The Thirtieth Anniversary of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK was certainly the focus of this years Celebration V, but the deleted scene clip of Luke building his lightsaber from RETURN OF THE JEDI - the subject of much fan speculation over the last twenty seven years as to what was ultimately filmed for the sequence - almost single-handedly stole its thunder during its short duration play as part of George Lucas’s promotion of the upcoming STAR WARS films on Blu-ray.

As a special treat, RETURN OF THE JEDI’s producer Howard Kazanjian, who was the subject of an exclusive, and very thorough, AFICIONADO interview last year (if you haven’t previously seen it, check it out here: http://www.starwarsaficionado.com/howardkazanjianinterview.html), has once more very kindly shared with us his behind the scenes information - this time on the newly shown footage - as we break it down scene by scene.

Check out the AFICIONADO blog exclusive here: http://starwarsaficionado.blogspot.com/2010/08/luke-and-lightsaber-restoration-of-jedi.html