The final preparations for Boba Fett's departure in Slave 1, with his special cargo aboard, begins, in this memorable establishing shot moment on Cloud City achieved with a matte painting that incorporated previous live-action filming accomplished at Elstree Studios.
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| Live action elements added to the plate. |
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| ILM conceptual art. |
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| Matte Panting genius Harrison Ellenshaw at work on the Slave 1 matte painting. |
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| Note the movie poster for Disney's The Black Hole, the labour of love project for father and son Ellenshaw, which was worked on before Harrison joined Empire. |
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| Slave 1 departs the East Platform, and soon receives blaster fire from a desperate Leia and Chewbacca. |
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| Storyboard of departure scene. |
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| The departure as captured in a frame from an original 1980 70mm print of the movie. |
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