▁movement . ▁Dam age ▁to ▁the ▁Enter prise ▁was ▁cos met ic , ▁and ▁sim ulated ▁with ▁pieces ▁of ▁al umin um ▁that ▁were ▁colored ▁or ▁pe e led ▁off . ▁Ph aser ▁damage ▁was ▁created ▁using ▁stop ▁motion . ▁The ▁script ▁called ▁for ▁large - scale ▁damage ▁to ▁the ▁R eli ant , ▁so ▁larger ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁model ▁were ▁created ▁to ▁be ▁blow n ▁up . ▁ ▁The ▁battle ▁in ▁the ▁ne b ula ▁was ▁a ▁difficult ▁sequence ▁to ▁accomplish ▁without ▁the ▁aid ▁of ▁computer - generated ▁models . ▁The ▁sw ir ling ▁ne b ula ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁inject ing ▁a ▁late x ▁rub ber ▁and ▁am mon ia ▁mixture ▁into ▁a ▁cloud ▁tank ▁filled ▁with ▁fresh ▁and ▁salt ▁water . ▁All ▁the ▁foot age ▁was ▁shot ▁at ▁two ▁frames ▁per ▁second ▁to ▁give ▁the ▁ill usion ▁of ▁faster ▁movement . ▁The ▁v ibr ant ▁abstract ▁colors ▁of ▁the ▁ne b ula ▁were ▁sim ulated ▁by ▁light ing ▁the ▁tank ▁using ▁colored ▁g els . ▁Add itional ▁light ▁effects ▁such ▁as ▁aur or as ▁were ▁created ▁by ▁the ▁IL M ▁animation ▁department . ▁Using ▁mat te ▁work , ▁the ▁ships ▁were ▁phys ically ▁stuck ▁on ▁a ▁background ▁plate ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁shot . ▁The ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁R eli ants ▁engine ▁nac elle ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁super im pos ing ▁sh ots ▁of ▁the ▁engine ▁blow ing ▁apart ▁and ▁explos ions ▁over ▁the ▁model . ▁ ▁The ▁scene ▁in ▁which ▁Ter rell ▁k ills ▁Jed da ,