The V'ger pinwheel orifice

[Maurice]

Optical illusions.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

What's TrekCore's source for the implied claim that Vader and Miss Piggy are deliberate?

 

[Maurice]

"Vader" is just an optical trick created by the gap between the Epsilon Nine sections momentarily lining up with a glowing element of the "space lips". If I squint I see a Miss Piggyish impression but even in HD screenshots it's hard to tell what that actually is.

 

[BeatleJWOL]

I dunno, I just stared at the picture for five minutes straight and saw all kinds of stuff.

It's a Vader-y shape in the center but one that looks more like shots from Empire Strikes Back (not to be released until a year later), so there's nothing intentional in that shot.