________ ___ ____ / __ __| / _ \ | _ \ ____> \ | | | _ || /_______________________________ / _____/ |_| |_| |_||_|\________________________________ \ / / \ \ | | | | | | THE STAR WARS TRILOGY BLOOPER VIEWERS GUIDE | | | | COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY JEREMY KENNEDY | | | | | | | | LATEST VERSION ALWAYS AVAILABLE AT: | | | | http://www.execulink.com/~ego/ | | | | | | | | FORMATTED WORD PROCESSED COPIES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST | | | | | | | | VERSION 3.1 - DECEMBER 15, 1996 | | \ \______________________________ _ ___ ____ _____/ / \_____________________________ | | | / _ \ | _ \ / _____/ | |/\| || _ || <_> \ \_/\_/ |_| |_||_|\_____/ 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, please feel free to mail me, Jeremy Kennedy, at ego@execulink.com with the addition. 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 3.0) is Copyright 1995 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 and can be copied and transmitted free of charge, on the condition that the document is left UNALTERED. All I ask is that if you use it for something other than your own personal use, let me know so that I can keep tabs on where this Viewers Guide is. All comments, corrections, 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. Want to put this on your FTP site or WWW page? Drop me a line. 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 ---==========--- STAR WARS IV: A NEW HOPE ---==========--- 1---==>}]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. 2---==>}]SUBJECT: Quick Moving Trooper SCENE: Vader interrogates one 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. 3---==>}]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. 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: 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. 6---==>}]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. 7---==>}]SUBJECT: Bad Timing SCENE: Luke removes Artoo's restraining bolt 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. 8---==>}]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. 9---==>}]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. 10---==>}]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. This is a result of the film being flipped in post production 11---==>}]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. 12---==>}]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. 13---==>}]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. 14---==>}]SUBJECT: Poor Construction of The Death Star SCENES: Any scene in the Death Star Conference Room. EVENT: Watch the stage panels, in the background behind Grand Moff Tarkin and Darth Vader. They are constantly swinging back and forth. One of the more noticeable scenes is later in the movie, just after the Millennium Falcon is brought aboard the Death Star. A voice over on the comlink briefs Vader and Tarkin on the situation. You will notice a vertical brace-like beam between Vader and Takin that sways from left to right. 15---==>}]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. 16---==>}]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. 17---==>}]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. 18---==>}]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. 19---==>}]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!). 20---==>}]SUBJECT: So Maybe Greedo Didn't Die! SCENE: While Ben, Luke and the droids head to docking bay 94 to board the Falcon, the scene cuts to a hooded alien with big round eyes and a long snout, an Imperial Spy. EVENT: As the camera pauses on the spy watching our heros, various humans and aliens pass by in the background, one of which bears an incredible resemblance to Greedo, Jabba's henchman who just got shot. It is possible that it is another member of the Rodian race, but rather unlikely that he'd be wearing the exact same clothing as the late Greedo. 21---==>}]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. 22---==>}]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. 23---==>}]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: _\|/_ 24---==>}]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. 25---==>}]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. 26---==>}]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. 27---==>}]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. 28---==>}]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. 29---==>}]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. For some reason, Chewie enters the compactor twice. 30---==>}]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. 31---==>}]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. 32---==>}]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. 33---==>}]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. 34---==>}]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. 35---==>}]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 bowcaster. 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. 36---==>}]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. 37---==>}]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. 38---==>}]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. 39---==>}]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. 40---==>}]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. 41---==>}]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. 42---==>}]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. 43---==>}]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! 44---==>}]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. 45---==>}]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. 46---==>}]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. 47---==>}]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. 48---==>}]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. 49---==>}]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. 50---==>}]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. 51---==>}]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!" 52---==>}]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. 53---==>}]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: \ / -_ \__/ _- - / \ - | | _- \__/ -_ - / \ - / \ 54---==>}]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. 55---==>}]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?" 56---==>}]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. 57---==>}]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." 58---==>}]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. 59---==>}]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. ---===================--- STAR WARS V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK ---===================--- 1---==>}]SUBJECT: Change Of Uniform SCENE: Han just discovers Luke who has just spoken with the ghost of Ben Kenobi. EVENT: 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. 2---==>}]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. 3---==>}]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. 4---==>}]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. 5---==>}]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. 6---==>}]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. 7---==>}]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. 8---==>}]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. 9---==>}]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. 10---==>}]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. 11---==>}]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 close shots of Han, he is not wearing his vest, just his white shirt. When the camera cuts to long shots, Han 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. 12---==>}]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. 13---==>}]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. 14---==>}]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. 15---==>}]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. 16---==>}]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. 17---==>}]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 slice through, causing a lot of sparking. 18---==>}]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. 19---==>}]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 by Vader. 20---==>}]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. ---=================--- 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: 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_. 3---==>}]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. 4---==>}]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 till in this version of the movie. 5---==>}]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. 6---==>}]SUBJECT: Lando's Concussion SCENE: 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. 7---==>}]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. 8---==>}]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. 9---==>}]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. 10---==>}]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. 11---==>}]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. 12---==>}]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. 13---==>}]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. 14---==>}]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. 15---==>}]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. 16---==>}]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. 17---==>}]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. 18---==>}]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. 19---==>}]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. 20---==>}]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 from the left of the screen to the right. During all subsequent shots of the hologram, the Death Star orbits from right to left. 21---==>}]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. 22---==>}]SUBJECT: Fly Casual, Not Crazy SCENE: Our heroes 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. 23---==>}]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. 24---==>}]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. 25---==>}]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. 26---==>}]SUBJECT: Artoo's Early Escape SCENES: During the scenes around the capture of Luke and his entourage. EVENT: There is a shot of Artoo untied, even though at that point in the movie he had not been untied yet. 27---==>}]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. 28---==>}]SUBJECT: Lando's Insubordination SCENE: The rebel fleet leaves their gathering place at Sullust for their offensive on the Death Star. EVENT: Admiral Ackbar says into the comlink "All craft. Prepare to jump into hyperspace on my mark." We then cut to the interior of the Falcon where Lando says "Alright. Stand by." Then he pulls the lever and jumps to hyperspace, but Ackbar has still not given the command. 29---==>}]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. 30---==>}]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. 31---==>}]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. 32---==>}]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. 33---==>}]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. 34---==>}]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. 35---==>}]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. 36---==>}]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. 37---==>}]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. 38---==>}]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. 39---==>}]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. 40---==>}]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. 41---==>}]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. ---========================--- CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE ---========================--- 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!" Jacob Skovborg Andersen Jeff Baker Scott Bradley Doug Brod Marco C. Van Bruggen Scott B. Casteel Todd Chambers Murray Chapman Michael Clark Robert Alan Danforth Anthony De Motta Ed Dillon Bryan Carolan Dunne Peter Flessas Andrew Fustini Lucas Gaige Tim Gaige Klaus Gassner Jefferey Gold Daniel Goldman John Hagerman Daniel S. Highlands Nathan Hill Ed Hirsh Darryll Hobson Andy Hofle Dave Hornak Mark Stewart Jobling Rob Johnson David Kember John Keogh Kevin Lauderdale Jim Maxwell Cleavy McKnight Kathy Meadows Kevin Mitchell Paul Joseph Mitchell Bryan L. Nuri Michael Palencar Ivan Parks Mike Parker Aaron Romanowsky Phil Saladyk Jim Schuler Dax Shifrel Edson Smith Ryan Smith Mark Swartz Doug Tooley Sean Trask Rajiv Udani Dan Uslan Jason Walsh John Watts Norm Yamane Alan Yates Noel Zaugg In addition, three guys who need only one name (but don't ask me why): Mike (Starman), Geoff (The Doctor), and Neil (NWA101@PSUVM.PSU.EDU) ---====--- HELP ---====--- 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: Oversized Ewok SCENES: _Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi_ When Luke, Han, and Chewie are all tied up for the feast. EVENT: Chewbacca sticks his head out from the left side of the screen behind one of the Ewok huts. NOTE: This can only be seen in letterboxed versions. - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - | | | | | | | | | | | || | | | | | | | | | | | - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - ------=================-----------======----------=================------ THE STAR WARS TRILOGY TRIVIA VIEWERS GUIDE Now available on the Internet at: ftp.wpi.edu/starwars/General_Info/Blooper_list Fully formatted WordPerfect copies available uuencoded upon request ------=============={Version 1.2, November 11, 1995}===============------ This file contains a few tidbits of trivia that I felt were kind of worthy of noting but didn't quite qualify as a blooper. I have acquired these pieces of trivia from various sources including Brandon Gillespie's _Bad Guide to Star Wars_ as well as Kevin Cox's _Journal of the Bloopers_. I have only taken a few however and haven't added any since it's last update in November of 1995. I have created a LIMITED credits listing for this file. This is because for the most part, it was not possible for me to find what person was responsible for what. I do apologize if your name is not on here when it should. If you wish credit in this file, please E-mail me and I will be more than happy to comply. Finally, my conscience is clean in that I feel that I have altered my document enough from the original documents from which much of this information was gathered therefore making this document copyrighted 1995 (Jeremy Kennedy). If anyone disagrees, feel free to inform me of your complaint (at ego@execulink.com) and we can come to a conclusion. This document is free to the public and can be copied and transmitted free of charge on the condition that the document itself is left UNALTERED. All comments, corrections, revisions, etc should be directed to ego@execulink.com Any similarities between my document and anyone else's document is purely coincidental, and not intentional, and should probably be taken as a compliment that your document was so good and memorable that it subliminally made me make mine in the form of yours. A. _Star Wars IV: A New Hope_ 1 The Special F/X Of The Lightsaber 2 It Gets Lonely In Space 3 The Dewbak 4 The Millennium Falcon Has Fuzzy Dice? 5 Paper Peanut Gallery 6 Vader's Mask B. _Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back_ 1 Was That Cliff From Cheers? 2 It's Amazing What You'll Find In Space--Part I 3 TIE Pilot Goes Up In Smoke 4 Where's Luke's Lightsaber C. _Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi_ 1 Everybody's Got Slugs 2 Another Case of Directors Trying To Act 3 Nien Nunb Speaks 4 It's Amazing What You'll Find In Space--Part II D. Credit Where Credit Is Due ---==========--- STAR WARS IV: A NEW HOPE ---==========--- 1. The Special F/X Of The Lightsaber Initially, the special effects crew on _Star Wars IV: A New Hope_ were hoping to achieve the brilliant effects of the lightsaber using a substance known as _Scotchlite_ manufactured by 3M. _Scotchlite_ is what makes road signs and the like, so bright. It appears to make the impossibility of reflecting more light back than it receives by re- focussing the light it originally gets, hence amplifying it. The FX crew covered a rotating lightsaber blade attached to the hilt with _Scotchlite_. Unfortunately (for the FX crew) it did not even come close to reflecting enough light back to the camera to make the lightsaber believable. That is when they decided to rotoscope them--drawing in the "light" around each lightsaber. So when it came time to film _Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back_, the FX crew substituted the _Scotchlite_ rod with a simple metal rod into the lightsaber handle to give the animators a guide by which to rotoscope in the saber blade. Also, since the Scotchlite blade was rotating in _Star Wars IV: A New Hope_, it threw light onto the actors faces which you will notice is not visible for the latter two movies. 2. It Gets Lonely In Space 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. 3. The Dewbak The Dewbak appears in two places on Tatooine. First: The scene where the Stormtroopers discover the escape pod used by C-3P0 and R2-D2. At the beginning of this scene, you can see it with stormtroopers, in the distance. The second time you see it, is the scene when Luke and Ben have reached the city, and are parking the Landspeeder. It is rather hard to find, as it is in the background. But, if you look closely, you can see it. Note: The Dewbak is a Giant Green lizard used for transportation. 4. The Millennium Falcon Has Fuzzy Dice? When Chewie runs into the cockpit to fly the Falcon out of Mos Eisley, his head hits 2 small objects that look very much like small dice. 5. Paper Peanut Gallery When the heroes receive their medallions at the end of the movie, most of the crowd is composed of cardboard cut-outs. 6. Vader's Mask Lucas wanted to make the eyes of Vader's mask completely dark, but could not do it in the first film, it was fixed in the later films, and therefore you can often see through the eyeholes and see "the man behind the mask." ---===================--- STAR WARS V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK ---===================--- 1. Was That Cliff From Cheers? In the base on Hoth, right before the Imperials bring on the main part of their attack, Leia is briefing a few pilots on the escape procedure. When she is done, a rebel named Major Derlin says the following line: "Okay. Everybody to their stations. Let's Go!" The actor is more readily known as Cliff Claven from the NBC long running comedy "Cheers". Cliff Claven and Major Derlin were played by John Ratzenberger. 2. It's Amazing What You'll Find In Space--Part I 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. 3. TIE Pilot Goes Up In Smoke 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. It is the scene where the Falcon first enters the asteroid field. The first TIE Fighter to get hit by an asteroid explodes. 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. 4. Where's Luke's Lightsaber? In the scenes when Luke and Vader are fighting on Cloud City, and Vader is mentally hurling boxes and objects at Luke one of the pieces breaks the window into the huge shaft, and Luke is sucked through. We see him hanging from a catwalk with both hands. He should have lost his lightsaber, while hanging on for dear life. However, in the next scene, he's holding his saber in his hand again! Did Luke take the time to put his saber back into his belt as he was being sucked into a void? Or was their a friendly stage hand available to give him a new one? This is actually a result of the conversion from film to video, where the sides are chopped. In the letterboxed version the saber is near the edge of the screen, lying on the catwalk. ---=================--- STAR WARS V: RETURN OF THE JEDI ---=================--- 1. Everybody's Got Slugs 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. 2. Another Case Of Directors Trying To Act 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. 3. Nien Nunb Speaks Lucas used several linguists to create languages for the aliens. The one which Nein Nunb speaks is based off a Kenyan dialect. By accident or by design, one of his lines ends up sounding like an actual sentence in this language. The actual sentence which can be heard is a matter of debate, with some believing he says, "One thousand herds of elephants are standing on my foot", and others believe it is, "Hey, you, look over here." There has been no confirmation (official or otherwise) on which one, if either, translation is correct. 4. It's Amazing What You'll Find In Space--Part II 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. ---========================--- CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE ---========================--- I'm sure this list is far from complete, but this is the best I could do with what I had to work with. Matt Bradshaw Robert Alan Danforth Daniel Goldman Craig MacKinnon Ryan Smith Rajiv Udani Bill Warren Ray Rho