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The Bad Guide to Star Wars is Copyright 1993, 1994 by Brandon Gillespie, all rights reserved. The Bad Guide to Star Wars may be publicly distributed and reproduced, as long as no profit is made, nor is any charge required for a copy. _________________________________________________________________ The Bad Guide to Star Wars, Revision 5.3 is actually in a half state. It has taken quite a bit of work and several different aborted revision attempts to find a format I like. In the end I simply have done it as a single large list, rather than to try to categorize each entry. This is because most of the entries are quite hard to categorize, and can fit into several of the categories I managed to come up with. I will be sifting through the uncountable comments I have been sent by people, Revision 5.4+ will reflect all of these updates. When I am finished adding in the changes I will create a continuity guide, which will be an attempt at indexing when each event happens in the film (should make it easier to find each one while watching them). The final result will be Revision 6. Until then, Enjoy! -Brandon Gillespie _________________________________________________________________ Key: Throughout the Bad Guide to Star Wars several different textual icons are used to represent various different things: [?] represents information which is (as of yet) unverified. [vi] Represents Starwars IV, A New Hope [vi] Represents Starwars V, The Empire Strikes Back [vi] Represents Starwars VI, Return of the Jedi _________________________________________________________________ AIKIDO AND THE FORCE Lucas talked to many masters of Aikido, because he had heard of the energy that is involved with Aikido. He ended up using a lot of these ideas in designing the Force (Aikido is a form of martial arts). [VI] BACKWARDS FILM In one of Jabba's Palace sequences, when Jabba is speaking, the film is actually running backwards. Upon close inspection you can see the smoke from his pipe moving downards along with the bubbles in his bong. Note: This may be intentional to create an eerie effect. [IV] THE BIGGS SCENES In the Script for Star Wars there are several Scenes which include Biggs, who is a friend of Luke. These scenes were filmed, but when the final cut came around for Star Wars, they were left on the cutting room floor. Many people believe they saw these scenes in the theater. However, the only place where footage containing Biggs can be found is in the Star Wars Storybooks. [IV] C-3PO: LOOSE FOOTING When Luke is cleaning R2 on Tatooine Near the line, "Well, my little friend, you've got something jammed in here real good." Just as the hologram appears, C-3P0 falls off the step he is on. Recovering quickly, it is all but unnoticable. Note: This could simply be surprise on C-3PO's behalf. [IV] C-3PO: FALLING APART [?] Just as C-3PO enters the area and lifts his arm to tap Han's shoulder. Neil writes: The "hydrolic mechanism" attached to his elbow and upper arm becomes detached. I'm not sure but I remember catching a glimpse of something falling to the floor. Then you can clearly see this "mechanism" protruding out of C-3PO's upper arm, it is not attached to his elbow any more. [VI] C-3P0, KING OF THE EWOKS This is only noticeable in the letterboxed version. There are two mistakes in the scene where C-3PO is "king" of the Ewoks. While our heroes are tied up, Peter Mahey, dressed as Chewie, sticks his head out from the left side of the screen behind one of the Ewok huts. There is also a shot of R2-D2 untied when he has not been cut loose yet. C-3PO WHEELIN' AND DEALIN' [?] C-3PO was originally scripted as a "used car salesman" type CAMERAS ILM (Industrial Light and Magic) has become renouned for their high quality, sharp, special effects. The following is reproduced without permission from the book, Industrial Light & Magic, the Art of Special Effect (by Thomas G. Smith). A [...] represents where I have edited out a portion of the text, in lee of space: Special effects rely on rephotography in order to manipulate images. If the intermediate film format is larger than than a standard 35mm film frame, the final special effects shot will have greater clarity. Many effects have been done using 70mm film, but it has the disadvantage of a limited variety of film stock. So what was needed was a significantly larger image size that still used the standard 35mm film format. We [ILM] started looking for a solution to this problem in the history of film technology. Since its beginning, the motion picture industry agreed that 35mm film with a certain type of perforation should be the international standard [...] [in this format] there is a space for the picture and next to it a strip reserved for the sound track. ([...] 4 sprocket holes per frame). Surprisingly enough the picture area is about the size of an average postage stamp. [...][During the 50's there was two alternate types of film projection, based off the 35mm standard] 20th Century Fox introduced wide- screen Cinemascope, and Paramount Pictures introduced VistaVision. [Cinemascope was the most popular. Cinemascope optically squeezes a wider picture on the film, and when it is projected it `unsqueezes' it (refer to nifty ascii drawing). Cinemascope only required a new projector lens, when VistaVision required a whole new projector. Cinemascope is still in use today] VistaVision put the 35mm film on its side, and rather than the normal four perforations between pictures, VistaVision boubled the size of each picture, and measured eight perforations per frame. [this means more film area per frame, better clarity] [...] What does this all have to do with ILM and special efefcts? While most of the VistaVision projectors were junked and many of the cameras with the famous eight-perf hearth were torn apart and discarded [after VistaVision fell from popularity] there were still some perfectionists who felt that this larger negative had its merits. A quarter of a century later the VistaVision format was resurrected, and put to use filming special effects for Star Wars. Regular Film Projection: Cinemascope: | o |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| o | | o |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| o | F | o _________________ o | | o _________________ o | I | o | | | | | | | | | o | | o ||||||||||||||||| o | L | o | | | / \ | | | o | | o |||||||/ \||||||| o | M | o | | | \ / | | | o | | o |||||||\ /||||||| o | -> | o |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| o | | o ||||||||||||||||| o | | o _________________ o | | o _________________ o | S _________________ _________________________________ C | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | R | | | / \ | | | | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | | | E | | | \ / | | | | | | | | | | \ / | | | | | | | E |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| N -> VistaVision: Film Screen --------------------------------------- o o o o o o o o o o | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / \ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \ / | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \ / | | | | | | | |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| |_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| o o o o o o o o o o --------------------------------------- Basically, what ended up hapenning is ILM grabbed all of the old vintage VistaVision camera's, made Star Wars, and resurrected the format. Soon after Star Wars was released Camera's which ILM had bought for pennies and dimes before were being valued as royal crown jewels by camera shops. CLOTHING INCONSISTENCIES... There are several Scenes when we can see people's clothing change from scene to scene. Han is Frozen [?] The scenes where Han is frozen in carbonite, and those when he is later unfrozen in Jabba's Palace contain many inconsistencies: Before Han is lowered into the carbonite, he has shackles around the upper part of his arms, which holds them to his body. However, when he is unfrozen, he no longer has them on his arms. Althought it would seem Han looses the shackles about his hands (as he is bound before, but when Boushh thaws him out they are up about shoulder level, a few feet apart) they were actually removed before he was frozen. Han is not wearing his vest through several scenes. You see his torso as completely white (his shirt is white). Those are the medium close up shots of Han. When the camera cuts to long shots, Han is wearing his vest. There is a strap across Han's shoulder which is not around afterwards. It was also noted that Han's shirt is un-tucked when he gets frozen, but tucked-in when he is thawed out. Furthermore, upon closer inspection we find that Han is wearing a double-breasted shirt upon getting thawed, but when he is frozen it is a tunic-style shirt. Han's Gunbelt [?] Paul Joseph Mitchell writes: When Han and Lando are talking in the rebel hanger right before the strike team departs in the stolen Imperial shuttle. Watch Lando, the gun belt strap across his chest changes sides between different cuts during the same scene. Piett [?] In the scene where Darth Vader asks, "Did your men disable the Millenium Falcon's hyperdrive?", (just before R2D2 fixes the hyperdrive) Piett's rank insignia switches from the left side to the right side. After Piette is promoted from Captain to Admiral in The Empire Strikes back, his rank insignia is upgraded (from 3 or 4 red and blue bars to six bars), and remains consistent throughout the rest of the film. However, throughout Return of the Jedi, his insignia is three red and blue bars, even though he is still an Admiral. Boba Fett [?] When Boba Fett nods to Boussh (Leia) in Jabba's Palace. Fett's costume appears reversed. His cape, which normally hangs off his left shoulder, is hanging off his right shoulder. More noticeable is the fact that his helmet sensor antenna, which is supposed to be on the right side of his helmet, is moved to the left side of his helmet. Darth Vader's cape [?] Brian Sebby writes: In Return of the Jedi, before Darth Vader and Luke have their lightsaber battle in the Emperor's throne room. If you look carefully at Vader's costume right before the battle, you will see that his cape is draped behind his right shoulder...yet, a few minutes into the battle, the cape has been draped over the shoulder...do you think Vader would take the time in the middle of a battle to adjust his cape? [IV] CHEWBACCA: BOOTS FOR FEET [?] Some time on Cloud City when Chewie is running away from the camera (specific scene unknown) the angle is such that you see the bottoms of Chewie's feet, and the heel of the boots that make up the feet of Peter Mayhew's costume. [IV] CHEWBACCA: TIMEWARP CHEWIE [?] When the trash compactor walls are closing in on our heroes aboard the Deathstar, watch Chewie. His position changes in three cuts. First he is holding the wall, next he is putting up his crossbow, then he is again holding the wall. [V] CLIFF! In the base on Hoth, at the scene where a rebel soldier (Major Derlin) tells Leia the doors must close for the evening, despite Luke not having returned yet. He says, "Your Highness, there is nothing more we can do tonight. The shield doors must be closed." The actor is none other than Cliff Claven from TV's Cheers (real name of: John Ratzenberger). [IV] CONFUSION IN BATTLE When Gold Five is going down on during the fight on the Deathstar. He calls out, "Gold Five to Red Leader." Red Leader's response is "I copy, Gold Leader." Note: Not only was he referring to the wrong person, but I believe Gold Leader was dead at this point. As a side note, Red Leader's microphone attached to the helmet also switches from side to side. [IV] DARTH VADER'S MASK There are a few scenes througout the first film where David Prowse's face can be seen through the Vader mask. Note: Lucas wanted to make it completely dark, but could not do it in the first show. This problem was fixed in the later shows. [IV] DARTH VADER PLAYS CHARADES [?] Robert Alan Danforth writes: There is a scene where Darth and Tarkin are talking about Obi-wan. During part of the dialog, Darth stops talking, but keeps gesticulating as though he is saying something. Tarkin doesn't respond to his comment until after he stops gesticulating. Obviously, they had some difficulty timing the voice over with Darth Vader's movements in this scene. DARTH VADER'S LIGHT SABER [?] There are several scenes where Vader's Light saber is performing at less than `peak' quality... Just after Darth Vader Kills Obi-Wan Kenobi, onboard the Death Star. His light sabre is white, instead of red. This is because the coloring was added after the film was made, and the optical effects crews forgot to add color to this one scene. The white is the actual color of the saber. This is the same as above, except for in a different scene. Before Vader ignites his saber for the first time in Cloud City, you can clearly see the actual uncolored rod. However, it isn't white like in the first film but dark gray which blends in against Vader's costume. The best way to see it is to wait until he ignites his saber, then rewind the film with your eye on where the lightsaber was and you can see it. You can see a shadow of the light saber, just after Luke knocks Vader down the stairs and Vader gets up. Vader's lightsabre is casting a shadow on the ground. Note: These mis-cuts also demonstrate the effect of the actor tilting the lightsaber away from himself to simulate extension. [IV] THE DEATH STAR WAS COMITTE BUILT [?] Jeffrey Gold writes: In Star Wars ANH, watch the stage panels (in the background, behind Grand Moff Tarkin, and Darth Vader). They are constanly swinging to and fro. Remember, the Death Star was designed by committe, and funded by a government... [IV] DEWBACK The Dewbak appears in two places on Tatooine. First: The scene where the Stormtroopers discover the escape pod used by C-3P0 and R2-D2. At the beginning of this scene, you can see it with stormtroopers, in the distance. The second time you see it, is the scene when Luke and Ben have reached the city, and are parking the Landspeeder. It is rather hard to find, as it is in the background. But, if you look closely, you can see it next to [need more info] Note: The Dewbak is a Giant Green lizard used for transportation. DON'T TRY THE SPELLING BEE, GEORGE... David Kember (Gallandro) writes: If you read his (George Lucas's) biography Skywalking, it talks about how his secretaries would type his notes, and he would have the same name spelled different ways at different places in the manuscript. The secretaries just used their own consistent spellings which they then checked with George. However, it is an acknowledged error that Wookiee is spelled with one E in the original novel. TIE is generally capitalized because it is an acronym; my assumption is that Foster (who ghost-wrote the novel) didn't know this and spelled in a way that appeared to him to be more logical. Also of possible interest is the fact that at least one spelling changed over the course of the troligy. In any reference printed before 1983, Jabba the Hutt is spelled with one T. With the premeire of Jedi, for some reason, the "official" spelling changed to include 2 T's, perhaps to more clearly indicate that it was Jabba's race (avoiding confusion with the English word "hut")--but that is pure speculation on my part. [IV] DROIDS ARE REALLY HUMANS! [?] In the scene when Artoo first gets put into the Jawa's sandcrawler. As he looks around at the creatures, you seen R5-D4, followed by more creatures, and then a second shot at R5-D4. After the second shot, when the camera turns back to R2-D2, R2 turns his head, revealing the face for the pupetteer driving R2 through the bubble on R2-D2's head. [V] EMPEROR DEFIES LOW CLEARANCE [?] While the Emperor is walking down the ramp of the Imperial Shuttle Craft, onboard the Death Star, his head somehow manages to go through the front of the Shuttle Craft. It has also been noted that Darth Vader does the same thing, when his shuttle lands on Endor (while he is waiting for Luke). Does this actually occur twice, or is one of the above incorrect? [V] THE EMPEROR'S "SLUGS" [?] These can be seen is a few scenes, however the most prominent is when Luke is watching the Rebel fleet being led into a trap. During this time small black spots are seen on the emporers head, primarily on the left side. These are known as the "Emperor's slugs", due to their sluglike appearance. Daniel Goldman makes an educated guess as to the reason of their existence: You will notice that the Emperor's eyes are lit by a soft sickly-green spotlight in that scene. The problem with normal spots, is that when you try to get them that tight, there is always a little spillover, which gets even worse if the subject is moving. Probably, the green light was lighting things that should not have been lit, like the back of the hood, or a part of his fact that had not been made up (ears or hair, perhaps). The optics crew then manually blacked out the `overflowing' area's. [V] EXPLOSIVE ASTERIODS [?] Robert Alan Danforth writes: when the droids first enter Jabba's throne room, you hear a lot of alien voices murmuring... if you listen closely, one of them is Greedo's voice speaking the exact same dialogue he said to Han in Star Wars. [VI] HAN THE PERVE [?] Watch when Leia is shot on Endor, Han grabs her and pulls her back to safety. Keep an eye on his hand... [VI] INCONSISTENT SEQUENCING? [?] When Luke, Han, and the others were to be thrown into the sand creature on Tatooine. Han and Lando are standing on the levitating platform and one of Jabba's men fires a shot, hitting the vehicle, causing it to tilt at a precarious angle. As everybody scrambles to balance themselves, you see Han grab the edge of the ship with his hands, and is hanging over the edge. But, a few seconds later, they show him hanging by his feet. Mark Swartz follows up: It says that Han falls of the skiff and grabs on by his hands, but later he is hanging by his feet. If you watch carefully, when he goes out of view, you can see his shadow, and he pulls himself up, and flips around to hang by his feet! [IV] LUKE: CARRIE! ER, LEIA! Just after the Death Star is destroyed, as Luke is getting out of his X-Wing, Leia comes running up to him as he descends the ladder from his X-Wing. He calls out "Carrie!", rather than "Leia". Carrie Fisher is the actor who played Princess Leia. Note: This has been verified by Lucas. [IV] LUKE: THE MAGIC CUP TRICK [?] At the beginning part of the sequence where Luke is eathing with Owen and Beru, his cup is in his left hand. Later on, it magically appears in his right hand. Note: This happens twice, and is most likely a result of the film being reversed, which happens several times throughout the film. [V] LUKE USES A "STAGE HAND" In the scenes when Luke and Vader are fighting on Cloud City. As Vader is mentally hurling boxes and objects at Luke, who is deflecting them with his light saber (and his head). After one of the pieces breaks the window into the huge shaft, and Luke is sucked through. We see him hanging from a catwalk with both hands. He should have lost his lightsaber, while hanging on for dear life. However, in the next scene, he's holding his saber in his hand again! Did Luke take the time to put his saber back into his belt as he was being sucked into a void? Or was their a friendly stage hand available to give him a new one? Note: This is actually a result of the conversion from film to video, where the sides are chopped. In the letterboxed version the saber is near the edge of the screen, lying on the catwalk. [IV] LUKE: WHAT? I CANNOT HEAR YOU! [?] Neil writes: After you here the roar of the Dia naga Luke turns his head and moves his mouth, but nothing comes out. You do not have to be a professional lip-reader to know he says, "What's that?". A moment later you see him do it again but you can only catch the end of what he said and therefore cannot decipher it. This is definately in the VHS version, but I am not sure about any other. [V] LUKE'S HAND? When Luke is tumbling in the air shaft near the end of the film, there is a very short scene (before he gets dropped out the bottom of Bespin) where you can see what appears to be his right hand. MAGICAL SPACE SHIPS AND BAD MATTES There are quite a few scenes which includes poor mattes, and bad editing for the ships (primarily the multitudes of TIE fighters). I will try to cover of them. Note: Often times the conversion to video looses a bit of quality. Floating mattes show up quite well due to this. Bad Matte's [?] Right after the rebels arrive at the Death Star, and they figure out that the shields are still up, after Admiral Akbar says It's a Trap!" followed by Lando saying, "Enemy fighters coming in". As the Millenium Falcon fly's directly at the audience, and leaves the screen (upper right), pause the picture. You will see 2 little white "H" shapes on the Falcon's underside, where space was reserved for 2 TIE fighters. As Doug Tooley points out, the tie fighters actually are in the scene. They were intended to be hidden behind the Falcon (which is why they are so small). You can see them before they cross the Falcon. It is simply a perspective problem which was messed up (understandable given the compexity of the scene). TIE Fighters [?] Jeffrey Gold writes: There is an inconsistency in the number of "window frames" in the Millenium Falcon's cockpit. The cockpit features a single circular window facing front, with a rim of windows immediately arround that, surrounded by more windows. It is the first rim of windows that has the inconsistency in A New Hope--when we see from inside the cockpit, there are only three windows, with window frames as so: _\/_ However, when we see an exterior shot of the Falcon, this rim is divided into quarters, as so: _\|/_ In the Empire Strikes Back, the interior of the Falcon is corrected to match with the outside (with the rim divided into four windows). [IV] MILLENIUM FALCON: STOWAWAYS WILL BE SHOT ON SIGHT [?] In the first scene of the Millenium Falcon's cockpit. Behind Han and Chewie, there is a person standing. A few seconds later they move out of the shot. Note: This may just be in the Letterbox version. [IV] MILLENIUM FALCON: FUZZY RACING DICE [?] Rajiv Udani writes: When Chewie runs to the cockpit to fly the Falcon out of Mos Eisley, his head hits 2 small objects that look very much like small dice. [VI] NEIN NUMB SPEAKS Lucas used several linguists to create languages for the aliens. The one which Nein Numb speaks is based off a Kenyan dialect. By accident or design, one of his lines ends up sounding like an actual sentence in this language. The actual sentence which can be heard is a matter of debate, with some believing he says, "One thousand herds of elephants are standing on my foot", and others believe it is, "Hey, you, look over here." Note: I have not heard any official information either way. [VI] OOPS, WATCH THE COSTUME [?] Oola, the green dancing girl in Jabba's palace accidentally "falls out of her costume" when Jabba is trying to drag her towards him. Her breast can be seen for 1 or 2 frames. [IV] PAPER AUDIENCE When the heroes recieve their medallions at the end of Star Wars IV, "A New Hope", most of the crowd is composed of cardboard cut-outs. [IV] R2-D2: BAD GUIDANCE SENSORS [?] At the beginning of the movie onboard the rebel corvette, which is currently attempting to escape an Imperial Star Destroyer. As Leia is giving a message to R2-D2, R2 starts to roll away. If the scene would have continued on, he would have rolled into the wall. [IV] R2-D2: BAD R2, BAD R2, YOU STAY...GOOD BOY. [?] Bryan Carolan Dunne writes: [?] C-3PO gets a dent on the right side of his head when he falls and breaks off his arm; he still has this dent throughout the movie, but in one shot at the end, when he's next to Leia in the Rebel Control Room, the film has been reversed -- the dent is on his left side, and Leia is now on the right of him. [IV] Dan Uslan writes: [?] When C-3PO and R2-D2 crash-land on Tattooine, C-3PO has a large grease stain down the left side of his chest. A few minutes later this stain is on the right side. [IV] SHELLS FOR LASER AMMUNITION? These are noticable in virtually any battle, the most noticeable is the battle with stormtroopers immediately after Leia has been pulled out of her cell (before she blows a hole in the wall) The laser rifles are actually modified Sterling 9mm submachine guns, and when filming the shoot-outs they used blank bullets (so they would know when they were fired, and they would simulate "kick-back") which eject spent cases as if they were real bullets. [IV] STORM TROOPER: LOW CLEARANCE Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are inside the trash compacter on the Deathstar. After the compactor has started up and Luke is yelling into the comlink. The camera cuts to C-3PO's comlink sitting on the table, then to the security door. The door opens and Storm Troopers walk in. The trooper behind and on the right of the lead trooper hits his head. Note: There has been a hot debate about whether this was supposed to happen, or was an accident, Ed Hirsh writes: The scene where the stormtrooper hits his head as he enters the communications room is not in the script. Here is the scene as it is written by George Lucas (Reprinted w/o permission): ---------[ begin Star Wars Script: INTERIOR: DEATH STAR -- MAIN GANTRY -- COMMAND OFFICE. A soft buzzer and the muted voice of Luke calling out for See-Threepio can be heard on Threepio's hand comlink, which is sitting on the deserted computer console. Artoo and Threepio are nowhere in sight. Suddenly there is a great explosion and the door of the control tower flies across the floor. Four armed stormtroopers enter the chamber. FIRST TROOPER: Take over! (pointing to the dead officer) See to him! Look there! ----------[ end Star Wars Script So the First Trooper was supposed to say "See to him!" But it was directed toward the previously killed officer!! [V] TIE PILOT GOES UP IN A BALL OF FLAME Ryan Smith writes: A friend of mine told me about reading a story on the special effects in the Star Wars movies just after Return of the Jedi came out. In the story, the special effects guy talked about them creating a scene in the Empire Strikes Back where a TIE Fighter pilot is visible in a ball of flame after his ship is blown up. After watching all the movies on his wide-screen laser disk version, we found it. In the Empire Strikes Back, side 2, frames 23967-23983. It is the scene where the Falcon first enters the asteroid field. The first TIE Fighter to get hit by an asteroid explodes. In the center of the explosion you can see the pilot (on fire) spinning from the center of the screen to the lower left. I checked it out on my letterboxed VHS version (from the beginning of the tape (not the beginning of the movie) it is 39 min. and 40 sec. (to 39 min. and 41 sec.)) it is visible but I only have a 3 head VCR and the freeze frame sucks. But it's there... honest. [V] TRAMPOLINES ABOARD CLOUD CITY? [?] When Luke is fighting Vader, after he knocks Vader off the edge and jumps down behind him. If you look and listen closely, you will hear Luke bounce on a trampoline-like device. Then, his head magically reappears at the bottom of the screen, for a short moment. [VI] WATCH THE HAIR [?] Geoff writes: In the Emperor's Throne Room during the duel between Luke and Vader, there is a scene where luke does a sumersault jump to a floor above where he originally was. If you look at the hair of Luke jumping, you will notice that the stunt double's hair is much more blonde than Mark Hamill's [V] WHITE PROTOCOL DROID [?] There are three scenes where a white protocol droid can be seen (rather than the more common silver or gold colors). The first is in the command post on Hoth. The white driod is standing to the left behind one of the glass monitors. It is in the shadows, so it could easilly be mistaken for C-3PO. The second time is in the scene that starts with the line, "We can't protect two transports at the same time". At the end of the scene the driod is standing to the right, in the background between two people. It is definitely not C-3PO, as he is standing in the foreground at the same time. Later, the droid is seen sitting in one of the chairs to the left of the command post, obviously non-functional at this time. [V] ZELOUS SECURITY MEASURES Lucas was concerned about preventing leaks with the Empire Strikes Back. Because of this, he had an elaborate security system set up which included logs of reports about leaks from actors. Lucas had special concern over the catwalk scene where Vader tells Luke he is his father. The lines Prowse actually spoke were "Obi Wan Kenobi is your father" not, "I am your father". The lines in the released film were added later, with the rest of Darth Vader's dialogue. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CONTRIBUTORS ----------------------------------------------------------------- I would like to give thanks to everybody who helped me compile the Bad Guide to Starwars (whether they know it or not). I tried to give them credit when I used direct information from them, or I could find who they were, otherwise they are all listed here (alphabetic by first name, sorry): Name E-mail Address Aaron Romanowsky romanow@vorpal.ucsb.edu Andy Hofle hofle@cs.utexas.edu Bryan Carolan Dunne carolan@owlnet.rice.edu Cleavy McKnight cleavy@pangea.Stanford.EDU Dan Uslan duslan@sdcc13.ucsd.edu Daniel Goldman dgoldman@Xenon.Stanford.EDU Daniel S. Highlands dh4x+@andrew.cmu.edu Darryll Hobson hobson@mprgate.mpr.ca David Kember (Gallandro) dkemper@oolong.hacks.arizona.edu Dax Shifrel dax@netlink.cts.com Doug Brod dbrod@eng.clemson.edu Doug Tooley djtooley@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca Ed Hirsh duke@apple.com Geoff (The Doctor) iigs@wam.umd.edu Jason Walsh jwalsh@morgan.ucs.mun.ca Jeff baker jkb@hurricane.ksu.ksu.edu Jefferey Gold jgold@mail.physics.utah.edu John Hagerman hagerman@ece.cmu.edu Kevin Lauderdale kxl@camis.stanford.edu Kevin Mitchell kam@genesis.MCS.COM Klaus Gassner kgassner@vax1.umkc.edu Mark Swartz swartz@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu Michael Clark ae604@Freenet.carleton.ca Michael Palencar redfive@ucscb.UCSC.EDU Mike (Starman) meg5184@hertz.njit.edu Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au Nathan Hill nnhill@david.wheaton.edu Neil NWA101@PSUVM.PSU.EDU Norm Yamane nyamane@nyx.UUCP Paul Joseph Mitchell mav+@CMU.EDU Rajiv Udani rku45136@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu Rob Johnson 2559johnsonr@vms.csd.mu.edu Robert Alan Danforth rd2b+@andrew.cmu.edu Ryan Smith mithry@uwstout.edu Scott B. Casteel sbc@po.CWRU.Edu Todd Chambers todd@goat.geo.arizona.edu