Snapshot: Double Leaps

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April 22, 1999

Andreas Petrides, Obi-Wan Kenobi's stunt double, leaps off an 80-foot blue screen tower outside Flight Stage 1, Leavesden Studios.



Keywords: Behind-the-Scenes, Stunts, Snapshots

Filed under: The Movies, Episode I

Databank: Kenobi, Obi-Wan (Ben)
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