AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: A HERO FALLS, RISES, AND FALLS AGAIN!

Ivor Beddoes art for the air-floating Luke sequence.

He may have made the ultimate descent but the hot air currents below him soon send Luke high upwards above a watching Vader, as the young Jedi then falls once again, accelerating faster to his sure doom, in a deleted moment partially filmed at Elstree Studios in July, 1979.

Darth Vader (Dave Prowse) watches Luke fly upwards before descending again.