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Post #1387301

Author
ATMachine
Parent topic
The Empire Strikes Back - a general Random Thoughts thread
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Date created
20-Nov-2020, 7:26 PM

Something I saw on TFN and was motivated to post here:

As JW Rinzler’s Making of ROTJ book attests, the infamous deleted scene where Luke assembles his new lightsaber while Vader calls out to him with the Force was cobbled together in post-production, with Mark Hamill filmed standing in front of a bare-bones set and the footage of Vader being recycled from ESB.

But the latter footage has something unusual: it’s step-printed, with frames being duplicated to create a “dream-like” effect.

IIRC Irvin Kershner only used step-printing once in ESB: during the cave scene on Dagobah, where Luke confronts the vision of himself in Vader’s mask.

So where does the footage of Vader in his meditation chamber with step-printing come from?