Star Wars: 33 years since release and people are only just realising this Return of the Jedi mistake

It’s a little ‘blink-and-you’ll-miss-it’

The year is 1983. It’s been three years since The Empire Strikes Back - the long-awaited sequel to 1977’s Star Wars - was released, and the ‘final’ part of the saga, Return of the Jedi, is about to enter theatres. Excitement is high.

Fortunately, Luke, Leia, and Han’s return is everything everyone wanted (debatable), tying a neat bow around the series. Blinded by their love of Star Wars, fans were willing to forgive any mistakes made in the Richard Marquand-directed flick.

Turns out, fans were so enamoured by the film a simple mistake has been overlooked for the last 33 years, with only a handful aware of the quite minor mess-up, recently brought up once again by Radio Times.

We’ll give you a quick chance to spot the mistake. Speed up to 0.46-second mark in the below clip and see if you can work it out. It’s a little ‘blink-and-you’ll-miss-it’.

Nothing? Something? If you stop at just the right moment you’ll notice that Darth Vader’s lightsaber blade is coming out of the wrong end.

Scandalous. Time for another special edition. Right, George?

Meanwhile, excitement for the next Star Wars film is growing exponentially thanks to its impending release. Recently, the film’s toy range was announced via a hilarious animated clip.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story reaches UK cinemas 16 December.