Factual error: After the Death Star, when TIE fighters are attacking the Millennium Falcon, each time one explodes at high speed, the debris and the fire does not keep moving.
Star Wars (1977)
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Directed by: George Lucas
Starring: Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Peter Cushing, Mark Hamill, Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, David Prowse
Genres: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Star Wars
Other mistake: Before Uncle Owen yells for Luke, if you look very closely, a fly can be seen on the lens (best seen on the special edition release). The fly was removed in the 2019 release.
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Answer: Presumably because the monster has pulled him through the lair of whatever they are standing on into whatever space the rest of the body of the monster lives in. Obviously, the monster doesn't live in the part of the part of the compactor that does the compacting or it would be already compacted.
Myridon