"EVERY SAGA HAS A BEGINNING..."

Tuesday 30 August 2011

SPECIAL EDITION CLASSIC IMAGE: BEN'S HOME


We continue our series of 1997 SPECIAL EDITION fixes that actually work and enhance the Classic Trilogy films with this great ILM matte painting/ model combo of "old hermit" Ben Kenobi's home out in the dangerous climes of the Dune Sea on Tatooine. I love the original close-in 1976/77 shot of the small real-life fisherman's hut representing it in Djerba, Tunisia (with the Landspeeder parked outside) but this new addition, with the accompanying lone moisture vaporator, works well, I think.

Filming the model at ILM, and with the final matte background composite.



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