ANH & ESB Stormtroopers in ROTJ

[DarkTrooper[TK]]

I don't know if this has already been discussed elsewhere but I just finished watching Return of the Jedi and I noticed Stormtrooper helmets (& armor) from the previous two movies in it. I wish I had some screen shots of what I saw but bear with me.

 

The first scene that came to my attention is when the super class star destroyer falls into the Death Star. The scene has Tie Pilots & Stormtroopers running in panic inside the halls of the Death Star. Look closely at the Stormtroopers. Those aren't ROTJ TKs. They clearly have the angular hand guards, teeth only painted frowns & their boots don't have the white soles like the ROTJ TKs have.

 

The next scene is the Ewok celebration. Look at the TK buckets that an Ewok is using as a "drum set". Those look like ESB TK helmets.

 

I checked both Special Edition and the Original Edition of ROTJ and both scenes are the same in each version. So this is different than how those ROTJ TDs got put into Episode IV.

 

Again, if this has been discussed already I'm sorry. I tried searching for an earlier posts.

[ObiHahn[TK]]

It's simply because they re-used ANH scenes of the good ole "frenzy on the Death Star" scenario from EPIVs showdown. They felt no need to film all that again.

 

The "ewok drumset" helmet is another thing, the prop department probably just used what they had lying around. I remember putting a screenshot of that scene up here somewhere on FISD...in a different topic.

[troopermaster]

If you look at ObiHahn's signature photo, the scene in ROTJ with the ANH troopers is actually a continuation from that scene in the Death Star!

[DarkTrooper[TK]]

That's right it is I remember that one TK running down the hall and holding his helmet with one hand