RIP Bob Yerkes.

[_Lee_]

RIP Bob Yerkes. Stuntman for Boba Fett in ROTJ. He was the guy in the suit for the scene were Han hits his jetpack and Boba goes flying. Definitely one of my best loved scenes.

 

[blewis17]

Thanks for posting this.

RIP. What an amazing career!

Bob did the pickup shot months later of the 2 seconds of Fett "flying" down to the sail skiff to fight Luke, but the "landing" on the skiff, when Luke quickly slashes Fett's blaster, was filmed some time prior. Here's Bob practicing and then filming the stunt for his glorious 1.5 seconds of screen time.

Did he also do the jet-pack damage scene with Han? I thought that might be Glenn Randall Jr.

 

[George]

Rest his soul