A pump with a heater was attached, having been calibrated to simulate the heart and human metabolism, as well as a sensor to monitor body temperature.
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For the insides, they used sodium polyacrylate (waterlock) dyed blue, both by itself and inside vinyl tubes and pouches representing organs and intestines, warmed in a bath to 99 ☏ (37 ☌) – the body temperature of a recently deceased arctic animal.įor Luke, the two of them utilized a human body simulaid christened Thermo-Boy – a ballistics gel dummy with heat coils representing arteries and temperature that could be calibrated, which Jamie had created in 2012 to test another movie myth: whether Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio)'s death in Titanic was preventable. In order to test this scene/idea, Adam and Jamie modeled a tauntaun with similar characteristics to that of a polar bear with an outer layer of fur and foam rubber in place of blubber. As a bonus, they put an Imperial dummy in the driver's seat and targeted the cabin with the logs, dealing heavy damage. When aimed at the back of the cabin, the logs knocked the truck's side panels off the frame, leading them to declare the myth plausible even though Tory reasoned that such a weapon would be hard to time and aim. They also used an armored truck with the Imperial emblem to represent an Imperial armored vehicle like an All Terrain Scout Transport.
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This was the myth that the Build Team (Grant, Tory and Kari) tackled, and they did so by first devising a steel-reinforced wooden structure that could support two 10,000-pound, 10-foot-long and 5-foot-wide logs swinging towards a target in between with a combined 2 million joules of energy if raised to the proper height for testing.ĭuring their proof of concept test, they were unable to get their preferred 45° angles for each log, and so for the full test, they lowered the logs and target vehicle, reinforced the structure and lengthened the cables suspending the logs. While wearing a regulation safety harness, Jamie was able to make the full 30-foot swing while carrying Sophia as stormtroopers shot at them for cinematic effect.Īs an added finale, just after giving the Plausible verdict, the three of them made their escape as the stormtroopers chased and shot at them. Can you actually chasm swing with a passenger holding on? – Confirmed.įor the test, actress Sophia Bush, an avid MythBusters fan, dressed up as Leia as she appears in A New Hope, while Adam and Jamie dressed as Han and Luke respectively (Jamie after some coaxing).Jamie was able to make the short swing while carrying a Leia dummy, but found it painful. Can a waist belt like a stormtrooper utility belt safely support the swing? – Plausible, but painfully.īecause the belt put stress on the waist and ribs as opposed to a regulation safety harness that went between the legs, Jamie and Adam tested it with safety mats, a shorter swing distance and barely off the ground as opposed to trying to make the full-scale swing.Adam reasoned that while it was possible, it was unlikely because Jamie had as much time and attempts as he needed and no one had been shooting at him. Jamie fashioned a hook similar to the fibercord grappling hook that Luke had stolen from his stormtrooper armor but needed a number of attempts to make the throw from A New Hope over about 30 to 35 feet and at at least a 45° angle upwards, although it did grapple and catch once he did. Can the grappling hook catch and hold with a throw like Luke made? – Plausible, but unlikely.To test this scene, Adam and Jamie broke it down into three components: Luke surviving inside a tauntaun while injured and hypothermic until Han erects a shelter.
The Ewoks using two massive swinging logs as battering rams capable of crushing an AT-ST in between them as during the Battle of Endor. Luke hooking a mast with a grappling hook on the Death Star and swinging across a chasm while carrying Leia.
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