Mark Hamill’s Right, But This Last Minute Star Wars Cut Stole One of A New Hope’s Best Lines

When the Millennium Falcon reaches the location of Alderaan and finds only an asteroid field, it’s a pivotal moment in the film. As Han Solo and Obi-Wan Kenobi realize the planet has been destroyed, the nearby Death Star captures their ship with a tractor beam, pulling them into danger. Originally, this scene included awkward, explanatory dialogue for Luke Skywalker that Mark Hamill struggled to deliver convincingly. He convinced George Lucas to cut the lines, a story he’s shared many times, most recently in an interview with *The Hollywood Reporter*.








