Saturday, December 17, 2016

Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope

A couple days ago, I re-watched Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope in preparation for seeing Rogue One in the cinema.  This isn't the usual type of post I write here, but I noticed something about the sets.

Over the summer, I watched a panel from Star Wars Celebration 2016 titled Star Wars Archaeology in which it's mentioned that design elements in the Star Wars movies are re-used.  For example, the set of the Death Star corridors was filmed from different angles to give the impression of different areas.  Re-watching A New Hope recently, I found something else that was re-used.

Near the beginning of the movie, stormtroopers blast through the door of the rebel blockade runner:


Here's a close-up of the door:


This same door (orange now instead of white) appears again in Mos Eisley.  Right before Luke sells his landspeeder, R2-D2 and C-3PO hide behind this door when more stormtroopers come walking down the street:



Here are those two screenshots side-by-side: