Thursday, 3 June 2021

AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: "THERE IS ANOTHER..."

"Now, matters are worse..."

Luke Skywalker has departed Dagobah against his Jedi Master Yoda's advice. "Now, matters are worse", but new hope in the struggle against the Empire may come from elsewhere, via the mysterious revelation made by Yoda of 'The Other', a dramatic story idea/jeopardy plot device deliberately created by Lucas to let the audience know that Luke Skywalker might not necessarily survive the arduous and dramatic events ahead...

On set, only Yoda was captured on film on the Dagobah set at Elstree - Sir Alec Guinness as Obi-Wan was added onto the shot in later filming. A scene of the X-wing lifting off was abandoned, and instead this effective moody shot showing the take-off lights over and above Yoda was replacement-used to better effect.

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