Yowie! It's Stormtrooper Bloopers!

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This page is dedicated to Stormtrooper scenes and out-takes. I like to affectionetly call it "The StormTrooper Bloopers"! Many of these frames have not been seen outside of the Star Wars studios and not since the early eighties. It has taken me many years of restoration work for some of these stills, but I think you'll appreciate the effort. It's sometimes truly bizarre to see what some of the original footage and ideas for the Star Wars movies were.

For some time, Star Wars was planned as a musical. This is one of the early scenes where we can see an R2 unit and stormtrooopers in the middle of a gay song before battle. Why the decision to leave out musical numbers was made many fans still wonder about.

Sometimes the actors humor got the better of them, like in this shot, where, after filming, all the stormtoopers walked out of the movie lot and across the street to a Big Boy restaurant. They thought it a fine joke until the police arrived to look into the "alien invasion force" reported by a frightened young clerk name Emilio Estevez.

"Imperial Death Squad rides around town on their lowrider speedercycles" Obviously cut for political reasons (aka the Canadian revolution)

(Little known fact: The crimson guard costume was made entirely from purchases from a Frederick's of Hollywood catalog)

This was a scene from the original Star Wars where the Stormtroopers where searching for C3P0 and R2D2 on Tatoonine. Here they have stopped a local yokel outside of Mos Eisley to inquire about the droids. Hmmm, I know this one should be easy, but I'm having trouble coming up with anything to say about it.... Boo!

The infamous joybuzzer scene! Much rumor was spread about this in the late 70's, but now I can finally prove it's existence. Doubt no more! Here we see a young Obi-wan and his comedic sidekick Jawa friend distract a stormtrooper while C3-PO tackles him from behind. Tatoonine had more shrubs then....

Because it was felt that the TIE fighter pilot outfit made their asses look big, the actors who wore them insisted on only being shot from the chest up. (P.S. look at their big asses! ha ha)

In this shot, you'll notice there is a midget snow stormtrooper. He was later cut fromt he film after much debate about who could be a stormtrooper and who couldn't. The midgets were later used as Ewoks though, so don't feel bad.

Here's a behind the scenes shot. We can see Sgt. "Bustamove" making a pass at Carrie Fisher during a filming break. Hello McFly!!!

( You may not be able to see it, but the TIE fighter pilot breathing apparatus was simply a sump pump)

Original stormtrooper design concept based on sketches by Bill Cosby (creator of Fat Albert). Later designs by Ralph McQuarrie (a professional artist) were eventually chosen over these.

Mr. Lucas is always known for doing new things. For example, the original commander of the Death Star was the young tike in the front of the picture. After finding it hard to adjust camera angles to fit everyone and many costly speech sessions, he was dropped. (Note to Mr. Belvedere fans: Guess who the tall guy in the picture is.....)

	For some time, Star Wars was planned as a musical. This is one of the early scenes where we can see an R2 unit and stormtrooopers in the middle of a gay song before battle. Why the decision to leave out musical numbers was made many fans still wonder about.
	Sometimes the actors humor got the better of them, like in this shot, where, after filming, all the stormtoopers walked out of the movie lot and across the street to a Big Boy restaurant. They thought it a fine joke until the police arrived to look into the "alien invasion force" reported by a frightened young clerk name Emilio Estevez.
	"Imperial Death Squad rides around town on their lowrider speedercycles" Obviously cut for political reasons (aka the Canadian revolution) (Little known fact: The crimson guard costume was made entirely from purchases from a Frederick's of Hollywood catalog)
	This was a scene from the original Star Wars where the Stormtroopers where searching for C3P0 and R2D2 on Tatoonine. Here they have stopped a local yokel outside of Mos Eisley to inquire about the droids. Hmmm, I know this one should be easy, but I'm having trouble coming up with anything to say about it.... Boo!
	The infamous joybuzzer scene! Much rumor was spread about this in the late 70's, but now I can finally prove it's existence. Doubt no more! Here we see a young Obi-wan and his comedic sidekick Jawa friend distract a stormtrooper while C3-PO tackles him from behind. Tatoonine had more shrubs then....
	Because it was felt that the TIE fighter pilot outfit made their asses look big, the actors who wore them insisted on only being shot from the chest up. (P.S. look at their big asses! ha ha)
	In this shot, you'll notice there is a midget snow stormtrooper. He was later cut fromt he film after much debate about who could be a stormtrooper and who couldn't. The midgets were later used as Ewoks though, so don't feel bad.
	Here's a behind the scenes shot. We can see Sgt. "Bustamove" making a pass at Carrie Fisher during a filming break. Hello McFly!!! ( You may not be able to see it, but the TIE fighter pilot breathing apparatus was simply a sump pump)
	Original stormtrooper design concept based on sketches by Bill Cosby (creator of Fat Albert). Later designs by Ralph McQuarrie (a professional artist) were eventually chosen over these.
	Mr. Lucas is always known for doing new things. For example, the original commander of the Death Star was the young tike in the front of the picture. After finding it hard to adjust camera angles to fit everyone and many costly speech sessions, he was dropped. (Note to Mr. Belvedere fans: Guess who the tall guy in the picture is.....)