Great image showing the Millennium Falcon's trusty cockpit and control panels-we think the image is taken from the set of RETURN OF THE JEDI-probably between February and April 1982- when a lot of the first and second unit filming (some of which was handled by Lucas) was being done at ELSTREE.
This is great picture, and I'm very greatful to you for posting it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think that this is actually the cockpit built for A New Hope. Notice the missing forward-most middle canopy strut (present in both the ESB and ROTJ sets) which was removed during ANH production. There are also some levers and greebles missing here that are present in ROTJ. Still, I could be wrong.
I am currently modeling the Falcon's cockpit from ANH blueprints and whatever archival images I can find, so I can't tell you how excited I am to find this picture. Thanks again!