Mark Hamill and Bob Anderson – Return of the Jedi outtakes and alternate takes (1982)
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW DAMNED FAST THEY’RE MOVING?
“There’s no question that Luke is now an equal swordsman to Vader,” adds Hamill. “But Luke isn’t a sadist; he would never make Vader suffer, because I’m better at what a Jedi does than Darth Vader. So the question is, how do I resolve it?’ We were much more interested in the drama than in a long flashy fight.”
Diamond had therefore worked with Hamill and Anderson for a good four weeks of preparation, combining four martial arts with samurai, saber, foil, epée, and broadsword, drawing from his experience in more than 275 feature films. He had begun by plotting out all the footwork, as the style would come from the positioning of the feet, like ballet. “Mark’s progressed and he’s a very good swordsman now,” says Diamond. “But I have to think about how it’s going to look photographically. And of course an actor’s interpretation of character has to come into it. Errol Flynn couldn’t fence, but he knew photographically what looked good on the screen. Mark has now got a Flynn-quality about him.”
”Excerpt From: J.W. Rinzler & Brad Bird. “The Making of Return of the Jedi (Enhanced Edition).” Random House Publishing Group, 2013. iBooks. https://itun.es/us/4sm4N.l
So to anyone doubting how good a swordsman Mark was, or how hard he worked, as we had on another of these posts? Step off.
Oh, wow. It’s really obvious how much work is going on without the special effects to distract you…
#this is so fucking cool #mark is FLYING #just fucking vader up #you go boy #holy shit this is incredible #i want to see luke fuck up kylo next #this is some next level shit #my baby off to destroy people (via lucky-ducky-123)
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