BarBar Jinkx said:
as Yoda "lifts the X-wing over the swamp (over & away from the camera) the shadow seems reversed to my eye with the engines shadow going forward where as the ship is going nose forward. could somebody please prove me wrong on this one

Wow, really? I'm gonna check that right now. *checks* Well, I dunno. It's true that you don't really see a long shadow for the nose, but maybe it's just because it's higher and skinnier and the shadow isn't cast? You'd think you would see something, but I'm not sure.