Here's how it goes. While looking for the rogue astromech droid, something makes a noise in the back of the speeder and Luke leans back to fix it while he and C-3PO talk about how they are going to explain their whereabouts when they get back. Most of these shots were filmed against a live projection of desert footage, much like you'd see on old TV shows when people were driving in cars. There's some great footage from these shots on the Star Wars Trilogy DVD set. But there's more...

After Luke and 3PO find R2-D2 in the Jundland Wastes, they go have a look for some Tusken Raiders. They find Obi-Wan Kenobi in the process, as you know. Later, when Luke goes back to "collect" C-3PO, we see Luke and Obi-Wan help the droid up but as they rise, a wipe takes us to the next scene. We never get to see the group making their way back to the landspeeder. Some of the pictures that accompany this article seem to indicate that there was a little more to this scene originally.

Oh, and let's not forget that stylin' poncho. Take note that in some of the photos below Luke is wearing his Tatooine poncho. It looks like they shot some takes with it and some without it. In the finished film, there was no poncho in most of the Tatooine shots. He wore it in a few shots here and there but for the most part, he was poncho-less throughout the film.

A couple of the black and white shots below were scanned from SFX Magazine, Issue #63 which has a nice spread of behind the scenes pictures. Try to find it on eBay if you can. Also included in the mix below is a picture of some peeping Tusken Raiders hiding behind a rock formation. This is probably just a promo still but I like it and thought I'd throw it in the mix here. It was quite popular back in the day and could be seen in books, on trading cards and on other promotional materials. Special thanks to Miel Angela Roman for the cover of American Film magazine. Everything else here is just from my personal collection of scans.

Description: Clip of Luke and C-3PO in the landspeeder from the Star Wars Trilogy DVD Bonus Disc documentary, EMPIRE OF DREAMS (submitted by Fernando Rendon).

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