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Are these the ILM insert shots? Could that be Joe Johnston in there?
I would say, based on posture, it is JJ on the left
I love how ill-fitting the stormtrooper armor is on Joe Johnston. Look at the length of his hands outside the arm guards. Clearly him on the left for that as well.
Verified that Joe Johnston plays both stormtroopers thanks to @jwrinzler

Also note, one of the stormtrooper costumes had been stolen. Months later spaceship models were stolen.

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Some more information on the stole stormtrooper armor from 1976. In the official Celebration magazine of 2017
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Deep Dive on the Dianoga:
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p1 "According to Lucas, the monster in the trash compactor sequence, which was called “Dia-noga” in the script, was intended to be “a giant, sort of filmy, clear, transparent jellyfish… "
p2 "...that comes shooting out of the water.” Due to complications with the special effects crew, who proposed an alternative giant “brown turd that was bigger than the set,” the filmmakers compromised on the one tentacle seen in the picture..."
p3 "... The shot of the creature’s eyeball was added during post-production in CA, filmed in Lucas’s backyard."

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After one year of development, with George in a near heart attack panic, the team throws together a shot that required no blue screen or motion control, with a spaceship model made out of two KFC buckets.

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Photo from Star Wars Behind The Scenes Society on FB
The model was placed in the miniature setting, and dropped straight down. Shot with a rack-over Mitchell camera, the camera operator took great care to remember to push the lens back into position (Having experienced not doing so at some other point in his career)
The little claws in the larger model actually held it in place, and bits of mica put in for effect. It was later filmed in front of a blue screen for other shots.
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