Help with a Star Wars memory
 

I thought I asked this but a search turned up nothing. Sorry if this is a repeat.

I'm watching ANH for the first time in years and wondering if my memory is bad or Lucas and his annoying edits struck again. I can recall a scene in A New Hope at the Mos Eisley cantina when Han first comes over to Luke and Obi-Wan. As he sits down he says "You're pretty handy with that light saber, old man." He then introduces himself. This implies Han recognizes him as a Jedi.

So was it in an early cut or am I imagining things?

Re: Help with a Star Wars memory
 

It was Han's final line to Kylo Ren.

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It was a callback to the scene in RoTJ when he said to Luke: You're pretty light with that hand, young man!

That was a later cut though.

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Actually what he really said was "I'd like a 'handy', old man."

A lot of weird shit went on underneath the tables at the Cantina.

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Damn. I guess Han really did shoot first.

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For real I don’t recall this scene. Pretty sure it’s not in the film.

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I think you're imagining things.

Or you could be confusing one of the many unused scenes/takes that never made it into the final film. There's quite a bit of extra footage from the Cantina sequence (including Han Solo hitting up some chick) that didn't make it into the final film. You might be thinking of some of these things, and then letting your imagination fill in the blanks.


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It's in the shooting script, but did not end up in the theatrical release.

INT. MOS EISLEY CANTINA - DAY ZB50
Luke is still giddy and downs a fresh drink as he follows
Ben and Chewbacca to a booth where HAN SOLO is sitting. He
is a tough James Dean style starpilot about thirty years
old. A mercenary in a starship, simple, sentimental and
cocksure of himself. A lovely young alien girl has her arms
around him but the young space rogue sends her bouncing on
her way as the group approaches.
HAN
You're pretty handy with that saber old
man, not often one sees that kind of
sword play on this side of the galaxy.
I'm Han Solo, Captain of the Millennium
Falcon. Chewie tells me you're looking
for passage to the Alderaan system.
BEN
Yes indeed. If it's a fast ship.
HAN
Fast ship! You mean you've never heard
of the Millennium Falcon?
BEN
(amused) Should I?
HAN
It's the ship that made the Kessel run in
less than 12 par-sec's! I've outrun
Imperial starships, not local bulk-
cruisers mind you. These are the big
Corellian ships I'm talking about. I think
she's fast enough for you old man. What's
your cargo?

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This is what's in the movie.

INT. TATOOINE - MOS EISLEY - CANTINA
Strange creatures play exotic big band music on odd-looking instruments as Luke, still giddy, downs a fresh drink and follows Ben and Chewbacca to a booth where Han Solo is sitting. Han is a tough, roguish starpilot about thirty years old. A mercenary on a starship, he is simple, sentimental, and cocksure.
HAN
Han Solo. I'm captain of the
Millennium Falcon. Chewie here
tells me you're looking for
passage to the Alderaan system.
BEN
Yes, indeed. If it's a fast ship.
HAN
Fast ship? You've never heard
of the Millennium Falcon?
BEN
Should I have?
HAN
It's the ship that made the Kessel
run in less than twelve parsecs!

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Thanks.

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The line is also in the official novelization of the movie:

______________________________
When I was a kid in the dark times before VHS, the only way to relive movies was through either the comic book adaptions or the Scholastic "storybooks."

The storybook included scenes that were never included in the final cut of the film like Luke watching the Star Destroyer vs Blockade Runner battle through binoculars, and the Biggs Darklighter scenes. By the time I saw the movie for a second time I was surprised those scenes weren't in it. The book even used photographs from those scenes!

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Since this damn thread made me cue up the movie for the zillionth time, but I couldn't hack it, I watched the deleted scenes extras. "Nice moves old man, very impressive" was the line left on the cutting room floor.

He also said "looks like someone's taken an interest in your handiwork" when the troopers enter the cantina.

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Here is that moment Kurt is referring to, about 3:25 in:

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When the OP asked this I began to wonder why I have the same false memory. Turns out Han Solo says this in the Marvel Comics adaptation as well: "You're pretty handy with that sabre, old man. I'm Han Solo, Captain of the Millenium Falcon; Chewie tells me you're looking for passage to the Alderaan System." Before the days of home video, I must've read issues 1-6 dozens of times as it was the only way to revisit Star Wars whenever I wanted.

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I wonder if it was in The Story of Star Wars album? I have that vinyl around here somewhere. Listened to it many times after seeing the movie.

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In that comic, after Han shoots Greedo and tosses a coin at the bartender with "Sorry about the mess," did Han say to Chewie "I never was a good guest?"

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No, just "sorry for the mess".

However, the novelization says "Sorry for the mess. I always was a rotten host."

Which is odd because the bartender is the host here, Solo would be a guest. I guess that's just another indicator of Lucas' writing abilities.

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I guess that he was hosting Greedo at his table, lol.

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Crikey. I've apparently toted that album, and the soundtrack album, around for 43 years or so. That quote, however, is not on it. :P

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Nope. Would've been here at the 6:00 mark.

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Huh. I actually like that scene way more. Much more adult and atmospheric. And makes the world seem more dangerous.