In a new interview by Chris Castellani on Chris And Company, Prequel Trilogy Stunt Coordinator Nick Gillard has revealed just how much unused footage remains unseen, suggesting there are “three more movies in footage” available.
Gillard goes into more detail during the conversation talking about scenes set in the home of the Gungan’s describing it as “one of the best sets [he’s] ever seen on Star Wars.” He went on to talk about the climatic fight between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker sharing that it was even more intense than the version we saw in Revenge of the Sith, with Anakin almost defeating Obi-Wan.
Gillard: They came up with that big mast that fell over, that they swung and landed on something floating on the lava… they didn’t, they landed on the bank. They landed from the swing, they landed on the bank. Immediately we have, that he grabbed him by the throat, Anakin grabs Obi from the throat, he disarms him, his lightsaber’s on the floor, he’s like, ‘I’m really sorry, you have to be killed,’ and launches his lightsaber to cut his head off, and Obi – in a defense move – turns out of it, summons his lightsaber to parry that blow that’s coming for his head, in the turn goes through Anakin’s arms. It worked beautifully, because neither of them could see each other, just for a second as they were turning. The upshot was that Obi went through his arms, and through his legs in the same move, a diagonal…
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