10 Star Wars Movie "Mistakes" That Were Totally Intentional

Here's a supposed mistake that a lot of Star Wars fans love to point out. When Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) helps rescue Leia (Carrie Fisher) from Jabba the Hutt, he kicks one of Jabba's goons in the face - or rather, doesn't.

Look not-so-closely and you'll see that Luke's foot doesn't connect with the blaster-wielding enemy's face - it's not even close. And while it's reasonable to assume that this is simply a case of poor fight choreography or awkward camera placement, that's actually not it at all.

Storyboards for the sequence reveal that it was always meant to look like this, with Luke using what's now semi-jokingly called a "Force kick" among the fanbase to knock the soldier out.

The staging is inelegant and it absolutely looks wrong, but aside from the weapon in the minion's hand being different in the final film - it was a poleaxe rather than a blaster in the storyboard - it was seemingly executed precisely as intended.

Hilariously, even Mark Hamill himself recently tweeted about the shot, dubbing it his "widely celebrated, perfectly executed Force kick."