So if this is a photo of the shared stunt during practise on ESB :
then this must be a more elaborate close-up of the same :
notice the same pants and part of Dave Prowse belt and also the lack of a graflex clamp on the midsection. Thus the shared stunt was used in practise sessions during production of ESB and is the same as seen here in Alec Guinness' hands on ANH with the graflex clamp still attached :
So is this the same now as used by Mark Hamill seen here during ROTJ then?
-Chaim
Chaim,
Good call on the black and white closeup/esb practice being the same, you may be right. Although I'm 90% sure the one in the close up is the V2. As is the one with luke/vader at the end. Unless the shared stunt was painted black as well, I see no indication of the shared stunt here...never thought i'd say that. (I do believe it was used for the Death Star duel)
unless the first color photo is the shared stunt (it's emitter isn't all that black) and different from the close up.