STAR WARS VFX Artist Points Out a Cool Detail During General Grievous Scene in REVENGE OF THE SITH
One of the things I love about the Star Wars franchise is fans are always discovering new things about it. Well this is a fun little moment in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith that was pointed out on Twitter that I never noticed before.
The moment takes place during the sequence where General Grievous removes his robe and unlinks his arms to reveal he’s got four arms and each one is wielding a lightsaber. Well, in the background of this scene, there are two battle droids standing around. One of those droids isn’t paying attention to what’s happening and before Grievous busts out his lightsabers, the other droid nudges him to get his attention to show him what Grievous is about to do.
Not long after the scene started spreading, animator Jean-Denis Haas confirmed the little background joke was his doing. He created it during his internship at Lucasfilm's Industrial Light & Magic. He said, "Dare I add that this was me? Best. Internship. Ever."
I bet it was! Haas has gone on to work on all kinds of projects over the years including Solo, The Mandalorian, The Last Jedi, The Rise of Skywalker, Captain America: Civil War and more. You can check out the clip from Revenge of the Sith below: