Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> What I can't figure out is how the hell they did the *original* effects 
> in the film...

They used a wooden dowel wrapped with reflective tape. You'll notice that 
almost every time it "extends" in the original Episode IV movie, they're 
lifting it up, or turning it to the side, or doing something else that lets 
the perspective work out such that it looks like it's getting longer.

Then, you sit down and have someone with an xacto knife scratch the film on 
each frame where the blade is and then paint over it.

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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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