“Ford: You’ve got one other problem—I tried to tell the art department about it a long time ago. The shirt is not the same shirt. It’s clear there’s no jacket on.
Kershner: They’ll take it off when you go down. We missed a beat, you know why?
Ford: Why?
Kershner: I’ve been to real executions and I wanted this to be like an execution.
Ford: So did I.
Kershner: They strip people halfway down. And it’s always so demeaning. Do you know what they do in the gas chamber? They put black shorts on you, so the people who handle you afterward won’t get the gas on their hands, which burns. So we’ve got to make it look like an execution, like you’re at a gallows, except here it’s a pit, you see.
Ford: Okay, so you’ve got the shirt with no sleeves.Harrison Ford and Irvin Kershner discussing Han Solo’s wardrobe for the carbonite scene in The Empire Strikes Back.