BEHIND THE SCENES: REBEL DEFENDERS!

Despite the cold, and costumes ultimately not good enough to endure the conditions, Associate Producer Jim Bloom settles into his role as a ground gunner alongside the Norwegian Red Cross and other UK crew members playing Rebel soldiers, whilst on location in Norway, April 1979, during key Second Unit filming for THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. Donning a fighter pilot costume, Bloom would also act as a hand double for Luke ejecting down from the belly of an AT-AT during insert work with the film's ILM post production.