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To give them ideas for the type of high-intensity and cutting-edge sequences he wanted, Lucas used old newsreels to cut together footage of World War II dogfights. ILM eventually matched many of the sequences frame by frame-including the space battle in the Millennium Falcon between Han, Luke, and the TIE fighters-directly to the footage Lucas provided.
Three puppeteers were inside: one controlled the right arm and jaw, another handled the left hand and jaw, tongue, and head movements, and both of them moved the body; a third person was in the tail. Outside, there were one or two people on radio controllers for the eyes, someone under the stage to blow cigar smoke up a tube, and another working bellows for the lungs.
MyNamesMatt140
silm
Grown an extra toe I did, mmmhhh, so strong with the force I am. Hmm. Kicked more ass now I can, yes.
iamthephantomlimb
#1 The Phantom Menace of the Opera.
Cynet
Nice post, thanks. +1
Furgl
White text with black outline please!
wildfire393
Lightsaber noise was actually a microphone that fell and swung behind an active TV's picture tube + speeding car noises 1/2
wildfire393
Source: The Star Wars exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago some... 12? years ago. R2D2's noises are baby noises sped up
fightfightfightlosewinfight
Thousands of animals were killed to produce chewbacca's voice.
webimgur
They happened to be on the airport when Han Solo tried to land his Ego ... er Falcon.
DonaldFuck
The E.T race got to be the most well traveled race in the universe considering no other ever leaves their galaxy.
samsonguy920
Mass Effect is intergalactic, as well as Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda and Stargate SG-1
DonaldFuck
I was thinking in the Star Wars universe.
AgentNSFW
Cheomesh
gondring
X-Wings have gravity-feed carburetors, evidently, as seen by them using WWII maneuvering.
BreakingBean
They changed it from revenge of the Jedi to return of the Jedi because the felt like a Jedi shouldn't be seeking revenge. morals or somethin
CatBlaster5000
And that explains the naming revenge of the sith.
Imtoolazytothinkofaname
Revenge is a dish best served Luke warm.
AManWoman
Lucas did consider having Luke become the new Emperor after Vader kills the emperor and dies. Would have been dark
ObiWanShalomi
Not dealin in absolutes an' shit
DanteHicks79
It was also a conflict with Star Trek the Revenge of Khan, later retitled to Wrath of Khan.
thatwoodguy
So the Clone troopers were made with a cloning tool?
Repomon
May the facts be with you.
ChiefMasterAirmanFirstClassSelectInCharge
#11 Peter Cushing lives in Whitstable. I have seen him on his bicycle.
ChiefMasterAirmanFirstClassSelectInCharge
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPK7raS8Mos
YouMayFindThisMildlyInteresting
I have seen him buying vegetables.
ChiefMasterAirmanFirstClassSelectInCharge
This guy gets it.
Jadorel
Peter Cushing is dead
jdog34
Clearly no one bothered to tell Peter Cushing
electricwilderness
I know
PizzaGovorun
PileOfWalthers
Recognize this sound effect? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqHuOMFZKCo
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Thank you for not ever letting go.
JonnyTHM
I'll be honest I was expecting the wilhelm scream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio
JonnyTHM
I'll be honest I was expecting the wilhelm scream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdbYsoEasio
ImgurCelebrity
are you saying it ISN'T made from cars driving on wet pavement? THIS POST LIED TO ME
Sauroctonus
Nebelwerfers, they werf nebels.
DickMercenary
Nebelwerfers. They werf nebels.
hasgreatsituationalawareness
Stuck up, half-witted, scruffy looking werf nebels?
RandyKnapp
Those are terrifying
Insomnia297
Bunker siren on Hoth?
YankeiDuddle
Sounds more like a slowed-down version of Jango Fett's Westar-34 blasters
TheRealestLurker
Sounds almost more like the tie fighter engines
Usernameisalreadyregisteredwasalreadyregistered
Well that's distinctly wrong.
TheRealestLurker
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
CatBlaster5000
Not really.
YUNoDie
It's the tie fighter sound! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izZm4oYpLCc
CatBlaster5000
Yes!
buff3rd
"Yeah, I played Jabba The Hutt's tail in ROTJ" - some guy in a bar, probably.
DrKriegersClone
Plot twist: Jabba the Hutt was actually operated by 49 squirrels in 7 human suits.
Cere4l
"Yeah well, I was his cigar smoker"
ThatOneGalFromThatOnePlaceThatYouTotallyKnow
"Bitches, I operated his eyes"
huanthewolfhound
That guy was a little person, because Carrie Fisher stepped on his head when she stepped on Jabba's tail.
samsonguy920
I saw the behind the scenes for that. It was very cozy inside there.
Webn8tr
therealVexed
wait are those UPVOTES :D
Webn8tr
jrntn
Why do they need ponchos over their armor? Fair enough that their armor has limited effect against blaster fire, but not even the elements?
Marscaleb
It's not to protect them from rain, it's to protect them from not looking AWESOME!
bingobangosugarinthegastank
But what's the point of doing something if you don't look totally fukken' cool while you do it?
TonyBalogna
There's nothing better than a super rare poster being displayed with duct tape on the corners.
CastMeAwayPlease
I'm sure they didnt realize at the time that it would be worth something now.
twfeline
The voices of a billion collectors cried out in pain.
BuffaloBillsBush
Looks like bean bags.
Lefthandturnsignal
I'm just imagining tarkin ordering the death of alderaan and the new guy is just wondering why no one has said anything about the slippers
IndyAndyJones
I like to imagine they were pink bunny slippers.
fooker
They do say "death wears bunny slippers"
samsonguy920
This is why Tarkin wanted the Death Star to himself. So he can have his own quarters all done up in teddy bears, pillows, and lacey doilies.
alucarduk1973
And Carrie Fisher said he always smelled of lavender.
therealVexed
aww and now they are both dead people :(
LordofGoats
"I recognized your foul stench when I was brought on board." She must have hated lavender.
PietroAretino
Extra fun fact. The fade-in-out of the original light-saber sound was done by the engineer playing the sound explained above, through a PA
PietroAretino
And then getting a microphone (duck-taping the end of it to the cable) and then swinging it around in the circle so it flew by the PA.
actuallyacoolusername
Crazy, how on earth do they come up with this stuff?
PietroAretino
Drugs, time and free reign over an audio engineering studio with a sprinkle of imagination.
alexatrf21
Mostly drugs.
Strobasaurus
What's the inside temperature of a tauntaun. LUKEwarm :)
tpgreyknight
Take your upvote and get out of here.
Mailvirgo
Get out.
WitnessedSomeTimeAgo
I've heard the rumor about the car crash and the wampa are fake. yes he was in a car accident, but they didn't add the wampa just for that.
TehSpirit
I think i read in a article where they got a quote from George Lucas that the wampa scene was not made in response to Hamill's car crash.
Drzhivago138
And they asked Mark about it, and he's said that his injuries were exaggerated in retellings; apparently he just had a broken nose.
Dysseus
I am sure they played up the damage to his face because of it
rockgolf
Correct. The crash took place before the first Star Wars, and Hamill was fully healed before filming that first movie.
IllCaesar
The scene itself wasn't added for it but they'd have been stupid not to alter the recovery scene to account for the accident.
getmepicturesofspiderman
According to Lucas, the scene was added to keep the pace up in the intro while the Empire was searching for the Rebels. Not the scars.
PGTipsMonkeh
Wasn't there meant to be a small sequence at the start of Empire where Wampas attacked the rebel base is some mini horror flick originally?
Orktapus
Yes, http://imgur.com/8qIfgnU
parkanov
Wasn't the accident the reason why his film career was so short? Gave him such a face for radio that he had to take up voice acting instead?
PokeMasterWrath
He looked more different in Jedi than he did in ESB and a New Hope.
Drzhivago138
More that he didn't want to be typecast so he moved to other areas (he was also in a production of Amadeus).
WitnessedSomeTimeAgo
I'm not sure about that. I suppose the only one who could confirm it is Mark Hamill.
TommyLivingston
Mark Hamill said that he was slightly injured and the story was exaggerated.
SteveoxxXXxx
therealVexed
oh my gosh so sassy!
HelloToe
Still not as fabulous as The Shockmaster, though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5oMiqJRVqs
Redwolf2495
Chewbacca is voiced by... dying animals..... Well there goes my childhood.
FourOrangeCircles
I call bullshit - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-remarkable-way-chewbacca-got-a-voice/375697/
poppingremlins
It says exactly the same in the link you provided.
HelloToe
Smells like dying animals, too.
jp189512
no, it was voiced by a woman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5Qh72h8vkk
Redwolf2495
I should've seen that one coming XD
ObiWanShalomi
haha nice xD
OverpricedCrayon
Your entire childhood was based off what chewbacca sounded like? That's kinda sad
ObiWanShalomi
It's also serial killer material. Ayyyyy that rhymed!!
brunettebelle
well, when you grew up on the movies, its eerie to think that it was dying animals the whole time...
Fallatus
Metal.
Fallatus
One could even say... Death Metal.
420xVape
I have one of those "revenge of the jedi" posters
bigassballs1
I'd be happy to take it off your hands
Chkip
Me too! Not an original though, a reprint. Still cool and makes most people look twice
jonanimal
I have an original "RETURN of the Jedi" posters... not as cool. Shut up.
samsonguy920
Hipster.
jonanimal
lol.
samsonguy920
When that title was first announced, it didn't bother me in the least. It does sound rather badass.
PassionAggressive
Noone seems to mention that in those posters Vader has a blue saber and Luke has red. They use the same shot on the star wars encyclopedia.
poppingremlins
Nice! Gotta be worth alot...?
StarkeRealm
IIRC, they got a reprint format a couple years ago. An original one from 1983? Yeah. A new printing, less so.
buickgnx88
About tree-fiddy
GodDamnLochNessMonstah
Seems like a reasonable price
shimmernshine
Depending on quality and authenticity they are pretty valuable. I have this one: http://imgur.com/YOZfBIq
ISayFuckAllTheTime
My Italian is shit, so I've simply decided that says "White Boy in Space."
Gurlyouthickerthanabowlofoatmeal
Chewie has a space shotgun
fooker
So a star wars and not "revenge of the jedi" poster? (and an unofficial italian one at that?)
norill
its a different dude. shimmernfade, not 420xVape
fooker
Yep, I was responding to the poster in shimmernfade's post... The one that looks more turkish star wars" than lucasfilm 1/2
shimmernshine
It wasn't unofficial. It was drawn by the same guy that did the poster for 'A Fistful of Dollars'.
rickeyspanish
how. much. are. they. worth?
MageFace
I heard in an interview, of Lucas iirc, that it wasn't retitled. Revenge was used to avoid leaks. Apparently he kept things very secret.
Huor
I had one. Held onto it for 30 years but ex-wife ruined it. Thanks, honey.
Lotteryman
Explains the "ex".
Huor
Part of it for sure!
strawhousepig
I remember seeing a teaser ad for the movie with that title in Fangoria (or some other such rag). Or maybe it was about the poster...
Grant0
I had one set aside at the theater I worked at & the owner threw it away >:(
Rememberwhenyoucouldpeelike30feet
kill him.
TerritorialRotbart
Do it.
ThatAustralianKid
kill him now.
poppingremlins
Oh, the reason Mark Hamill held his breath, was because they used real garbage in the scene.
BlackElkSpeaks
Oh, I didn't realize, that, thanks OP :)
AllYourPeppermintAreBelongToMe
Big deal. My bestie has been vomiting so hard from "morning sickness" that she has burst blood vessels in both her eyes. Looks gruesome. :p
GrumpiestOldMan
So THIS is how you get imgurians to enjoy BuzzFeed, NEAT. buzzfeed.com/awesomer/facts-you-probably-didnt-know-about-the-star-wars-movies
GrumpiestOldMan
Oh and that bandage thumbnail was from a cut scene for Empire Strikes Back to explain why his face was different after his car accident
ItsMyMoneyAndINeedItNow
@op love your name
poppingremlins
Thanks. And by your username I'm guessing you wanna steal it?:p
ItsMyMoneyAndINeedItNow
I'm setting up a bot now to claim it the second it's available...
poppingremlins
OldManTaylor
One time on New Year's Day, to fight a hangover I took a Percocet. Made me throw up like 80 times that day and I burst many blood vessels
poppingremlins
Guessing you would've prefered the hangover?
KaneVel
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OldManTaylor
Hahaha it wasn't really bruised. It was more like a million little red dots. It was really weird
EdgarAllenPoboy
I know what you mean, I had the same thing happen for horrible pukey time
BeetleDaddy
One halloween i had horrible vomiting that caused me to pop a blood vessel in my eye that caused it to fill all of the white are with blood-
callmethelizardqueen
Meh. Happens to me often thanks to a liver problem.
BeetleDaddy
In both of my eyes.
Ohond
And then when Halloween was over you still looked spooky.
Boopbeepbeep
sil burst a vessel in her eye just by rubbing it Her coworkers spent the wk going into her office closingthe door &asking if she needed help
BeetleDaddy
It doesnt actually hurt at all, just a bit of pressure behind them. It just looks pretty freaky and i have blue eyes so the contrast was odd
Boopbeepbeep
We called it her zombie eye. Every time she looked to the side, it looked gross. But she said the same thing, it was painless.
Boopbeepbeep
Her coworkers thought my brother was to blame. They thought they were being discreet.
Squelchtone
like most of the posts on Imgur
cbjfan
And 99% of the political posts
fixer66
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
Brutality!
degenerator
Which is why we instinctively hold our breath when surfing Imgur.
tomhiddlestonsthirdtesticlewhyyesyoucantouchmeallyouwant
SEND HELP I'M DYING
degenerator
You must learn to breathe through one of your anal openings, which can withstand the Imgurian stench.
tomhiddlestonsthirdtesticlewhyyesyoucantouchmeallyouwant
"One" of? How fucking many do YOU have? Dear lord
Sijil
That's why i close the app every 2 minutes and reopen it immediately. Need to breath.
Webn8tr
FenyxKnight
love me some robot chicken!
Utopist
TimmyDans
LokiShinigami
I thought it was the under water scenes
LaTransDragon
You're thinking the prequels. There was no underwater in the original trilogy.
DrippySpaffMungeBimp
The garbage monster pulled Luke under the water in the trash compactor
ironicchronic
Fuck imigurians will argue anything to prove something wrong
DrippySpaffMungeBimp
Sorry for politely correcting somebody.
swinglinered
"Shut down the garbage mashers on the detention level!"
Ohond
"Shut down ALL THE GARBAGE MASHERS ON THE DETENTION LEVEL!"
LaTransDragon
Right, I thought you were talking about other scenes.
RincewindTVD
"There was no underwater in the original trilogy." Your words are lies.
Howmanygoddamnusernamesaretherejustletmepickone
Sorry you got down voted to hell
TwoCheese
There are no underwater scenes in the original trilogy. Just scenes where characters went underwater.
LokiShinigami
A scene where he was under water, geezer I just said that.
Ansatsunin
No, you didn't. You said "underwater scenes". There are none of those in the original trilogy. There are scenes with people in water. Simple
LokiShinigami
It's a scene and someone was under the water
TwoCheese
Geezer? Hah. I'm assuming auto correct. And I'm just making a distinction between an underwater scene and a scene where he went underwater.
TwoCheese
Which I think is apt and just. The word order has different connotations.
Sharecrow
Jabba was also originally a human. It's on youtube, so weird.
LokiShinigami
That's the stand in actor actually, for Harrison Ford to record his takes
Cheomesh
No, originally it was supposed to be a person.Filmed it and everything.Dropped the idea completely: https://youtu.be/cw1gkNd6Z_8
jrntn
You didn't read the text in that video you linked to, did you?
Cheomesh
Top tip: Never take anything Lucas says as having any value
Chadkos
Sauce?
Cheomesh
https://youtu.be/cw1gkNd6Z_8
Kawena
Hodor. Hodor. Hodor. Hodor.
Chadkos
That's amazing! Thanks! I like how Jabba is good guy trying to negotiate with Han. Makes Han look like a bit of a douche hahaha
Cheomesh
In the original stories, Han was always a scoundrel until the end.Hence the whole blasting Greedo first.If you hunt about,there is a 1/
Cheomesh
channel dedicated to deleted / altered scenes from across all the films.FREX in the original StarWars there was a scene shot @ Tachi Station
rshini
Han IS a douche
summitshow
FajitaPrinceofAllMexicans
If you fuck one clone trooper have you fucked them all?
passionforfilm
Agreed... such a disappointment.
Santorrr
I still like the prequels. Most of them anyways.
completelyunreIated
so which one didn't you like
LarvaLamp
The first three.
completelyunreIated
SlabGizor117
Yea but contrast it against Ep IV, where the stormtroopers awkwardly stumbled around the Tantive IV in the opening battle.
akmarksman
They cloned the Clone troopers?? Oh noes.
ObiWanShalomi
https://i2.wp.com/fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2012/220/5/e/xzibit_yo_dawg_render_by_kernelpanicx-d5aa710.png
AllSystemsNominal
Honestly, I don't mind it. The only downside is that there are no original clone trooper costumes for people to get their hands on.
CoffeeBoy
Even Commander Cody..fuck man..fuck
ImTheWalrus
Yep, this fact irritates me to no end. I love Ep7 that much more just because they actually MADE trooper outfits for a modern Star Wars film
SemiVirtuous
Who downvoted you? I agree that practical effects in science fiction makes it both look better and immerse you unlike CGI which when over...
SemiVirtuous
...used is distracting and kinda hard to watch without superb acting behind it like Andy Serkis.
ImTheWalrus
Exactly! Idk who downvoted, lots of people defend the prequels beyond reason. I've got no problem with CG it just needs to be used right.
Slowpool
While I was massively disappointed with ep 7 as a whole, the practical effects were definitely on point. It was a visually beautiful movie.
ImTheWalrus
It really was and it was so refreshing. Mind if I ask what was so disappointing about it for you?
Slowpool
The plot. Retread too many themes, and Starkiller Base was a 14 year old's nonsense idea of how to raise the stakes.
ImTheWalrus
Gotcha, completely understandable. It didn't ruin the film for me but it was a problem. My opinion actually hinges greatly on how Ep 8 goes
MiCk7215
It was was absolutely noticeable. Hate the prequels.
TheLords
ObiWanShalomi
https://media.giphy.com/media/2HONNTJbRhzKE/200.gif
ThatOneGalFromThatOnePlaceThatYouTotallyKnow
that gif is missing a cool and it bugs me
ObiWanShalomi
Holy shit you're right! I didn't even check it. It would probably bug me too if I came across this :)
joshyjosh
Loved them. To each their own.
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Individualsocksinthewashingmachine
Yeah, it looks absolutely terrible
LostSparten071
It was necessary though. They were all clones they had to look the same. Be the same hight. They had to be identical.
StarkeRealm
Unlike your comment?
tpgreyknight
It was necessary though. They were all clones they had to look the same. Be the same hight. They had to be identical.
StarkeRealm
I applaud your commitment to this joke.
LostSparten071
Thats imgur derpin sorry.
LostSparten071
It was necessary though. They were all clones they had to look the same. Be the same hight. They had to be identical.
MOTHERFUCKINGJESSEEISENBERG
Because it's so fucking hard to use movie magic to make people look of similar heights.
LostSparten071
I would assume this was way cheaper and much easier.
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LostSparten071
We never really see a handfull of soldiers at one time. Granted there probably are a few of those scenes. Way easier to leave them as cgi.
blazebot4200
All the scenes on landing ships look goofy as fuck