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18 Rare And Unseen Star Wars Shots

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By Sam Ashurst published 4 May 2011

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Early R2...

Early R2...

A young George Lucas in a very funky jumper stands by a prototype droid.

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Han Solo, the garden years...

Han Solo, the garden years...

Han practises his blaster action, in what appears to be someone's garden.

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Page 2 of 18
Han & Lando make up...

Han & Lando make up...

What's a little Carbonite freezing between pals?

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Page 3 of 18
Sibling rivalry

Sibling rivalry

Luke, stop pulling your sister's hair...

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Page 4 of 18
Inappropriate touching

Inappropriate touching

...But don't do that instead! For the love of the force, this is worse than the time you smooched her!

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Page 5 of 18
Photo session goes wrong...

Photo session goes wrong...

Han: "Okay kid, you take the lighting guy on the left, I'll aim for the photographer..."

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Page 6 of 18
The gun show...

The gun show...

Leia's so confident about the Stormtroopers' inability to aim straight, she decides to fight them lying down...

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Page 7 of 18
Hothball fight...

Hothball fight...

Leia takes a break from worrying about her lost friends to chuck a few snowballs at a few off camera droids....

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Page 8 of 18
Helmet hair...

Helmet hair...

Luke's helmet hair was much more embarrassing than his dad's.

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Page 9 of 18
Rope trick...

Rope trick...

The Skywalkers look remarkably relaxed considering they're about to swing across a massive gulf.

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Page 10 of 18
The hot side of the Force...

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.

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Page 11 of 18
Chewie, give Leia back her arms...

Chewie, give Leia back her arms...

Nice collar, but where the Sith are your arms? Have you just beat a wookiee at space chess?!

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Page 12 of 18
The coy side of the Force...

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.

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Page 13 of 18
Never mess with the director...

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.'"

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Page 14 of 18
The Gun Show 2

The Gun Show 2

Leia: "That's not a blaster. Now this, this is blaster..."

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Page 15 of 18
The joke's on Chewie...

The joke's on Chewie...

Han: "Hey guys, look - in that reflection, Chewie looks just like Jabba."

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Page 16 of 18
Solo feels the Force... in his pants

Solo feels the Force... in his pants

Han: "Pull my finger."

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Page 17 of 18
Clone Army...

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?!"

For even more rare Star Wars images, head on over to 30 Awesome Rare Star Wars Photos ...

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