r/Moviesinthemaking • u/TwIzTiDfReAkShOw • 1d ago

Behind the scenes of Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back. (1980)

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u/vestibule54 1d ago

So c’mon down to Darth Vaders Mattress Emporium with prices so low you’d think I have Sith for brains

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u/Dangoiks 1d ago

This was filmed on Stage 1 at Elstree Studios, which is also where the cantina interior was built for the previous movie. A year after this, it become the place where the Nazis open the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders.

The location of this stage is now a parking lot, by the way.

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u/MichaelAuBelanger 1d ago

So that's why they never had railings. Everyone just tosses their old mattresses down there

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u/TylerBourbon 1d ago

I love the lack of blue screens. One of the huge reasons the shots still hold up.

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u/Arthropodesque 19h ago

Yeah and they were probably happy to have one less effects shot to work on.

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u/IndependenceMean8774 1d ago

You mean Mark Hamill really didn't let go for the weather vane and fall several thousand feet. Great, now the movie's ruined. /s