Como Richard liga a , filmagens extras foram filmadas, mas depois corte.
In Laurent Bouzereau's book, Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays, director Irvin Kershner speaks of the edited torture scene:
"I originally filmed more shots of Solo as he is being tortured. There were flashes of electricity everywhere. But it was cut out because we were afraid it might be too intense for children. We also took out some of his screaming offscreen when Vader is talking to Lando outside the cell."
Não há mudanças substanciais, já que o que foi cortado não alterou a cena nem o enredo de nenhuma maneira.