MagnoliaFan said:

I would bet he probably shot it and forgot all about it.

Years ago, I was at these rehearsal sessions for the Halloween recording of Alien Voices with Leonard Nimoy and he was performing "The Cask of Amontillado". I commented to him that I hadn't heard him sound that sinister since Galvatron in Transformers the Movie.

He swore up and down he wasn't in it and never recorded any dialog for anything Transformers. I had to go out and buy a vhs of it (it was pre-dvd release) to show him his name on the cover and he was like "Wow, you don't say?"

After a while, he vaguely started to remember it and said he recorded the whole session for the film in like 2 hours and had never given it another thought.

As a lifelong TF fan, I find that anecdote "fascinating." :p I'm surprised he doesn't know what a cult hit the film became.

Also, yeah, the FX look legit, with the old fat lightsaber blade. The scene was scored by John Williams, which means it was full edited and completed with sound and visual effects. That's probably why they are showcasing this one, it's the slickest. For instance, the sandstorm scene will hardly be presentable, because there isn't any dialogue, and it was a dialogue scene.

Keep in mind also, we are only seeing a portion of the scene. That's not the full scene, just a clip. There is a bit more before the scene starts, and the scene continues on for a while longer, with Luke loading the saber in R2 and there's some dialogue too if I'm not mistaken.

Hamill says he doesn't remember it, but as it would have literally been an hour or two of shooting he may simply have forgotten. It could be a double since you don't see his face completely but it looks like him to me. The cave background looks like it might be southern california.