Originally posted by mace=badass
Yeah, in the original script Kit was supposed to be decapitated, but they decided to give him a less gruesome death. Part of the reasoning was he became such a fan favorite... Well for some people that is.
Pretty strange considering they gave jango a decapitation, another fan's favourite.
he did look like he started cutting his own head off. i guess he was slashed just above the pelvis and lost the ability to control his saber due to pain or injury and accidentally took his own head off. although it does also kind of look like his saber is just being turned off maybe he just lost control of it and it faded out. very cool though, i never saw the throat lashing before.
Databank sez:
Kit Fisto:Opposed to general believes, Kit Fisto survived the office scene depicted in the motion picture "Revenge of the Sith". Kit Fisto was about to swing his lightsaber at chancellor Palpatine wich was a crime against the state but fortunately got his balls cut off by the chancellor in question.
Kit Fisto's terrorist attack was stopped by this incident and the former jedi master took a cab out of Coruscant and dripped off out of embarrassment only to become a fierce pirate roaming the seven seas known as the galaxy. It is rumored that he still sails around looking for his balls. A figure looking strangly familiar to him was reported to have been seen by the hubble telescope.
Proof that only his balls were cut off are below: