Star Wars Mistakes That Slipped Right By You

Even in a galaxy far, far away, everyone makes mistakes—and that includes Jedi masters, Sith lords and George Lucas. The cast and crew behind Star Wars ushered in a new era of computer-generated special effects and digital filmmaking, but they were all still inherently human. If you look beyond the lightsabers, it’s apparent in the myriad mistakes and missteps you can find in each of the movies in the saga. And that’s not even counting anything to do with Jar Jar Binks. Check out 10 Star Wars mistakes you might have missed.

 

Star Wars: The force is strong with that jacket

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Who knows what weirdness you might find at a Jedi’s place? When Luke Skywalker swings by Obi-Wan Kenobi’s hut to try out his dad’s lightsaber, there’s initially a jacket hanging from the archway. But after a cutaway shot, the jacket must have gone to the dark side, because it’s nowhere to be seen.

 

The Empire Strikes Back: Han Solo’s crazy carbonite

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Being frozen alive in a block of carbonite can’t be a ton of fun, but Han Solo seems to have found a way to let loose. His arms are clearly bound behind his back when he’s lowered into the freezing chamber in The Empire Strikes Back. But when he’s set free in Return of the Jedi, Solo’s arms are somehow unshackled. What really happened in there?

 

Empire Strikes Back: Millennium flyby

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George Lucas took special effects light years into the future with Star Wars, but his team at Industrial Light & Magic were learning on the job. To depict asteroids, they used everything from old shoes to recycled shots of space ships—including one that’s very familiar. In a view from the helm of the Millennium Falcon, you can briefly see the ship fly past itself in the middle of a barrel roll.

 

The Phantom Menace: Keira Knightley is hard to spell

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There’s a reason people forget Keira Knightley was in The Phantom Menace before Pirates of the Caribbean: the British actress plays Sabé, a handmaiden who serves as the costumed decoy of Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman) throughout most of the movie. But the fact that Knightley’s first name is misspelled in the end credits probably doesn’t help either.

 

Return of the Jedi: Lando Calrissian flips

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Lando Calrissian reveals himself to be two-faced in The Empire Strikes Back, but he unintentionally takes it to a literal level in Return of the Jedi. As he playfully calls his pal Han Solo a “pirate,” Calrissian is suddenly shown wearing all his clothes the opposite way.

 

Star Wars: Stormtrooper vanish

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Obi-Wan Kenobi uses the Force to convince stormtroopers that C-3PO and R2-D2 aren’t the droids they’re looking for. But he apparently could’ve just made them disappear. After a quick cut, the trooper who was right behind them suddenly vanishes.

 

The Force Awakens: Rey makes her point

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In The Force Awakens, it’s pretty clear that Rey is far from an ordinary young woman—but at one point, she does something incredibly extraordinary on board the Millennium Falcon. As she points at something with her right hand in a close-up, the wide shot shows her pointing with her left.

 

The Empire Strikes Back: Model misbehavior

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In 1980, the action sequences revolving around the Empire’s large AT-AT Walkers were larger than life. But looking back, some of the practical special effects seem a little crude. When one of the massive transporters comes tumbling down in The Empire Strikes Back, you can’t miss the piece used to tip over the miniature model.

 

Star Wars: Darth Vader’s quick change

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When Darth Vader takes on Obi-Wan Kenobi during an epic lightsaber battle, Vader also inadvertently takes on the laws of physics. The buttons on his chest plate first appear on Vader’s right, then they switch to his left. If you look closely, you’ll see it’s because the entire shot is reversed.

 

Attack of the Clones: Who’s that Youngling?

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Although the Jedi Younglings that Yoda trains are capable of some astounding things, one appears just a little more capable. After a cutaway, the little guy with the reptilian face who starts the shot out near the back of the group is suddenly at the head of the class. It’s probably just a continuity error, but it could also be that kid’s best attempt to impress his wily green teacher.

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