Gallery: 10 Things You Didn't Know About The Empire Strikes Back

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    *Concept art shows an alternate version of the Vader/Luke fight scene.*
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    *Concept art shows an alternate version of the Vader/Luke fight scene.*
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    *Concept art shows an alternate version of the Vader/Luke fight scene.*
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    *Concept art shows the evolution of the tauntaun, which started out as a kind of weird lizard.*
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    *Concept art shows the evolution of the tauntaun.*
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    *Concept art of a young Chewbacca, dating from November 1977.*
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    *Concept art of a Beast of Burden from Chewbacca's home world, dating from November 1977.*
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