I Watched the Battle of Endor in 0.25x Speed and Here's What I Found 

*You should totally see scenes that aren't just battles, like when Luke wants to negotiate with Jabba, there's a bunch of extras doing weird stuff in the background.*

Han's ghost reflection is from the plexiglass safety barrier separating Harrison Ford from the explosion behind him.

I never noticed Lando entering. I think the reason Han and Leia are sitting out at the beginning of the Ewok party is because they were waiting to see if Luke made it. Plus the rebel pilot at the end is Wedge.

I fully support placing Rex at the battle of endor. The old character was a joke character with a pun name off of Santa Claus so making him into Rex is an easy change.

Leia's shoes are definitely tendon, and sinew from an animal. Ewoks are carnivores, and also the apex predators forming hunting parties to eliminate larger predators. Scariest part, they have the cognitive functions to be introduced to new technology, and without instructions turn on and fly a speeder bike/run an imperial walker.

13:31 I think the two ewoks on each side not doing anything and watching the catapult launches were standing next to the pulley/levers so that they could immediately wind up for a reload. Maybe due to their small nature, it requires a bunch of them. Of course, this doesnt happen since the At St blasts them.

After watching all of Clone Wars and Rebels with my dad, seeing Rex on Endor was such a fun moment for us. When I told my dad it was him, his smile was priceless ♥️

The Ewok shooting the blaster is called Flitcee! Also the two Ewoks we see running around and swinging with Chewie change to different ones once they enter the AT- ST. The ginger one with white cheeks is Widdle W Warrick, older brother of Wicket and is played by Tony Cox of Bad Santa fame.

I think most of this scene was done all at once at different angles and cut to look as separate shots. The stormtrooper being thrown over Han's shoulder was in both shots.

12:31 it looks like he's holding mauls lightsaber.

When the Ewoks were using the catapults you mentioned it only takes three. It takes more. One on each side man's the cranking mechanism - that's what the two on either side are for, you have to crank the arm back down and lock it before you can reload and fire again. Just the crank and lock takes three to five people. Then one to two to load the rock and then the whole gang to move and aim the thing

18:04 Fun fact: This Guy was in every space battle of the original trilogy an is actually Ewan McGregors uncle

You need to do battle of umbara from clone wars season 4. It's insane and should have so many little things in there. (Its the one with the mf frog bch)

Dude the battle of endor is my favorite battle of all time, return of the jedi is my favorite movie of the entire starwars franchise also at 10:17 im pretty sure thats the sad looking stormtrooper from earlier, poor guy

I used to always notice “Rex” in this movie (although not as many times as you pointed out) I actually have an action figure of that guy in the scout trooper uniform… it’s so cool they turned him into Rex

7:23 the one time that armor ACTUALLY protected the wearer from something XD

10:19 OMG !!!! It's the same scene as before !!!! Look at Chewbacca !!! He grabs the rebel and helps him get on his feet while Leia kicks the stormtrooper !!!!! Her next move is to kill the officer who stands on the At-st !!!! You can even see her pointing her gun higher !!!!!! It's exactly the same scene but from a different side !!!!!! 10:46 that's also a scene with Han from a different side !!!!!

Ive noticed from this battle over the years is that the same footage is used but from different camera angles. Like when the storm trooper flipped over at 11:10, that was a different angle of han flipping him over when the battle started. You can see Han was the one doing it from behind the ewok. And Leia kicking that storm trooper around the same time point is just her when she did it earlier but from a different angle. I'm pretty sure you can see Chewbacca throwing that stormtrooper onto the other one at least 1 other time from a different angle.

Honestly wouldn’t mind if while shooting for the Ahsoka series they had Temuera Morrison (if he is actually playing Rex) shoot a little scene of him dancing in front of a green screen to add into a shot at the end of ROTJ

Ok I have to say this is one of my favorite battles from Star Wars. Also there is a variety of camera angles that make it seem like Leia has kicked 4 storm troopers, when in reality it’s just 2.

This series is amazing, let’s all appreciate how long this takes; the Battle of Endor is 1h 37m, and in 0.25 speed the that means it’s x4. Oof, that’s 5h 27m. That takes effort, thanks Michael.

This and the battle of hoth are my favourite battles in star wars and i cant tell you how much i love playing on hoth and endor in the battlefront games and cant wait to play on them in the skywalker saga.

I've been watching Star Wars since the early eighties, and still finding stuff I've not noticed. You've brought that to jedi level. Well done . Your videos are awesome.

15:35 he didnt even mention that carrie started laughing there lol

I love that Rex being on Endor was made canon, because its so fitting. Rex fought alongside Anakin, and now he's fighting alongside Leia Organa who is actually a Skywalker. I hope we get to see that battle revisited in Ashoka as a flashback, assuming Rex will be added to the live-action series starring Rosario Dawson. Considering Rex has only ever been in franchises that had Ashoka as a titular character, it would be odd to see Rex never appear in the Ashoka tv series. Even if its just a recurring role, like Gina Carano's character, I'd be fine with that. Anyway, such a flashback would recast the old man with Tumera Morrison as Captain Rex, and we can have the battle focused on that character. He could even show up at Vader's grave to honor Anakin Skywalker who Vader had become one last time. Maybe Vader's grave could be the opening scene for Ashoka, as it'd make sense for that to be where Rex and the ex-jedi reunited. Sorry for the rambling. I just have a lot to say. Now, concerning the Ewok trying to use the storm trooper battle... would be hilarious. It'd be something akin to the scene in the 5th Element where the blaster would blow up and the ewok would be sent flying, and logic would dictate the ewok would eventually learn how to use it properly without exploding the weapon. of course, the ewok would still have terrible aim and the blasts would hit every random thing.

You have to analyze the Battle of Umbara and the Battle of Ringo Vinda. It's a MUST!

i re-watched Jedi a few weeks ago, and noticed, right before the credits roll, Chewie is absolutely doing a little jig barely in frame. Can't believe I never saw it before!

Michel always says that the bearded old rebel is Rax, but in fact he doesn't have confidence, they asked Dave Filone himself, who is just one of the great heads of STAR WARS and also George Lucas' apprentice, says he doesn't care if he is Rex or not , he just wants to be faithful to his master , that is not Rex , but he says you can think what you want . You who are reading can say that in Rebels it was said that he fought in the battle, and yes it was said, but it was not said if it was a pilot or infantry. But if Dave Filone said you can find whatever you want then it's not wrong.

I love how the context behind these scenes changed with time thanks to The Clone Wars and Rebels. It makes Endor more tolerable (i hate the Ewoks).

Actually that’s still Nik Sant, they haven’t canonically changed it as of yet. Dave Filoni even went on to say that he heavily considered it but in the end he decided to respect the canon and keep the character as Nik Sant rather than retcon him just because he wants to.

Explanation to make sense of why they weren't shooting much: the ground is covered with dry needles and such, so they wouldn't want to unnecessarily start a forest fire. (And I know the Empire was blasting stuff with the AT-ST's, but still).

I have an explanation for the stormtrooper with Hans blaster. I'm universe, Han has a modified DL-44, so what if that is supposed to represent a standard DL-44

2:49 imagine being so cool the writers included you before they knew you existed

14:29 If you want to see Ewoks fire blasters, I recommend one of my childhood favorites. The TV movie spinoff "Ewok Adventure Part 2: The Battle for Endor" has plenty of Ewoks firing blasters, as well as using assorted weapons similar to those used in ROTJ.

Thanks for doing this! A few years ago I went through this battle shot by shot and found a lot of weird things going on. Han's gun being next to itself on the ground was one of the weirder I think. Maybe it was so when they were doing multiple takes he could just pick one up quickly without missing a beat since there were a lot of stunts going on and people to coordinate. All of the repeated actions makes me think they had 4-5 cameras filming simultaneously and recycled as much footage from each camera as possible so the few stunts the actors learned could be maximized as much as possible, making the scene feel busier and longer. Until breaking it down you don't even notice so I guess it worked. Something else I noticed was that all of the rebel commandos are different guys when they go from the interior to exterior scenes, and the number of commandos and actors changes from shot to shot. Some of the guys you see coming off the shuttle and later you never see them again.

"I cannot see anything in this helmet" The helmet prop did not have proper eye holes so visibility was poor. so that line from Mark Hammel was expertly adlibbed XD

Obviously the rail is just a hologram. The empire tends to cut corners in safety measures. Hence the second Death Star.

This scene here at 8:20 is when Princes lair kicked the stormtrooper, but it also happens in a different angle at 11:10. I don't know I just find it interesting when they used the same scene but just used it in a different angle.

I enjoyed your breakdown of this battle. I have to say though. The rebel pilot who goes to hug Chewbacca at the celebration is Wedge Antilles, played by Ewan MacGregor's uncle, Dennis Lawson.

7:20 "Their armor is weak at the neck... and under the arm." -Legolas 😉😉😉🤣🤣🤣

Well, Rex-Nik is an interesting take, becouse the guy in return of the jedi in canon is only identified as Nik in Star Wars: Force Collection, a digital card game in 2013, and yes Dave refused the idea that Nik and Rex are the same person, but later in Galaxy of adventures it is clear that Rex is Nik Sant, there is an exact scene from the movie, showing Rex instead of Nik, so if it was the case that both Rex and Nik was there, than they should have included both Nik and Rex in the episode, but instead they just retconned Nik. And there is a fact that galaxy of adventures is not canon, but it is made, approved by disney and it is clear that they intention is that Nik is Rex in canon. But now in 2021 a book called I am a clone trooper confirmed that Rex was there at the bunker with Han, so just by pure logic, if there was only 1 old bearded guy near the bunker in the movie, it must be Rex, so the "Rex was there, just elswhere" theory fails. And that stuff in that mobile card game is so easily retconnable, like Ahsokas lightsaber colour in the siege of mandalore. In the book it was green, but they retconned it to be blue. We just need more proof that it was Rex. So in summary it is either Rex or Nik in canon. By the way he is still Nik Sant in legends. For me he is Rex in canon and I really hope they will 100% confirm it in the future.

I truly love the Originals, so much perfect chaos going on

I remember reading about that beard guy years and years ago (probably before he was named Rex), and how we see him disguise as a scout trooper, guard the bunker entrance, and later get held captive still in his armour sans helmet. I think it was on a deleted scenes page, like they were wondering if there was more footage of this guy that had been shot where we got a clearer view of what he was doing.

“They’re not dead there just tired”- Michael J. 2022

I love this battle so much it has great detail in the background

I'm p sure when Han accidently grabbed Leia it was cause he slightly burnt his hand when putting out the charge and just kinda reflexed moved his hand

I have a new appreciation for that battle now. There's all sort's going on. When slowed down, some of it doesn't happen the way in which I thought? Some people say it's a weak battle compared to Hoth, or ask why didn't they do this or that? But it's epic in scale + in technical achievement. Especially considering for the time it was made! All the extras, matte painting's, bluescreen, models, costuming difficultie's + explosive special effects! It must have been one tough shoot? Despite the fact that they were in the US! It may have helped to include the deleted scene of the Rebels' blasting their way through the bunker? To give the Rebel troops more of a foreground presence? But the scale is still hinted at. The back door to the base is mile's away from the front entrance by the landing platform! Some people think they just walk in, go down a few step's + then Burtt's your uncle! It's him who say's freeze + then get's bowled over by Han too. Some of the Rebel soldier's have aerial's + all sort's poking out of their tactical backpacks, which I presume are weapons' signal + life sign disruptor's + stuff? The trap's were built for prey, or the Gorax + Endor's dangerous lifeform's. Which was a possible explanation used at the time I think too? But it's clear that they're leading the stormtrooper's in to their trap's! Everyone remember's the lightsaber match or space war, but it's a pretty good battle! It's good how Chewie + Lando in space, save the day, rather than R2 for a change too!

15:15 "but let's be real..." takes the fun out of SW every time

I feel like Rex did survive Sabine said Rex fought the battle of endor not that he died in it plus Rex was often talked about possibly being in Ahsokas dabeut in the Mandalorian S2 and the Ahsoka series Bit of an interesting fact we know Poe Damerons parents were also part of the battle of endor I believe his father was part of the rebel strike team on the ground whilst his mother was a Starfighter pilot

So, admittedly, the old man may not actually be Rex despite the fact that Dave Filoni originally wanted to make that Rex due to him not wanting to upset the fans of the original canon character Nik Sant. With that said, it seems open ended enough where he can be considered either.

Han Solo bodying storm Troopers behind the scenes is the most beautiful form of subtly I’ve ever seen

Great video. Im really happy i found your channel. You Should really do the battle of geonosis from the clone wars. Also han solo's dl 44 was a common blaster in the star wars galaxy. Han's dl 44 was just modified illegally to produce a stronger blast and I think to hold more charges.

Many parts of the original trilogy were shot with painted glass as a backdrop for the actors, hence probably the strange reflection behind Han, in the original resolution it might not even have been visible

In Legends I believe they had an entire story for the old dude as well. Can't remember the name but he was just some old dude that decided he wanted to fight for freedom and your never too old to fight. I think that was way better then Rex being there. Rex was still a bred soldier and I'd go so far as to say practically a super soldier. Some old dude that decided your never too old or weak to help is way more impactful then a bred soldier still fighting.

TESB, scene where 2 stormtroopers literally drop off Solo after he was tortured to Leia and Chewy in a cell on Cloud City. One of the troopers helmets seems to be half off his head I think.

Wedge has flown in so many aerial/space battles and survived every one. That guy's a boss.

That isn't Rex, that is Nik Sant. In the Battle of Endor Rex wears some of his clone armour on his wrists

15:26 I’m never gonna watch that the same way again lol

Great videos! Always looking forward to the next battle breakdown, keep it up

@ 11:33 I feel like that’s the same throwing shot from the Ewoks perspective but reused. Star Wars used to reuse shots at different angles a lot.

Reminder that Captain Rex appears in the Battle of Endor.

In the stormtrooper DL44 moment the trooper that dropped the DL44 probably just grabbed it from another battle and kept it

Thank you so much for doing these videos. They bring another level of excitement to Star Wars. I know exactly what you mean at 13: 40 about the trees splintering. I have that image etched in my memory forever. If you want to see an Ewok shooting a blaster check out the movie Battle for Endor.

14:36 seeing an Ewok with a gun reminds me of “What do you have?” “A KNIFE!” “ *NO!* ”

Endor was supposed to have bossok people instead of Ewoks but it was “too scary”

What about the space battle over Scarif? It's fun watching the Ghost defend the main rebel capital ship... And if you're doing space battles I should also probably vote for the whole 2nd Deathstar fight, probably the best one ever.

These are such EXCELLENT videos studies; I'm so glad i found this channel this month!

This was awesome. Knew about the Han quick feel. Didn’t notice the old beard Stormie (Rex) as much

"those arent doing anything" well they wound up the big rope with the big "x" cross handles, ... you know you've got to wind up a big strectchy cable around the main beam for a while before pulling the little string to set off the catapult, right?

More clone wars battles in general would be cool

8:10 Rex must have been looking at those two thinking "man, the 501st really has gone down in quality."

15:08 I just think about the people inside and how brutal their deaths were. Being crushed. They probably didn't even die immediately

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!

Please do the Death Star assault in new hope

2:33- My favorite Storm trooper is the Scout Troopers!!! And I loved those bikes! I think one is the reason I love the other maybe lol

The Rebels love their war crimes. Ya know Han and all the rest of the Alliance were gonna let the Ewoks eat the Imperials, not only soldiers and stormtroopers either, workers, engineers, crew, etc. If it weren't for Leia, pulling a lot of strings, and getting Han to say his ship was worse than the Ghost (Hera's ship), then we would add a couple million people to the already massive Imperial death count.

Who knew Han could fight

16:58- Now do you remember how these little Care Bears wanted to eat the hero’s earlier? Well, what do you think the teddy bears are cooking now?!? Have fun trying to sleep now lol

another thing i want to say: 11:24 Han's blaster, the DL-44 is a really common blaster, so wouldn't be uncommon for stormtroopers or officers to be using it

In episode 5 there is a blooper when the 2 storm troopers carry Han Solo to his cell after he was tortured. When the storm troopers throw him to the floor one of their helmets nearly comes off and he walks out with the helmet barely on. That's the closest I can think of a storm trooper's helmet coming off on screen.

Amazing video. :) You missed Chewie's bowcaster in a stormtrooper's hand, and the blood on Han's fingertips after Leia got wounded. Keep up the good work!

5:12 that is the most melted trooper I have ever seen.

The imperial officer that Han hit with the explosives pack was Ben Burtt, the sound making genius!

I love Snowtroopers, because I love snow and Snowtroopers actually look more creepy, because their helmets are just black eyes on a white hood. They look like kind of like Klansmen, lol XD Did you hear about the guy who dressed up like a Snowtrooper for Halloween on the South Side of Chicago? He never came back. Unlike Stormtroopers, people on the South Side don't miss :3

Han and Leia after the battle as “ introverts” is just me every day

With how they filled out the Battle of Endor with storebought toy TIEs and literal trash as random rebel ships in the background, I wouldn't be surprised at them taking some extra gun props out of storage like a backup for Han's blaster to help fill out the Battle on Endor

When the Ewoks made their attack, Han first focused on the trooper holding his confiscated blaster pistol and recovered it after the troopers got confused.

That was great footage of the ground battle. Next do the space battle please.

13:00 you can see some skin under this trooper's helmet also when he falls back!

Love these kinds of videos, keep up the great work Jae!

I don't think they were hoping that the AT-STs would just so happen to walk by their log setup. I think the Ewoks were employing a combination of hit-and-run tactics and feigned retreats to lure the Imperials into a continuous stream of ambushes and traps.

I remember an old interview were Carrie Fisher joked about Ford copping a feel during that scene.

Something I noticed is that it looks like rex had his blaster pointed slightly away from Han as he ran round the corner so if he was to pull the trigger the bolt wouldn’t hit Han

In the Empire Strikes Back Luke uses a BlasTech DL44. I'm pretty sure they were used by the Rebel Alliance.

The ‘’ghost’’ of han when he ran was the reflexion of the plexiglass that was in front of the camera to protect it from the explosion

...If you notice, several bits are actually the same shot just re-used from a different angle. Like Leia kicking the guy in the chest, and Chewie picking up the rebel.

Man I love these vids, also personally I find the shore trooper armor most visually appealing

Before Clone Wars they were just other fighters. Now we have a backstory for one of them. Love this

The details in the bionicle films from my childhood. Those would make my whole year

This was in my top five I loved the Ewoks working the at st and the battle switching in different sides favor