with such a soul of sugar-plums and fairy dust could rise that high in the brutal Imperial hierarchy. Doing justice to a topic that messy would require an entire subplot. Overcomplicates the story, doesn't dovetail with anyone else's arcs. Best removed.

[@tink5427]

This is what I saw in the theatre in 1983.

[@themightythor1160]

Did I miss something? Why destroy endor? Just to get to Luke?

[@spaceknight793]

Yes. Kill his friends and demoralize Luke. That was Palpatine's strategy all along so it fits.

[@ProfessorPotatoPhD]

Daniel Preece Plus, destroying the moon could've also led to the destruction or at least crippling of the orbiting Rebel fleet. (I.e. debris, and shockwaves, We see how much damage they can cause to an orbiting fleet, see Hosnian Prime's destruction in EP VII)

[@mariachi1_1]

I didn't understand that Emperor wanted to destroy Endor. Okay he wants to turn Luke to the dark side but if that moon is destroyed; will the death star's shields be removed and it won't be vulnerable to fleed attack?

[@HiringHamblin]

He wanted to destroy the Sanctuary Moon once the shield generator was destroyed

[@migulda2386]

Cool scene

[@jacktonzola4115]

Why is he "Moff Jerjerrod"? He is referred to as "Commander."

[@HiringHamblin]

He's also a Moff

[@IamMeHere2See]

Thank you for clearing up the plot hole about why the Death Straw was aimed at the Moon when it blew up.

[@c0l1n_m45]

Now that is a finale to a Star Wars film. The Rise of Skywalker was a joke.

[@marciafiorentino1190]

F in the chat for our beloved imperials

[@erikseidler793]

And with your bread sir the shield is down.

[@sonrouge]

Did Ian McDiarmid voice the Emperor in the deleted scene? Or did someone else substitute?

[@HiringHamblin]

It was just some dude reading it off screen