▁a ▁Reg ula ▁scient ist , ▁by ▁v apor izing ▁him ▁with ▁a ▁ph aser ▁was ▁fil med ▁in ▁two ▁takes . ▁Win field ▁and ▁the ▁related ▁actors ▁first ▁played ▁out ▁the ▁scene ; ▁this ▁foot age ▁became ▁the ▁background ▁plate . ▁A ▁blue ▁screen ▁was ▁whe e led ▁onto ▁the ▁set ▁and ▁actor ▁John ▁V arg as , ▁the ▁recip ient ▁of ▁the ▁ph aser ▁bl ast , ▁acted ▁out ▁his ▁response ▁to ▁being ▁hit ▁with ▁the ▁energy ▁weapon . ▁A ▁ph aser ▁beam ▁element ▁was ▁placed ▁on ▁top ▁of ▁the ▁background ▁plate , ▁and ▁V arg as ' ▁sh ots ▁were ▁opt ically ▁dissol ved ▁into ▁an ▁air br ushed ▁dis integration ▁effect ▁which ▁matched ▁V arg as ' ▁position ▁in ▁every ▁frame . ▁ ▁The ▁Cet i ▁e el ▁sh ots ▁used ▁several ▁models , ▁over seen ▁by ▁visual ▁effects ▁super visor ▁Ken ▁R al ston , ▁who ▁had ▁just ▁finished ▁creature ▁design ▁for ▁Return ▁of ▁the ▁J edi . ▁He ▁tied ▁a ▁string ▁to ▁the ▁e els ▁to ▁in ch ▁the ▁models ▁across ▁the ▁actors ' ▁faces ▁before ▁they ▁entered ▁the ▁ear ▁canal . ▁The ▁scene ▁of ▁a ▁more ▁m ature ▁e el ' s ▁leaving ▁Che kov ' s ▁ear ▁was ▁sim ulated ▁by ▁thread ing ▁a ▁micro fil ament ▁through ▁the ▁floor ▁of ▁the ▁set ▁up ▁to ▁Ko enig ' s ▁ear . ▁The ▁scene ▁was ▁fil med ▁with ▁three ▁variations , ▁which ▁R al ston ▁described ▁as ▁" a ▁dry ▁shot , ▁one ▁with ▁some ▁blood