Watch Luke Skywalker Become a Jedi Knight in This Deleted Star Wars Scene
14 August 2010, Matt Cherette, Gawker.TV

This is incredibly epic: a never-before-screened scene cut from Return of the Jedi in which Darth Vader tempts Luke Skywalker to join the dark side, paired with footage of Luke constructing/activating his green lightsaber and officially becoming a Jedi Knight.

As you can see, footage of Darth Vader is spliced with that of his infamous son/rival, as Luke constructs and activates his green lightsaber for the first time—effectively making him a Jedi Knight—in a cave on Tatooine (the first footage of Luke with his Jedi Knight lightsaber in the final version of the movie happens when he enters Jabba the Hutt's lair to lay the smack down during the skiff battle).

The footage was apparently screened for the first time today during the "Star Wars Celebration V" convention in Orange County, FL. And while it popped up online this afternoon (it looks to have been shot by an amateur photographer during the screening, who also will forever be embarrassed by his "Yeeeah!" exclamation), it probably won't be there for long. Luckily for you, though, the above clip will be staying put for your viewing enjoyment.

May the force be with you!

The video: http://tv.gawker.com/5612987/watch-luke ... wars-scene

What a great dark scene. A real shame it ended on the cutting room floor...

Fall 2011...Octoberish

Oh good. I can hate Jar Jar bloody Binks in HD now.

Nobody's forcing you to buy nor watch the prequels. Just stick to the original Star Wars trilogy. I know I will.

Great scene. I'm the Star War fan and definitely I will buy All Episodes Box Set.

all i want is another trilogy.i don't care that lucas keeps milking the franchise.i want something after episode 6.much later,something to reinvent the franchise.i just want to be entertained,don't care about the fanboy reaction

And fanboys don't care about no fanboy reaction

Why did the crowd go so mental over like 30 seconds of new footage?

And anyway, lucas is just milking this release again, its pretty much the dvd release upscaled onto blu-ray, money making cunt

are they converting star wars to 3d already for this scene?

Because a) it's a very dark and cool unseen scene from an original Star Wars trilogy movie b) it features Darth Vader and light saber building Luke who turns into a Jedi right before their eyes and c) they're movie geeks.

Agree on the cunt part. These days...

The day I get excited about something like this is the day I want someone to shoot me. Seriously, I mean come on?

That's like a big massive piece of bait he's planted now though. Star Wars geeks will buy the product in it's droves! Capitalist cunts.

Oh where you on Brainkiller at the time when some parts of new tracks were spoiled? Yes, people can go mental over 30 seconds of new material.

I was a huge fan of the original trilogy as kid and I dig the scene. It's another thing to go bonkers over it like the geeks at the Star Wars convention though...