Though it isn’t directly Star Wars related, this 1971 one-hour interview, George Lucas: Maker of Films, which I’ve written about at length on my actual blog, should still prove pretty interesting to anyone remotely interested in Lucas and Star Wars.
The Swedish translation reads: Star Wars and Peace.
ILM shot the first Deathstar outside, so as to use the sun as a lighting source, as they had neither the stage space, nor the film speed to shoot it in a studio.
Annoyingly cropped piece of a 1976 Terry O’Neill PR piece for another Star Wars than the one that ended up on the screen. Luke’s garb, being black, is reminicient of his Return of the Jedi dress, and his just-out-of-frame blaster holster similar to the one Han struts around with. You can’t see it, but the pants he’s wearing have a very Solo-esque stripe running down the side of them as well.
“How you doin’?”
So much for that plan…
PS: Notice the wobbly plating on the walls. Somebody threathened the construction crew into finishing, and this is what they got in return. Speed, cost and quality; you can pick two out of the three…
“Well, I guess we could just walk across and climb up there…”
I love that rifle to death. Luke seems to think it’s a rake, judging from how he’s holding it though.
Colin Cantwell’s Star Destroyer concept model, which was later changed as it was deemed too militaristic, or nautical or whatever. Either way, Lucas wanted something more romantic.
This one has a spear on its… ehm… bow. So as to allow it to crash into palaces and spear emperors, a stable of science fantasy stories.
