Continuity mistake: During the scenes in the trash compactor, after Han fires his blaster, the burn marks on the door keep changing shape, size and position. In some of the wideshots, they disappear completely.
Kylantha
28th Jan 2008
Star Wars (1977)
28th Jan 2008
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Continuity mistake: When Qui-Gon first talks to Watto about the pod race, Watto's arms change position during the first three shots. (00:42:50)
28th Jan 2008
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Continuity mistake: During dinner, as Anakin says, "I had a dream I was a Jedi", his arms are on the table. In the next shot, they're off the table, and there's a piece of cutlery in his food bowl, which wasn't there in the previous shot. (00:40:25)
28th Jan 2008
Star Wars (1977)
Continuity mistake: When Han is about to fire his blaster at the door of the garbage compactor, Chewie moves away from the door. In the next shot, he is back in his previous position, and moves away from the door again. (01:16:10)
13th Dec 2007
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Nicholas serves the Queen a chocolate cake, the position of the items on the table changes position between shots. For example, in the close-up of the cake, there's a tablecloth with flowers next to it. In the other shots of the table, they're much further away from the cake. (00:43:05)
12th Dec 2007
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Princess Mia and Nicholas kiss by the fountain, their arms change position between shots. (00:47:55)
12th Dec 2007
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Continuity mistake: After Andrew kisses Mia, in the shots facing Mia, her hair is blowing in the wind. In the shots from behind her, there's no wind. (01:18:15)
12th Dec 2007
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Continuity mistake: When the Queen is being served chocolate cake by Nicholas, the blob of cream is smaller in the close-up than in the following wide shot. In the last shot of the scene, it's even bigger, without anyone touching the cake. (00:43:30)
12th Dec 2007
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Continuity mistake: After Princess Mia and Nicholas kiss by the fountain, as Mia says, "Stop trying to confuse me", she is about to walk past the statue. In the next shot, she's already passed it. (00:48:10)
12th Dec 2007
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Continuity mistake: When Queen Clarisse wakes up Lily in Princess Mia's bed, the arrangement of the pillows changes between the first shot of the scene and the shot where Lily turns around. (01:16:05)
9th Dec 2007
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Anakin is on top of the elevator before jumping back inside of it, the glove is missing from his mechanical arm. After he jumps inside, he is wearing it again. (00:10:30)
9th Dec 2007
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Continuity mistake: When Bail Organa hands Leia to his wife, Breha Organa, the floor around Breha is covered in shadow. In the close-up of Leia being held, there are no shadows, and the design of the floor is different. (02:07:20)
11th Oct 2007
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Continuity mistake: Just before Anakin and Obi-Wan throw each other through the air, in the first shot from above, they are duelling on the floor. In the next shot from the other side, their positions are different, seen from the pattern on the floor. (01:47:25)
11th Oct 2007
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Continuity mistake: When the Emperor addresses the Senate, as he says, "In order to ensure the security and continuing stability", his hands are held at waist level. As the next shot begins, his hands are higher up. Then, when the Senate applauds, he begins to raise his hands. As the following shot begins, his hands are held in a much lower position. No one moves that quickly. (01:31:55)
11th Oct 2007
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the scene where Luke and Leia are born, Padmé's head reaches the top of the black area of the bed. Her head is seen in all the following shots, and her position doesn't change. But when she says, "Oh, Luke", her head has moved about 10 cm down from her previous position. (02:00:30)
11th Oct 2007
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Continuity mistake: When the Emperor addresses the Senate, as he begins to raise his hands, Mas Amedda (the blue alien next to the Emperor) is holding a staff. In the next shot, his hand has moved much further down on the staff. (01:32:55)
9th Oct 2007
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
Continuity mistake: In the first shot of the scene where Anakin visits Padmé before going to Mustafar, Padmé runs past a statue on the veranda. In the following close-up, she passes it again. (01:24:20)
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