Star Wars: A New Hope
Frame Reference
Below is a description of the location of each shot. For reference, the frame numbers from the Official 2004 NTSC DVD have been noted. These are the frame numbers taken when loading the Official DVD's VOB files into VirtualDubMod.
Notes on the capture process
Shot 1
8550
Frame in between the two "blasts", two frames before the all-white frame.
Shot 2
8845
Frame with both red and green lasers. Pretty easy to find.
Shot 3
9491
Second to last frame of shot. Notice the position of the troop just behind the second protocol droid's arm.
Shot 4
10399
Second to last frame of shot. This is the first close-up shot of this guy.
Shot 5
14412
Second to last frame of shot. This is the first close-up shot of Leia with the blaster.
Shot 6
16297
At the end of the shot of Leia walking out to meet Vader. Notice the stormtrooper on the right's relation to that gray ornament on the wall.
Shot 7
16342
Second frame of this shot. "The Imperial Senate will not distill for this...."
Shot 8
16632
Second frame of this shot. This is the first close-up shot of Vader. "I want to know what happened to the plans..."
Shot 9
16703
Second frame of the very next shot. "I don't know what you're talking about!"
Shot 10
17554
Second frame of this shot. This is the first shot of this officer. Notice the lights on the panel behind him.
Shot 11
1665
Second to last frame of this shot. Notice the position of the droid walking behind the vaporator.
Shot 12
2845
Third to last frame of this shot. Notice the position of the Jawa's hand and the brightness of his left eye as compared to the frames around it.
Shot 13
3462
24th frame of this shot. Notice the position of "red" compared to the jawa and the droid behind him.
Shot 14
7226
Second frame of this shot. This is the first close-up shot of the Leia hologram.
Shot 15
13713
Second to last frame of this shot.
Shot 16
22171
Second frame of this shot. This is the second shot that looks like this with R2 in the foreground. "I haven't gone by the name Obi-Wan since...."
Shot 17
25251
This is the first frame of the ignited lightsaber.
Shot 18
4245
Second frame of this shot. "I find your lack of faith disturbing."
Shot 19
5062
This is in the middle of the long shot of Luke and Ben finding the Jawa slaughter. This is the last frame before Ben's tunic becomes visible from behind his robe. Also notice the position of Luke's leg.
Shot 20
11716
This is right before Ben says "move along." Notice the position of the trooper's armor in front of 3PO and also the guy walking behind R2.
Shot 21
16420
The second frame of this shot. This is the shot right after the bloody arm shown lying on the floor.
Shot 22
20790
Second to last frame of this shot. Notice the position of Greedo's blaster in front of the light.
Shot 23
3054
Second frame of this shot. "Princess Leia, before your execution...."
Shot 24
5434
Shot right after Alderaan blows up. Notice the position of the training droid right above 3PO's head and how Ben is starting to walk over to the chair.
Shot 25
25352
Second to last frame of this shot. Just before they walk into the elevator.
Shot 26
12732
The classic shot of the trooper hitting his head on the door. This is the frame where the trooper's helmet almost comes off his head. Also notice the position of the left trooper's head behind the leader's shoulder.
Shot 27
13165
Last frame of this shot. Just before the droids try to leave the room to go to "maintenance".
Shot 28
17882
Second to last frame of this shot. Just after "No wait they'll hear!"
Shot 29
1446
Second to last frame of this shot. Just before the shot of Obi-Wan and Vader fighting in front of the hanger door.
Shot 30
4704
Fourth to last frame of this shot. Notice the position of Han's blaster in front of the wall.
Shot 31
11040
This is a tricky one. Notice the position of the antenna against the clouds. This is the last frame before it gets cut off at the top in most versions.
Shot 32
14584
Also a tricky one. The first frame where 3PO's left "neck bolt" is no longer visible as he turns his head. The 25th frame of this shot.
Shot 33
1919
Second to last frame of this shot. Just before Luke says "I can't shake him!"
Shot 34
13350
Shot of Han saying "You're all clear kid, now let's blow this thing and go home." Sixth to last frame, just before his mouth opens wide to say "now".
Shot 35
13395
Second frame of this shot. Two shots later.
Shot 36
17706
Second to last frame of this shot. Just before the applause.
Notes on Screenshot Capturing
Every effort was made to ensure the images are as close to the actual DVDs as possible.
All screenshots are in JPEG format at 100% quality.
The method used to create each image: Load the DVD VOB file into VirtualDubMod -> Copy the screenshots into Photoshop -> Save to JPEG
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