Unearthed Behind-the-Scenes Photos

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Lucasfilm / Disney

The filming of the climactic moment from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back can be seen here, as Mark Hamill pretends to be dangling off the edge of an abyss while receiving a family history lecture from David Prowse. What’s not visible in the finished movie are all the old matresses below Hamill, ready to catch him when he falls.

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