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SUBJECT: Luke yells "Carrie! SCENE: This scene is right after the Death Star is destroyed, as Luke is getting out of his X-Wing and is reunited with Han and Leia. EVENT: Leia comes running up to him just as he descends the ladder from his X-Wing. He calls the character, Leia, by the actor's name, as he yells out "Carrie!" NOTES: There are still many who hear Luke yell, "Heyyyy!" instead of "Carrie!".

SUBJECT: C-3P0 (loose footing) SCENE: On Tatooine, when Luke is cleaning R2. Just after the line, "Well, my little friend, you've got something jammed in here real good....." EVENT: Right as the hologram appears, C-3P0 falls off the step he is on. NOTES: This could simply be surprise on C-3PO's behalf. SUBJECT: C-3P0...robot 'self pleasure'... SCENE/EVENT: When Luke is trying to clean up Artoo in his home on Tatooine, you can see Threepio behind him; watch what he's doing with that rag.

SUBJECT: Storm Trooper's low clearance SCENES: When Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are inside the trash compactor, in the Death Star. EVENT: After the compactor has started up and Luke is yelling into the comlink. The camera cuts to C-3PO's comlink sitting on the table, then to the security door. The door opens and Storm- troopers walk in. The trooper behind and on the right of the lead trooper hits his head. NOTES: There was a bit of debate about whether this was supposed to happen, or was an accident, however, Ed Hirsh [[email protected]] wrote: The scene where the stormtrooper hits his head as he enters the communications room is not in the script. Here is the scene as it is written by George Lucas (Reprinted w/o permission): ---------begin Star Wars Script: INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN GANTRY -- COMMAND OFFICE. A soft buzzer and the muted voice of Luke calling out for C-3PO can be heard on Threepio's hand comlink, which is sitting on the deserted computer console. Artoo and Threepio are nowhere in sight. Suddenly there is a great explosion and the door of the control tower flies across the floor. Four armed stormtroopers enter the chamber. FIRST TROOPER: Take over! (pointing to the dead officer) See to him! Look there! ----------end Star Wars Script So the first trooper was supposed to say "See to him!" But it was directed toward the previously killed officer.


SUBJECT: Darth Vader's light saber isn't colored SCENE/EVENT: Just after Darth Vader Kills Obi Wan Kenobi, on board the Death Star. His light saber is white, instead of red. This is because the coloring was added after the film was made, and the optical effects crews forgot to add color to this one scene. The white is the actual color of the saber.


SUBJECT: Vader's Mask SCENE/EVENT: Seeing David Prowse's face through the Vader mask Lucas wanted to make it completely dark, but could not do it in the first film, it was fixed in the later films.


SUBJECT: Millennium Falcon's stowaway SCENE: In the first scene of the Millennium Falcon's cockpit. EVENT: Behind Han and Chewie, there is a person with a green shirt standing in the corridor. A few seconds later he moves out of the shot. NOTES: This might just be in the Letterbox version.


SUBJECT: Kenny Baker seen in R2-D2 SCENE/EVENT: When Artoo first gets put into the Jawa's sandcrawler and he looks around at all the creatures in there. You see R5-D4, and then right after the SECOND time he looks at the red R2, when they cut back to Artoo, he turns his head around and you can see the face of Kenny Baker inside through the bubble on Artoo's head.


SUBJECT: Cantina characters SCENE/EVENT: When Luke is sitting at the bar in the Cantina, he takes a glance around the cantina. The camera then gives us shots of various aliens. After the shot that shows a big alien apparently laughing, they cut to two aliens(I checked the sourcebooks and they're known as Duros) enganging in a conversation. One is holding up his hands like he doesn't understand what the other one's saying. Anyway, if you look at their hands, the one on the right has big, purple, very alien hands. The one on the left(same species) is wearing white gloves over human hands.


SUBJECT: Moving table pieces SCENE/EVENT: When Ben watches Leia's holographic message, the items placed on the table change from scene to scene.


SUBJECT: The shadows..... SCENE/EVENT: When Chewie and Han arrive first in the hallway leading to the Millenium Falcon ("Didn't we just leave this party?"), you can see the shadows of Luke and Leia, who are waiting to run in on cue.


SUBJECT: That torture droid trick SCENE: As Leia is about to be tortured on the deathstar In Leia's cell, you can see the "crane" that they used to "float" in the round torture droid between the droid and the edge of the door.


SUBJECT: Porkins returns from the After Life SCENE: The Death Star attack As the rebels are attacking the death star, Porkins (RED 6) is killed. Later on as Luke is flying down the trench, Vader hits part of Luke's ship. He tells R2 to see if he can fix it. Right after that scene, someone on the intercom system asks, "...RED 6, have you seen RED 5?" The blooper is...how could RED 6 answer? He's dead! Watch and listen, you'll hear it. ** STAR WARS MIS-CUTS ** ------------------------


SUBJECT: Luke's cup keeps switching hands SCENE: When Luke is eating with Owen and Beru. EVENT: At the beginning part of this sequence, his cup is in his left hand. Later on, it appears in his right hand. NOTES: This happens twice, and is probably a result of the film being reversed, which happened several times throughout the film.


SUBJECT: R2-D2's bad guidance sensors SCENE: At the beginning of the movie on board the rebel corvette, which is currently attempting to escape an Imperial Star Destroyer. This happens as Leia is giving R2-D2 the Death Star plans. EVENT: After Leia gives R2-D2 the message for Obi-Wan, R2 starts to roll away. If the scene would have continued on, he would have rolled into the wall.


SUBJECT: Magical Space Ships NOTES: There are quite a few scenes which includes poor mattes, and bad editing for the ships (primarily the multitudes of Tie fighters). I will try to cover of them. The matte used on the ships, is very noticeable...


SUBJECT: Threepio's moving dent SCENE: In ANH, C-3PO gets a dent on the left side of his head when he falls and breaks off his arm; he still has this dent throughout the movie, but in one shot at the end, when he's next to Leia in the Rebel Control Room, the film has been reversed -- his dent is on his right side, and Leia is now on the other side of him.


SUBJECT: Chewie in the compactor SCENE: When the trash compactor walls are closing in on our heroes, aboard the Deathstar watch Chewie. His position changes in three cuts. First he is holding the wall, next he is putting up his crossbow, then he is again holding the wall.


SUBJECT: R5-D4 in two places at once SCENE/EVENT: After Owen buys R5-D4 it explodes. He points to R2-D2 and as R2's head turns, you see the previous shot of the Jawas prepping R5-D4 BEFORE they take him away.


SUBJECT: Vader's gesturing SCENE: In ANH, there is a scene where Darth and Tarkin are talking about Obi-wan. During part of the dialog, Darth stops talking, but keeps gesticulating as though he is saying something. Tarkin doesn't respond to his comment until after he stops gesticulat- ing. Obviously, they had some difficulty timing the voice over with Prowses' movements in this scene.


SUBJECT: That moving head piece.... SCENE: When Luke announces that he is all right in the Battle of Yavin sequence and you get a shot of one of the controllers. The controller's headset is on his left ear one minute and then in the next pan is on the right ear.


SUBJECT: The disappearing rag SCENE: Right after R2-D2 shows Luke the "Leia hologram". Near the end of this segment, watch 3PO's sleight of hand. In one shot, he's holding a rag, in the next shot he isn't, and in then next shot ("I'm sorry sir, but he appears to have picked up a slight flutter") he has the rag again, and in the next shot he doesn't.


SUBJECT: The disappearing macrame thingy SCENE: Just after Ben gets out Anakin's light saber There is a "shawl" which temporarily disappears, and then re-appears in Kenobi's house. It looks like a medium-brown "macrame" blanket. It is hanging on the left side of the plaster "arch" in the house. Notice it casts a shadow which sticks out to the left of the shadow cast by the arch. Right after Kenobi finishes speaking "This is the weapon of a Jedi Knight...", the shawl disappears. After Luke turns off his saber it is back. ** STAR WARS TRIVIA ** ----------------------


SUBJECT: DEWBAK SCENES: The Dewbak appears in two places on Tatooine. First: The scene where the Stormtroopers discover the escape pod used by C-3P0 and R2-D2. At the beginning of this scene, you can see it with stormtroopers, in the distance. The second time you see it, is the scene when Luke and Ben have reached the city, and are parking the Landspeeder. It is rather hard to find, as it is in the background. But, if you look closely, you can see it next to (more info) NOTES: The Dewbak is a Giant Green lizard used for transportation.


SUBJECT: Millennium Falcon dice SCENE/EVENT: When Chewie runs to the cockpit to fly the Falcon out of Mos Eisley, his head hits 2 small objects that look very much like small dice.


SUBJECT: Shells for Laser ammunition? SCENE: Virtually in any battle, the best is in the battle with the stormtroopers immediately after Leia has been pulled out of her cell (right before she blows a hole in the wall) EVENT: The laser rifles are actually modified Sterling 9mm submachine guns, and when filming the shoot-outs they used blank bullets (so they would know when they were shot, and they would simulate "kick-back") which ejected spent cases as if they were real bullets.


SUBJECT: The Biggs Scenes NOTES: In the Script for Star Wars there are several Scenes which includes a friend of Luke's, Biggs. These Scenes were filmed, but when the final cut came around for the Star Wars films, these Scenes were left on the cutting room floor. Many people say they saw these scenes in the theater, but the only place that any of the film containing the Biggs scenes was reproduced, was in the story books.


SUBJECT: Threepio from New York? NOTES: C-3PO was originally scripted as a "used car salesman" type


SUBJECT: Gold five, who are you? NOTES: When Gold Five is going down on during the fight on the Death Star. He calls out, "Gold Five to Red Leader." Red Leader's response is "I copy, Gold Leader."


SUBJECT: Wookiee spelled wrong? NOTES: (By: Gallandro) If you read his [George Lucas's] biography _Skywalking_, it talks about how his secretaries would type his notes, and he would have the same name spelled different ways at different places in the manuscript. The secretaries just used their own consistent spellings which they then checked with George. However, it is an acknowledged error that Wookiee is spelled with one E in the original novel. TIE is generally capitalized because it is an acronym; my assumption is that Foster (who ghost-wrote the novel) didn't know this and spelled in a way that appeared to him to be more logical. Also of possible interest is the fact that at least one spelling changed over the course of the trilogy. In any reference printed before 1983, Jabba the Hutt is spelled with one T. With the premier of Jedi, for some reason, the "official" spelling changed to include 2 T's, perhaps to more clearly indicate that it was Jabba's race (avoiding confusion with the English word "hut")-- but that is pure speculation on my part.


SUBJECT: George Lucas, Jedi Master NOTES: Where George came up with 'The Force' Lucas talked to many masters of Aikido, because he had heard of the energy that is involved with Aikido. He ended up using a lot of these ideas in designing the Force. Aikido is a form of martial arts.


SUBJECT: The 'Stiffs' SCENE/EVENT: When the heroes receive their medallions at the end of Star Wars, nearly all of the crowd are cardboard cutouts.


SUBJECT: Star Wars is number one! NOTES: Keep in mind this is with inflation included It seems George Lucas had trouble getting funding for this movie because most studios thought people wouldn't go to see it. Recently, after looking at a top ten list of movies *ever* (inflation calculated in), Star Wars IV, "A New Hope" was in the #1 slot.


SUBJECT: Sorry, I don't do windows.... SCENE/EVENT: Has anybody noticed in ANH that the Jawa that tells 3PO to leave the crawler as they approach Luke's home says, "Here comes the window cleaner"? Listen, it is rather funny.


SUBJECT: That wasn't Greedo, was it? SCENE/EVENT: Cantina From: Erik Pittock IMHO, my vote for some of the worst effects in the trilogy goes to the scene with Han Solo and Greedo in the Cantina on Tatooine. I watched this on a video a few times and everytime I went past this scene, something didn't seem normal. Sure enough, when I ran the tape really slow right before Han blasts Greedo, you see the actor Greedo replaced by a really bad dummy that explodes. Obviously with Screen Actors Guild regulations being what they are, they couldn't explode the actor, but the dummy doesn't come close to matching the actor (much thinner, I think slightly taller, and a different jacket too, if I remember correctly!). Not only that but the background is quite different. I guess this is classed "bad editing". ** THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK BLOOPERS ** --------------------------------------


SUBJECT: Vader's uncolored saber SCENE/EVENT: Before Vader ignites his saber for the first time in Cloud City, you can clearly see the actual uncolored rod. However, it isn't white like in the first film but dark gray which blends in against Vader's costume. The best way to see it is to wait until he ignites his saber, then rewind the film with your eye on where the lightsaber was and you'll see it clear as day. This also helps demonstrate the effect of the actor tilting the lightsaber away from himself to simulate extension.


SUBJECT: Han the ventriloquist SCENE/EVENT: Han and Leia in cockpit of MF while they were in the belly of the space slug. Leia says, "Captain being held by you is hardly enough to get me excited". If you look closely at Han's lips you'll see that he's saying it with her in unison. In Empire, when Luke knocks Vader off the deck, he walks around a large machine and doesn't shut his saber off, you can see him reach back and trade for a hilt with a hidden stagehand. ** THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK MIS-CUTS ** --------------------------------------


SUBJECT: Luke's light saber should be missing SCENE: When Luke and Vader are fighting on Cloud City. As Vader is mentally hurling boxes and objects at Luke, who is deflecting them with his light saber (and his head). EVENT: After one of the pieces breaks the window into the huge shaft, and Luke is sucked through. The next scene shows him hanging from a catwalk with BOTH hands. He should have lost his light- saber, while hanging on for dear life. However, in the next scene, he's holding his saber in his hand again! Did Luke take the time to put his saber back into his belt as he was being sucked into a void? Or was their a friendly stage hand available, to give him a new one?


SUBJECT: Chewie's Feet SCENE: On Cloud City in Empire where Chewie is running away from the camera (specific scene unknown) EVENT: The angle is such that you see the bottoms of Chewie's feet, and you see heel and sole of the boots that make up the feet of Peter Mayhew's costume.


SUBJECT: Trampolines aboard Cloud City? SCENE: When Luke is fighting Vader. After he knocks Vader off the edge, he jumps down behind him. EVENT: If you look and listen closely, you hear him hit a trampoline-like device. Then, his head magically reappears at the bottom of the screen, for a brief moment.


SUBJECT: Transport halo SCENE: In ESB, when the first rebel transport leaves Hoth, you can see a matting error. SUBJECT: I thought Luke lost that hand SCENE: When Luke is tumbling in the air shaft near the end of The Empire Strikes Back, there is a very short scene (before he gets dropped out the bottom of Cloud City) where you can see his right hand, which should have been sliced off by Vader.


SUBJECT: How does Lando do that? SCENE: I was watching TESB the other day (and hey, who wasn't?) and I noticed that when Lando was escorting the gang to dinner that Lando and Han switch sides from one shot to the next. In one shot, Han is on Leia's right with Lando and her left and in the next shot, as they head down the last bit of corridor to the dining room, Han is on Leia's left with Lando on her right. Han stays on the left for the rest of the scene and pulls out his blaster to shoot Vader in that position. ** THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK TRIVIA ** ------------------------------------


SUBJECT: Was that Cliff from Cheers? SCENE/EVENT: In the base on Hoth, there's a scene where a rebel soldier (character name of Major Derlin) talks to Leia about having to close the doors on the base despite Luke not being back, saying, "Your Highness, there is nothing more we can do tonight. The shield doors must be closed." The actor is none other than Cliff Claven from TV's "Cheers" (real name: John Ratzenberger).


SUBJECT: A white protocol droid? SCENE(S) & EVENT: There is actually three scenes that this is seen in. The first is in the command post on Hoth. The white droid is standing to the left behind one of the glass monitors. It is in the shadows, so it could easily be mistaken for C-3PO. The second time is in the scene that starts with the line "We can't protect two transports at the same time". At the end of the scene you see the droid standing to the right, in the background between two people. It is definitely NOT C3PO, as he is standing in the foreground at the same time. Last of all, the droid is seen sitting in one of the chairs to the left of the command post, obviously non-functional at this time. NOTES: There are a few scenes where we see silver protocol droids, like C-3PO. But how often have you seen a white protocol droid?


SUBJECT: Over zealous security measures SCENE: The catwalk scene when Luke learns that Darth Vader is his father. NOTES: Lucas was concerned about preventing leaks with his next Star Wars Film, The Empire Strikes Back. Infact, he had an elaborate security system set up which included logs of reports about leaks from actors. Lucas was especially concerned about the catwalk scene where Vader tells Luke he is his father. The lines Prowse actually spoke were actually 'Obi Wan Kenobi is your father' not, 'I am your father'. The lines we hear were added later, with the rest of Darth Vader's dialogue.


SUBJECT: Potato salad SCENE: Who knows for sure?? One of the asteroids in ESB with the falcon flying through them is actually a potato. Anybody know which one it is? But here is where I think the potato is (Craig Mackinnon): Chewie and Han come up to the cockpit right after the line, "That was no laser blast, something hit us". Han sits down, and then it shows out the window of the Falcon and you see asteroids. Two asteroids come across the front of the window, from (I think) top left to bottom right.


SUBJECT: TIE fighter pilot on fire... SCENE: Another, who knows for sure?? OK...I've always agreed on it NOT being a rumor, now recently read that some F/X guys had similar fun in TESB (though not out of frustration!). In an interview with one of them, he said that in one of the astroid sequences, they had a TIE Fighter blow up, and while it was blowing up, off the lower left side you could actually see the pilot being shreaded in space... (if I remember correctly, this is not easy to see in the actual movie but he said that it was easier to find in the Trailor for the movie). ** THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK INCONSISTENCIES ** ---------------------------------------------


SUBJECT: Piett's changes rank SCENE/EVENT: In the end, if you look at Piett's (I think that's him) rank insignia, it changes 1) sides, and 2) color! NOTES: Could anybody give me more detail?


SUBJECT: Han's change of clothes FILMS: The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi SCENE/EVENT: During the Scenes when Han is about to be frozen in Carbonite. EVENT: Before he is lowered into it, he has shackles around the upper part of is arms, which holds them to his body. However, in Return of the Jedi, when he is unfrozen, he no longer has them on his arms. Second, in one scene Han is not wearing his vest, you see his torso as completely white (his shirt is white). Those are the medium close up shots of Han. When the camera cuts to long shots, Han is wearing his vest.


SUBJECT: Explosive Asteroids EVENT/SCENE: In the asteroid battle scene, there's a part where the camera angle cuts to a wide shot of all the asteroids, and on one of the asteroids there is something clearly exploding (it even makes a sound), but nothing actually hits the asteroid. (There are two TIE's chasing the Falcon at this point, but both are visible during this part, and neither of them is the cause of the explosion.) My guess is that there was originally more to this scene, and the real cause of the explosion ended up sharing the same fate as Biggs. (being left on the editing room floor, that is.) Maybe we're supposed to believe these small asteroids are volcanic? Or that some asteroid, too small to be perceived by the viewer collides very forcibly with the larger asteroid just at that point in the movie? ** RETURN OF THE JEDI BLOOPERS ** ---------------------------------


SUBJECT: Vader's saber casts a shadow SCENE/EVENT: You can see a shadow of the light saber, just after Luke knocks Vader down the stairs and Vader gets up. Vader's lightsaber is casting a shadow on the ground.


SUBJECT: Oversized Ewok SCENE/EVENT: You won't see this unless you have a letterbox version of the film There are two MAJOR mistakes in the scene where Threepio is 'king' of the Ewoks. While Luke & Co. are tied up, Peter Mayhew dressed as Chewie, sticks his head from the left side of the screen behind one of the Ewok huts. Also, there's a shot of Artoo untied when he hasn't been cut loose yet.


SUBJECT: Boba's neat helmet trick SCENE/EVENT: In Jabba's palace As Boba Fett nods to Boushh (Leia) his antenna is on the right hand side of his head, normally it would be on the left. (His right.)


SUBJECT: Luke isn't sure about his hand SCENE/EVENT: Endore Speeder Bike chase Right before Luke can't move the Speeder Bike from in front of the oncoming tree, you can clearly see that in three different shots, Luke's glove is on his right hand, next shot, his left, and back to his right again.


SUBJECT: Yoda's floating cane SCENE: Luke and Yoda are talking in Yoda's house Luke and Yoda are talking in Yoda's house. As Yoda says "Twilight is upon me, and soon night must fall." pay very close attention to Yoda's cane. It floats across the screen for a split second! ** RETURN OF THE JEDI MIS-CUTS ** ---------------------------------


SUBJECT: Emperor should have hit his head SCENE: When the Emperor is leaving the Imperial Shuttle Craft, on board the Death Star. EVENT: While walking down the ramp, his head somehow manages to go through the front of the Shuttle Craft, unscathed.


SUBJECT: The Emperors "slugs" SCENE: 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. EVENT: Small black spots on the Emperors head, one notable one is on the left side. NOTES: These are known as the "Emperor's slugs", due to their sluglike appearance. Daniel Goldman [[email protected]] makes an educated guess as to the reason of 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 light- ing things that should not have been lit, like the back of the hood, or a part of his fact that had not been made up (ears or hair, perhaps). The optics crew then manually blacked out the `overflowing' area's.


SUBJECT(S): Magical Space Ships NOTES: There are quite a few scenes which includes poor mattes, and bad editing for the ships (primarily the multitudes of Tie fighters). I will try to cover most of them. SCENE: Right after the rebels arrive at the Death Star, and they figure out that the shields are still up, right after Admiral Akbar says "It's a Trap!" followed by Lando saying, "Enemy fighters coming in." EVENT: As the Millennium Falcon flies directly at the audience, and leaves the screen (upper right), pause the picture. You will see 2 little white "H" shapes on the Falcon's underside, where space was reserved for 2 TIE fighters, that never made it into the film. Per Alan Yates: The two ships in question ARE in fact in the film. You can see for yourself by placing two fingers (or any other markers) on the screen at the exact spot where the two "H" shapes appear on the Falcon's belly. Then go backwards frame by frame (this is, of course easier if you have a good Laserdisc player) or rewind a little bit and play the scene again, frame by frame. You will see that the two TIE's DO appear in the film. They are in the deep background of the scene and are pretty much motionless, right where you have marked your screen. 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 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.


SUBJECT: Han the pervert SCENE/EVENT: In ROTJ, when Leia gets shot, Han grabs her and pulls her back to safety...watch his hand...he grabs her breast!


SUBJECT: Hanging Han SCENE: When Luke, Han, etc. were to be thrown into the Sarlaac's Pit on Tatooine, Han and Lando are standing on the levitating plat- form 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!


SUBJECT: Lando's moving bandolier SCENE/EVENT: When Han and Lando are talking in the rebel hanger right before the strike team departs in the stolen Imperial shuttle. Watch Lando, the gun belt strap across his chest changes sides between different cuts during the same scene.


SUBJECT: Jabba on rewind SCENE/EVENT: In Jedi, in one of the Jabba's Palace sequences, when Jabba is speaking, the film is actually running backwards -- if you look closely, you can see the smoke from his pipe moving downwards, and the same with the bubbles in his bong.


SUBJECT: Park fence..... SCENE/EVENT: Right after the Rebels have exited the shuttle Tyderium in ROTJ, you can see a redwood fence in the background, of the variety commonly found in earthly national parks.


SUBJECT: Lando's concussion SCENE/EVENT: Jabba's Palace Just after Chewie is taken away by guards in Jabba's Palace, we get our first view of Lando in his skiff outfit. He bumps his head on the ceiling just before he pulls his mask down the show the audience who he is. Its a very noticeable bump on the head because the mask cranks backwards for a second.


SUBJECT: Where did Vader get Luke's light saber? SCENE/EVENT: Did you ever notice that when Vader is talking about... "A sister... so, you have a twin sister.... your feelings have now betrayed her too...", that he is holding Luke's lightsaber in his left hand?


SUBJECT: Lando's vanishing trick SCENE/EVENT: Luke is just about to jump into the Sarlaac's mouth. He nods at Lando to his RIGHT. The camera goes to other shots (such a R2 standing on the deck of the sail barge, etc.). The camera comes back to the skiff guard prodding Luke with his axe, so that Luke will jump. At this shot, check out who's in the background (which is Luke's LEFT side). Yep, it's Lando. Next shot shows Luke jumping in with Han and Chewie at the same position Lando was at.


SUBJECT: Lukes bum hand SCENE/EVENT: On the sail barge Luke is on the deck of the sail barge. His hand gets shot. At this point the makeup people did a pretty good job on his hand. 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. Well, I guess the makeup people were on their break when they were shooting this scene because his hand looks perfectly fine. About a second later, when he actually grabs the rope, we see a damaged hand again. THEN, when they are actually swinging, his hand is fine again. And, then finally we see that his hand looks really bad when he is leaving Tatooine in his X-Wing.


SUBJECT: Chewies moving bandolier SCENE/EVENT: Jabba's sail barge When Leia looks out of the barge at our 3 heros on the skiff the view changes to a close up of Chewie, Han, and Luke (left to right). Notice Chewies bandolier, it hangs from his right shoulder to his left hip. Next, right as Han says, "3PO, you tell that slimy piece...." Notice that Chewies bandolier is hanging from his LEFT shoulder to his RIGHT hip. ** RETURN OF THE JEDI TRIVIA ** -------------------------------


SUBJECT: Elephants, Nein Numb, and Feet EVENT: Lucas used several linguists to create languages for the aliens. The one which Nein Numb speaks is based off a Kenyan dialect. By accident or design, one of his lines ends up sounding like, "One thousand herds of elephants are standing on my foot" in this language.


SUBJECT: I know I've heard that before EVENT: When the droids first enter Jabba's throne room, you hear a lot of alien voices murmuring... if you listen closely, one of them is Greedo's voice speaking the EXACT same dialogue he said to Han in Star Wars.


SUBJECT: Oola's failing costume EVENT: Oola, the green dancing Twi'lek girl in Jabba's palace, accidentally "falls out of her costume" when Jabba is trying to drag her towards him. Her breast can be seen for 1 or 2 frames.


SUBJECT: Star Wars on Star Trek? EVENT: ST:TNG episode, "All Good Things..." Would you guys believe that Star Wars received recognition on the last Star Trek: The Next Generation episode? Beverly Crusher has command of a medical ship, the USS Pasteur. Anyway there is a dedication plaque on the bridge that reads: USS PASTEUR Hope Class Star Fleet Registry NCC 59929 Marin County, Star Fleet Yards, Skywalker Division United Federation of Planets


SUBJECT: Noted 'extra' EVENT: In Return of the Jedi, there is a scene where Chewie climbs on a Scout (Chicken) Walker 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 I don't remember who it is.


SUBJECT: Ewoks who speak English EVENT: Just after C-3PO sits up and the Ewoks start to praise him If you listen carefully, one of the Ewoks looks at Threepio and says, 'That guy's wise.", and then the one next to him says, "More than I am short."


SUBJECT: The special F/X of the light saber EVENT: The following is a conversation between Matt Bradshaw and Bill Warren and DK (whoever that is!): DK> First of all from the standpoint DK> that reflecting something back at a higher intensity that the DK> original light source is a physical impossibility. Second of all, DK> it is widely known that the lightsabers were done with rotoscoping, DK> they had a reflective surface on the "beams" so that the DK> rotoscopers would have something to follow as far as length and to DK> make sure the beams were straight. BW> You're both right and wrong. In the initial film, the rods were BW> covered with Scotchlite (or Scotchlight?), the reflective stuff BW> made by 3M that's used for road signs, and in front-screen BW> projection setups. And that stuff DOES, in essence, reflect back BW> more light than it is getting, in that it's lenticular, so it BW> focusses the light, and thereby amplifies it. BW> However, it did not produce enough light to get the effect BW> Lucas wanted, and so he had the lightsabers rotoscoped in. For BW> the second two films, I believe the Scotchlight was dropped. VIDEO WATCHDOG did an article on the light sabre effects not too long ago. The Scotchlight was indeed dropped after the first film. For the EMPIRE STRIKES BACK a simple metal rod was inserted into the light sabre handle to give the animators a guide by which to rotoscope in the sabre blade. For RETURN OF THE JEDI there was nothing attached to the light sabre handle, making it much more difficult to rotoscope. Also, sinch the Scotchlight blade was rotating it threw light onto the actors faces. You'll notice that this particular effect (or side effect) is absent in the second and third films.