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15 Blink-And-You-Miss-It Mistakes Found In The 'Star Wars' Movies
The Star Wars movie franchise has been excessively analyzed by fans since Episode IV – A New Hope premiered in theaters in 1977. The massive popularity of the franchise also led to some fans uncovering the most hidden or unnoticed mistakes, continuity errors and visual gaffes.
For instance, in Attack of the Clones, Ki-Adi Mundi's lightsaber inexplicably changes color during the Geonosis Battle, while Darth Vader's chestplate appears reversed between shots in A New Hope.
Moreover, these moments offer a nostalgic call back to these movies' productions and the amount of love fans have, going deeper to investigate every single scene to find small mistakes left by the crew.
In Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), Ki-Adi Mundi's lightsaber changes color during the Geonosis Battle
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In “Star Wars” (1977), during the ‘Droids for Sale’ scene, you can see wires hanging from the back of C-3PO’s head and down his back. These were used to light up C-3PO’s eyes and were forgotten to be hidden before the camera started rolling.
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In the duel on Mustafar, the saber in Obi-Wan's Hand changes from his hilt to Anakin's Graflex hilt when they wrestle…
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In Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) In the scene where Han retrieves his tauntaun to go and find Luke. You can see the medic droid, 2-1B, examining a dead tauntaun. This is actually a remnant of a cut subplot involving a group of wampas
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If Han's hands were bound when he was frozen in Carbonite, how are his hands raised in the end result?
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A continuity mistake shows a stormtrooper telling Darth Vader the Death Star plans are not in the main computer.
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When the Jawas are walking toward Luke to take the damaged droid, there's no more smoke coming from it but in the following shot, there's a lot of smoke.
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When a stormtrooper stands guard by the door of the control room, the door is low enough for someone to hit their head on.
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When the Tusken Raiders are seen raiding Luke's speeder, you can actually see the wheels or at least whatever is holding it up off the ground.
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Just after the Falcon takes off from Mos Eisley, there's a shot of the Falcon with Star Destroyers chasing. The next shot is of Han Solo alone in the cockpit.
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When Obi-wan and Luke are watching the hologram of Princess Leia projected onto a small table, the objects on the table change position and number in each shot.
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When Leia shoots a hole in the detention area wall for their escape, the hole is not big enough to jump through, but when they all jump in, the hole is much bigger.
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When Luke is in Obi-Wan's house trying Anakin's lightsaber, the coat behind him keeps appearing and disappearing.
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In the first shot of the Millennium Falcon in the special edition, the top of the ship is missing its radar dish.
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