9. Peter Mayhew Wore A Fluorescent Vest While Filming As Chewbacca To Discourage Hunters From Shooting Him
This one is pretty amazing. Reportedly, actor Peter Mayhew (who wore the huge and hairy Chewbacca costume) was forced to wear a fluorescent vest while shooting scenes on the forest moon of Endor. The Endor scenes were shot in forests in California so it's not as if they were miles and miles from civilisation. The risk of a hunter or a group of hunters seeing the costume and striking before thinking was much too great, and so when the cameras weren't rolling, Mayhew wore a coloured vest. On top of that, Mayhew was also escorted around the sets and locations by other members of the crew who were wearing vests.
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