Friday 10 September 2010

CLASSIC IMAGE: REBEL ASSEMBLY!


Those determined Classic Trilogy detectives at the REBELSCUM autograph forum's area have managed to correctly identify all of the main UK stunt team that worked on RETURN OF THE JEDI as Rebel Commandos (click on the image for a larger scan. Note: Mark Boyle should be read as Marc Boyle) - most of which also attended the Yuma/ Redwoods filming, playing multiple parts including Jabba's mercenaries and Stormtroopers, with special permission (for reasons of filming continuity) from the US government at that time in 1982. The group, headed by legendary STAR WARS stunt specialist Peter Diamond, would pose for a series of fun behind the scenes images taken on the Emperor's Throne Room set, alongside Mark Hamill and Bob Anderson as Darth Vader, at some point at ELSTREE studios between February and April 1982.

With thanks to Chris Baker for sending the above image)

And here's some other images from that fun shoot:

Rebels and Empire allied!

Vader (Bob Anderson) poses with the stint team.
A photo session presumably taken near the end of March/April 1982 filming at Elstree.

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