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This file contains, to the best of my knowledge to date, a complete listing
of all the bloopers in the _Star Wars_ trilogy. These bloopers have been
compiled from various documents, E-mail submissions and the readers of rec.
arts.sf.starwars. The main documents used as source are _The Bad Guide to
Star Wars_ (copyright Brandon Gillespie -- brandon@cc.usu.edu), the
_Journal of the Bloopers_ (copyright Kevin Cox - Juan C. Walls), and the
Star Wars Nitpicker--Jason Lee (jlee@csua.berkeley.edu).
As always, the bloopers are arranged in the order in which they appear in
each of their respective movies, being _Star Wars IV: A New Hope_, _Star
Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back_, and _Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi_).
This was done so you could "read along" as the movies played.
If you have found a blooper that is not listed within this document, I
encourage you to mail me, Jeremy Kennedy, at ego@execulink.com with the addition.
You may also use the submissions form on my webpage located at:
http://www.execulink.com/~ego/starwars/
I've found that my personal criteria for a blooper may be a bit more
stringent than other lists out there. What some people consider a blooper,
I don't feel meets the definition of the word, and isn't included. I feel
that is for the reader's benefit. And so you know, I define "blooper" as
"an event or effect that was not desired by Lucasfilm but got past the
editing stage into the final cut of the movie."
I have included a credits section at the end, and since I was not the
original author of my sources, I have copied over their existing lists.
There may be a few places however where a name has been lost. If you feel
that your name has been left off, let me know, I am a reasonable guy!
_The Star Wars Trilogy Blooper Viewers Guide_ (version 4.0) is
Copyright 1994, 1997 Jeremy Kennedy. _Star Wars_ and all related names and
terminology are Copyright: 1977, 1980, 1983 Lucasfilm Ltd. All rights reserved.
Trademarks of Lucasfilm Ltd. are used without permission. This document
is free to the public for personal use only but can be copied and
or transmitted free of charge, on the condition that the document is left
UNALTERED. This document however can NOT be displayed publicly on website,
ftp site, or in print without the prior consent of Jeremy Kennedy. Questions,
comments, additions, revisions, etc. should be directed to ego@execulink.com.
Any similarities between my document and anyone else's documents are purely
coincidental, and not intentional, and should probably be taken as a
compliment that your document was so memorable that it subliminally made me
make mine in the form of yours.
Index
A. _Star Wars IV: A New Hope_
1 R2-D2's Bad Guidance Sensors 31 Quick Change Leia
2 Quick Moving Trooper 32 Stormtrooper's Low Clearance
3 Threepio's Moving Stain 33 The Incredible Shrinking
4 Shy Stormtrooper? Trooper
5 Kenny Baker, I Can See You 34 Space Age Metal
6 R5-D4 In Two Places At Once 35 Indecisive Chewie
7 Bad Timing 36 Make Up Your Mind Chewie
8 The Disappearing Rag 37 Quick Hands
9 Aunt Beru The Ventriloquist 38 Who Dressed You Vader?
10 Luke's Cup Keeps Switching Hands 39 More Saber Shadows
11 Rapidly Moving Suns 40 Out Of Batteries?
12 Is Threepio On or Off? 41 The Lightsabers Have Lost
13 The Disappearing Wall Hanging Their Shine
14 Poor Construction of the Death 42 The Shadows . . .
Star 43 Do It Again!
15 The "Floating" Interrogation Droid 44 Falcon Needs More Support
16 Empty Headed Alien 45 Inconsistency Of Hyperspace
17 Cantina Characters 46 Mirrored Heroes
18 No Coordination 47 Poor Plans
19 That Wasn't Greedo, Was It? 48 Precision Ground Crew
20 So Maybe Greedo Didn't Die 49 Broken Speedometer
21 The Falcon's Not Finished Yet 50 Threepio's Moving Dent
22 Millennium Falcon's Stowaway 51 Reversed Red Leader
23 The Falcon's Windows 52 Mirrored Luke
24 Saber Shadows 53 Revolving Windows
25 Vader's Gesturing 54 Reversed Red Leader . . Again
26 The Falcon Needs Support 55 Mistaken Identity
27 Say Cheese! 56 Mirrored Control
28 Shells For Laser Ammunition? 57 Gold Five, Who Are You?
29 Chewie's Deja Vu 58 Black Space
30 Speak Up Luke! 59 Bad Lip Synch
B. _Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back_
1 Change Of Uniform 11 Han's Change Of Clothes
2 Automatic Doors 12 Vader's Uncoloured Saber
3 Need Sound Proof Doors 13 A Helping Hand
4 Han the Ventriloquist 14 Trampolines Aboard Cloud City
5 Threepio's Falling Apart 15 Well-Trained Troops
6 Over-Eager Effects 16 Chewbacca Wearing Boots?
7 Bad Pilot Skills 17 Exploding Railing
8 People in Threepio's Head 18 Stealth Lightsaber
9 How Does Lando Do That? 19 I Thought Luke Lost That Hand
10 Don't Forget To Zip Up! 20 Backwards Piett
C. _Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi_
1 Unsanitary Employee 22 Fly Casual, Not Crazy
2 Deja Vu 23 Too Quick Hot Shot
3 Jabba in Rewind 24 Luke's Confused About His Hand
4 Jabba's Stripper 25 Leia's Deja Vu
5 Boba's Reversible Costume 26 Artoo's Early Escape
6 Lando's Concussion 27 Vader Should Have Hit His Head
7 Chewie's Moving Bandolier 28 Lando's Insubordination
8 Lando's Vanishing Trick 29 Quick Reflexes
9 Exploding Gun 30 Magically Appearing TIEs
10 Phantom Kick 31 More Disappearing TIE Fighters
11 Lando's Gloved Hand 32 Blaster Misfire
12 Hanging Han 33 Fashion Fix
13 Lando's Spear Trick 34 Vader's Saber Casts a Shadow
14 Luke's Bum Hand 35 More Saber Shadows
15 Pulling The Droid 36 Watch the Hair
16 Hold On 37 Quick Reflexes
17 Impossible Swing 38 Where Did Vader Get Luke's
18 Disappearing TIE Fighters Lightsaber
19 Big Step For The Empire 39 Even More Saber Shadows
20 Bad Briefing 40 Blast Protection
21 Lando's Moving Gun Belt 41 Vader Changed Helmets
D. Credit Where Credit Is Due
E. Help
1 Oversized Ewok 2 Endor National Park
F. The Star Wars Trilogy Trivia Viewers Guide
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STAR WARS IV:
A NEW HOPE
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1---==>}]SUBJECT: It Gets Lonely In Space
SCENE:
Although not a blooper, this scene is when the rebel Blockade Runner is
being chased by Vader's Star Destroyer.
EVENT:
As a joke, movie makers often put in little things that usually are
never seen in the movie but at least they know they are there. One such
case is in the Corellian Corvette at the very beginning of the movie.
If you were able to see inside the front window of the ship, you would
not only see a movie poster for _Star Wars IV: A New Hope_, but a
Playboy Playmate hanging on the wall. There is a photo of this found in
the book _From Star Wars To Indiana Jones--The Best Of The LucasFilm
Archives_ by Mark Cotta Vaz and Shinji Hata, copyright 1994 Chronicle
Books, San Francisco.
2---==>}]SUBJECT: R2-D2's Bad Guidance Sensors
SCENE:
When Leia is feeding R2-D2 the plans to the Death Star, on board the
Corellian Corvette.
EVENT:
After Leia gives R2-D2 the message for Obi-Wan, R2 starts to roll away.
If the scene had continued, he would have rolled into the wall and off
the main pathway.
3---==>}]SUBJECT: Quick Moving Trooper
SCENE:
Vader interrogates on of the rebels on board the Blockade Runner as to
the whereabouts of the Death Star plans.
EVENT:
Watch the leftmost stormtrooper. At the beginning of this scene, he
is holding his blaster at his waist. As the camera cuts to a
different angle, the trooper is holding the gun up to his chest, and
as the camera cuts back to the original angle, the gun is back by the
trooper's waist.
4---==>}]SUBJECT: Shy Stormtrooper?
SCENE:
Stormtroopers are searching the Blockade Runner for any hiding rebels.
EVENT:
The troops are looking in every corner and the camera cuts to Leia
who pokes her head out from behind a pillar. We cut back to the
troopers and if you notice in the bottom left of the screen behind the
foremost "pillar" there is a white pant leg which sticks out then
disappears back out of view.
5---==>}]SUBJECT: Forgetful Costume Designer
SCENE:
When the stormtroopers find Leia hiding in the corridor on the Blockade
Runner, and prepare to stun her for delivery to Darth Vader.
EVENT:
The lead trooper says "There's one. Set for stun." He then gets shot
by Leia. The trooper who then assumes the lead and shoots the stun
blast at Leia has a different helmet than any other stormtrooper
throughout the trilogy. On the sides of the helmet, near the bottom,
on the part that almost looks like air feeder tubes, there are normally
vertical slots or stripes. The trooper who shoots Leia is missing these
slots.
6---==>}]SUBJECT: Stupid Use Of The Force
SCENE:
During the Blockade Runner invasion, when Princess Leia is brought before
Darth Vader.
EVENT:
When Vader is interrogating Leia, the first time we get a full face shot
of him is when he says, "I want to know what happened to the plans they
sent you." Look at his neck chain that holds his cape together; it is
on top of the lip of his collar. The camera cuts back to Leia and then
it goes back to Vader. Now, the chain has worked it's way underneath
his collar. As the shot cuts back, Vader yells "Take her away!". Now,
the magic cape chain has moved yet again, back above the lip of his
collar.
7---==>}]SUBJECT: Blinded By The Light
SCENE:
Any scene featuring C-3PO.
EVENT:
Mostly visible during the first half of the movie, the lights in
Threepio's eyes are off. As evidenced throughout the trilogy, we
are shown that when his eyes are off, he cannot see, and is blind. If
that is so, how can Threepio navigate around the desert. It is not
just because the outside light is brighter than those in his eyes,
because during the Tusken Raider attack when Luke and Threepio search
for Artoo, when Threepio is stunned, his eye lights turn on.
8---==>}]SUBJECT: Threepio's Moving Stain
SCENE:
As Threepio walks past the skeleton of the dragon on Tatooine.
EVENT:
C-3PO has a large grease stain down the left side of his chest. A few
minutes later this stain is on the right side. This is a result of the
film being flipped in post production.
9---==>}]SUBJECT: Moving Gadgets
SCENE:
After the Jawas have captured Artoo in the canyon, and are about to
attach the restraining bolt before he's put inside the Sandcrawler.
EVENT:
The Jawa walks up to Artoo and begins to attach the restraining bolt.
Take notice of the "box" that he attaches it to. The Jawa places the
restraining bolt in the vertical centre of this box. Then we see a
close up of this scene, and still, the Jawa welds it to the centre of
the box. We then cut back to a further away shot, and the restraining
bolt is now near the very top of that box.
10---==>}]SUBJECT: Kenny Baker, I Can See You
SCENE:
When Artoo first gets put into the Jawa's sandcrawler and he looks
around at all the creatures in there.
EVENT:
You see R5-D4, the red R2 unit, and then right after the SECOND time we
see the red R2, it cuts 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.
11---==>}]SUBJECT: Quick Growing Plants
SCENE:
The Sandcrawler has stopped by the Lars residence and we get our first
look at Luke Skywalker.
EVENT:
Luke's aunt Beru calls for him from down below in the residence. As
Luke runs to the edge so he can look down to his Aunt, take note of
any vegetation around him. There is one bush-like plant that we can
see. In the next shot, we look up at Luke from down inside the crater.
We see Luke, and there are three or four bushes and plants around him.
When we change perspective to back above the crater, there is only one
bush again.
12---==>}]SUBJECT: Loose Wiring
SCENE:
Uncle Owen is inspecting the prospective purchases and engages C-3PO
in conversation.
EVENT:
Right before Luke whines about wishing to go into town to pick up
some power converters, we see a side/rear shot of Threepio. In this
shot, we can see a wire running up Threepio's back to the base of
his neck/head. This wire is never seen again in any part of the
trilogy.
13---==>}]SUBJECT: R5-D4 In Two Places at Once
SCENE:
After Owen buys R5-D4, the red R2 unit, and it explodes.
EVENT:
As Owen points to R2-D2 and R2's head turns, you see a shot of the
Jawas prepping R5-D4 from BEFORE Owen made his purchase.
14---==>}]SUBJECT: Bad Timing
SCENE:
Luke is cleaning Artoo and a holographic message appears.
EVENT:
When the message pops up, Leia's hologram says "Help me Obi-Wan
Kenobi, you're my only hope." The problem here is that the gestures
that Leia makes are not synchronized correctly with what the message
does the rest of the time.
15---==>}]SUBJECT: The Hose Is Alive
SCENE:
The holographic message from Leia is playing for Luke and the droids.
EVENT:
Watch closely to the items in the background while the message plays.
On the right of the screen, you will see a coiled up hose. When
Threepio explains to Luke about how the restraining bolt has short
circuited Artoo, the hose that was on the right, has moved to the
left of the picture.
16---==>}]SUBJECT: The Disappearing Rag
SCENE:
Right after R2-D2 shows Luke the Leia hologram.
EVENT:
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.
17---==>}]SUBJECT: Fast Droids
SCENE:
In Luke's garage after hearing the message from Leia, and is about to
leave to go and eat dinner.
EVENT:
The position of Artoo's head changes position instantaneously on
several shots, as the camer cuts from close-ups to medium shots of
the two droids.
18---==>}]SUBJECT: Aunt Beru the Ventriloquist
SCENE:
Any scene where Aunt Beru speaks.
EVENT:
If you watch Aunt Beru's lips whenever she speaks, you can notice that
sometimes her lips are not moving exactly with her speech. This is
because after the original theatrical release of the movie, Lucas had
all of Beru's lines dubbed over. This is reportedly because Lucas felt
that the real Beru's voice was too low and felt it needed to be changed.
19---==>}]SUBJECT: Luke's Drinking Problem
SCENE:
Owen, Beru and Luke are eating dinner.
EVENT:
Before Luke walks into the dining area, Beru is pouring a beverage into
Luke's cup. The cup is slightly transparent, and you can see she fills
it to about half way. A few seconds later, when Luke walks into the
scene, Luke grabs the pitcher and pours the liquid into the same cup
that Beru just did a few moments before, and it is empty.
20---==>}]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, it appears in his right hand.
21---==>}]SUBJECT: Rapidly Moving Suns
SCENE:
Luke storms out of the Lars dining area upset and walks outside.
EVENT:
Luke walks outside and stares into the Tatooine sky at the two suns
(Tatoo I and Tatoo II). As the camera angle changes, the second time
we see the dusk sky, the suns are clearly in different positions than
they were mere seconds before. There is even a mountain partially
blocking the lower of the stars the second time we see it.
22---==>}]SUBJECT: Day AND Night
SCENE:
After it is discovered that Artoo has run away. Luke and Threepio
run outside to look for him.
EVENT:
During the conversation that Luke and Threepio have, you will see
numerous shots of them from further away, and from medium distance.
During the closer shots, the sky is much darker than it is during
the further away shots.
NOTES:
This has been fixed in the Special Editions.
23---==>}]SUBJECT: Droid Without Power
SCENE:
Luke and Threepio are discussing what to do about the now missing
Artoo.
EVENT:
Just as Threepio says "Pardon me sir, but wouldn't we go after him?",
you are able to see a rope pulling the droid that is "rolling" in
front of them from right to left.
24---==>}]SUBJECT: Armed attack
SCENE:
Ben has scared away the Tusken Raiders, and is gathering Luke and the
droids for transport back to his house.
EVENT:
During the attack, one of Threepio's arms fall off. His left arm.
However, when we see Luke pick up the severed arm, it appears to be
Threepio's right arm.
25---==>}]SUBJECT: You Didn't Lose Your Arm
SCENE:
Ben and Luke are gathering up the dismembered Threepio.
EVENT:
Luke is on the right of the screen, helping Ben to pick up Threepio.
If you look just below the severed shoulder on Threepio as he is
being picked up, there are a few split seconds where you can see
Anthony Daniels' (the actor portraying Threepio) arm bent back
behind his body, trying to stay out of sight.
26---==>}]SUBJECT: Is Threepio On Or Off?
SCENE:
Luke, Ben and the droids are in Ben's hut and Ben is telling Luke of
his father.
EVENT:
Threepio requests that he be powered off if he is not going to be
needed, and Luke complies. But when Ben brings out Anakin's light
saber to show Luke, when he powers it on, Threepio's head turns to see
it, even though he is still powered off.
27---==>}]SUBJECT: The Disappearing Wall Hanging
SCENE:
Just after Ben gets out Anakin's light saber.
EVENT:
There is a "shawl" hanging on the wall which temporarily disappears,
and then reappears in Obi Wan'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 that sticks out to the left of
the shadow cast by the arch, and just below the circular panel with
the five lights on it. Right after Ben says "This is the weapon of a
Jedi Knight . . .," the shawl disappears. After Luke turns off his
saber, it is back.
28---==>}]SUBJECT: Choppy Lightsaber
SCENE:
Any scene where a lightsaber is ignited or retracted.
EVENT:
During every scene featuring lightsabers in _Star Wars IV: A New
Hope_, when a lightsaber is ignited or retracted, the picture
jumps around and becomes very choppy. This is because special
effects had not been developed for this very well. What you are
seeing is the film being stopped, the actors trying to remain
perfectly still, while the lightsaber hilt is replaced for a
"lit" lightsaber, which, during filming, was a stick placed in the
lightsaber hilt.
29---==>}]SUBJECT: Nice Reflection
SCENE:
Luke is playing with his new lightsaber.
EVENT:
After Luke turns on the lightsaber, he swings it around. Watch
Threepio on the left of the screen, and you can see the reflection of
Luke's saber as he swings it. The blooper is that the reflection is
of the solid stick, and not the coloured light that it should be.
30---==>}]SUBJECT: They Shouldn't Move
SCENE:
In Ben Kenobi's house when Artoo is playing the holographic message of
Leia.
EVENT:
You'll notice the small table that Ben and Luke are sitting around, and
Artoo is playing the message onto. Before the hologram begins, when
we see the table, there appears to be two small objects resembling
salt and pepper shakers, as well as a bowl or small kettle. When the
hologram begins, and the camera's angle changes, the bowl disaappears,
and even the shakers appear to have moved, albeit subtly. When the
hologram disappears, the bowl returns to the table.
31---==>}]SUBJECT: The "Floating" Interrogation Droid
SCENE:
As Leia is about to be tortured on the Death Star.
EVENT:
In Leia's cell, you can see the crane that they used to make the
interrogation droid float. This is between the droid and the right
edge of the door.
32---==>}]SUBJECT: The Outrider
SCENE:
Although not a blooper, this is only noticeable in the Special Edition,
while Luke drives his landspeeder down the main street of the Mos
Eisley Spaceport.
EVENT:
We see a humanoid type droid smack down a little annoying flying robot.
Luke's speeder drives behind this scene from left to right, and the
camera pulls back as we follow them. From the right, and flying to
the left, near the top of the screen, you can see Dash Rendar's ship,
the Outrider. Dash Rendar and the Outrider figured prominently in
George Lucas' 1996 multimedia experience of _Shadows Of The Empire_,
a story taking place between _Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back_,
and _Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi_.
33---==>}]SUBJECT: A Galaxy HOW Far Away?
SCENE:
Luke and friends have entered the Cantina.
EVENT:
We cut to the first wide shot of the bar, which pans from left to
right. In the top left of the screen, one man in a traditional
looking astronaut suit walks out from the bar and into view. On
the left shoulder of this man, you can see what appears to be the
flag of the United States Of America.
34---==>}]SUBJECT: Empty Headed Alien
SCENE:
Luke and Ben first walk into the cantina and the camera pans across
the room showing us the vast diversity of aliens in the bar.
EVENT:
As the camera cuts around the room, we see a small little "mousy"
alien beg for a drink at the bar. As he turns his head look closely
at his eyes, as you can see through one eye and out the other, right
through his head.
35---==>}]SUBJECT: Cantina Characters
SCENE:
When Luke is sitting at the bar in the Cantina after ordering a drink.
EVENT:
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 blue skinned aliens known as Duros engaging
in a conversation. One is holding up his hands like he doesn't
understand what the other one's saying. If you look at their hands,
the one on the right has big, purple, very alien hands. The one on
the left is wearing white gloves over human hands.
36---==>}]SUBJECT: Flurry Of Action
SCENE:
Two aliens pick on Luke and start a fight.
EVENT:
The man with the crushed in nose pulls a gun out into view and
aims it at the lightsaber wielding Ben Kenobi. If you look
closely, this gun has a very long sight along the top of it.
Kenobi attacks, and Walrus Man's (the other alien) arm is
sliced off. When we see the severed arm on the floor, it is
near the gun. The gun, presumably the one that the other man
had drawn, is missing the sight that was on it before.
37---==>}]SUBJECT: No Coordination
SCENE:
Just after Ben and Luke bargain with Solo and Chewie for transport
aboard the Falcon.
EVENT:
After Han says "It looks like someone's beginning to take an interest
in your handy work," the camera pans over the crowded bar to a pair of
stormtroopers walking there way. If you look in the middle of the
screen for the "mousy" alien with the see-through eyes, as he takes
a drink of his beverage, he clearly misses his mouth and hits his chin
instead.
38---==>}]SUBJECT: That Wasn't Greedo, Was It?
SCENE:
The Greedo/Han Solo "meeting" at the Cantina.
EVENT:
If you watch by freezing the frames right before Han blasts Greedo, you
see the actor who plays Greedo replaced by a really bad dummy that
explodes. The dummy doesn't even come close to matching the actor
(much thinner, slightly taller, different jacket, and it's not even
holding a gun!).
39---==>}]SUBJECT: All Terrain Artoo
SCENE:
Our heros enter Docking Bay 94 to prepare for their voyage to Alderaan.
EVENT:
Everyone walks down a set of steps to get to the docking bay floor.
Artoo however is having VERY much trouble navigating the steps, and it
is quite humourous to watch. As soon as the camera is off him by panning
to the right, take notice of where Artoo was. He was about halfway down
the stairs. All of a sudden, Artoo appears, rolling from the left of
the screen. There is no way he could have made it down the rest of the
stairs that fast given the trouble he had been experiencing before.
NOTES:
This can only be seen in the widescreen versions.
40---==>}]SUBJECT: The Falcon's Not Finished Yet
SCENE:
Chewbacca escorts Luke, Ben, Threepio and Artoo into Docking Bay 94
for their first glimpse of the Falcon.
EVENT:
The camera pans from the left of the screen where our heroes enter, to
the right, where the Falcon is parked. Take note of the top right of
the screen. The Falcon is missing it's trademark radar dish.
41---==>}]SUBJECT: Fuzzy Dice
SCENE:
Although not a blooper, it is funny to see. The scene is in the
docking bay at Mos Eisley, and Chewbacca boards the Millennium Falcon.
EVENT:
When Chewbacca enters the cockpit to sit down, he brushes his head on
two small objects hanging from the ceiling which resemble a pair of
dice. These dice are never seen again throughout the trilogy.
42---==>}]SUBJECT: Again And Again And Again
SCENE:
Stormtroopers barge into the docking bay at Mos Eisley in an attempt
to stop the Millennium Falcon's escape.
EVENT:
The troopers come into the docking bay, and one of them yells "Stop
that ship." We cut to a shot of Chewbacca, and then back to the
entryway of the docking bay. A trooper in the centre of the screen,
at the back, and running from left to right begins to fall when a
shot hits the ceiling directly above him. He falls down on his
knees, and then on his face. We cut to a shot of Han, then back to
the troopers. We just see the blast hit the ceiling, and the same
trooper is already falling to the ground. Again we cut to Han, and
then back to the troopers, where we see, yet again, the same blast
hit the ceiling, and the same trooper falling to the ground.
43---==>}]SUBJECT: Millennium Falcon's Stowaway
SCENE:
After Han runs into the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon during the
firefight with the stormtroopers in the Mos Eisley docking bay.
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 may be Ben Kenobi's back, using a cut from a scene later in the
movie, such as when they make the jump to light speed a moment later.
This blooper is only found in the letterboxed movie.
44---==>}]SUBJECT: The Falcon's Windows
SCENE:
Any shot with the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon.
EVENT:
There is an inconsistency in the number of "window frames" in the
Millennium Falcon's cockpit. The cockpit features a single circular
window facing front, with a rim of windows immediately around that,
surrounded by more windows. It is the first rim of windows that has
the inconsistency--when we see from inside the cockpit, there are only
three windows, with window frames as so:
_\/_
However, when we see an exterior shot of the Falcon, this rim is
divided into quarters, as so:
_\|/_
45---==>}]SUBJECT: It's A Hunk Of Junk
SCENE:
The Falcon has just blasted out of the spaceport, and Han realizes
that there are two Star Destroyers in pursuit.
EVENT:
Han is sitting in the cockpit and says the line "Stay sharp. Two
coming in." Han gets up and checks the NavaComputer. When he sits
back down he grabs part of the "dashboard" as he sits. When he does
this, the entire control panel tips and lifts up. Not very stable
at all.
46---==>}]SUBJECT: Gloves/No Gloves
SCENE:
The Falcon is about to make the jump into lightspeed.
EVENT:
Han says the line "Go strap yourselves in." and mentions that they are
about to jump into hyperspace. Up until this point, Han had been
wearing gloves. But when the camera cuts to a shot of the pilots from
behind, and Han pulls the lever to make the jump, he is no longer
wearing gloves.
47---==>}]SUBJECT: Saber Shadows
SCENE:
Luke is practising some lightsaber skills on board the Falcon.
EVENT:
As Luke plays around with the remote, you can see a shadow of the
"stick" used as the lightsaber against his tunic.
48---==>}]SUBJECT: Vader's Gesturing
SCENE:
There is a scene where Darth and Tarkin are talking about Leia's
deception over the rebel base allegedly being on Dantooine.
EVENT:
During part of the exchange, Darth stops talking, but keeps gesturing
as though he is saying something. Tarkin doesn't respond to his
comment until after he stops gesturing. Obviously, they had some
difficulty timing the voice over with Prowse's movements in this
scene.
49---==>}]SUBJECT: More Cheap Costumes
SCENE:
The Death Star crew prepares for the capture of the Millennium Falcon.
EVENT:
After seeing the Falcon being drawn closer to the station, we see
shots of troopers scurrying to get to their posts. One of those
scenes is four troopers following a rolling "mouse-bot" on the floor.
The second trooper behind this mouse-bot has an incomplete helmet.
On a normal trooper, on either side of their mouthpiece are a
black "button" or "point". The incomplete trooper is missing the
button on our right side of the mouthpiece.
50---==>}]SUBJECT: The Falcon Needs Support
SCENE:
The Millennium Falcon is caught by the Death Star's tractor beam and
is being pulled on board the station.
EVENT:
As the Falcon enters the hanger bay of the Death Star, watch the
bottom centre of the ship as it passes through the hanger door. The
edge of the door is lit with a white light, but as the ship passes
through, the light is "broken" by the vertical pole that was used to
hold the model of the ship.
51---==>}]SUBJECT: MORE Cheap Costumes
SCENE:
The Imperial scanning crew has boarded the Falcon and been knocked
out. Han yells down "Hey down there, could you give us a hand
here?"
EVENT:
Two troopers look at each other, and then go up the ramp to the
Falcon. The trooper on the left of the screen, when he turns his
back to us, is missing the canister on the small of his back that
all other stormtroopers have. This is the stormtrooper armour that
Luke wears during our hero's assault to the detention block.
52---==>}]SUBJECT: Quick Scans
SCENE:
Our heros are in a Death Star control room while Artoo scans their
computer network to find where the tractor beam can be disabled.
EVENT:
After Artoo locates where the tractor beam can be disabled, the scene
cuts to Ben saying "I don't think you boys can help." Look directly
behind Ben to a display showing a red "sensor beam" sweeping a circle
over a schematic of the Death Star.
Immediately we cut to a shot of Ben saying "I must go alone", and the
sensor beam is almost half way around the schematic. If you notice
the speed in which this beam sweeps in previous shots, there is no
way that the beam could have travelled that far around the picture
in such a near instant time frame.
53---==>}]SUBJECT: Camoflauge Costume
SCENE:
Han, Luke and Chewbacca wait for an elevator down to the detention
block.
EVENT:
There is a wide shot from above showing the three wait for a lift.
From the left of the screen, you see an officer walk by who is wearing
a grey shirt. We then cut instantly to a closer shot of the three,
and the man walking by our heros is wearing a black shirt.
54---==>}]SUBJECT: Say Cheese!
SCENE:
As Han looks for Leia's cell number and speaks into the intercom in the
detention area.
EVENT:
Just after Han shoots the control panel and yells to Luke, look over
his shoulder on the left of the screen. You will notice two racks of
security cameras hanging from the ceiling, untouched, even after our
heroic trio very thoroughly destroyed them all.
55---==>}]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 shootouts they used blank bullets (so they would
know when they were shot, and they would simulate "kickback") which
ejected spent cases as if they were real bullets.
56---==>}]SUBJECT: Magic Hair
SCENE:
During the cell bay shootout, and Leia gets lippy with our heros.
EVENT:
Leia says "This is some rescue". Notice that a little piece of hair
has slipped out of the buns and is loose on her forehead, on our left
hand side. The camera cuts to Han, and then back to Leia. The loose
piece of hair is miraculously tucked back into the bun.
57---==>}]SUBJECT: Restocking The Weapons
SCENE:
Our heros are battling in the corridor of the detention block.
EVENT:
Luke uses the comlink to call up to the droids in the Death Star
control room to ask how to get out. On the right of the screen, next
to the red and black computer panels, there is a gun rack, which is
stocked with three blaster rifles.
Later on in the movie, when the stormtroopers barge into the control
room with the droids, the gun rack has four rifles in it.
58---==>}]SUBJECT: Chewie's Deja Vu
SCENE:
During the shootout in the detention area, Leia shoots a hole in the
grate leading to the trash compactor.
EVENT:
Leia tosses her blaster to Luke and jumps in and Chewie begins to
follow and places one foot in the hole. The camera cuts away to Han
shooting down the hallway. The camera cuts back to the wookie who is
again walking towards the compactor and places the same foot in the
hole again.
59---==>}]SUBJECT: Flimsy Grating
SCENE:
Han has blasted a hole in the grate leading to the trash compactor, and
our heros are jumping through.
EVENT:
Han is the last one to jump through, and as he jumps through the hole,
his foot hits the alleged metal grate, however, you can see it giggle
as Han passes by.
60---==>}]SUBJECT: Moving Blaster Burns
SCENE:
In the trash compactor after Han jumps in.
EVENT:
When Han lands, he fires his blaster at the door in an attempt to open
it. The blast hits the door on the left, and creates a dark grey
discolouration. In the next and subsequent scenes, the blaster burns
disappear, reappear and move all over the door.
61---==>}]SUBJECT: Speak Up Luke!
SCENE:
After you hear the roar of the Dianoga in the trash compactor and right
before he is pulled under.
EVENT:
Luke turns his head and moves his mouth, but nothing comes out. It is
quite easy to read Luke's lips saying "What's that?". A moment later
you see him do it again but you can only catch the end of what he said
and therefore cannot decipher it.
62---==>}]SUBJECT: Quick Change Leia
SCENE:
Luke gets pulled underwater by the trash compactor beast and our
heroes wait for him to resurface.
EVENT:
Leia and Han wait nervously for their friend to come out of the
water. The camera cuts to Leia as she leans to our left against some
garbage. The camera then goes in for a close-up of Leia who is now
leaning forward and to our right, with no time to change between the
camera shots.
63---==>}]SUBJECT: Stormtrooper's Low Clearance
SCENE:
When Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are inside the trash compactor, in the
Death Star.
EVENT:
After the compactor has started and Luke is yelling into the comlink,
the camera cuts to C-3PO's comlink sitting on the table, and then to
the security door. The door opens and Stormtroopers walk in. The
trooper behind and on the right of the lead trooper hits his head.
64---==>}]SUBJECT: The Incredible Shrinking Stormtrooper
SCENE:
Artoo and Threepio are found by the imperials in the control room.
EVENT:
One stormtrooper hangs back to guard the door which is low enough for
someone to hit their head on. The camera cuts to a different angle
and there is all of a sudden plenty of clearance between the trooper's
head and the bottom of the door.
65---==>}]SUBJECT: Space Age Metal
SCENE:
Right after we hear Threepio say "Use the comlink? Oh my, I forgot."
EVENT:
The camera cuts back to our heroes in the trash compactor. Leia
grabs a metal pole to try and brace the walls. Watch her left hand as
she grabs it. It actually "crunches" momentarily when she clutches
it, and when she loosens her grip, it returns to normal suggesting a
VERY weak metal not even worth trying to brace the wall with.
66---==>}]SUBJECT: Indecisive Chewie
SCENES:
While our heroes are trapped in the trash compactor, after Han speaks
the line "One thing is for sure, we're all going to be a lot thinner."
EVENT:
We are shown a medium close up of Chewbacca who is pushing against the
wall with his hands. He then turns to our right to grab his blaster.
We are then shown a shot from further away where Chewie is once again
pushing against the wall. After a few seconds, Chewie turns around
again to grab his blaster.
67---==>}]SUBJECT: Make Up Your Mind Chewie
SCENES:
Just before the droids disable the trash compactor.
EVENT:
We are shown a wide shot where Chewie is bracing the wall with his
bowcaster and he is keeping it steady. We cut to a close up of the
wookie who is pushing against the wall with his hands. Finally we cut
back to a wide shot where Chewie is once again bracing the wall with
his bowcaster.
68---==>}]SUBJECT: Colourful Trash
SCENE:
Han, Leia, Luke, and Chewbacca have exited the trash compactor and
begin to compose themselves.
EVENT:
In the first scene, if you look past our heros and through the door
into the trash compactor, you will notice that the contents of the
room are very dark. Lots of browns and blacks. However, in all the
camera shots afterwards, if you look through the door, there are
orange objects on the left side resembling road pylons that were not
there before.
69---==>}]SUBJECT: Quick Hands
SCENES:
Our heros have escaped the trash compactor. Leia and Han are
exchanging insults.
EVENT:
Keep an eye on Luke while Leia says "From now on, you do what I tell
you." He is holding his blaster in his left hand, which is up by
his head. When the camera cuts to a different angle, Luke's left
hand is down by his side.
70---==>}]SUBJECT: More Quick Hands
SCENE:
Luke and Leia are on the bridge that needed to be extended.
EVENT:
Luke throws the grappling line up and prepares to swing across. Leia
throws both of her arms around Luke's neck and gives him a kiss. But
when we instantly cut to a far shot of the pair swinging across, Leia's
hands are clinging to his waist.
71---==>}]SUBJECT: Who Dressed You Vader?
SCENE:
During Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber battle on board the
Death Star.
EVENT:
During a brief pause in the action, the camera cuts to a medium shot
of Vader while he speaks the line "You should not have come back."
Vader's chest plate is backwards in this scene.
72---==>}]SUBJECT: More Saber Shadows
SCENES:
During Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber battle on board the
Death Star.
EVENT:
On several occasions you can see a shadow of the lightsabers against
the wall as the two duel. The instances are too numerous to mention.
73---==>}]SUBJECT: Out of Batteries?
SCENES:
During Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber battle on board the
Death Star.
EVENT:
There are several times when things are positioned just right that you
can see a white power cord used to light up Ben's lightsaber. This
effect was later scrapped and the "light" was added in
post-production.
74---==>}]SUBJECT: The Lightsabers Have Lost Their Shine
SCENE:
During Darth Vader and Obi-Wan Kenobi's lightsaber battle on board the
Death Star.
EVENT:
There are two or three shots of Ben when his lightsaber had not been
coloured. As well, after Ben is killed, Vader's light saber is white,
instead of red. This is because the colouring was added after the film
was made, and the optical effects crews forgot to add colour to this
one scene. The white is the actual colour of the rod. The most
notable instance of this is after Vader slays Ben and we see Darth
Vader from across the hanger bay. His saber is white.
75---==>}]SUBJECT: The Shadows . . .
SCENE:
When Chewie and Han arrive first in the hallway leading to the
Millennium Falcon before the line "Didn't we just leave this party?"
EVENT:
You can see the shadows of Luke and Leia, who are waiting to run in on
cue right after Han and Chewie run in.
76---==>}]SUBJECT: Artoo's Weak Legs
SCENE:
In the Death Star hangar bay, before Luke, Han, Chewbacca and Leia
make a run for their ship.
EVENT:
Threepio turns to Artoo and says "Come on Artoo, we're going".
Artoo extends his third leg and begins to roll. In the next shot,
Han instructs his party that they too are going to make a break for
the Falcon. We cut back to Artoo, and if you look at the base of
his legs, his back two legs appear to be joined by a white bar
which is very close to the floor.
77---==>}]SUBJECT: Malfunctioning Lightsaber
SCENE:
Ben notices that our heros are trying to escape, and puts his
lightsaber up in sacrifice.
EVENT:
When Vader takes his long sweeping slice to Ben, Vader's saber
passes through Ben's lightsaber blade slightly above the hilt,
when in all other occasions, lightsaber blades could not pass
through each other.
78---==>}]SUBJECT: Do It Again
SCENES:
Darth Vader just slays Obi Wan Kenobi and a firefight erupts in the
hanger bay of the Death Star.
EVENT:
Everyone except Luke has taken refuge in the Millenium Falcon. Obi
Wan's spirit instructs Luke to run, and he does. We see a medium
close up of Luke. He is holding his blaster with two hands. He
turns, and drops his blaster down by his side, holding it with only
one hand. We then cut to a further away shot, and see Luke holding
the blaster with two hands, and then dropping it down to his sides
again!
79---==>}]SUBJECT: Leia's Fast Moves
SCENE:
Everyone except Luke has moved towards the Falcon's boarding ramp.
EVENT:
Leia runs up the ramp, and stops, standing behind the ramp support
beam closest to the camera. As the camera cuts to different angles,
Leia shifts position from behind the support beam, to beside the
loading ramp, and back, numerous times.
80---==>}]SUBJECT: Falcon Needs More Support
SCENES:
The Millenium Falcon escapes the Death Star, and Han notices that
some TIE fighters are in pursuit.
EVENT:
Han and Luke are waiting in the gun ports of the Millenium Falcon.
Leia calls over the comlink "Here they come!". The shot changes to
a rear exterior view of the Millenium Falcon as the TIEs overtake
her. If you look at the white engine glow coming from the rear of
the Falcon, you can see a black vertical bar, which was the support
for the model used in filming.
81---==>}]SUBJECT: Inconsistency of Hyperspace
SCENES:
After the Falcon escapes from the Death Star and battles free of the
pursuing TIE fighters.
EVENT:
The last of the fighters are destroyed and the Falcon jumps to
hyperspace. We cut back to a conversation between Tarkin and Vader,
and then back to the cockpit of the Falcon. As Han and Leia speak,
if you look out the window, there are the plain stars of "normal
space" and not the fuzzy white of hyperspace, that we see earlier in
the film.
82---==>}]SUBJECT: Mirrored Heroes
SCENE:
Our heroes just arrive at the Yavin 4 Base and are departing a
transport.
EVENT:
After Leia speaks the line "We have no time for sorrows Commander" the
camera cuts to Artoo being unloaded from a transport. The film has
been reversed. The easiest ways to pick this out is to look at Artoo,
or Han's holster. It's hanging off his left hip, instead of his
right.
83---==>}]SUBJECT: Poor Plans
SCENE:
During the rebel briefing conducted by General Dodonna.
EVENT:
The General shows the rebels the Death Star plans downloaded from
Artoo's memory banks. The "detailed" plans however are flawed, because
they show the Death Star's main turret centred along the equator, when
in reality, the turret was clearly on the northern hemisphere of the
battle station.
NOTES:
This was because the model of the Death Star used in the film was
changed halfway through productions for reasons unknown. However, the
computer graphics had already been made for the original model and it
was either too late or too expensive (or both) to change them to
reflect the new model.
84---==>}]SUBJECT: Bad Timing
SCENE:
The Death Star approaches the rebel base on Yavin IV, while Tarkin
and Vader watch a viewscreen.
EVENT:
A voice comes over the intercom and announces that the rebel base
would be in range in thirty minutes. The screen changes, and shows
a countdown timer, starting at thirty. As the movie progresses, the
time displayed on the viewscreen does not match the time announced
by the Death Star crews.
85---==>}]SUBJECT: Precision Ground Crew
SCENE:
In the rebel hanger on Yavin before the battle, as Luke prepares to
board his X-Wing before the battle.
EVENT:
The shot consists of a matte with two ranks of X-Wings superimposed
on top, one shot small the other large. If one watches the movements
of ground crew closely, the large frame action is repeated a few
seconds later in the smaller superimposition.
86---==>}]SUBJECT: Pilots Switching Helmets
SCENE:
The rebel pilots scramble in the hanger bay to get to their ships in
preparation of the Death Star attack.
EVENT:
With the exception of Luke, every pilot you see boarding a ship, or
running frantically through the hanger is shown holding a very clean
white helmet. The only markings on these helmets are blue "rebel"
logos, similar to the ones on Luke's helmet. However, once the
pilots are in flight, we do not see even one pilot wearing the
blue logo covered helmet.
87---==>}]SUBJECT: Broken Speedometer
SCENES:
The rebel fleet is on it's way to the Death Star.
EVENT:
We see the fighters from behind as they approach the Death Star.
Given it's tremendous size, and the rate at which it is growing
larger to our view, their rate of approach must be incredible.
Moments leader, as they are about to begin the attach run itself,
Red Leader calls "Accelerate to attack speed", and yet, when you
consider their speed with their surroundings, they are now going much
slower than when they were on their approach.
88---==>}]SUBJECT: Threepio's Moving Dent
SCENE/EVENT:
Near the beginning of the movie, 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. This
is repeated several times throughout the battle.
89---==>}]SUBJECT: Reversed Red Leader
SCENE:
As the rebel fleet approaches the Death Star.
EVENT:
Red Leader's microphone attached to his helmet, switches from side to
side. This is a result of the film being flipped during post
production. This happens as he speaks the line "All wings, report
in!"
90---==>}]SUBJECT: Mirrored Luke
SCENES:
During the battle over the Death Star.
EVENT:
After Red Leader says the line "Watch it, there's a lot of fire
coming from the right side of that deflection tower," you will notice
that Luke's microphone switches over to the opposite side of his
helmet for that shot.
91---==>}]SUBJECT: Revolving Windows
SCENES:
During the battle over the Death Star, after the TIE fighters are
launched.
EVENT:
If you watch closely, you will notice a difference between how the
cockpit window of a TIE fighter looks from outside (the miniature
model) and from inside with the pilot's eye view.
From the outside, the windows are configured as follows:
|
\ | /
\.^./
/ \
---< >---
\ /
/'v'\
/ | \
|
But when viewed from the inside of the cockpit, the windows are
arranged like this:
\ /
-_ \__/ _-
- / \ -
| |
_- \__/ -_
- / \ -
/ \
92---==>}]SUBJECT: Reversed Red Leader . . Again!!
SCENE:
During the battle over the Death Star, right before Red Leader's
untimely death.
EVENT:
Red Leader's microphone attached to his helmet, switches from side to
side. This is a result of the film being flipped during post
production.
93---==>}]SUBJECT: Mistaken Identity
SCENE:
During the battle over the Death Star after Luke kills the TIE pursuing
Biggs.
EVENT:
Luke now has TIE following him. Wedge says "I'm on him, Luke! Hold
On!" After a few tense moments, Luke says "Blast it! Biggs, where are
you?" Didn't Wedge say he was taking care of the TIE fighter? Perhaps
you could argue that Luke was getting scared and wished his boyhood
hero to help him since Wedge was taking so long, but even in the
script Luke says "Blast it! Wedge, where are you?"
94---==>}]SUBJECT: Mirrored Control
SCENE:
After Biggs' death and Luke gets shot.
EVENT:
Luke speaks into his microphone announcing to the control room that
he's alright. We get a view of one of the controllers who's headset
is on his left ear. But in the next cut, it's on his right.
95---==>}]SUBJECT: No Wreckage
SCENE:
After Red Leader's failed attack on the Death Star, and Darth Vader
is in pursuit.
EVENT:
One of Vader's shots connect, and Red Leader's ship plummets towards
the surface of the Death Star. We watch this happen from above,
just after Luke looks out his cockpit window. If you watch this
scene in slow motion, it is quite noticeable that no wreckage
actually hits the surface, there is only an explosion. Because the
camera moves very quickly in this scene, you wouldn't normally
notice this without slow motion or pausing the picture.
96---==>}]SUBJECT: Gold Five, Who Are You?
SCENE:
When Gold Five is going on his attack run on the Death Star trench.
EVENT:
Gold Five calls out, "Gold Five to Red Leader," to which Red Leader's
response is, "I copy, Gold Leader."
NOTES:
At this point in the movie, both Gold Leader and Gold Two are dead.
Because we never see (or hear) from Gold Three or Four (assuming there
is a Gold Three and Four in this battle) it is possible that Gold Five
is the leader of the Gold squadron. However, standard military
protocol dictates that although command can be delegated to others, but
not the position. The most probable name that he would be called would
be "Acting Gold Leader" although that cannot be verified.
The only exception is in the navy, where a Commander is able to be the
commanding officer on a ship. Although in rank, he/she is a commander,
he/she is referred to as Captain by all except those ranking higher
than commander.
Furthermore, since Red Leader presumably ranks higher than Gold Leader
due to the fact that Gold Leader reports to Red Leader that he is
starting his attack run. Even if Gold Five was acting commander,
protocol would dictate that Red Leader refers to Gold Five by his
actual rank, and not Gold Leader.
Also worth noting is the fact that in the script, Red Leader says
"I copy Gold Five."
97---==>}]SUBJECT: Instant Windows
SCENE:
Wedge complains that he is hit, and Luke orders him to head back to
base.
EVENT:
As Wedge leaves the trench, we cut to a shot of Vader sitting in his
TIE fighter, in which he orders his wingmen to let Wedge go, and to
stay on the leader. This shot is from slightly above Vader's head,
and you can see a window behind him. This window is not shown in
any other shot of Vader's TIE fighter, and if you look at Vader's
TIE fighter, there is no window at all on the back.
98---==>}]SUBJECT: Black Space
SCENES:
Luke is making his trench run with the targeting computer engaged,
and Ben tells him to turn it off.
EVENT:
If you look out the rear left and right windows behind Luke, it is
absolutely black outside. This is unlike all the other times when
you can see a starfield and the sides of the Death Star trench
flying past the windows.
99---==>}]SUBJECT: Teleporting TIE Fighters
SCENE:
Han Solo comes to the rescue of Luke and attacks Vader and his
wingmen.
EVENT:
In the shot where the left hand TIE fighter is hit and crashes into
Vader's TIE fighter, if you pause the picture when that scene first
begins, the left-most TIE fighter is not there for the first three or
four frames, only to reappear moments into the scene.
100---==>}]SUBJECT: Paper Peanut Gallery
SCENE:
Although not a blooper, this scene is when our heros walk into the
main room of the Yavin IV rebel base to receive their medals.
EVENT:
The rebels that you see on the extreme left and extreme right of the
screen are actually cardboard cutouts of rebles, in an attempt to
make the room look more filled.
NOTES:
In versions of the film before the Special Editions, the colouring
of these "people" looks a lot more bland in comparison to the real
people in the scene. In the Special Editions, the colouring has
been touched up to make them look more real.
101---==>}]SUBJECT: Bad Lip Synch
SCENE:
Leia is about to hand out the medals at the victory ceremony after the
Death Star's destruction.
EVENT:
We have a close up of Han Solo and then we cut back to Leia who is
displaying a very wide smile. She turns to our right to General
Dodonna to get Solo's medal, but when the camera immediately shows us
a slightly wider angle, Leia's mouth is closed.
102---==>}]SUBJECT: Credit Where Credit Is Due
SCENE:
The credits - cast section.
EVENT:
The actor that played Wedge Antilles is credited as being played by
Dennis Lawson. The actor's first name however, is spelled with only
one "n", and is spelled correctly--as Denis Lawson--in the other
movies of the trilogy.
---===================---
STAR WARS V:
THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
---===================---
1---==>}]SUBJECT: Magic Lightsaber
SCENE:
Luke narrowly escapes the Wampa creature in his cave on Hoth.
EVENT:
After Luke cuts off the Wampa's arm, he runs out of the cave with
his lightsaber still lit. However, as he runs out, you can hear the
tell tale sound of a lightsaber retracting, but the lightsaber is
quite visibly on.
2---==>}]SUBJECT: Change Of Uniform
SCENE:
Luke runs out of the cave of the Wampa.
EVENT:
Luke runs out of the cave and stumbles for the first time, and lays
down on his back. The rank insignia badge (and it may be tough to
see), which is normally on his right breast, is now on his left.
Later, Look at the medium close-ups of Han as he talks to luke. On
his right breast, there is a rank insignia badge (it may be tough to
see). After Han grabs Luke's lightsaber to slice open the Tauntaun,
the badge changes to his left breast, as a result of the film being
reversed in post production.
3---==>}]SUBJECT: Automatic Doors
SCENE:
Han and Luke are missing on the ice fields of Hoth while Leia and
Chewie worry about the pair.
EVENT:
Two rebel officers approach Leia and inform her that it's late and the
shield doors must be closed. The officer barely has time to give the
order when you can see the doors begin to close over Chewie's shoulder
on the right of the screen, but the doors make no sound. We cut to a
wider shot of Chewie and the doors, but the doors are motionless.
Then, the doors begin to close--FOR A SECOND TIME--but at least this
time, they make the appropriate sound.
4---==>}]SUBJECT: Transparent Speeders
SCENE:
Any scene featuring an shot from inside of a snow speeder.
EVENT:
Because of problems the special effects team had with matting in the
snow speeders on the white backgrounds of Hoth, you can actually see
through the cockpit and windshield supports of the speeders. This is
especially noticeable during the battle of Hoth, when the speeders
are weaving through the legs of the AT-AT walkers.
NOTES:
This has been corrected for the Special Editions.
5---==>}]SUBJECT: Need Sound Proof Doors
SCENE:
Luke is recovering in the rebel sick bay on Hoth after enduring the
bacta tank therapy.
EVENT:
Luke is laying in his bed when Han and the others come to visit him.
Listen closely, as you can hear Han say "How ya feelin' kid?" even
before the doors to sick bay open. About two or three words are
spoken before the hiss of the doors is heard.
6---==>}]SUBJECT: Everybody Knows Your Name
SCENE:
Although not a blooper, this scene is when Leia is briefing the rebel
pilots of the evacuation procedures.
EVENT:
A character named Major Derlin claps his hands and orders everyone to
their stations when Leia finishes speaking. This character was played
by John Ratzenberger, who is better known as Cliff Claven off of the
long running NBC comedy _Cheers_.
7---==>}]SUBJECT: A Change Of Weather
SCENE:
During outdoor scenes during the battle of Hoth.
EVENT:
Watch the sky closely during all the different shots during the battle.
From shot to shot, the weather actually changes. In some shots, the
sky is blue, and totally clear of clouds, then clear with some clouds,
then very grey and overcast. This all appears instantly from camera
shot to shot.
8---==>}]SUBJECT: Shadowless Speeder
SCENE:
Wedge's speeder attacks an AT-AT after Luke loses his gunner.
EVENT:
Wedge's gunner, Janson, fires his harpoon at a leg of one of the
AT-AT's. During the first shot of this sequence, their snow speeder
casts a shadow on the snowy surface below. But during all other shots
of this sequence, there is no shadow to be found.
9---==>}]SUBJECT: Side Stepping AT-AT
SCENE:
Luke climbs up to the belly of an AT-AT and places an explosive inside
of it.
EVENT:
After Luke sets the explosive, he falls to the ground to watch the
walker's destruction. The AT-AT visibly and audibly takes only one
step before the charge goes off. However, Luke, still down on the
ground is MUCH further away from the walker than one step.
10---==>}]SUBJECT: Broomstick Legs
SCENE:
Luke places a charge in the belly of an AT-AT and it's about to
explode.
EVENT:
The camera cuts to a shot from low and in front of the AT-AT. Watch
the AT-AT's rear left leg. Just before it falls, you can see a stick
pop up from the ground to tip the leg, and eventually the entire
AT-AT over.
11---==>}]SUBJECT: Luke Needs Glasses
SCENE:
Han pounds a panel on the Falcon's control panel, bringing it's systems
to live, and our heros escape the attacked rebel base.
EVENT:
The camera shows Luke outside the base and he watches the Falcon as it
escapes. Unfortunately, the effect was not timed up with Luke's
movements, and his head actually moves consistantly ahead of the
Falcon's movements.
12---==>}]SUBJECT: Black Artoo
SCENE:
Any scene featuring Artoo in space, in the back of Luke's X-Wing.
EVENT:
Artoo's normally blue paneling is black. This is due to a special
effect known as blue screening, where anything in the shot coloured
blue, is replaced by something else. In this case, it's the blackness
of space.
NOTES:
This has been corrected in the Special Edition.
13---==>}]SUBJECT: Amazing What You Find In Space
SCENE:
Han rushes up to the cockpit of the Falcon as they begin to enter the
asteroid field.
EVENT:
Special Effects crew at Industrial Light and Magic have often placed
little "inside jokes" that are too small to be seen in the final cuts.
In the asteroid belt sequence, one of the asteroids is actually a
potato. There is no actual confirmation of which one or if it is even
visible in the final cut but what follows is an educated guess.
When 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 top left to bottom right. It is
thought that perhaps one of these could be the potato.
14---==>}]SUBJECT: TIE Pilot Up In Smoke
SCENE:
The Falcon first enters the asteroid field, and the first TIE fighter
gets hit by an asteroid.
EVENT:
Supposedly another one of these little jokes the special effects crew
made was creating a scene where a TIE Fighter pilot is visible in a ball
of flame after his ship is blown up. In the centre of the explosion you
can see the pilot, on fire, spinning from the centre of the screen to
the lower left. It is a lot easier to find this scene in the
letterboxed versions.
15---==>}]SUBJECT: Han the Ventriloquist
SCENE:
Han and Leia in the cockpit of the Falcon while they were in the belly
of the space slug.
EVENT:
After a small tremor, Leia falls back into Han's arms. After a brief
exchange, 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.
16---==>}]SUBJECT: Roaming Hands
SCENE:
Han and Leia are about to engage in a passionate kiss in an alcove of
the Falcon.
EVENT:
In the moments leading up to the kiss, Leia and Han are holding hands,
or their hands are at least out of the camera's view, below chest
level. But when they finally kiss, the camera immediately cuts to
a further away shot, and now Leia's hands are draped around Han's
neck.
17---==>}]SUBJECT: Threepio's Falling Apart
SCENE:
Just as C-3PO walks in on Han and Leia kissing and he taps Han on the
shoulder.
EVENT:
The "hydraulic mechanism" attached to his elbow and upper arm becomes
detached. If you watch closely, you can see it fall to the floor.
Then you can clearly see this "mechanism" protruding out of C-3PO's
upper arm, and it is not attached to his elbow anymore.
18---==>}]SUBJECT: Over-Eager Effects
SCENE:
The Imperial fleet is bombarding it's way through the asteroid field
in search of the Falcon.
EVENT:
The lead Star Destroyer is shooting down the large asteroids in it's
way. The first asteroid, however, actually starts to explode one or
two frames before the laser blast actually hits it.
19---==>}]SUBJECT: Bad Pilot Skills
SCENE:
Han and company have escaped the space slug and are preparing to
enter hyperspace.
EVENT:
Han informs us that they are going to enter hyperspace. We see the
shot from the front as Han pulls the lever for the hyperdrive, yet
nothing happens. The next shot is shown from behind, and Han's hand
still rests on the lever, which, in this shot, has not been pulled.
20---==>}]SUBJECT: Not Dead Yet
SCENE:
Captain Needa travels to the Executor to apologize to Darth Vader.
EVENT:
Vader chokes Needa with the force, and his lifeless body falls to the
ground. Two other officers come to dispose of the body. But when
they pick him up, the supposedly dead Needa appears to "help" the two
in picking him up.
21---==>}]SUBJECT: On Or Off?
SCENE:
The Falcon has clamped on to the Star Destroyer, and our heros talk
over their alternatives in the cockpit.
EVENT:
Leia and Han become annoyed with Threepio's chattering, and Leia
turns him off. However, if you watch him in the background, you can
see his body move as he breathes.
22---==>}]SUBJECT: People in Threepio's Head
SCENE:
On Bespin, after C-3PO has been dismembered and his parts are spread on
the conveyor belt. Cloud City, C-3PO's parts are on the conveyor belt.
EVENT:
Chewbacca enters the "junk" room to collect the remains of Threepio,
and in the close-up scene of Threepio's head on the conveyor belt, you
can see a reflection of the camera and several of the crew.
23---==>}]SUBJECT: Disappearing Ladder
SCENE:
Luke is preparing to leave Dagobah against Yoda's wishes, and travel
to the cloud city of Bespin.
EVENT:
During the entire scene, Luke is loading up his spacecraft for the
trip, and you can see a yellow ladder leading up to the cockpit.
Luke climbs this ladder to the cockpit. When the camera angle changes,
the ladder disappears.
24---==>}]SUBJECT: How Does Lando Do That?
SCENE:
After Lando asks if there is a problem with their droid and is
escorting Han, Leia and Chewie to dinner.
EVENT:
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 the corridor to the dining room, Han is
on Leia's left with Lando on her right. Han stays on the left for the
remainder of the scene.
25---==>}]SUBJECT: Don't Forget To Zip Up!
SCENE:
Luke tries unsuccessfully to raise his sinking X-Wing from the swamp
on Dagobah using the force.
EVENT:
Yoda scolds our hero and decides to resurrect the ship himself. Luke
is sulking off under a tree. Notice his jacket is undone, and
hanging loose. After Yoda brings the fighter back up, Luke stares
in awe. Notice now, that his jacket is zipped up tight.
26---==>}]SUBJECT: Han's Change of Clothes
SCENES:
During the scenes when Han is about to be frozen in Carbonite.
EVENT:
Before he is lowered into the freezing chamber, he has shackles and
straps around the upper part of his arms, which holds them to his body.
The shackles are removed by an Ugnaught, but the strap is not.
However, in _Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi_, when he is unfrozen,
he no longer has the strap on his arms.
Furthermore, in the same scenes, for far away shots, Han is wearing the
white shirt that he entered the room in. For the close up shots, he is
wearing his vest.
Also worth noting is that his shirt is untucked before he is frozen,
but tucked in when he is thawed.
And finally, upon close inspection, you will notice that he is
wearing a double breasted shirt when he is thawed in Jabba's palace,
but is wearing a tunic style shirt when he is frozen on Bespin.
27---==>}]SUBJECT: Vader's Uncoloured Saber
SCENE:
Before Vader ignites his saber for the first time in Cloud City.
EVENT:
If you watch the seconds before he turns on his lightsaber, you can
clearly see the actual uncoloured rod of the lightsaber. However, it
isn't white like in the first film but dark gray which blends in
against Vader's costume and the dark lighting conditions of the Bespin
carbon freezing room.
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 it should
be quite easy to see.
NOTES:
It is worthy to taking note how the rod of the lightsaber is aimed
almost directly at the camera so that the least possible surface area
of the rod is shown to the camera. This also helps show the effect of
the actor tilting the lightsaber away from himself to simulate
extension.
28---==>}]SUBJECT: Lightsaber Pass-Through
SCENE:
Luke jumps out of the carbon freeze chamber and grabs hold of the
cabling above.
EVENT:
When Luke jumps back down, he grabs one of the slice cables which is
spewing vapour, and shoots that into Vader's face. Luke then commands
his lightsaber to his hand and reengages combat with Vader.
When Vader says "release your anger, only your hatred can destroy me",
we cut to a shot from behind Luke, low, and to his left. Luke swings
his saber at Vader, colliding with Vader's saber. Luke's saber is on
Luke's left hand side of Vader's.
We then cut to a shot from over Vader's right shoulder. The lightsabers
are still locked together, but now Luke's saber is on Luke's right hand
side of Vader's.
29---==>}]SUBJECT: A Helping Hand
SCENE:
Just after Luke knocks Vader off the deck in the carbon freezing
chamber.
EVENT:
After Vader falls, Luke 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. You can even see the uncoloured rod swing back out
into view for a moment. You can see it for a split second between
Luke's back, and the grappler that pulled out the frozen Han Solo.
30---==>}]SUBJECT: Trampolines Aboard Cloud City?
SCENE:
When Luke is fighting Vader. After he knocks Vader off the edge, and
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.
31---==>}]SUBJECT: Well-Trained Troops
SCENE:
Chewie takes cover around a corner on the Cloud City while
stormtroopers fire at him.
EVENT:
Two shots come at Chewie during this sequence. The first one hits
the wall and leaves a black charred hole. A second shot comes
seconds after and hits the EXACT same spot on the wall. Talk about
accuracy.
32---==>}]SUBJECT: Chewbacca Wearing Boots?
SCENE:
Lando, Leia and Chewie have just missed rescuing Han from Boba Fett,
and are running back to the Millenium Falcon.
EVENT:
The gang round a corner, and Leia stops to take a shot at some
stormtroopers who are pursuing. The rest of them run into a door,
and if you take notice, you will see the white sole of boots on
the bottom of Chewie's feet.
33---==>}]SUBJECT: Disappearing Troopers
SCENE:
Our heros desparately try to intercept Boba Fett's ship at the east
platform, but are moments too late.
EVENT:
On the other side of the door to the platform, two stormtroopers appear
and begin to fire at our heros. Chewbacca shoots one trooper, who
falls to the ground. The camera then closes in on Chewie as he fires
at the remaining trooper. The trooper that he shot just moments before
no longer is laying on the ground.
34---==>}]SUBJECT: Ice Cream Break
SCENE:
Although not a blooper, this scene takes place after Lando announces on
the public address system that the city is under Imperial rule.
EVENT:
Chaos breaks out, and people run everywhere. In one of the hallways,
a man with a light brown tunic runs by. He is carrying an ice cream
maker from George Lucas' home.
35---==>}]SUBJECT: Do It Again Artoo
SCENE:
Our heros have made it to the platform where the Falcon is landed.
EVENT:
Artoo opens the door to the platform, and rolls out towards the ship.
We see a few shots of our heros shooting down troopers, and then,
Artoo spouts out some smoke as a distraction, and rolls out onto the
platform again.
36---==>}]SUBJECT: Disappearing Lightsabers
SCENE:
Vader is battling Luke and forcing him out onto the thin catwalk over
the huge shaft.
EVENT:
As the two move out of the room, out the door, watch Vader's lightsaber.
As it swings, you can see it disappear several times. This is due
either to the saber going behind the matte painting, or the effects
crew just forgetting to colour the saber.
37---==>}]SUBJECT: Exploding Railing
SCENE:
Luke and Vader are duelling on the catwalk above the shaft on Bespin.
EVENT:
Vader's ferocious onslaught is forcing Luke backwards. Vader takes a
very aggressive swing towards our hero and chops through a railing.
You will notice however some black tape of some sort, most probably a
pyrotechnic device of some sort, exactly where Vader sliced through,
causing a lot of sparking.
38---==>}]SUBJECT: Insecure Helmet
SCENE:
Although not a blooper, this scene occurs on the catwalk after Vader
says the line "Search your feelings, you know it be true."
EVENT:
Look at Vader's helmet. It is moving noticeably in the wind of the
shaft.
39---==>}]SUBJECT: Stealth Lightsaber
SCENE:
Luke and Vader are on the catwalk over the air shaft on Bespin, just
after Vader says ". . . don't make me destroy you." and before the line
". . . you do not yet realize your importance . . ."
EVENT:
Vader's lightsaber has been ignited up until this point. As the scene
changes between a shot of Vader from the torso up, to a shot of Luke
from over Vader's shoulder, Vader's saber has been mysteriously turned
off. It does not make the characteristic sound of a lightsaber being
retracted. In fact, you could even hear the hum of his saber until
the camera angle changes, and then the sound abruptly disappears.
40---==>}]SUBJECT: I Thought Luke Lost That Hand
SCENE:
When Luke is tumbling in the air shaft after leaping away from Darth
Vader.
EVENT:
There is a very short scene just before he gets dropped out the bottom
of the Cloud City where you can see his right hand, which should have
been sliced off just moments before by Darth Vader.
41---==>}]SUBJECT: City Of Lights
SCENE:
Leia senses Luke's trouble, and the Falcon goes back to Bespin to
rescue him.
EVENT:
Leia maneuvers the Falcon underneath Luke, and Lando opens the top
hatch to pull him in. Remembering it's sunset, AND they are underneath
the floating city, the light is nearly blinding as the top hatch opens.
However, it was quite dark during every other external shot of underneath
the city.
NOTES:
This has been fixed in the Special Edition.
42---==>}]SUBJECT: Backwards Piett
SCENE:
In the scene where Darth Vader asks Piett, "Did your men disable the
Millennium Falcon's hyperdrive?"
EVENT:
Piett's rank insignia switches from the left side to the right side of
his uniform.
NOTES:
After Piett is promoted from Captain to Admiral, his rank insignia is
upgraded from three red and three blue bars to six bars. However,
throughout _Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi_, his insignia is three
red and blue bars, though he is still has the same rank of Admiral.
Also during this scene you will notice that sometimes the blue rank
insignia on Piett's chest are sometimes coloured black. This is most
probably due to the "blue screening" special effect, where everything
that is one shade of blue is replaced in post production with another
background. In this case, it is space outside the window, and that is
what we are seeing. This is visible on several occasions during
_Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi_ as well, on the bridge of the
Executor.
43--==>}]SUBJECT: Juggling Threepio
SCENE:
Our heros struggle to fix the Falcon's hyperdrive as fast as possible.
EVENT:
Artoo rolls off to fix the hyperdrive, and a one-legged Threepio
stands in a hallway begging to be fixed. He is holding his severed
leg by the knee, with the foot closest to the floor. When the
camera cuts back to him several shots later, he is holding it by
the foot, with the knee closest to the ground.
---=================---
STAR WARS V:
RETURN OF THE JEDI
---=================---
1---==>}]SUBJECT: Unsanitary Employee
SCENE:
Vader's shuttle leaves the Star Destroyer and is en route to the
Death Star.
EVENT:
The pilots of the shuttle contact the Death Star crew who check the
credentials of the shuttle. Notice all of the crew in the control
room are wearing black gloves. When the shuttle's identification
checks out, we see a close up of a computer terminal. A hand reaches
in and presses a button lowering the shields, and this hand is not
wearing gloves at all.
2---==>}]SUBJECT: Rapid Construction
SCENE:
Darth Vader's shuttle is about to dock inside the Death Star.
EVENT:
As we watch the shuttle land, on the shuttle's left hand side, you can
see a large tower of what appears to be scaffolding. It reaches quite
high. However, when we later cut to more close-up shots of the shuttle,
that structure is no longer there.
3---==>}]SUBJECT: Deja Vu
SCENE:
When the droids first enter Jabba's throne room.
EVENT:
You hear many alien voices in the background. One of them is Greedo's
voice speaking the EXACT same dialogue he said to Han in _Star Wars IV:
A New Hope_.
4---==>}]SUBJECT: Quick Moving Artoo
SCENE:
The droids have just been given permission to enter Jabba's throne room.
EVENT:
When we finally see the droids round the corner to enter the throne room,
Threepio accidentally kicks an alien, and upsets it. Artoo then follows
and stops, unsure of how to traverse the steps down to the main floor.
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.
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.
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CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE
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I have compiled this list from the various sources from which much of this
information was acquired from. So if this list is not complete, to quote
Han Solo: "It's not my fault!"
Danny Adams
Troy Allen
Jacob Skovborg Andersen
Nizam Arain
Jeff Baker
Barry Benecke
Travis Beye
Brian Bisetti
Jim Bohnert
Scott Bradley
Matt Bradshaw
Doug Brod
Marco C. Van Bruggen
J. Scott Buckelew
Scott B. Casteel
Matt Casterlin
Todd Chambers
Murray Chapman
Michael Clark
Michael Coffey
Keith Colson
Liz Craze
Robert Alan Danforth
Jon Delka
Anthony De Motta
Aaron Dietrich
Ed Dillon
Bryan Carolan Dunne
Vincent Eisman
Peter Flessas
Andrew Fustini
Lucas Gaige
Tim Gaige
Klaus Gassner
Matthew Glynn
Jefferey Gold
Daniel Goldman
Jacob Gonzales
Justin Gonzales
Jacob Grant
Eric Groesbeck
Dierk Hagedorn
John Hagerman
Michael Hazlett
Mark Hellner
Mike Henderson
Pablo Hidalgo
Daniel S. Highlands
Nathan Hill
Tony Hillers
Ed Hirsh
Darryll Hobson
Andy Hofle
Katie Horn
Dave Hornak
Brian Jaeger
Mark Stewart Jobling
Rob Johnson
Matt Jones
David Kember
John Keogh
Jaimee Kidder
Tom Kimsey
Allison King
Steven Knight
Corey Landy
Kevin Lauderdale
Matt Lebel
Jennifer Lindlief
Craig MacKinnon
Tony Manz
Chris Markkanen
Jim Maxwell
Michael McCormick
Cleavy McKnight
Kathy Meadows
Kevin Mitchell
Paul Joseph Mitchell
Joel Morgan
John Morris
Francis Moss
Jon Nakasone
Ken Newman
Bryan L. Nuri
Eric Olsen
Michael Palencar
Ivan Parks
Mike Parker
Radwa Penny
Charlie Pipes
Chris Powell
Brian Pritchard
Shawn Quandt
Ray Rho
Mike Rogers
Aaron Romanowsky
Rob Rooney
Yann Ropers
Phil Saladyk
Luke Sandstrom
Jim Schuler
Ryan Sharp
Dax Shifrel
Matthew Shultz
Edson Smith
Ryan Smith
Stephanie Soderblom
Adam Stadter
Ashley Still
Mark Swartz
Jonathan Tash
Doug Tooley
Sean Trask
Rajiv Udani
Dan Uslan
Michael Vollero
Jason Walsh
William Walter
Bill Ware
Debbie Ware
Bill Warren
John Watts
Gregory Weaver
Steph Williams
Andy Wilson
Norm Yamane
Alan Yates
Noel Zaugg
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HELP
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The following are bloopers that I have yet to verify the EXACT scene and
location. Any help you can give is greatly appreciated.
-----==>}]SUBJECT: Endor National Park
SCENE: _Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi_
Right after the Rebels have exited the shuttle Tyderium.
EVENT:
You can see a redwood fence in the background that made it into the
shot from the on location shoot in a California National Park.
-----==>}]SUBJECT: Smiley Faced Stormtrooper
SCENE: _Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi_
Perhaps during the Emperor's arrival on the Death Star.
EVENT:
There is a stormtrooper with a smiley face painted on his helmet.
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