The Moment When… | by Hristo Chukov ► Luke and Obi-Wan are ambushed by Vader on Tatooine ► Obi-Wan talks to the spirit of Qui-Gon in a secret cave on Tatooine ► Han Solo lines up a shot at AT-ST ► Obi-Wan sees R2-D2 while looking after Luke from a distance ► Luke assembles his sword on Dagobah using the Force ► Luke comes back to Dagobah after he had been converted to the dark side by Vader ► Darth Vader Force-chokes a Stormtrooper for seeing him without a mask ► Luke goes on a solo mission on Endor to kill his father and protect his friends ► Luke fights a Rancor, dropped there by the Empire and their whereabouts are revealed ► Obi-Wan decides he would teach Luke more if he was alive and jumps on the Falcon

Nevertheless, I’m taking Captain Solo and his friends with me. You can either profit by this or be destroyed. It’s your choice, but I warn you not to underestimate my powers.

There will be no bargain, my young Jedi. I shall enjoy watching you die.

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Where The Wild Things Are: Star Wars Edition by JimJeroo

Rare Star Wars Polaroids from ‘Return of the Jedi’

Was it in the movie? Or only in your memories?

The photo of a ROTJ trading card above shows Luke dangling on the grates of the Rancor’s pit, and the video is a footage of the deleted scene the still was taken from. The scene wasn’t part of the official release for good reason: if Jabba knew that Luke can Force-jump, pushing him to the Great Pit of Carkoon would have made no sense. However, many fans remember seeing this scene in cinemas back in the 80′s. (Not with the gorilla but with the Rancorn.) This is nowadays regarded as an example of the Mandela-effect, because of two reasons: one is the trading card above, the other one is a storybook pubiished in 1983 describing the original scene. So basically the brain just pieces the fragments together and creates a memory retrogressively.

Or not.

First i also believed i was victim of the Mandela effect. Especially because I read the storybook before i saw the movie. Reading about the Mandela effect and the connection with the storybook I felt confused: ‘But… but… i can recall him moving! Not just as a still! I remember the colors!’ By the way, the colors I remember are exactly the ones from the trading card.

The problem is, that i have never seen the trading card until recently, and the storybook had no picture of that scene, only a description.

Then a few years later i saw the footage and it almost made me scream. There was the movement i remembered! I felt even more confused and shared my dilemma with some friends and coworkers. And then came the bomb. One of my coworkers also remembered this scene from the 80′s, but he’d never read the storybook or had seen any trading cards. The trading cards were not published in our country (Hungary) at all - or not that i know of: correct me if I’m wrong. The guy remembered this scene, he had no doubt. How is that possible?

My best guess is based on that back in the 80′s copyrights weren’t taken seriously in the Eastern Bloc. Apart from the original version, also illegal copies were used in the cinemas. Who knows what kind of unofficial versions made their way to us and how, but it wasn’t uncommon in those times. I wish i could prove this by showing that version with the scene, but instead, i can only rely on the recollection of my coworker - since according to the Mandela-effect i can’t trust my own.

Everyone loves Luke. Rancors love him too, but they just don’t know how to show it.

I love him, too!! :)

I would hug Luke too!!!

Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher on the set of Return of the Jedi (1983)

Art by Ralph McQuarrie for Jabba’s palace.

Gimme all your rancor pix @treenahasthaal​!  Don’t you be holding out on us now, dropping ‘em in drips and drabs!!!

Luke offering a bone! 🙈🤪