Star Words: Episode V, Part 37
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Leia's not a fool; she knows something is off in this idyllic city in the clouds. Threepio's disappearance is truly troubling, and none of Han's attempts to reassure her do any good -- possibly because she doesn't trust Lando, but maybe also because even in the best case scenario, Han is likely going to leave her life forever.
"Then you're as good as gone, aren't you?"

We have a very expressive, non-verbal reply from Han. There's definitely progress here in their relationship compared to the beginning of the film, when both of them are too stubborn to acknowledge their feelings (Leia by denying it completely; Han by focusing on her feelings instead of his own). Now they've at least stopped denying that there is something between them; they know that the prospect of being separated is painful. But full disclosure remains elusive.
An earlier version of this scene can be found pretty easily, in which they actually kiss and behave a little more openly. While I appreciate that it contains a mention of Luke, it's otherwise much stronger in the rewrite. Leia needs to remain uncertain, withholding, until the moment of crisis in the carbon-freezing chamber. The tension is so much more delicious that way.
Next time, fateful words from Lando...
"Then you're as good as gone, aren't you?"

We have a very expressive, non-verbal reply from Han. There's definitely progress here in their relationship compared to the beginning of the film, when both of them are too stubborn to acknowledge their feelings (Leia by denying it completely; Han by focusing on her feelings instead of his own). Now they've at least stopped denying that there is something between them; they know that the prospect of being separated is painful. But full disclosure remains elusive.
An earlier version of this scene can be found pretty easily, in which they actually kiss and behave a little more openly. While I appreciate that it contains a mention of Luke, it's otherwise much stronger in the rewrite. Leia needs to remain uncertain, withholding, until the moment of crisis in the carbon-freezing chamber. The tension is so much more delicious that way.
Next time, fateful words from Lando...
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Date: 2020-09-04 01:20 am (UTC)I think I might have seen a bit of the "alternative take" in the documentary "Empire of Dreams," but might be more familiar with it from the original Marvel Comics adaptation (which I'd read before I ever saw the movie itself). That adaptation's a bit interesting to me both for its inclusion of "deleted scenes" and the sequences which all of a sudden weren't able to use "production stills" for reference (Dagobah features a completely shirtless Luke and a seemingly tinier Yoda on exposed legs that wouldn't hide Frank Oz's arm; the last moments of the duel between Luke and Vader take place on a different gantry.)