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Can Someone specificly give the picture of the Tennis Shoe in the Battle of Endor ???

Discussion in 'Classic Trilogy' started by Darth_Indy, Apr 14, 2003.

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  1. Darth_Indy

    Darth_Indy Jedi Youngling

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    Can Someone specificly give the picture of the Tennis Shoe in the Battle of Endor ???

    Also, I would like to see the Potato in the Asteroid field
     
  2. Darth Jamus

    Darth Jamus Jedi Padawan star 4

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    The new INSIDER states the following:

    "Popular legend has it that the ILM effects artists inserted a tennis shoe into the final space battle, but efforts to locate the errant shoe have proven fruitless. If you know where it is, by all means throw us a bone."


    You may be out of luck on this issue!
     
  3. La_Capitan

    La_Capitan Jedi Youngling star 1

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    I had heard about the potatoe, but this is the first I had heard of a shoe.
     
  4. ratmankey

    ratmankey Jedi Master star 4

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    I've never seen the shoe in ROTJ, but there IS a tennies show in the asteroid field in ESB. I dunno where to find an image of it, but eeggs.com has a pretty good description of its location.
     
  5. zombie

    zombie Jedi Master star 4

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    i saw a picture of it on the net once. Wish i could remember what site is was on.
     
  6. Dark Lady Mara

    Dark Lady Mara Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    [image=http://www.geocities.com/area51/dunes/9281/graphics/nike2_a.gif]

    This isn't a great pic, but it's the best I've found.
     
  7. LottDodd

    LottDodd Jedi Master star 4

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    The Pic isn't working.... Help us DarkLadyMara... You're our only hope!
     
  8. dArTh_wenley

    dArTh_wenley Jedi Knight star 5

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    Just drag and drop into your address bar.
     
  9. Dark Lady Mara

    Dark Lady Mara Manager Emeritus star 7 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Whoops. I forgot about Geocities's weirdness when it comes to remote linking. Try putting a question mark at the end of the URL.
     
  10. Ret

    Ret Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Well I guess it could be in that pic.
     
  11. LottDodd

    LottDodd Jedi Master star 4

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    The Shoe is Supposed to be in Jedi... There is a Potato in Empire!
     
  12. jimkk29

    jimkk29 Jedi Padawan star 4

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    That thing in the pic doesn't look at all like a shoe.
     
  13. Darth Jamus

    Darth Jamus Jedi Padawan star 4

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    From the article of the current INSIDER entitled FX KARMA:

    To the untrained eye, one on-screen ship from RETURN OF THE JEDI might look less like the Millennium Falcon that something far more ordinary - a tennis shoe - but it played its part in arguably the greatest space battle ever filmed. The pitched warfare over Endor was the most demanding assignment George Lucas had presented to the artist at Industrial Light & Magic up to that time, and it remains the standard by which all others must be measured. That a flying tennis shoe could remain unseen amid the tumult and chaos of some 50 ships careening into combat is a testament to the acheivement of former ILM effects virtuoso Ken Ralston, who supervised the sequence.....

    .....Which brings us back to Ralston's tennis shoe - among other things - and the fact that it's an amazing accomplishment just to see how many ships there are buzzing around the moon of Endor, or how many ships there seems to be. "I was always trying to stick stuff into shots," Ralston laughs. "JEDI has my tennis shoes and also a yogurt container as part of the ships in the background! Who would know? It's like there's all this stuff going on - and I thought, 'Hey, it'd be fun.' It was my way of just saying, 'See what you can get away with?' Some people noodle this stuff so much, fretting about it, but it's like, you know, you can't tell what this stuff is - just stick it out there!"


    You will not be able to find these items in ROTJ. They are background ships that simply cannot be made out for what they really are. Ralston even stated in the article that some of the Rebel capital ships are wads of chewing gum on the glass for some of the distant backgound shots!
     
  14. Angel_Blue01

    Angel_Blue01 Jedi Master star 2

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    I can't see the shoe in Dark Lady Mara picture!

    Can you circle it or something?
     
  15. Darth Jamus

    Darth Jamus Jedi Padawan star 4

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    It is the asteroid in the foreground at the bottom of the screen, just below and to the right of the Falcon. Put in your movie and pause it or watch it in slow-mo and it is quite obvious! :D
     
  16. Spacehunter24

    Spacehunter24 Jedi Padawan star 4

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    Here. This website shows where both the shoe and the potato are in the asteriod field. I just came across it.

    http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Lair/5100/shoe.html
     
  17. Ret

    Ret Jedi Grand Master star 6

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    Wait so they're right there in front of the cockpit? Hard to believe. Everyone could see them then.
     
  18. han_solo_321

    han_solo_321 Jedi Padawan star 4

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    What about the shoe in the battle of Endor?
     
  19. Darth Jamus

    Darth Jamus Jedi Padawan star 4

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    You won't be able to see the shoe, see my above posts!
     
  20. LeiaHair

    LeiaHair Jedi Master star 4

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    speaking of seeing hidden things... did anyone see the Millenium Falcon in Eps II? My best friend said she saw it, but i have yet to see it.

    leia
     
  21. obi_wan_kanathan

    obi_wan_kanathan Jedi Padawan star 4

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    At the end of the scene where it shows the transport that Anakin and Padme are in landing at Naboo, look at the very left of the scene on the landing platform. You should see it.
     
  22. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    What are you talking about Leia, I never said I saw it! :p

    -sj loves kevin spacey
     
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