Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes Pic!
This shot from the making of Return of the Jedi is an interesting one. Director Richard Marquand is nowhere to be seen, but both Dennis Murren and George Lucas are behind the camera. Now, it wasn’t uncommon for more effects-heavy shots to be overseen by the effects masterminds while the director works on more dramatic scenes, but I think this just shows how closely Lucas kept tabs on Jedi.
That stuff aside, this is a fantastic shot from an underrated movie in the Star Wars saga. It drives me a little nuts when people say this film is worse than the prequels because that’s so categorically wrong. It may be the least successful of the original trilogy, but the father/son dynamic between Vader and Luke and the resolution of their particular family drama is one of the best things in ANY Star Wars movie.
Plus, this was before the Emperor was turned into the Wicked Witch and was still quietly creepy.
You can debate Ewoks all day long and I won’t fight you on that, but in terms of dramatic resolution Jedi hits some incredibly strong notes and I think that often gets lost in the great Ewok debate.
Enjoy the shot and click to (hugely) enlargen!
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Tomorrow’s BTS pic is NSFW. Seriously.
-Eric Vespe
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