10 More Unused Star Wars Scenes That Would Have Changed Everything

If these unused moments had been preserved in their respective Star Wars movies

then much-loved Jedi Masters may not have survived Order 66. Fans could have found it tough to forgive certain villains turned heroes

and the boldest ending in the franchise's history would have possibly been lost forever

So I am Gareth, this is WhatCultureStarWars, and here are 10 more unused Star Wars scenes that would have changed everything

Number 10, Bail Organa's First Appearance, Episode 1, The Phantom Menace. One of the most underrated performances found in the prequel trilogy came from the terrific Jimmy

Smith, with the veteran actor bringing the brave and warm adoptive father of Leia Organa to life

superbly during Episodes 2 to 3. Smith would also build on that excellent work as Bail Organa in the

likes of Rogue One, A Star Wars Story, and the Obi-Wan Kenobi TV series. However, had George

Lucas opted to stick to his original plan for one little deleted moment in Episode 1

The Phantom Menace, maybe fans would be living in a world where Smith was never past the Organa

ball. Actor Adrian Dunbar was initially cast in the role of Bail Organa for that first prequel

with the character stating that Alderaan seconded the motion put forward by Padme Amidala for a vote

of no confidence in Chancellor Valorum in an unused moment. Not only did that scene not make

the cut, though, Dunbar's role was also altered to that of Bail Antilles of Alderaan, one of the

other figures nominated to succeed Valorum as Supreme Chancellor. Dunbar would later note how

Lucas had told him his character would be involved in the next two flicks, but that ultimately never

happened, and instead this original Organa was eventually replaced by the Smits

9. Kylo Ren Tortures Chewie Episode 9 The Rise of Skywalker By the time Episode 9, The Rise of Skywalker, had reached its divisive conclusion

most happily accepted the return of Ben Solo, and forgave the troubled soul as he finally helped Rey take down the Emperor and the First Order

But if one specific scene involving a then-Kylo Ren and Chewbacca had been used in J.J. Abrams' underwhelming Skywalker saga finale

then perhaps fans wouldn't have been as quick to celebrate Solo's redemption

Now sure, Ren had already murdered his own father, but he was very much a man torn between the light and dark side as he suddenly impaled Han Solo on Starkiller Base

so he still wasn't seen as a complete monster at this stage. However, a deleted Episode IX scene would have seen Ren heading to a place so dark when face-to-face with Han's best mate Chewie

the actor in the suit, Yonah Shwatamo, noted in his Raw My Life as a Wookiee book

that he felt people may have struggled to forgive Kylo Ren in the aftermath

Shwatama remembered being genuinely scared of the intense Adam Driver throughout the filming of the scene, involving Ren torturing Chewie

feeling the whole thing was likely just a bit too dark for the story Abrams and co. wanted to tell

In the end, the disturbing sequence that saw Driver becoming a real monster was scrapped

with Chewie just being saved after being captured by the First Order instead

Now I want to know really quickly, what is your favorite sequel moment? Was it Chewbacca being saved or something else You let me know in the comments section down below Number 8 Palpatine Plants More Seeds of Doubt in Anakin Mind Episode 3 Revenge of the Sith

Revenge of the Sith certainly still boasted its fair share of moments between Anakin Skywalker

and Sheev Palpatine, with the latter slowly manipulating the conflicted Jedi into joining

him and turning to the dark side. But there was actually a deleted scene between the two that

added even more glorious detail to Skywalker's heartbreaking eventual exchanges with his former

master, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and beloved Padme Amidala on Mustafar towards the end of the flick

In this scene, the eventual Emperor was confronted by the Delegation of 2000

a number of Senators who demanded Palpatine return his emergency powers to the Senate once

the war was over. Here, after being presented with a petition of the 2000, Palpatine proceeded

to state to Anakin in private that the senators, including Padme, were not to be trusted

In fact, he'd even go as far as to tell Skywalker that Amidala was hiding something

before claiming that Anakin just did not want to admit he sensed betrayal in his beloved

With the inclusion of this scene, Anakin's decision to suddenly lash out at his wife

once Obi-Wan is revealed to have joined her on the lava planet, is actually shown to have been subtly orchestrated by Palpatine too

So not only was Palpatine responsible for making Anakin lose trust in the entire Jedi Order

this scene would have also shown how he planted the idea of Amidala's potential betrayal in Skywalker's impressionable mind

a move that directly led to Skywalker's choking off her and clashing with old master Obi-Wan

7. Maz Gives Leia Luke's Lightsaber Episode 7 The Force Awakens Remember back when The Force Awakens' first few trailers melted the internet all those years ago

Well, during that marketing material, there was actually a moment there which showed the old Pirate Queen Maz Kanata handing the Skywalker lightsaber over to what looked like Leia Organa

But when fans finally sat down to take in the first chapter of the sequel saga, they were surprised to learn that Leia didn't actually end up holding the legendary weapon at any point

Instead, Maz ultimately attempted to give Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber to Rey after her forceback moment

Before Abrams opted to have Finn take the weapon to the Resistance base and Starkiller base, however

the director originally shot a few scenes that would have involved Kanata following our heroes to that former location

Here, she would have obviously given the iconic lightsaber to Luke's sister

But after realizing that the character wouldn't have had much else to do once she delivered the blade

Abrams told Entertainment Weekly that he felt the moment just became unnecessary

It was soon taken out, and both the lightsaber and Maz's original journeys in the film were ever so slightly altered as a result

Number 6, Luke Returns with the Blue Lightsaber, Episode 6, Return of the Jedi

Speaking of lightsabers once wielded by the legendary Luke Skywalker, Return of the Jedi saw the iconic Son of Anakin debut a marvellous green version of the sacred Jedi weapon

But if George Lucas had stuck with the initial and eventually unused version of the Jabba's

sail barge sequence, then Star Wars fans may have had to wait a staggering 22 years to

see the first ever green lightsaber. Qui Jinn would go on to use a similar weapon in 1999 The Phantom Menace of course You see when Lucas and the team began shooting the final original trilogy film they initially had Luke using yet another blue lightsaber in the flick However they soon

realised during production that this blue blade was rather difficult to see when ignited in front

of the clear Tatooine sky. So the call was eventually made to switch the blade from blue

to green in the end, but not before a teaser trailer for the flick in 1982 revealed footage

of a blue-bladed Luke swinging his weapon around on Jabba's badge, with this trailer now reminding fans just how close they were

to waiting two decades for the first cool green Jedi laser sword

Number 5, Clones in Disguise at the Temple, Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith

With Order 66 already well and truly being executed by the time Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda arrived at the Jedi Temple

to disable the coded retreat message in Revenge of the Sith, The finished flick simply showed the two Jedi Masters cutting through a bunch of 501st Legion

clone troopers that they once fought alongside. But had the original version of that slaughter been

left in the flick, that temple return and brief showdown would have certainly hit differently

In an earlier iteration of the sequence, Kenobi and Yoda were first greeted by a number of figures

wearing Jedi robes. From a distance, the Masters may have assumed they were simply about to exchange

words with some remaining survivors of the purge. But as they got closer, it became clear that they

were actually dealing with a bunch of clones attempting to lure them into a deadly trap

Even after Kenobi tries to make light of the unsettling situation by quipping how their former

allies made terrible Jedi, these one-time generals having to slice through clones wearing the robes

of fallen Jedi would have made for a far more disturbing arrival at the temple than the one we

got. It also would have highlighted just how far these brainwashed clones were willing to go to

wipe out the Order. 4. Captain Phasma is Turned On Before Her Death Episode 8 The Last Jedi

Mose would agree that the badass-looking Captain Phasma ended up being unforgivably wasted during

the sequel trilogy. By the time she disappointingly fell to her death in The Last Jedi, the character's

only real highlight came in the form of her intimidating arrival on Jakku. If Rian Johnson

had opted to keep Phasma's alternative death sequence in this middle sequel chapter, though

the First Order villain would have actually been given a far more memorable end

In that other version of her demise, Phasma had Finn surrounded by his former colleagues

But just as it looked like the deserter was doomed, Finn reveals to all that Phasma was the one responsible for lowering Starkiller Base's shield

after having a gun pointed at her head. Rather than just blindly continuing to follow Phasma after that revelation, however

her troops begin to question the person in charge. Then, before they can act, the Chrome Dome commits the most ruthless act of her entire time on screen

swiftly and brutally gunning down her own soldiers to conceal the truth

It's a properly shocking sequence, and unlike her other death scene, one that highlights just how far Phasma was willing to go to survive

Though she still couldn't do that in the end, with Finn ultimately blasting her through the chest in this deleted scene

Number 3, Force Ghost Qui-Gon Speaking to Yoda in the Films, Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith

Those who have experienced the gift that is the Clone Wars animated series will know that Master Yoda ultimately learns how to return from the grave as a Force Spirit after communicating with the spirit of Qui Jinn and passing a number of important tests

But there was once a scene that would have occurred towards the end of Revenge of the Sith that could have resulted in that aforementioned Clone Wars arc

one that went down before the events of Episode 3, likely never needing to become an animated thing

As Yoda meditated on a secret asteroid after battling with Darth Sidious

Qui-Gon's voice would have been heard telling the Jedi Master of the training he was set to give him

that would help him merge with the Force at will. From here, Yoda would have likely begun learning the secret of immortality at the same time as Obi-Wan Kenobi

rather than having a head start, with the little green legend obviously then telling Qui-Gon's old apprentice about Jinn's training in the finished film

Now sure, it certainly would have been awesome to hear Liam Neeson's unmistakable voice one more time in the prequels

But when given the option of having this impactful Qui-Gon Yoda moment play out over one small scene

or over the course of a wonderful three-episode animated arc instead, it's safe to say very few would opt for the former

Number 2. The Heroes Survive. Rogue One, A Star Wars Story. Rather than have the heroic rebels fighting to bring down the Empire survive

after successfully stealing the Death Star plans from the enemy, Gareth Edwards had the likes of Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor tragically killed by that very

superweapon in Rogue One A Star Wars Story. It wasn't always going to be this way though

One of the first drafts of the movie contained eventually unused scenes that would have seen

Jyn and Cassian actually find a way to get off Scarif and hop in an escape pod after getting

the plans over to Leia Organa. That wasn't necessarily because the likes of Gary Witter

and John Knoll wanted a happy ending, they just assumed Disney wouldn't sign off on a finale that

sees all of our heroes biting the dust. However, after ultimately feeling that their instinct of

all the heroes having to pay the ultimate sacrifice was the right call, they asked Lucasfilm and

Disney if they could have their darker ending. The folks in charge told them to go for it in the end

with that happy ending, one that still would have seen droid K-2SO die in action

being dropped in favour of the heartbreaking end they'd always desired. Huzzah

1. Quinlan Vos died in the original Order 66 sequence, Episode 3, Revenge of the Sith

The charismatic and unpredictable Jedi Master known as Quinlan Vos was one of the few to have

made it out of the galaxy-changing Order 66 alive. As recently as during Disney Plus' Obi-Wan Kenobi

series, the titular Jedi was informed of the fact his old pal helped the path smuggle younglings

across the galaxy, and safely away from the Empire. But had one deleted moment during Revenge

of the Sith remained in the finished cut, then Vos surely wouldn't have been helping anyone

In the wake of Order 66 being given, Vos was once one of the first few Jedi taken out by the clone

troopers. Whilst riding in a group of juggernaut tanks on Kashyyyk, one of said tanks would have

suddenly turned around and opened fire on the helpless general, seemingly killing him right

there and then. The unfinished death scene slash animatic obviously never made it into episode 3

though, and Vos managed to thankfully survive in both Legend and Canon continuity largely due to

the character's popularity. Will fans ever see him again in the post-Clone Wars galaxy far

far away? Thanks to this scene never making the cut, at least there's still hope