Return of the Jedi: Secrets and Changes

You know, for Return of the Jedi, several ideas from the original script

were either changed or left out entirely. For instance, the Ewoks were originally intended to be Wookiees.

The Millennium Falcon was supposed to play a role in the arrival at the forest moon of Endor,

and Obi-Wan Kenobi was meant to return fully to life from his spectral Force form.

Number two: The filming of Darth Vader’s unmasking was handled with extreme secrecy.

Anakin actor Sebastian Shaw wasn’t even told what he would be doing until he arrived on set.

He was spotted by his old friend Ian McDiarmid, who played Darth Sidious.

When McDiarmid asked what he was doing there, Shaw replied, “I don’t know.