The world of Star Wars is full of mysterious figures and secrets. The movies also hide some details that are only discovered decades later. In Star Wars: Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith, someone is hiding in the background. After 20 years, we finally know who it is.
What kind of figure is that? Star Wars: Episode 3 – Revenge of the Sith is one of the most popular films in the Star Wars saga. The path to the dark side of Anakin Skywalker fascinates many fans even 20 years after its release.
In this film, the fight between Anakin and Obi-Wan Kenobi is the highlight. If you pause at the right moment, you can discover a mysterious person, but this is not a Force ghost, rather it’s just a regular guy.
20 years later, we finally know who the mysterious figure is
What kind of mysterious figure is that? If you pause Revenge of the Sith at around 01:59:03:21 in the Disney+ version, you can see a figure behind Anakin in a single frame before he jumps away from the droid.
20 years later, we finally know: it’s not a secret in the movie; it’s just an ordinary guy. In his special effects blog, Todd Vaziri explains how this scene came about. Todd Vaziri is a specialist in visual effects who has worked on many films, including Transformers, Avatar, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and indeed Star Wars: Episode 3.
To find out how this image was created, he searched archives for greenscreen footage. According to him, it took 24 hours to sift through several terabytes of footage, find the desired data, and upload it to their server.
He found the original footage and saw the man standing behind Anakin. According to him, it was probably someone from the stunt team who did not wear a robe to hide in the greenscreen. During the editing of the footage, it seems that the man’s head was not removed in the final version.
He explains that while they try to present every shot perfectly in the final product and also check retrospectively, mistakes happen when thousands of shots are created.
To be honest, this mistake is hardly visible even when watching normally. To see the man’s head, you really need to pause at the perfect spot knowingly. In the production of the Star Wars series, they often had to trick, even with the lightsabers: The old lightsabers from Star Wars and street signs have something in common, and the trick is genius
