Deleted scene shows Chewbacca ripping arm off dude.

[sprite75]

Yeah, it's not wise to f**k with a Wookie.

A recently unearthed clip that was cut from a version of Star Wars: The Force Awakens shows Chewbacca ripping off the arm of Unkar Plutt after the Jakku junk dealer threatens Rey in Maz Kanata's castle.

In the final cut of the movie, the entire interaction never takes place.

The clip, which has more than two million YouTube views already, was posted online recently. It may have been included in the Force Awakens 3D Collector's Edition. Wherever it came from — damn, it's pretty intense. And it is no surprise Disney hit the brakes on this.

Unkar, played by Simon Pegg, appears to be all CG in the rough cut scene — that is, until Chewie rips his arm off and it lands on a table, at which point the limb is physical.

Yeah, here it is...

http://youtu.be/ZRFrY8NFfAQ

[Archivist]

Yeah, that's pretty intense.  It would have been a natural follow on from when Han tells Luke in Episode IV that a wookie will rip your arms off, and is also a homage to the Ep IV cantina scene.

[indianasmith]

Link is now dead . . . darn it!

[Archivist]

Hey, Indy.

Here ya go!

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[indianasmith]

I like it!!   

[akiratubo]

Why wasn't that left in the movie?  It's great!

[BoyScoutKevin]

Why wasn't that left in the movie?  It's great!

If I had a guess, and it is only a guess, it is that it would have pushed it from its PG-l3 rating to a R rating, which would have limited the audience that could watch it, more than it already was.

Though, what I am trying to remember is whether that scene was included in the book, or the book that was the novelization of the screenplay. I think I can remember reading the book. Though, I cannot remember that scene in it. If I come across the book again, I'll have to check it for that particular scene.