Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - Behind The Scenes | Practical Effects, Miniature

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  @chrisho6874 · 3 weeks ago

  I saw those Matt painting up close during a Star Wars exhibition back in the mid 90s and you can tell they are paintings when you look at them up close but then they do look more realistic when you step back and look at them from a small distance. It is amazing work. I saw the SF Transamerica Pyramid on the Death Star 2 Matt painting for the exterior of the hanger bays for the scene of the shuttle approaching the huge hanger bay.

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  @MiniMickTaylor1976 · 2 months ago

  we will NEVER get movies this good, ever again!!

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  @michaelsmiley15 · 2 months ago

  All of that still stands up as the superb practical effects of that era<br>As we have learned cgi is not a replacement for the methods

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  @mevb · 2 months ago

  Actually, George was intending Wookies to be the natives helping the Rebels but since Chewie was shown being Han Solo&apos;s co-pilot and therefore being able to use technology, the notion didn&apos;t work anymore, so he made the Ewoks, which was the opposite of Wookies.<br>Also, the close ups of Death Star II&apos;s surface, the tunnels inside and the core were separate models.

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  @Jovo-Gitarrist · 2 months ago

  What great art in every little detail and thousands of hours work and endurance.

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  @bflossthegod5370 · 2 months ago (edited)

  This has amazing practical and visual effects

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  @devonmiller8255 · 2 months ago

  Okay. Another correction that no one else has pointed out yet. The matte painting for the Sarlacc pit shot you showed wasn&apos;t used to expand the desert background or scenery. It was used to hide the support beams holding up the skiffs to make it look like they were floating. <br><br>A better example of a matte painting used to extend the set and make it look bigger than it actually was is the Rebel hanger bay.

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  @mattdawg83686 · 2 months ago

  The Death Star 2’s image was actually flipped for the movie.

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  @peterbumper2769 · 2 months ago

  the movie was filmed at Elstree studios, not pinewood

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  @Michael.Werker · 2 months ago

  Exactly because of these creatures Star Wars also appeared silly to me. It&apos;s like Sesame Street in Space.<br><br>The Dark Crystal does puppeteering much more believeable. Nearly all creatures were full sized and and are played by actors. The Skeksis also required multiple other people to support the actors inside the costumes. The movie took five years to make, and it shows.

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  @chrophechrophe9071 · 2 months ago

  Thanks for using real recording of your voice and no AI. It just makes a lot of difference and connects with me as a viewer in completely different way than with AI.

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  @solo3po · 2 months ago

  Hi! &nbsp;Why does some footage look like a 3D Version?

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