Joe Johnston detailing the Blockade Runner model.
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.
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…
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.
More X than wing. Hardi-harh-harh.
The speeder salesman in his native habitat. Observe how old Ben has turned his back on him. I’m not saying he has anything against the facially challenged species… But he does.
PS: Observe the disembodied hand floating in the upper left hand of the image. A not oft seen species meant for the original trilo… No wait, that’s just the cursor from the Behind the Magic CD.
The post-stormtrooper-visit-sandcrawler-set in its second location, a rock canyon.
The full sandcrawler set on the salt flats of Tunisia. The mound in the bottom left corner, which is the edge of the hole-in-the-ground, is just a mound though, there is no hole in the ground, that was shot at a different location altogether.
PS: A storm tore this set apart.
I’ve got nothing…
But The Making of Star Wars does (p156), which you should own if you’re reading this I might add. The Sandcrawler set, as seen here anyway - it was later moved to a canyon - was placed near the border between Tunisia and Libya, and had to be inspected by the Libyan army, who suspected it to be part of a military mobilization.
The set itself only reached a couple of meters above frame, as you can see in this photo.
Also it cost $128.000 anno 1976.
PS: No wonder ‘red’ blew a casket, check out that guy pulling all the wires out of him!
