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Star Wars director J.J. Abrams reveals he broke his back on set... just moments after Harrison Ford broke his ankle

Published: 14:01 EST, 31 July 2015 | Updated: 16:25 EST, 31 July 2015

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J.J. Abrams has revealed he broke his back while making Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

The 49-year-old director and producer revealed that rather painful incident while a guest on Thursday night's episode of The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.

Jon Stewart, 52, prompted the story when he asked about Harrison Ford's rather impressive ability to handle injuries.

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Ouch: J.J. Abrams revealed on Thursday's episode of The Daily Show that he had broken his back while working on Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Harrison, 73, broke his ankle in June 2014 while filming scenes for the new Star Wars movie.

A hydraulic door that was part of the movie's Millennium Falcon set crashed down on the actor, sending him to the hospital and delaying Harrison's filming schedule for approximately two months.

Almost one year later, in March 2015, Harrison broke an ankle again - and fractured his pelvis - when he had to crash-land his private plane in Venice, California.

JJ Abrams broke his back while helping Harrison Ford on set

Change of plans: While he was there to talk about the new Mission: Impossible movie, Jon Stewart wanted to talk about Star Wars

By the time San Diego Comic-Con rolled around in July, however, Harrison was fully active once again.

'The guy is like a real-life superhero,' J.J. said. 'He should have that little Marvel logo above his name.'

Meanwhile, J.J.'s broken back was a direct result of his star's injury, occurring when the director rushed to help Harrison on-set.

Harrison Ford love: Jon's questions about Harrison Ford's recent injuries brought up J.J.'s own back story

Superhero: Despite two broken ankles and a fractured pelvis over the past year, Harrison (above in 1977's Star Wars) was able to complete filming and help promote the upcoming The Force Awakens

'There was a hydraulic door that went down. He was pushed down, his ankle goes 90 degrees,' J.J. explained of the accident that injured Harrison.

'He's down there and he's toughing it out. He's a super human being! He's literally lying there, telling jokes.'

'Now this door had gone down, and I'm trying to help lift it up. I felt this kind of pop in my back,' J.J. said of the moment he tried to lift the door off Harrison.

First look behind the scenes: Star Wars: The Force Awakens

When J.J. visited the doctor a few days later, he found out he had fractured his L4 vertebra and had to wear a back brace for the rest of the shoot.

Meanwhile, his actor - who will be reprising his role as Han Solo in the movie - was up for sprinting by August.

'I felt like the most nebbishly Jewish director ever,' J.J. admitted when he saw how quickly Harrison healed.

Trying to help: J.J. actually broke his back while helping Harrison after the actor broke his ankle on set in June 2014

Bad pop: The director heard a popping sound in the moment and found out he had fractured a vertebra when he visited the doctor

On the plus side, his back brace may have been a boon to the director's figure: 'It's like Spanx, they kind of keep you all together. I felt like I was on Baywatch!' he joked.

J.J. has since healed and was excited to be a guest on one of Jon Stewart's final shows - the host's Daily Show run ends on August 6 - officially to talk about Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation.