Here's a great shot-a classic moment- of the Rebels retreating from the Hoth battlefield whilst General Veers lead AT-AT Walker is about to destroy the power generators. This is a clever image but it also shows a mistake. The mistake is that the Rebels look like they are running away from the battle, and the Walker, but they
are not running away. Look carefully, and, despite the rear explosion near a troopers leg, you'll see that they are
running forward into battle- you can see the gun emplacements and some still dug in Rebels pointing their weapons
the other way. Obviously, Lucas, Editor Paul Hirsch and ILM got hold of a live action plate and added the Walker behind it, extending the action sequence itself and creating a whole new scene of tension and excitement from it- making the most out of one of the then unused angles from the battle that had been filmed-but never completed in its entirety (due to bad weather)- by the Second Unit at Norway in early 1979.
Amazingly, thirty years on, it was only whilst watching EMPIRE recently that I noticed this.
Very ingenious, eh?
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