Summary: The first thing Wedge Antilles ever learned about Luke
Skywalker is that if the man says he’s going to do something, he really
is going to do it. It’s great except for when it’s terrifying, but
mostly it’s great.
A) FEELS TRAIN, ALL ABOARD
B) SO MANY SPOILERS FOR ROGUE ONE. Go see the movie first.
I stumbled upon this ballet mime guide the other day. It’s really neat. When I first started watching ballet, I really struggled to understand anything the dancers were “saying”. This would’ve been helpful back then.
Mark Hamill and Bob Anderson – Return of the Jedi outtakes and alternate takes (1982)
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW DAMNED FAST THEY’RE MOVING?
“There’s no question that Luke is now an equal swordsman to Vader,” adds Hamill. “But Luke isn’t a sadist; he would never make Vader suffer, because I’m better at what a Jedi does than Darth Vader. So the question is, how do I resolve it?’ We were much more interested in the drama than in a long flashy fight.”
Diamond had therefore worked with Hamill and Anderson for a good four weeks of preparation, combining four martial arts with samurai, saber, foil, epée, and broadsword, drawing from his experience in more than 275 feature films. He had begun by plotting out all the footwork, as the style would come from the positioning of the feet, like ballet. “Mark’s progressed and he’s a very good swordsman now,” says Diamond. “But I have to think about how it’s going to look photographically. And of course an actor’s interpretation of character has to come into it. Errol Flynn couldn’t fence, but he knew photographically what looked good on the screen. Mark has now got a Flynn-quality about him.” ”
Excerpt From: J.W. Rinzler & Brad Bird. “The Making of Return of the Jedi (Enhanced Edition).” Random House Publishing Group, 2013. iBooks. https://itun.es/us/4sm4N.l
So to anyone doubting how good a swordsman Mark was, or how hard he worked, as we had on another of these posts? Step off.
Oh, wow. It’s really obvious how much work is going on without the special effects to distract you…
While I was making cherry almond clusters, I was thinking about that post about Leia being Bail and Mothma’s big plan to deal with the Death Star, and now I’m sad that we never got to see Obi-Wan deal with Leia.
Can you imagine? He sees the message from Artoo and he’s like, “wow, she looks like Padme, wow, Bail and Breha did a great job, but she’s in trouble so let’s go.” And then he’s stuck on the Falcon with Han and Luke and he’s like, it will be so nice to talk to a calm, reasonable person again, because Han is amusing but annoying and Luke is–Luke is too many memories of his father and a sweetness that Obi-Wan doesn’t want to see stripped from him, and it’s not the boy’s fault Obi-Wan has all this baggage, but Leia will be refreshingly baggage-free.
And then he meets her.
omg poor obi wan
it’s not like he ever forgot about anakin’s temper and passion but I guess he never thought what that would be like to deal with after being raised by two consummate politicians and rebel leaders
And her impatience and willingness to shoot first and maybe ask questions later.
Obi-Wan would suddenly feel even more ancient and yet also twenty years younger all at once. And she would just be like, “Well, do you have an idea, General? I’d hoped you were smarter than these two moon jockeys you brought with you–my father speaks very highly of you. But if you need me to take charge, get out of the way.”
‘I just thought you’d be more like Padme’
*Leia huffs in annoyance, pulls a blaster out of nowhere and wades in to sort shit out*
‘Okay, I may have conveniently forgotten that about Padme’
Ha yes! And meanwhile, Han’s like, “whew, she’s finally yelling at someone else, you handle her, old man.”
And Leia is like, “I do not need to be handled!” each word punctuated by another blaster shot. “Do you moof milkers have a plan for getting out of here, or do I have to do that myself, too?”
Luke is following along like it’s the latest holodrama Uncle Owen never let him watch, half in awe and half jealous, though he’s not sure if it’s Obi-Wan’s or the princess’s attention he really wants.
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