March/April 1976: On a Tunisian mountain within whats now known as STAR WARS Canyon, Mark Hamill, Sir Alec Guinness, and Anthony Daniels get ready to film a scene where our heroes look down towards the wretched hive of "scum and villainy" that is Mos Eisley space port (note Stills Photographer John Jay taking vista shots of the canyon, presumably for possible matte painting/photo background reference). The camera angle looking forwards from Luke's Landspeeder never made the final cut, instead replaced with a matte composite plate shot put over a wide image of California's Death Valley, filmed by Lucas and a small Second Unit later in STAR WARS 1977 Post-Production.
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| As seen from the other side: note Gary Kurtz taking the photo and John Stears laying besides Artoo. Image: via Filmumentaries site. |
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| Angle as seen from rear camera, not in finished film. If used, the Mos Eisley matte would have replaced the foreground. |
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