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6/26/2025, 2:54:16 PM
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He wanted to include it back in the day but hated the actor's performance. So he tried to replace it with a stop motion creature back in the 70s but couldn't because of the way he'd shot it. The whole "the actor was a stand-in for Jabba despite being in full costume" thing was a lie but a white lie to not publicly call the actor shitty.
This is from Paul Hirsch's autobiography. He ended up being the main editor on Star Wars and Lucas was so impressed with him that he was the only editor on Empire (and he's generally well regarded in the industry to this day.) So this isn't from some official Lucasfilm book that Lucas had to sign off on this is probably the real story.
He wanted to include it back in the day but hated the actor's performance. So he tried to replace it with a stop motion creature back in the 70s but couldn't because of the way he'd shot it. The whole "the actor was a stand-in for Jabba despite being in full costume" thing was a lie but a white lie to not publicly call the actor shitty.
This is from Paul Hirsch's autobiography. He ended up being the main editor on Star Wars and Lucas was so impressed with him that he was the only editor on Empire (and he's generally well regarded in the industry to this day.) So this isn't from some official Lucasfilm book that Lucas had to sign off on this is probably the real story.
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