It's the risk any supporting actor runs: ending up on the cutting room floor. It's especially true in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, which has a more fluid and organic production process than most films. Even after principal photography has commenced, elements of the story are still being developed, and director George Lucas, true to his documentarian roots, distills and assembles the finished movie from the pieces he has gathered.
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Every movie has cut scenes, since you always shoot more than you need. Star Wars film production is far better documented than most movies, so even without the advent of DVDs and their popular deleted scenes, fans are well versed in what was missing from the final cut of a Star Wars film. In Episode II, characters like Sola, Jobal and Ruwee Naberrie may not have been found in the theater, but fans knew of them thanks to novelization, spin-off products, and coverage of the casting and filming of these roles at starwars.com.
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Every movie has cut scenes, since you always shoot more than you need. Star Wars film production is far better documented than most movies, so even without the advent of DVDs and their popular deleted scenes, fans are well versed in what was missing from the final cut of a Star Wars film. In Episode II, characters like Sola, Jobal and Ruwee Naberrie may not have been found in the theater, but fans knew of them thanks to novelization, spin-off products, and coverage of the casting and filming of these roles at starwars.com.