Like the creepy Tauntaun wrangler, some people in the movie business are better suited to being behind the camera, away from the unforgiving glare of the lens. But then, thanks to set stills, and the combined woes of diligent busy-work and roasting sunshine, we occasionally get crew glimpses like this, just to reinforce the fact that these magicians are indeed better off away from screens.
11. Supporting Characters At Rest
It isn't just the half-costumed state of Peter Mayhew, looking like a '70s glam-rock Mick Fleetwood with his over-zealous eye make-up and casual cigarette that makes this particuarly character-breaking, it's the slightly camp, but simultaneously oddly lecherous pose that Kenny Baker strikes, coupling an obvious flamboyance with the slightly disconcerting Playboy branded T-shirt. The suggestion here is that Kenny spent at least some of his time inside R2-D2 wearing the self-same T-shirt, adding an unconscious sexual connotation to the usually sexless droid. It's hardly mythology-shattering, but it certainly does add a new edge to the performances.