The camera pans
to the left, and as soon as Artoo is out of site, a
three legged Artoo
rolls out from the right, now on the main floor.
Then, when the
camera instantly cuts from this rear shot of the droids,
to a shot of their
fronts, Artoo no longer has his third leg deployed.
5 SUBJECT:
Confusing Message
SCENE:
Artoo begins to
play the holographic message from Luke to Jabba.
EVENT:
Look at the full
body shot of the holographic Luke. Luke, who
normally has his
lightsaber clipped to his left hip, now has it hung
from his right
hip. As well, his hair, which normally has a part on
his left hand
side, is now parted on the right.
Afterwards, just
before Artoo turns the message off, we get a shot
from behind Artoo,
and Luke's hologram is visible on the extreme
right of the screen.
Luke's lightsaber is now hanging from his
left hip where
it normally is.
NOTES:
This is a result
of film being flipped in post production.
6 SUBJECT:
Jabba in Rewind
SCENE:
Just after Artoo
plays Luke's hologram to the palace.
EVENT:
In one of these
early scenes, the film is actually running backwards.
If you look closely,
you can see the smoke from his pipe moving
downwards and
back into the pipe. The bubbles in his bong are also
moving downwards.
7 SUBJECT:
Universal Translator
SCENE:
Although not a
blooper, this happens any time that Jabba speaks.
EVENT:
During filming
of the Jabba scenes, they were acted out in english.
Later, Jabba's
english lines were taken out, and substituted with
his Hutteese language.
But if you read the english subtitles and
watch Jabba's
lips, he is actually mouthing the english equivelant
of the alien lines
he's speaking.
8 SUBJECT:
Jabba's Stripper
SCENE:
During the scene
where Oola (Jabba's dancing girl) is trying to escape
from Jabba.
EVENT:
Oola accidentally
"falls out of her costume" during a medium close up
of her.
Her breast can be seen for a second or two.
NOTE:
The close up scene
has been deleted from the VHS Letterboxed version,
but a shot from
further away is still in this version of the movie.
9 SUBJECT:
Boba's Reversible Costume
SCENE:
In Jabba's palace
when Boushh (Leia) threatens the court with the
thermal detonator.
EVENT:
As Boba Fett nods
to Boushh his costume is reversed due to the negative
being flipped.
The easiest part of his costume to see this on is his
antenna, which
is on the left-hand side of his head, whereas normally
it would be on
his right.
10 SUBJECT:
Lando's Concussion
SCENE:
Although not a
blooper, this scene is just after Chewie is taken away by
guards in Jabba's
Palace, and we get our first view of Lando in his
skiff outfit.
EVENT:
As Lando walks
into the shot, he bumps his head on the ceiling just
before he pulls
his mask down the show the audience who he is. He hits
his head hard
enough that the mask cranks backwards for a second.
11 SUBJECT:
Dry Cleaning
SCENE:
When Leia in disguise
releases the frozen Han Solo.
EVENT:
When Han is released,
he falls on the floor and gets the front of his
white shirt all
dirty and muddy. Later, when he is brought before
Jabba, his shirt
is clean again.
12 SUBJECT:
Chewie's Moving Bandolier
SCENE:
When Leia looks
out the window on Jabba's sail barge at Chewie, Han and
Luke.
EVENT:
Chewie's bandolier
is hanging from his RIGHT shoulder to his LEFT hip.
In the next shot
when Han says, "3PO, you tell that slimy piece . . . "
Notice that Chewie's
bandolier is hanging from his LEFT shoulder to his
RIGHT hip.
Also, when the scene shifts back inside the sail barge, a
birthmark on Leia's
back, normally on her right, is seen on her left.
NOTES:
This is due to
the film being flipped in post production.
13 SUBJECT:
Lando's Vanishing Trick
SCENE:
Right before Luke
is to be pushed into the Sarlacc pit.
EVENT:
Luke nods at Lando
to his RIGHT. The camera goes to other shots and
when the shot
comes back to the skiff guard prodding Luke to jump, and
after Jabba says
"Put him in", there is a quick shot where Lando is in
the background
on Luke's LEFT side. The next shot shows Luke jumping
into the pit with
Han and Chewie in the same position Lando was in
during the previous
shot.
14 SUBJECT:
Speedy Hands
SCENE:
Luke has been
ordered into the Sarlacc Pit.
EVENT:
Luke gives off
his subtle goodbyes and jumps off of the plank. In one
angle, Luke jumps,
twists, and just before he grabs the plank, he has
one hand way above
his head, and only one hand positioned to grab the
plank. When
the camera instantly cuts to a different angle, Luke has
grabbed the plank
with both hands.
15 SUBJECT:
Han Has Been Cured
SCENE:
Luke is jumping
off the plank into the Sarlacc.
EVENT:
After Luke grabs
the plank and jumps back up onto the skiff, he flips
in the air, and
then grabs his lightsaber, which Artoo has shot over
to him.
Watch Han in the background. He is supposed to be blind, but
he follows the
action quite closely.
16 SUBJECT:
Exploding Gun
SCENE:
During the battle
on the skiffs over the Sarlacc pit just after Boba
Fett rockets himself
into the fight.
EVENT:
Luke swings at
the bounty hunter with his lightsaber and chops Fett's
gun in two.
But if you watch it in slow motion, Boba Fett's gun
begins to explode
one frame before Luke actually slices it.
17 SUBJECT:
Lando's A Vampire
SCENE:
Luke is trying
to avoid the laser fire from a second skiff.
EVENT:
Luke takes a running
leap from the skiff that he was brough out to
the Sarlacc on,
and jumps over to a second one. When the camera cuts
to a wide shot
of Luke jumping, look at the skiff on the right. You
can see a matte
painting of Lando hanging on underneath it. Although
the skiff and
everything else in this shot casts a shadow onto the
sand, Lando's
body does not.
18 SUBJECT:
Phantom Kick
SCENE:
Boba Fett is hit
by Han Solo and his rocket pack misfires sending Boba
Fett flying into
the sky.
EVENT:
As we follow Fett's
flight, we cut to a scene showing the front half
of a skiff.
Luke then kicks one of Jabba's henchman. He very clearly
misses the man
by a few inches, yet the man still tumbles to his doom
none the less.
19 SUBJECT:
Lando's Gloved Hand
SCENE:
When Lando is
hanging onto the skiff to keep from falling into the
Sarlacc pit.
EVENT:
On all of the
close up shots, Lando does not have gloves on, but in the
far shots, he
has black gloves on.
20 SUBJECT:
Hanging Han
SCENE:
When Luke, Han,
etc. were to be thrown into the Sarlaac Pit on
Tatooine, Han
and Lando are standing on the levitating platform and
one of Jabba's
men fires a shot, hitting the vehicle, causing it to
tilt at a precarious
angle.
EVENT:
As everybody scrambles
to balance themselves, you see Han grab the edge
of the ship with
his hands, and is hanging over the edge. But, a few
seconds later,
they show him hanging by his feet! If you watch
carefully, when
he goes out of view, you can see his shadow, and he
begins to pull
himself up, and flip around to hang by his feet!
And maybe it's
the author's imagination, but right afterwards when
Chewie grabs Han's
feet, it appears to take him several seconds in which
there is nothing
at all preventing Han from falling.
21 SUBJECT:
Lando's Spear Trick
SCENE:
When Han is trying
to rescue Lando from the grasp of the Sarlacc.
EVENT:
You should notice
that when Lando finally grabs hold of the spear that
Han offers him,
he does so with his left hand. As soon as Han shoots
the tentacle,
Lando is no longer holding on to the spear. We then
instantly cut
to another angle where he is clutching the spear once
again.
22 SUBJECT:
Luke's Bum Hand
SCENE:
During the battle
on the sail barge.
EVENT:
Luke is on the
deck and his hand gets shot. His hand then appears
charred and scarred,
and if you pause the picture for the frames just
before he's hit,
you will see that his hand is already burned. The
next time we see
his hand is when he is running to get the fallen rope
so that he and
Leia could swing to safety. During this shot, Luke's
damaged hand looks
perfectly fine. About a second later, when he
actually grabs
the rope, we see a damaged hand again. And when the
pair actually
swings across, his hand is fine again. Finally we see
that his hand
looks really bad when he is leaving Tatooine in his
X-Wing.
23 SUBJECT:
Pulling the Droid
SCENE:
After Artoo rescues
Threepio from Salacious Crumb.
EVENT:
Threepio says
the line "Well, I can't possibly . . ." and then Artoo
pushes Threepio
off of the edge. If you look closely, you can see
several wires
actually pulling Threepio off of the skiff.
24 SUBJECT:
Concealing Make-Up
SCENE:
Luke orders Leia
to point the giant laser canon at the deck of the
sail barge.
EVENT:
Leia runs from
the right of the screen to the left, and turns her
back to us.
As she does so, notice her right lower back. She has
a very noticeable
brown birthmark there.
Later on, when
Luke and Leia swing from the sail barge to the
waiting skiff,
you can tell this is a stunt double, as the
birthmark is no
longer there.
25 SUBJECT:
Luke's Ventriloquist Talents
SCENE:
Luke and Leia
are about to swing to the skiff.
EVENT:
You can hear Luke
yell "Come on," to Leia, and yet his lips do not
move at all.
Luke only gestures.
26 SUBJECT:
Hold On
SCENE:
Luke and Leia
swing away from the soon to be destroyed Sail Barge.
EVENT:
Leia grabs hold
of her brother as they swing to safety. In the first
set of angles
she has her right arm resting on Luke's chest, and her
left arm around
Luke's back. But as they swing, her arms have magically
changed positions.
Her right arm is now clutching the rope, and her
left arm is now
around Luke's neck.
27 SUBJECT:
Impossible Swing
SCENE:
Luke and Leia
swing away from the soon to be destroyed Sail Barge.
EVENT:
The swing that
they take is physically impossible as there is no focal
point for the
rope to be attached to. You can tell by the angles from
when they leave,
and when they land, that the rope is attached to a
point somewhere
between the skiff and the sail barge. Only there is
nothing there
for it to be attached to.
28 SUBJECT:
Disappearing TIE Fighters
SCENE:
Just before the
Emperor's shuttle lands on the Death Star, and the
Imperial fleet
is flying in formation outside the docking bay.
EVENT:
A stream of TIE
fighters are circling the Death Star in a parade
formation.
In the first few seconds of this scene, two TIE fighter
squadrons fly
out from behind the camera towards the main group. Watch
the first squadron.
Just before it joins up with the main group, and
just a moment
before the scene ends, the squadron disappears from the
picture.
29 SUBJECT:
Big Step For The Empire
SCENE:
The Emperor has
landed on the Death Star and he speaks with Vader as
they walk past
the legions of troops.
EVENT:
At the very end
of their conversation, we are tight on the Emperor.
He is walking
past a series of grey suited officers. But when we
instantly cut
to a wide angle shot, they are now in front of rows of
stormtroopers.
30 SUBJECT:
Bad Briefing
SCENE:
During Mon Mothma's
briefing regarding the Death Star in orbit of the
moon of Endor.
EVENT:
The lights darken
and a hologram of the moon and the Death Star erupt
in the middle
of the room. When the hologram begins, the Death Star
orbits the moon
of Endor in a counter-clockwise motion. During all
subsequent shots
of the hologram, the Death Star orbits in a
clockwise direction.
31 SUBJECT:
Lando's Moving Gun Belt
SCENE:
When Han and Lando
are talking in the rebel hanger right before the
strike team departs
in the stolen Imperial shuttle.
EVENT:
Lando's gun belt
across his chest changes sides during his conversation
with Han during
the different shots making up this scene.
32 SUBJECT:
Fly Casual, Not Crazy
SCENE:
Our heros wait
nervously in the stolen shuttle to see if their code
passes to get
past the Death Star's shields.
EVENT:
Take note of the
position of the shuttle and the Star Destroyer's
bridge.
The shots are very inconsistent in showing the position of the
shuttle in relation
to the bridge.
33 SUBJECT:
Too Quick Hot Shot
SCENE:
The rebels have
just landed on Endor and Han tries to take out the
biker scouts.
EVENT:
Han attempts to
sneak up behind a trooper but steps on a twig alerting
him to Solo's
presence. The scout quickly turns and swats Han in the
face. If
you watch closely or watch frame by frame, you'll notice that
Han actually begins
to recoil from the hit, before the scout even
touches him.
34 SUBJECT:
Waiting For Han
SCENE:
Han's failed attempt
to ambush the Imperials results in a fight.
EVENT:
Two troopers leave
on speeder bikes, and Luke and Leia follow. The
camera comes back
on Han. Notice in the very bottom right of the
screen and you
can see the trooper Han has been fighting with, and
he is standing
and waiting for his cue to re-enter the fight.
35 SUBJECT:
See-Through Speeders
SCENE:
Leia and Luke
are chasing the fleeing imperial troops on speeder bikes.
EVENT:
You can actually
see through the speeder bikes and their pilots, and
see the forest
scene behind them. This is very similar to the snow
speeder bloopers
from _Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back_.
This is best seen
during the scene where Luke jumps from Leia's
speeder to an
Imperial speeder. It is also quite noticeable during the
shots leading
up to that when we have a high rear view of the back of
the speeder bikes.
36 SUBJECT:
Luke's Confused About His Hand
SCENE:
During the Speeder
Bike chase right before Luke jumps off his speeder
that is about
to crash.
EVENT:
In three shots,
Luke's glove (covering his robotic hand) is on his
right hand. In
the next shot it is on his left, and back to his right
again in the third
shot.
37 SUBJECT:
Magic Spear
SCENE:
Leia is laying
on the ground unconscious and Wicket the Ewok has just
discovered her.
EVENT:
As Wicket approaches
Leia, watch his spear. In the shots from in
front of the Ewok,
his spear is visibly in front of the hood over his
face. When
the camera angle changes to a shot from over his shoulder,
his spear is underneath
the hood.
38 SUBJECT:
Fast Food
SCENE:
Princess Leia
and Wicket are getting to know each other on the log.
EVENT:
Leia asks Wicket
if he wants some food. She holds it out to him in
her left hand.
However, in the next shot, the food has switched
hands, and is
now in her right.
39 SUBJECT:
Leia's Deja Vu
SCENE:
During the initial
encounter with Wicket the Ewok and Leia after she
regains consciousness
from her fall off of the speeder bike.
EVENT:
Leia sits down
on a log and takes her helmet off. We cut to another
angle that clearly
shows it removed from her head. We then cut back
to a closer shot,
and she's taking it off again.
NOTES:
This blooper is
best viewed on the letterboxed editions as you see the
helmet off of
her head only on the extreme left of the screen.
40 SUBJECT:
Self Destruct
SCENE:
Imperial troops
have discovered Leia and Wicket slashes his foot.
EVENT:
A second trooper
boards his speeder and tries to escape. Leia shoots
his speeder and
it crashes into a parked speeder. If you watch this
sequence in slow
motion, the speeder it crashes into explodes a few
frames before
it is actually hit.
41 SUBJECT:
Artoo's Early Escape
SCENES:
During the scenes
around the capture of Luke and his entourage.
EVENT:
Luke tells Threepio
to tell the Ewoks that if our heros are not set
free, that he
will use his magic. If you look on the right of the
screen, Artoo
is standing untied, even though at that point in the
movie he had not
been untied yet.
42 SUBJECT:
Chewie's Escape
SCENE:
Threepio has been
levitated by Luke in an attempt to free our heros.
EVENT:
As Threepio is
frantically screaming as Luke makes him float over
the heads of the
Ewoks, listen for Threepio to say "Artoo . . .
Quickly!!"
Look at the extreme far left of the screen, and for a
split second,
you can see Chewbacca poke his head out. This is
before Chewbacca
had been released.
NOTES:
This can only be
seen in the widescreen version.
43 SUBJECT:
Vader Should Have Hit His Head
SCENE:
When Vader is
leaving the Imperial Shuttle Craft, on the landing pad on
Endor.
EVENT:
While walking
down the ramp, his head somehow manages to go through the
front of the Shuttle
Craft, unscathed.
44 SUBJECT:
Mood Swing
SCENE:
The rebels are
outside of the Imperial bunker deciding what their next
move will be.
EVENT:
Han says "You
stay here, we'll take care of this." Leia turns and she
will be displaying
a very large smile, even showing teeth. When the
camera instantly
cuts to a different angle of the scene, Leia is no
longer smiling,
displaying a deadpan look.
45 SUBJECT:
Invisible Jedi
SCENE:
Vader takes a
bound Luke to see his Emperor.
EVENT:
Luke and Vader
exit the elevator and begin to walk towards the Emperor.
We watch them
walk towards the steps from behind. As Luke gets closer
to the steps,
you can see right through his black tunic and see the
steps and the
blue light behind them.
46 SUBJECT:
The Emperor's Slugs
SCENE:
Most scenes with
the Emperor.
EVENT:
The "slugs" to
which I am referring to are dark areas in the picture
that just don't
look quite right. They are a result of poor colour or
picture in a certain
area, and the optical effects crew would have to
actually draw
in the right colour overtop of the picture to make it look
better.
These "slugs"
can be found twice in this movie. The first is with
Artoo Deetoo on
Tatooine during the opening scenes of the movie, the
second is with
the Emperor onboard the Death Star. Since the Emperor's
slugs are easier
to find and explain I'll deal with them first.
These can be seen
is a few scenes, however the most prominent is when
Luke is watching
the Rebel fleet being led into a trap. During this
time, small black
spots are seen on the Emperors head, primarily on the
left side.
These are known as the "Emperor's slugs", due to their
slug-like appearance.
What follows is
only speculation as to their existence.
You will notice
that the Emperor's eyes are lit by a soft sickly-green
spotlight in that
scene. The problem with normal spots, is that when
you try to get
them that tight, there is always a little spillover,
which gets even
worse if the subject is moving. Probably, the green
light was lighting
things that should not have been lit, like the back
of the hood, or
a part of him that had not been made up (ears or hair,
perhaps).
The optics crew then manually blacked out the "overflowing"
area's.
Artoo's slugs
can be found on his main photoreceptor "eye" during the
opening shots
of the movie. It is believed that you could see through
the eye and see
the actor inside much like you could during the
sandcrawler scene
in _Star Wars IV: A New Hope_. If you look closely,
you'll see that
during some angles and shots it is coloured a colour
that just doesn't
look quite right and resembles the slugs found on the
Emperor later
on in the movie.
47 SUBJECT:
Quick Reflexes
SCENE:
The rebel crew
storm the shiel bunker on Endor and engage in combat
with the imperials
inside.
EVENT:
An imperial in
black appears from the right of the screen in front of
the ledge with
the railing. Han throws the container in his hands at
the imperial.
If you notice, the imperial actually begins to jump
over the railing
before the box even hits him.
48 SUBJECT:
Magically Appearing TIEs
SCENE:
The space battle
over Endor is just beginning, and the rebels
advance towards
the Death Star
EVENT:
We see the view
out of the Millenium Falcon as they approach the
Imperial Fleet.
If you pause the film and watch the advance of the
TIE fighters frame
by frame, take note of the area in the centre of
your screen, about
a third of the way up. Moments into the scene,
four TIE fighters
appear out of nowhere.
49 SUBJECT:
More Disappearing TIE Fighters
SCENE:
Right after the
rebels arrive at the Death Star, and figure out that
the shields are
still up. Admiral Ackbar says "It's a Trap!" followed
by Lando saying,
"Enemy fighters coming in."
EVENT:
As the Millennium
Falcon flies directly at the screen, and leaves the
screen (upper
right), pause the picture. You will see two little white
"H" shapes on
the Falcon's underside, where space was reserved for two
TIE fighters.
The two TIEs are in the picture until the Falcon flies
"over top of them."
Then you can see the white places reserved for the
fighters, and
then as the Falcon leaves the shot, all trace of the
fighters is gone.
NOTES:
If you don't notice
it at first, rewind the shot watching the area
where the TIE
shapes are. The TIEs are in the deep background of the
scene and are
pretty much motionless. The fact that they appear on
the FX element
of the Falcon is a result of a forgotten black
"blocking" matte
in the optical printing stage.
What had happened
was that the Falcon had been exposed into an area of
the film where
the TIE's had already been exposed (or vice-versa)
resulting in an
overexposure in the shape of the TIE elements. This is
why the area on
the Falcon's belly is WHITE. If the area had been left
for two fighters
to be matted in, the "H" shapes would have appeared
BLACK.
50 SUBJECT:
Space Walk
SCENE:
Although not a
blooper, the exact scene (if any) is known, but somewhere
in the space battle
above Endor.
EVENT:
There have been
several reports saying that during the long and tedious
shooting of the
tremendously complex space battles that to help
"relieve the tension",
that special effects persons put a tennis shoe
in the rebel fleet.
No one seems to have found the shoe in any of the
scenes of the
movie, and it's very possible that the scene with the
shoe may have
been cut and never saw the silver screen.
51 SUBJECT:
Rebel In Disguise
SCENE:
Although not a
blooper, this scene is when the rebels are planting
charges in the
bunker but get interrupted by the Imperials.
EVENT:
The rebels are
escorted outside and we get a wide sweeping shot of the
captured rebels
in the forest, from left to right. You can see a
circle of Stormtroopers
around another stormtrooper with his helmet
off. This
person is a rebel in disguise.
52 SUBJECT:
Blaster Misfire
SCENE:
The ground battle
on Endor has just begun and Leia runs to the bunker
as the doors close.
EVENT:
Watch carefully
because just after Leia enters the screen on the right
hand side, she
fires a shot. It smokes, but there is no colour nor
sound from the
weapon.
53 SUBJECT:
Then Kill The Emperor
SCENE:
The Emperor is
taunting Luke and Luke calls his lightsaber to his hand.
EVENT:
Luke turns on
his lightsaber and takes a swing at the Emperor. Vader
ignites his saber
and blocks the swing. However, when the camera cuts
to a shot of the
two lightsaber blades crossed in front of the
Emperor, you will
see that Luke's green lightsaber blade is behind
Vader's.
Therefore, it is closer to the Emperor and he should have
been able to strike
him down.
54 SUBJECT:
Rapid Construction
SCENE:
Chewbacca and
two Ewoks swing onto a two legged AT-ST walker.
EVENT:
In _Star Wars
VI: Return of the Jedi_, there is a scene where Chewie
climbs on an AT-ST
and tosses out the occupants. One of these men is
really the (late)
Richard Marquand, the film's director, and the other
is another notable,
but his identity has not been verified as of this
date.
55 SUBJECT:
Grabby Han
SCENE:
Although not a
blooper, this scene is when Leia gets shot outside the
Imperial bunker.
EVENT:
Leia leans back,
and Han rushes over to see if she's alright. While
pushing her out
of the line of fire, his right hand grabs Leia's left
breast.
56 SUBJECT:
Fashion Fix
SCENE:
During the lightsaber
battle after Leia gets shot.
EVENT:
Luke and Vader
are in the heat of battle. You will notice that Vader's
cape is draped
behind his left shoulder. However, in the very next
shot Vader's cape
is now back OVER his shoulder and not behind it.
During Luke and
Vader's lightsaber battle in the Emperor's Throne Room
on board the Death
Star.
57 SUBJECT:
Vader's Saber Casts a Shadow
SCENE:
During Luke and
Vader's lightsaber battle in the Emperor's Throne Room
on board the Death
Star.
EVENT:
You can see a
shadow of Vader's lightsaber on the floor, just after
Luke knocks Vader
down the stairs in front of the Emperor, and Vader
gets up.
58 SUBJECT:
More Saber Shadows
SCENE:
Just after Vader
says "You are unwise to lower your defences."
EVENT:
Vader strikes
at Luke and you can notice the shadow of a lightsaber
on the stairs
leading to the Emperor's chair.
59 SUBJECT:
Quick Saber
SCENE:
Luke does a backflip
to avoid Vader and jumps into the centre of a
ring of computer
terminals.
EVENT:
Vader walks towards
Luke and puts his saber in the gap between two
computer terminals.
The camera cuts to another angle behind Vader,
and his lightsaber
is no longer visible anywhere near the terminals.
60 SUBJECT:
Watch the Hair
SCENE:
In the Emperor's
Throne Room during the duel between Luke and Vader,
there is a scene
where Luke does a somersault jump to a floor above
where he originally
was.
EVENT:
If you look at
the hair of Luke jumping, you will notice that the stunt
double's hair
is much more blonde than Mark Hamill's.
61 SUBJECT:
Wacky Lightsaber
SCENE:
Luke has jumped
up to a catwalk to avoid Vader.
EVENT:
Vader says "then
you will meet your destiny," and tosses his lightsaber
up at Luke.
Watch the toss in slow motion and as the lightsaber
crosses in front
of Luke, you can see that the lightsaber blade is
actually coming
out of the "handle" end of the lightsaber hilt.
62 SUBJECT:
Quick Reflexes
SCENE:
The Imperials
are fooled into leaving the bunker and they joyfully run
out into the clearing.
EVENT:
Han is leaning
against the right wall of the bunker. After all the
Imperials have
exited the building, Han runs behind them into the
centre of the
screen. At the end of this wide shot, Han glances to our
left. The
camera immediately cuts to a close up of Han who is now
facing forward
again.
63 SUBJECT:
Where Did Vader Get Luke's Lightsaber?
SCENE:
On the Death Star
when Luke is hiding from Vader, and Vader is walking
through the shadows
trying to draw Luke out.
EVENT:
During the scene
in which Vader says "If YOU will not turn to the dark
side, then perhaps
she will," he is holding Luke's lightsaber in his
left hand.
64 SUBJECT:
Even More Saber Shadows
SCENE:
Luke and Vader
are ferociously battling and Luke is forcing Vader
backwards.
EVENT:
The battle is
first seen behind a flight of stairs and in front of a
circular window.
We then cut to an angle in which we look down upon the
battle.
The sabers once again cast quite noticeable shadows on the
floor. This
is scene right before Luke cuts Vader's hand off.
65 SUBJECT:
Blast Protection
SCENE:
As the bunker
on Endor is about to explode from the charges the rebels
have set.
EVENT:
As everyone is
running away from the bunker, Han calls out "Move!
Move!".
As he runs away from the building, the second time he calls
out "MOVE!", you
can see Han's reflection behind him running in
opposite direction.
NOTES:
This is because
there is a sheet of plexiglass between Han and the
explosion used
to protect the actors in case of an accident.
66 SUBJECT:
Cleaning Service
SCENE:
The Emperor is
shocking Luke with electricity from his fingertips.
EVENT:
Vader watches
the action unfold from his position beside the Emperor.
During different
camera shots of Vader, his helmet is sometimes shown
cleaner than other
times.
67 SUBJECT:
Elongated Arm
SCENE:
Vader has just
saved his son by tosses the Emperor into the reactor
shaft.
EVENT:
Vader tosses the
Emperor and then collapses on some barrels next to the
railing.
Look at Vader's arm - the one with the severed hand. His arm
is bent at the
forearm in a way that arms just don't bend. This is
because the actor's
hand was inside an "elongated" arm to simulate it
being chopped
off. The actor was unable to keep his wrist straight,
thus giving the
appearance of a bent forearm.
68 SUBJECT:
Vader Changed Helmets
SCENE:
Luke drags Vader's
dying body to the ramp of a shuttle and Vader
insists that his
helmet be taken off.
EVENT:
When Luke removes
the top of the helmet and the "face" portion of the
helmet, the mouthpiece
area is still there. When Luke lowers his head
in memory of his
father's passing, Anakin's head is visible in the
foreground on
the extreme left of the screen, but this time, the
mouthpiece that
was there before is now gone.