Top 10 Star Wars Bloopers

While Star Wars may have been way ahead of its time with its special effects and thrilling visuals, some of the most memorable moments in the films were created using good old movie magic. When Han, Leia, Chewie and Lando are confronted by the menacing Darth Vader on Bespin, Han tries to shoot him, only to have his blaster torn from his hand by Vader using the Force. During filming, however, the actors and the camera all stopped for a moment, while a crewmember swapped out Han’s blaster. The rest of the scene was created by crewmembers throwing Han’s blaster through the air, and with Vader catching the prop repeatedly. Yep, nothing’s quite as amusing to watch as Vader playing catch with crewmembers.

Revenge of the Sith is one of the more serious films of the franchise, chronicling the rise of Darth Vader, but it wasn’t all doom and gloom on set. In a scene where Anakin carries an unconscious Obi-Wan away from battle, actor Hayden Christensen attempted to escape the scene through a fake door on set, mistaking it for the real door he was supposed to be using. After pressing the button and having nothing happen, Christensen’s told by the director that it’s the wrong door, which is followed by the off screen laughter of the crew and his moving to the correct door.

In one of the most iconic scenes of the original Star Wars film, Grand Moff Tarkin interrogates Princess Leia about the whereabouts of a rebel military base. When she refuses to give up the information, Tarkin exposes the true power of the newly built Death Star by destroying Alderaan, Leia’s homeworld. Yet, while filming this scene, the legendary Peter Cushing couldn’t get his lines out quite right, transforming from the terrifying Tarkin to a flustered actor right before everyone’s eyes, and leaving a young Carrie Fisher unable to keep a straight face.

No one is immune to messing up a line from time to time and for Billy Dee Williams, his moment came on the set of Return of the Jedi. In the cockpit of the Millennium Falcon, Lando is leading the assault on Imperial forces at Endor, only to find that it’s a trap. Williams makes several attempts at commanding the fighter pilots who accompany him. In fact, he stumbles over his words time and time again until finally giving up, proving that sometimes, just speaking can be as difficult as fighting a war.

While it’s common knowledge to anyone who has ever watched a blooper reel that actors often forget their lines, it’s less common that an actor completely forgets their stage directions. When deciding that it’s their duty to save Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin and Padme squabble, with Anakin wanting to keep Padme from danger. He grabs her arm in an attempt to keep her aboard their ship. Only, in this blooper, Hayden Christensen lets go of Natalie Portman’s arm too early. So when she, straight-faced and serious, tells him to let go of her arm, it takes them a second to realize that he isn’t even holding it in the first place. We, along with them, collapse into gales of laughter at the mistake.

If you’ve ever watched a Star Wars film, you know that some of the coolest modes of transportation are the speeders. Levitating off the ground, they can zip between trees, or fly high above cities. The Battle of Endor shows us a few stormtroopers chasing down rebels on some of these awesome vehicles. But they aren’t always as great as they seem. In this blooper, when a couple of stormtroopers fly by on screen, the guy on the speeder to the right has some pretty awful luck, as his vehicle takes him headfirst into a tree.

We all know and love R2 as the little blue-and-white astromech droid with a whole lot of personality, who follows Anakin and then Luke on their various adventures. But for such a little droid, filming with him brought a lot of trouble. As it turns out, R2 doesn’t do well over uneven terrain, and there’s a lot of footage of him rolling forward and toppling over mid-scene, startling both actors and crew alike …and interrupting some serious moments. Luckily for R2, he’s a lot smoother in the films than he is in real life.