ORIGINAL Sarlacc Pit Scene | Return of the Jedi (1983) [DeEd, Blu-ray, GOUT, LPP]

[alosim]

Honestly, this was the first time I heard Boba Fett saying "What the--?!" as he gets hit by Han. I've seen this movie a billion times, and I've heard people reference it, but this was the first time I actually caught it.

[colinm]

The beak makes it biologicly difficult to believe, that you will be digested for a 1000 years, I think the original offers a deeper scarier vision.

[SJHFoto]

One thing you don't have from the original edition is the dialogue. When Han was shooting the Sarlacc off of Lando, instead of seeing "It's all right, I can see a lot better", he said, "It's all right...trust me" I always found that more poignant as Lando might just be wondering if Han is still holding a grudge from Bespin

[sheevpalps]

The beak makes sense IMO, it lowers the chance of a meal being able to escape, and when you are immobile and in the middle of a vast desert you need to make sure the rare meal doesn't get away.

[rsolsjo]

Spoilers for Book of Boba Fett:

Book of Boba Fett cleverly used this moment to it's full potential. He goes in at one point and you go "wait, no beak? It's not canon anymore?!". Then boom, it emerges with a jumpscare. Lucas ideas are indeed scary sometimes. 😂

[streglof]

WHY go back 20 years later and think: "you know what that scary anus looking pit full of teeth is missing? A beak."

[AndrewChapman]

HAN: Don't move, Lando!
LANDO: No wait, I thought you were blind!
HAN, It's alright, trust me!
LANDO: Trust you?! I'm surprised you're trusting me after I betrayed you guys and got you frozen in carbonite!
HAN: We'll talk about that off screen! Now don't move!
LANDO: Okay, well make sure you don't shoot me instead of the tentacle as you're still blind!
HAN: It's alright, I can see a lot better! Don't move!
LANDO: A little higher! Just a little higher!

[imlegos]

People seem to like complaining about the beak; but consider that the beak still swallows Boba whole. It's not 'chomping down' it's ensuring smaller prey can't get away.

[Gencoil]

I'm pro-beak myself. It makes Sarlacc feel more like a sentient creature than some kind of meat-eating plant. And maybe I'm just weird but I think I prefer the color tones of the blu-ray. They seem richer and more natural. The Harmy edition, while perhaps truer to the original, looks far too yellow.

[dawndreamer]

I love this Original Saga "movement", but analyzing this clip, i must say that the 2011 Blu-ray has a way better color correction in most of these shots. The Despecialized v2.5 edition has a yellow/green tint to it, which actually makes the 2011 Blu-ray look way better and more realistic.

[thomasgrabowski]

the big hole looked way more terrifying imo

[the_sixxness]

The Sarlacc is an awesome concept no matter how it looks.

[soeffingwhat]

I love the added CGI, most of it was great, but I have to say I prefer the Sarlacc's original layout with the gaping hole in the ground. I looked somehow creepier to me. I think they could have made it look even creepier without that beaked tongue. Anyone else agree?

[josephpham]

Definitely prefer the original over the 2011 rendition. I do not know how, but the CGI beak somehow made the Sarlacc pit seem less terrifying and more oddly adorable.

[pma]

ANYONE ELSE CAN HEAR BOBA FETT SAYING "WHAT THE" AT AROUND 3:52?

[joeyp]

Harmy could actually be a young George Lucas that traveled back in time to oppose his older self

[mattaardsma]

Everyone's talking about the sarlacc, but anyone want to explain Hans incredible foot strength at 4:50 in the original?

[parasiticgannon]

I have the silver screen of Ep 4 but LOVE the grindhouse editions of Empire and Jedi its the perfect trilogy.

[Jarred-J]

I am one of those who grew up with the beak version of the Sarlacc and I find the beak and additional tentacles more interesting and terrifying, like gives more life to the creature and gives it a more interesting anatomy on how it eats its prey, also shows how sentient it actually is and makes it seem like it knows it's about to be fed, compared to the old one where just had the pit with the few barely moving tentacles.

[drew]

When the green lightsaber flashed on, the theatre audience in 1983 was like