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[personal profile] amedia
I love my laserdisc player. Just got done watching the original version of the original Star Wars trilogy widescreen. Happy sigh.

I'm trying to find that dratted sneaker that is supposedly in a space battle near the end of ROTJ. It's mentioned by the FX guy on the alternate audio track, but he doesn't say exactly where it is. I found detailed instructions online for looking for it, but all I got was a blobby grayish thing that didn't look obviously sneaker-ish.

Can anyone point me to a screencap of the dratted thing? Or an exact time index? (Any format will do - I also have the videotapes and the DVD's.) Much appreciated!




at http://www.totse.com/en/ego/science_fiction/starwars.html
a FAQ reportedly gathered from rec.arts.sf.starwars.

    My roommates have found the elusive tennis sneaker in Return
    of the Jedi. It is in the space battle scene right before
    the first blast from the Death Star destroys a rebel ship.
    One of the rebels says: "Three of them coming in 20 degrees."
    And then Wedge says "Cut to the left, I'll take the leader."
    Very soon after there is a view of space from inside a rebel
    ship. If you watch in the upper right hand side of the screen,
    after two TIE fighters explode (one for no apparent reason :-))
    a huge tennis sneaker appears. You can clearly see the treads
    on the bottom and you can begin to see a blue Nike-ish logo on
    the side. It is very quick so slow motion and freeze frame are
    essential. Once you notice it once, it is unbelievable that
    you had never seen it before. I hope this helps.

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