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Why did Luke use his left hand to shoot?
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In A New Hope Detention Center Shoutout scene Luke is clearly shooting with his left hand. Later in this same video at 4:51 he makes a leftie shot more clearly.
In The Empire Strikes Back while following Boba Fett, Luke holds a gun (and subsequently shoots) with his right hand. Needless to say, while fighting with a lightsaber he also uses his right hand.
So why did he shoot with his left hand in A New Hope?
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In A New Hope Detention Center Shoutout scene Luke is clearly shooting with his left hand. Later in this same video at 4:51 he makes a leftie shot more clearly.
In The Empire Strikes Back while following Boba Fett, Luke holds a gun (and subsequently shoots) with his right hand. Needless to say, while fighting with a lightsaber he also uses his right hand.
So why did he shoot with his left hand in A New Hope?
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Because he's holding the communicator in his other hand?
– Valorum
19 hours ago
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In reality Mark Hamill is left-handed. Lucas either probably just didn't notice. Either that or Hamill was holding the gun in his right hand but the image was reversed when it was printed for final cut. That happens a lot.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
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From a filmmaking perspective, I suspect it's because Leia needs to snatch the gun out of his hand. If he has it in his right hand, she'd have to reach all the way around him to get it.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
"Though in the original Star Wars trilogy he shoots a pistol and swings a lightsaber right-handed, he eats and writes left-handed. He can be seen eating left-handed in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when in Yoda's home, throwing the skull left-handed to defeat the Rancor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - m.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/trivia
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
In the first image, he has his back against the wall with a small barrier directly on his right side. It would be rather difficult for him to shoot with his right hand from that position, much like when you want to shoot along the edge of a pool table in the direction where your weaker arm is against the table.
– Kai
7 hours ago
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In A New Hope Detention Center Shoutout scene Luke is clearly shooting with his left hand. Later in this same video at 4:51 he makes a leftie shot more clearly.
In The Empire Strikes Back while following Boba Fett, Luke holds a gun (and subsequently shoots) with his right hand. Needless to say, while fighting with a lightsaber he also uses his right hand.
So why did he shoot with his left hand in A New Hope?
star-wars a-new-hope the-empire-strikes-back
edited 19 hours ago
Stormblessed
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Nikita NeganovNikita Neganov
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In A New Hope Detention Center Shoutout scene Luke is clearly shooting with his left hand. Later in this same video at 4:51 he makes a leftie shot more clearly.
In The Empire Strikes Back while following Boba Fett, Luke holds a gun (and subsequently shoots) with his right hand. Needless to say, while fighting with a lightsaber he also uses his right hand.
So why did he shoot with his left hand in A New Hope?
star-wars a-new-hope the-empire-strikes-back
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edited 19 hours ago
Stormblessed
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Nikita NeganovNikita Neganov
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Stormblessed
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Stormblessed
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edited 19 hours ago
Stormblessed
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Nikita NeganovNikita Neganov
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Because he's holding the communicator in his other hand?
– Valorum
19 hours ago
5
In reality Mark Hamill is left-handed. Lucas either probably just didn't notice. Either that or Hamill was holding the gun in his right hand but the image was reversed when it was printed for final cut. That happens a lot.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
2
From a filmmaking perspective, I suspect it's because Leia needs to snatch the gun out of his hand. If he has it in his right hand, she'd have to reach all the way around him to get it.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
"Though in the original Star Wars trilogy he shoots a pistol and swings a lightsaber right-handed, he eats and writes left-handed. He can be seen eating left-handed in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when in Yoda's home, throwing the skull left-handed to defeat the Rancor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - m.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/trivia
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
In the first image, he has his back against the wall with a small barrier directly on his right side. It would be rather difficult for him to shoot with his right hand from that position, much like when you want to shoot along the edge of a pool table in the direction where your weaker arm is against the table.
– Kai
7 hours ago
|
show 1 more comment
Because he's holding the communicator in his other hand?
– Valorum
19 hours ago
5
In reality Mark Hamill is left-handed. Lucas either probably just didn't notice. Either that or Hamill was holding the gun in his right hand but the image was reversed when it was printed for final cut. That happens a lot.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
2
From a filmmaking perspective, I suspect it's because Leia needs to snatch the gun out of his hand. If he has it in his right hand, she'd have to reach all the way around him to get it.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
"Though in the original Star Wars trilogy he shoots a pistol and swings a lightsaber right-handed, he eats and writes left-handed. He can be seen eating left-handed in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when in Yoda's home, throwing the skull left-handed to defeat the Rancor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - m.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/trivia
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
In the first image, he has his back against the wall with a small barrier directly on his right side. It would be rather difficult for him to shoot with his right hand from that position, much like when you want to shoot along the edge of a pool table in the direction where your weaker arm is against the table.
– Kai
7 hours ago
Because he's holding the communicator in his other hand?
– Valorum
19 hours ago
Because he's holding the communicator in his other hand?
– Valorum
19 hours ago
5
5
In reality Mark Hamill is left-handed. Lucas either probably just didn't notice. Either that or Hamill was holding the gun in his right hand but the image was reversed when it was printed for final cut. That happens a lot.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
In reality Mark Hamill is left-handed. Lucas either probably just didn't notice. Either that or Hamill was holding the gun in his right hand but the image was reversed when it was printed for final cut. That happens a lot.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
2
2
From a filmmaking perspective, I suspect it's because Leia needs to snatch the gun out of his hand. If he has it in his right hand, she'd have to reach all the way around him to get it.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
From a filmmaking perspective, I suspect it's because Leia needs to snatch the gun out of his hand. If he has it in his right hand, she'd have to reach all the way around him to get it.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
1
"Though in the original Star Wars trilogy he shoots a pistol and swings a lightsaber right-handed, he eats and writes left-handed. He can be seen eating left-handed in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when in Yoda's home, throwing the skull left-handed to defeat the Rancor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - m.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/trivia
– Valorum
19 hours ago
"Though in the original Star Wars trilogy he shoots a pistol and swings a lightsaber right-handed, he eats and writes left-handed. He can be seen eating left-handed in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when in Yoda's home, throwing the skull left-handed to defeat the Rancor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - m.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/trivia
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
1
In the first image, he has his back against the wall with a small barrier directly on his right side. It would be rather difficult for him to shoot with his right hand from that position, much like when you want to shoot along the edge of a pool table in the direction where your weaker arm is against the table.
– Kai
7 hours ago
In the first image, he has his back against the wall with a small barrier directly on his right side. It would be rather difficult for him to shoot with his right hand from that position, much like when you want to shoot along the edge of a pool table in the direction where your weaker arm is against the table.
– Kai
7 hours ago
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Luke is pretty consistently shown to be ambidextrous (having the ability to use both hands without favouring one) throughout the original trilogy film series.
In A New Hope he totes a gun and shoots with his left hand while on the Death Star.
He ladles food onto his plate with his left and then passes a heavy jug from his right hand to his left to pour.
He uses a screwdriver with his right hand.
He handles the lightsaber with his right hand.
He favours his right hand for throwing a grenade in Empire Strikes Back.
He eats with his right hand in the swamps of Dagobah, as well as pulling a gun with his right.
But then eats with his left hand a few minutes later.
He favours his right hand for reaching out with the Force.
He totes his gun in his right hand on Cloud City.
He throws a skull with his left hand in Return of the Jedi.
He salutes Jabba and catches his lightsaber with left hand.
He calls the lightsaber to his right hand and fights almost exclusively with his right.
It's not clear if this was an intentional directorial choice, a goof (reversed plates meant that Fett's antenna swapped sides repeatedly during the Skiff scene and Luke's lightsaber would repeatedly jump from his left to his right hip, for example) or whether Lucas simply didn't notice or care that his main actor (who's left-handed in real life) was using his hands interchangeably.
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During the Detention Centre shootout, Luke is taking cover on the right-hand side of the corridor (from his perspective) and the alcove he's using for cover would make it harder to fire his blaster right-handed. He's trying to stay behind that little bit of bulkhead as much as he can to avoid the incoming Stormtrooper fire, so holding the blaster in his right hand would mean having to lean farther out to get a shot off and making himself more of a target.
In Cloud City, you can see that Luke's hiding behind a wall at a left-hand turn (his perspective), so naturally he wouldn't need to shift his sidearm to another hand since he'd still be in cover if he decided to lean out and shoot at Fett and the Imperials.
EDIT: Several comments have indicated that Mark Hamill is left-handed, while I've also seen that Luke may be intended to be ambidextrous with a preference for one hand or the other depending on the action. But in terms of in-universe actions, Luke's simply taking best advantage of his cover the same way that Han and Chewie are shoving themselves up against the wall in the Detention Centre. As a side note, you'll sometimes see Stormtroopers carrying their blaster rifles left-handed; this was because the Sterling submachine guns used for the blank-fire props have a VERY awkward horizontal magazine that sticks out of the left side of the gun and makes it difficult to hold in the typical "Stormtrooper Ready" position, even with a chopped-down 10-shot magazine.
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This. I don't really see how it would even be physically possible to shoot right handed while taking cover like that.
– terdon
12 hours ago
It's physically possible, but would be awkward while you're trying to avoid getting hit yourself.
– SpaceWolf1701
8 hours ago
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Luke is pretty consistently shown to be ambidextrous (having the ability to use both hands without favouring one) throughout the original trilogy film series.
In A New Hope he totes a gun and shoots with his left hand while on the Death Star.
He ladles food onto his plate with his left and then passes a heavy jug from his right hand to his left to pour.
He uses a screwdriver with his right hand.
He handles the lightsaber with his right hand.
He favours his right hand for throwing a grenade in Empire Strikes Back.
He eats with his right hand in the swamps of Dagobah, as well as pulling a gun with his right.
But then eats with his left hand a few minutes later.
He favours his right hand for reaching out with the Force.
He totes his gun in his right hand on Cloud City.
He throws a skull with his left hand in Return of the Jedi.
He salutes Jabba and catches his lightsaber with left hand.
He calls the lightsaber to his right hand and fights almost exclusively with his right.
It's not clear if this was an intentional directorial choice, a goof (reversed plates meant that Fett's antenna swapped sides repeatedly during the Skiff scene and Luke's lightsaber would repeatedly jump from his left to his right hip, for example) or whether Lucas simply didn't notice or care that his main actor (who's left-handed in real life) was using his hands interchangeably.
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Luke is pretty consistently shown to be ambidextrous (having the ability to use both hands without favouring one) throughout the original trilogy film series.
In A New Hope he totes a gun and shoots with his left hand while on the Death Star.
He ladles food onto his plate with his left and then passes a heavy jug from his right hand to his left to pour.
He uses a screwdriver with his right hand.
He handles the lightsaber with his right hand.
He favours his right hand for throwing a grenade in Empire Strikes Back.
He eats with his right hand in the swamps of Dagobah, as well as pulling a gun with his right.
But then eats with his left hand a few minutes later.
He favours his right hand for reaching out with the Force.
He totes his gun in his right hand on Cloud City.
He throws a skull with his left hand in Return of the Jedi.
He salutes Jabba and catches his lightsaber with left hand.
He calls the lightsaber to his right hand and fights almost exclusively with his right.
It's not clear if this was an intentional directorial choice, a goof (reversed plates meant that Fett's antenna swapped sides repeatedly during the Skiff scene and Luke's lightsaber would repeatedly jump from his left to his right hip, for example) or whether Lucas simply didn't notice or care that his main actor (who's left-handed in real life) was using his hands interchangeably.
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add a comment |
Luke is pretty consistently shown to be ambidextrous (having the ability to use both hands without favouring one) throughout the original trilogy film series.
In A New Hope he totes a gun and shoots with his left hand while on the Death Star.
He ladles food onto his plate with his left and then passes a heavy jug from his right hand to his left to pour.
He uses a screwdriver with his right hand.
He handles the lightsaber with his right hand.
He favours his right hand for throwing a grenade in Empire Strikes Back.
He eats with his right hand in the swamps of Dagobah, as well as pulling a gun with his right.
But then eats with his left hand a few minutes later.
He favours his right hand for reaching out with the Force.
He totes his gun in his right hand on Cloud City.
He throws a skull with his left hand in Return of the Jedi.
He salutes Jabba and catches his lightsaber with left hand.
He calls the lightsaber to his right hand and fights almost exclusively with his right.
It's not clear if this was an intentional directorial choice, a goof (reversed plates meant that Fett's antenna swapped sides repeatedly during the Skiff scene and Luke's lightsaber would repeatedly jump from his left to his right hip, for example) or whether Lucas simply didn't notice or care that his main actor (who's left-handed in real life) was using his hands interchangeably.
edited 4 hours ago
Glorfindel
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answered 17 hours ago
ValorumValorum
405k10829493175
Luke is pretty consistently shown to be ambidextrous (having the ability to use both hands without favouring one) throughout the original trilogy film series.
In A New Hope he totes a gun and shoots with his left hand while on the Death Star.
He ladles food onto his plate with his left and then passes a heavy jug from his right hand to his left to pour.
He uses a screwdriver with his right hand.
He handles the lightsaber with his right hand.
He favours his right hand for throwing a grenade in Empire Strikes Back.
He eats with his right hand in the swamps of Dagobah, as well as pulling a gun with his right.
But then eats with his left hand a few minutes later.
He favours his right hand for reaching out with the Force.
He totes his gun in his right hand on Cloud City.
He throws a skull with his left hand in Return of the Jedi.
He salutes Jabba and catches his lightsaber with left hand.
He calls the lightsaber to his right hand and fights almost exclusively with his right.
It's not clear if this was an intentional directorial choice, a goof (reversed plates meant that Fett's antenna swapped sides repeatedly during the Skiff scene and Luke's lightsaber would repeatedly jump from his left to his right hip, for example) or whether Lucas simply didn't notice or care that his main actor (who's left-handed in real life) was using his hands interchangeably.
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answered 17 hours ago
ValorumValorum
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edited 4 hours ago
Glorfindel
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Glorfindel
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Glorfindel
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During the Detention Centre shootout, Luke is taking cover on the right-hand side of the corridor (from his perspective) and the alcove he's using for cover would make it harder to fire his blaster right-handed. He's trying to stay behind that little bit of bulkhead as much as he can to avoid the incoming Stormtrooper fire, so holding the blaster in his right hand would mean having to lean farther out to get a shot off and making himself more of a target.
In Cloud City, you can see that Luke's hiding behind a wall at a left-hand turn (his perspective), so naturally he wouldn't need to shift his sidearm to another hand since he'd still be in cover if he decided to lean out and shoot at Fett and the Imperials.
EDIT: Several comments have indicated that Mark Hamill is left-handed, while I've also seen that Luke may be intended to be ambidextrous with a preference for one hand or the other depending on the action. But in terms of in-universe actions, Luke's simply taking best advantage of his cover the same way that Han and Chewie are shoving themselves up against the wall in the Detention Centre. As a side note, you'll sometimes see Stormtroopers carrying their blaster rifles left-handed; this was because the Sterling submachine guns used for the blank-fire props have a VERY awkward horizontal magazine that sticks out of the left side of the gun and makes it difficult to hold in the typical "Stormtrooper Ready" position, even with a chopped-down 10-shot magazine.
answered 19 hours ago
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This. I don't really see how it would even be physically possible to shoot right handed while taking cover like that.
– terdon
12 hours ago
It's physically possible, but would be awkward while you're trying to avoid getting hit yourself.
– SpaceWolf1701
8 hours ago
add a comment |
During the Detention Centre shootout, Luke is taking cover on the right-hand side of the corridor (from his perspective) and the alcove he's using for cover would make it harder to fire his blaster right-handed. He's trying to stay behind that little bit of bulkhead as much as he can to avoid the incoming Stormtrooper fire, so holding the blaster in his right hand would mean having to lean farther out to get a shot off and making himself more of a target.
In Cloud City, you can see that Luke's hiding behind a wall at a left-hand turn (his perspective), so naturally he wouldn't need to shift his sidearm to another hand since he'd still be in cover if he decided to lean out and shoot at Fett and the Imperials.
EDIT: Several comments have indicated that Mark Hamill is left-handed, while I've also seen that Luke may be intended to be ambidextrous with a preference for one hand or the other depending on the action. But in terms of in-universe actions, Luke's simply taking best advantage of his cover the same way that Han and Chewie are shoving themselves up against the wall in the Detention Centre. As a side note, you'll sometimes see Stormtroopers carrying their blaster rifles left-handed; this was because the Sterling submachine guns used for the blank-fire props have a VERY awkward horizontal magazine that sticks out of the left side of the gun and makes it difficult to hold in the typical "Stormtrooper Ready" position, even with a chopped-down 10-shot magazine.
answered 19 hours ago
SpaceWolf1701SpaceWolf1701
36826
2
This. I don't really see how it would even be physically possible to shoot right handed while taking cover like that.
– terdon
12 hours ago
It's physically possible, but would be awkward while you're trying to avoid getting hit yourself.
– SpaceWolf1701
8 hours ago
add a comment |
During the Detention Centre shootout, Luke is taking cover on the right-hand side of the corridor (from his perspective) and the alcove he's using for cover would make it harder to fire his blaster right-handed. He's trying to stay behind that little bit of bulkhead as much as he can to avoid the incoming Stormtrooper fire, so holding the blaster in his right hand would mean having to lean farther out to get a shot off and making himself more of a target.
In Cloud City, you can see that Luke's hiding behind a wall at a left-hand turn (his perspective), so naturally he wouldn't need to shift his sidearm to another hand since he'd still be in cover if he decided to lean out and shoot at Fett and the Imperials.
EDIT: Several comments have indicated that Mark Hamill is left-handed, while I've also seen that Luke may be intended to be ambidextrous with a preference for one hand or the other depending on the action. But in terms of in-universe actions, Luke's simply taking best advantage of his cover the same way that Han and Chewie are shoving themselves up against the wall in the Detention Centre. As a side note, you'll sometimes see Stormtroopers carrying their blaster rifles left-handed; this was because the Sterling submachine guns used for the blank-fire props have a VERY awkward horizontal magazine that sticks out of the left side of the gun and makes it difficult to hold in the typical "Stormtrooper Ready" position, even with a chopped-down 10-shot magazine.
answered 19 hours ago
SpaceWolf1701SpaceWolf1701
36826
During the Detention Centre shootout, Luke is taking cover on the right-hand side of the corridor (from his perspective) and the alcove he's using for cover would make it harder to fire his blaster right-handed. He's trying to stay behind that little bit of bulkhead as much as he can to avoid the incoming Stormtrooper fire, so holding the blaster in his right hand would mean having to lean farther out to get a shot off and making himself more of a target.
In Cloud City, you can see that Luke's hiding behind a wall at a left-hand turn (his perspective), so naturally he wouldn't need to shift his sidearm to another hand since he'd still be in cover if he decided to lean out and shoot at Fett and the Imperials.
EDIT: Several comments have indicated that Mark Hamill is left-handed, while I've also seen that Luke may be intended to be ambidextrous with a preference for one hand or the other depending on the action. But in terms of in-universe actions, Luke's simply taking best advantage of his cover the same way that Han and Chewie are shoving themselves up against the wall in the Detention Centre. As a side note, you'll sometimes see Stormtroopers carrying their blaster rifles left-handed; this was because the Sterling submachine guns used for the blank-fire props have a VERY awkward horizontal magazine that sticks out of the left side of the gun and makes it difficult to hold in the typical "Stormtrooper Ready" position, even with a chopped-down 10-shot magazine.
answered 19 hours ago
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edited 18 hours ago
answered 19 hours ago
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answered 19 hours ago
SpaceWolf1701SpaceWolf1701
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answered 19 hours ago
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This. I don't really see how it would even be physically possible to shoot right handed while taking cover like that.
– terdon
12 hours ago
It's physically possible, but would be awkward while you're trying to avoid getting hit yourself.
– SpaceWolf1701
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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This. I don't really see how it would even be physically possible to shoot right handed while taking cover like that.
– terdon
12 hours ago
It's physically possible, but would be awkward while you're trying to avoid getting hit yourself.
– SpaceWolf1701
8 hours ago
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This. I don't really see how it would even be physically possible to shoot right handed while taking cover like that.
– terdon
12 hours ago
This. I don't really see how it would even be physically possible to shoot right handed while taking cover like that.
– terdon
12 hours ago
It's physically possible, but would be awkward while you're trying to avoid getting hit yourself.
– SpaceWolf1701
8 hours ago
It's physically possible, but would be awkward while you're trying to avoid getting hit yourself.
– SpaceWolf1701
8 hours ago
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Because he's holding the communicator in his other hand?
– Valorum
19 hours ago
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In reality Mark Hamill is left-handed. Lucas either probably just didn't notice. Either that or Hamill was holding the gun in his right hand but the image was reversed when it was printed for final cut. That happens a lot.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
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From a filmmaking perspective, I suspect it's because Leia needs to snatch the gun out of his hand. If he has it in his right hand, she'd have to reach all the way around him to get it.
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
"Though in the original Star Wars trilogy he shoots a pistol and swings a lightsaber right-handed, he eats and writes left-handed. He can be seen eating left-handed in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when in Yoda's home, throwing the skull left-handed to defeat the Rancor in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) - m.imdb.com/name/nm0000434/trivia
– Valorum
19 hours ago
1
In the first image, he has his back against the wall with a small barrier directly on his right side. It would be rather difficult for him to shoot with his right hand from that position, much like when you want to shoot along the edge of a pool table in the direction where your weaker arm is against the table.
– Kai
7 hours ago