18 Rare And Unseen Star Wars Shots
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![Early R2...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/52d74769c1dc391a09e82cf537d630c2-320-80.jpg)
Early R2...
A young George Lucas in a very funky jumper stands by a prototype droid.
![Han Solo, the garden years...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/52eeaf6ef7bb2b5e27b3db68c592146f-320-80.jpg)
Han Solo, the garden years...
Han practises his blaster action, in what appears to be someone's garden.
![Han & Lando make up...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5fa104d0b598279a646e8695b990e90b-320-80.jpg)
Han & Lando make up...
What's a little Carbonite freezing between pals?
![Sibling rivalry](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/35f53ed04b112e74f31f731fcc7e57d5-320-80.jpg)
Sibling rivalry
Luke, stop pulling your sister's hair...
![Inappropriate touching](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/50209411d8df26513521f77e3e1633c4-320-80.jpg)
Inappropriate touching
...But don't do that instead! For the love of the force, this is worse than the time you smooched her!
![Photo session goes wrong...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/40db21c5d7ddaf1dc669c802e9c1fb43-320-80.jpg)
Photo session goes wrong...
Han: "Okay kid, you take the lighting guy on the left, I'll aim for the photographer..."
![The gun show...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7f2e5e9bec5fa71feeb2c5d4b6e5f52a-320-80.jpg)
The gun show...
Leia's so confident about the Stormtroopers' inability to aim straight, she decides to fight them lying down...
![Hothball fight...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/194cfa76f86ba97f95be4cd89a22619b-320-80.jpg)
Hothball fight...
Leia takes a break from worrying about her lost friends to chuck a few snowballs at a few off camera droids....
![Helmet hair...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/354c18f25227e88ad9c59608c9d0f074-320-80.jpg)
Helmet hair...
Luke's helmet hair was much more embarrassing than his dad's.
![Rope trick...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/59ec3dbe1ab9c84d7a4dc8cf46fb29f9-320-80.jpg)
Rope trick...
The Skywalkers look remarkably relaxed considering they're about to swing across a massive gulf.
![The hot side of the Force...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c5978676bac142399006baa9dc9b57d1-320-80.jpg)
The hot side of the Force...
Leia demonstrates why everyone, from her own brother, to a rogue space-pirate, to Grand Moff Tarkin (probably) fancied a roll in the space hay with her royal hotness.
![Chewie, give Leia back her arms...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/011112c6027043b680df333d4c3898dd-320-80.jpg)
Chewie, give Leia back her arms...
Nice collar, but where the Sith are your arms? Have you just beat a wookiee at space chess?!
![The coy side of the Force...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4e1cd857f03264e4615f1279504d6b6c-320-80.jpg)
The coy side of the Force...
After bitching and moaning at Darth Vader to let her go for four hours, Leia tries a different approach.
![Never mess with the director...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/3aced16da90da46e5579421afc983928-320-80.jpg)
Never mess with the director...
Irwin Kirshner: "I don't care how big you are in Coruscant, when I say 'cut' I mean 'cut.' Now give us a kiss you big brute.'"
![The Gun Show 2](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b895e354c61564c9ec0420db05dd2e7b-320-80.jpg)
The Gun Show 2
Leia: "That's not a blaster. Now this, this is blaster..."
![The joke's on Chewie...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/6e932ffb5bfa50b4c8578fc64f2c6d76-320-80.jpg)
The joke's on Chewie...
Han: "Hey guys, look - in that reflection, Chewie looks just like Jabba."
![Solo feels the Force... in his pants](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/b2500fdc4784f1fd1943f60c1fa9632e-320-80.jpg)
Solo feels the Force... in his pants
Han: "Pull my finger."
![Clone Army...](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/86b4528f262c65b45d2a5d2abb8e3331-320-80.jpg)
Clone Army...
Stormtrooper 1: "You know, for a bunch of clones, we really don't look alike."
Stormtrooper 2: "Forget that, where did Dave get the Dewback?!"
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