Famous Mistake From Back to the Future in Lord Vader Scene Has a Simple Explanation

Back to the Future directed by Robert Zemeckis, is undeniably a cult movie today. It's also one of the most beloved science fiction productions - even though it can't be called a perfect movie. The classic starring Michael J. Fox had, after all, a certain error, which observant viewers will pick up without much trouble.

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The famous oversight of the creators was in the scene in which Marty McFly - transported back in time to 1955 - tries to convince his teenage father to invite Lorraine, the protagonist's future mother, to a dance. To this end, the character played by Fox dresses up in a yellow jumpsuit and, pretending to be an extraterrestrial being named Darth Vader, threatens the man with a hair dryer like it's some kind of dangerous weapons.

As we can see by watching the above video, the mistake is that in one of the scenes the dryer in question simply disappears, and the characters do absolutely nothing about it. While the would-be-father might recognize this as some sort of cosmic occurrence, it didn't go so easily with the audience. However, we know the reason why this happened in the first place.

As it turns out, the entire "Lord Vader" scene in the original was much longer. However, it did not make it into the final cut of the work, because the movie's script was changed several times. To fit the "Star Wars" sequence into the final version of the story , the scene had to be shortened. By the way, the moment when the hero leaves the "weapon" was removed.

You can watch the original, longer sequence above and compare it with the scene that ended up in Robert Zemeckis' movie. The entire Back to the Future franchise on the other hand, can be found on Amazon Prime Video.

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Pamela Jakiel

Pamela Jakiel

Finished film studies, graduate of the Faculty Individual Studies in the Humanities at the Jagiellonian University. Her master's thesis was about new spirituality in contemporary cinema. The editor of the Filmomaniak service since April 2023, supports the lead editor and the boss of all newspeople. She used to write for naEkranie. If she's not watching The Ninth Gate for the hundredth time, then she's reading books by Therese Bohman and Donna Tartt for the first time. She prefers gnosis over dread, dramas over horrors, Jung over Freud. She looks for symbolist paintings in museums. Runs long distances, and does even the longer ones on a gravel. Loves dachshunds.