In the original film, the Millennium Falcon's flight deck had room for five people to be in the same shot together, a back panel of flashing lights, and a distinctive round blue VDU display high above Chewbacca's left shoulder. The flight deck is much smaller in this show, and the backdrop is obviously just a painted wall. The television special was filmed, on video tape, on a soundstage in Burbank, Hollywood, while the original Millennium Falcon set footage was filmed on 35mm film at Elstree film studios in England.
Near the beginning of "The Story of the Faithful Wookiee", when Threepio says it might be an improvement if the talisman turned Artoo invisible, the top of his right arm disappears for a couple of frames.
As a result of cantina artistes squeezing their masks to increase airflow, one of the band-members has a dented head.
C3P0 is shown with only 4 fingers on each hand (in the cartoon).
Although human, Boba Fett is shown with only 4 fingers on each hand (in the cartoon).
Although human, Luke Skywalker is shown with only 4 fingers on each hand (in the cartoon).