Star Wars Memory

Before my shame I had a chance to work on Episode One, while I was working at ILM, I was offered the opportunity to be an extra for the Special Edition of Return of the Jedi. I wasn't sure of exactly what was being shot, but I signed up and one Saturday, several dozen LucasFilm, Lucas Digital, and Skywalker Sound employees gathered in the lot between C- and A-Building at Kerner Blvd. Already there were tailors and curators from the Archives with crates of costumes, a mixture of re-created and original costumes from the first three films.
Luck would have me wedged into a size-smaller Imperial Officer's uniform from the original RotJ, boots and all!


It was "blink and you'll miss it" moment at the end of the film, during the celebration scene on Coruscant. So much so, that I have never been able to point myself out in any of the VHS or DVD re-releases. But just recently, I have been able to get my hands on still from the Blue-Ray release of the film.