With the capable Ric Olie at the controls- one of Naboo's finest pilots of ships and fighters, our fugitive heroes must now find some kind of safe haven from the Trade Federation to repair their damaged vessel. Their ultimate destination, against Captain Panaka's wishes: the gangster-controlled desert planet of Tatooine, a realm far away from their unsuspecting pursuers.
Note the position of Obi-Wan Kenobi in this above posed scene image, seated differently to the way he'd appear in the film.
"A lot of it will be done over and over again. And you're doing it for a very long time as well. And it's studio-based so you're always in whatever environment you are in. I mean you're not in Star Wars, you're not in space, you're sitting on a spaceship with a camera stuck in your face and all these people around you. You just want to be doing the real thing."
Ewan McGregor on filming space ship scenes - Empire magazine August 1999
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| "He's Harrison Ford without the laughs or the sex, unfortunately." Ralph Brown on Ric Olie- Empire magazine - August 1999. |
Playing Ric Olie would be amiable UK actor Ralph Brown, who'd prior appeared in big budget sci-fi with Alien 3 back in 1991. Originally, Brown played Olie with his British accent and saw his pilot character as being of a cool, calm and experienced disposition. The blockade running bridge scene was partially reshot in later bouts of principal photography during 1997, as Lucas wanted more drama from it- he asked Brown and the other cast to heighten their reactions to the danger ahead of them. Brown would also be required to re-dub/change Olie's voice to an American accent by post production.
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