David Lynch was originally offered the chance to direct this episode of the series. He turned it down because he believed it was "Lucas' thing." Director David Cronenberg was offered the chance to direct. The dual stripes painted on rebel A-wing fighters were originally blue, but were changed to red because the blue made it a problem when filming blue-screen effects. SFX crew claim to have included a "sneaker" as one of the spaceships in a complex dog-fight scene (see ...[Read Story ]