Star Wars idea artwork reveals saga custom was minimize from Episode 9

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker was so jam-packed with model new worlds and fast-moving plot that it is no shock that some parts deliberate for the ultimate version within the Skywalker saga needed to be minimize from the completed model of the film.

Sadly that seems to have included one longstanding Star Wars custom, as an idea artist has revealed {that a} cantina band was supposed to seem in Episode IX however ended up not being included.

Original Star Wars film A New Hope featured the very memorable Mos Eisley cantina band, made up of assorted alien creatures enjoying futuristic devices, with their now-iconic jaunty jazz tunes turning into an vital a part of the scene the place we first meet Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Chewbacca.

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The home band concept additionally featured in Return of the Jedi throughout a scene in Jabba the Hut’s hide-out.

It seems {that a} musical second was additionally supposed to characteristic in The Rise of Skywalker in the course of the sequence the place the movie’s heroes go to the planet Kijimi, however the musicians by no means really made it into the film.

Concept artist Adam Brockbank has shared a picture of his deliberate Kijimi cantina band on Instagram, writing: “Every cantina needs a band. This is what I had in mind for Kajimi…”

His model of a cantina band consists of three human or humanoid musicians carrying lengthy darkish robes and round disc-type helmets on their heads, presumably to hide their identities.

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They all play totally different devices within the picture, with the central musician showing to wield a keytar-type instrument and one other holding their palms close to a hovering object that resembles a brass instrument.

Several of his followers praised the design, with one calling it “very slick” and one other commenting “these guys are so cool!”

Concept artwork launched earlier this month additionally instructed that Colin Trevorrow’s model of Episode IX would have given Finn (John Boyega) and Rose Tico (Kelly Marie Tran) a lot greater roles within the movie.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker is on the market on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K now, in addition to on Disney+, Sky Cinema Premiere and NOW TV.

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