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By Mark Scales
Mark reveals
some things we knew about the special effects and editing, and some
things we didn't...
Scene 1
The Corridor behind the door is a composite photo of several of
the corridors from Scene 9 with the doors taken out. You can see
the reflection of the doors in the floor!
When Obi-Wan deflects the guards laser blast, it flies down the
corridor and hits the final wall with a puff of smoke
On one close-up shot of Obi-Wan with his hood up, there was a light
visible in the top right hand corner. This was removed by computer
One of the guards could not bring their gun down in time, and so
we had to split the screen down the middle and shift one side back
half a second! (I won't embarass the guard by saying what her name
was)
The shot where the bounty hunters turn around to face the emperor
after he says "Wait" is played backwards
One shot of the bounty hunters walking away from the emperor is
repeated, because the bluescreen was too hard
Scene 2
The windows have a 3D frame on them, put on with computer
The skipping Jedi is on a repeating loop
The shot of Luke and Leia is a split-screen. Both parts are played
by the same person
Most of Obi-Wan's lines are dubbed
Amidala's voice is electronically lowered
Scene 3
Nagasaki's head is on a repeating loop
Amidala's face is superimposed on another person
The lift is a turbolift from Star Trek: The Next Generation
The shot of the bow is zoomed in, to avoid showing Amidala's double
The shots of the sky only last about 5 seconds, so every time we
return to a certain camera angle, the clouds are back where they
started
Scene 4
Some of the shots of Maul kneeling are reversed
Scene 5
Some of the shots are played backwards
The establishing shot is the end of the establishing shot for scene
3
Scene 6
The replicator was possibly the easiest effect to do, although it's
one of the most effective (no pun intended)
The strings of all the flying objects were digitally removed on
computer
A microphone was visible in several of the shots. This was also
removed
The shakey camera effect was done on computer after filming
Anakin's head-smash was split-screened to make it perfectly in time
with Obi-Wan smashing his cup down
Scene 7
The guard's voice was lowered during editing (No, it really was)
As the guard walks to the emperor, the back of his neck is superimposed,
because you could see the stars through it!
Scene 8
Shakey camera on computer again
The greenscreen was several feet behind the window frame, enabling
the screen to be lit independently making the effect much easier
in post production
The smoke after the explosion was caused by a smoke machine
Scene 8a
The console flashes were done on computer in post-production, as
was the sign "No Life Forms Detected"
The Lightning was taking directly from Return Of The Jedi. We actually
only used 1 small lightning clip lasting 1.5 seconds. We just repeated
it and stretched it and reversed it and....you get the picture
The explosion of the ship is taken straight from Star Wars - A New
Hope (It's a TIE-Fighter blowing up)
Scene 9
ON THE
WAY...
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