Empire Every Day 027

Today’s fact is one I have never heard anywhere else and would never have discovered on my own. It’s also one of those things where once you see it you can’t unsee it.

FACT: In certain shots of the Rebel hangar, the filmmakers enlisted children as extras. The reason for this was that the actors’ short stature would make the hangar appear larger than it actually was.

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