Stormtrooper on fire in unseen Star Wars footage

“Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid...”.

Not our words, the words of Han Solo in 'Star Wars.

It appears he may be on to something if this never-before-seen footage from the making of the movie is to be believed.

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In an exclusive clip featured in new e-book 'The Making of Star Wars', Harrison Ford's Solo soon realises their plucky band are very much outnumbered once they've boarded the Death Star.

Letting off a shot from his blaster, an explosive squib takes down the first Stormtrooper, while he runs after the rest of them, Peter Mayhew's Chewbacca jogging on behind.

[Billy Dee Williams defends Harrison Ford]

It's left up to the movie's stunt coordinator Peter Diamond to leg it into shot once cut it called and blow out the flames.

As well as all the text and artwork featured in the 2007 book Lucasfilm's executive editor J.W. Rinzler, the new e-book version features various multimedia content, including rare audio interviews and 30 minutes of behind-the-scenes footage.

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