Monday 28 July 2014

BEHIND THE SCENES: MIXING WITH ICONS...


UK script continuity supervisor Ann Skinner hangs around with a certain beloved Wookiee during filming of STAR WARS finale medal ceremony sequence, packed with around 200 extras playing Rebels at Shepperton Studios during May 1976.

Miss Skinner's all-important, note-filled continuity script is going to be showcased as part of a special rarity museum exhibit at the London BFI later this year, celebrating over three months a rich and very diverse season (though mostly British) of British created film and TV sci-fi- SCI-FI: DAYS OF FEAR AND WONDER. More info here: The BFI takes a giant leap into Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder | BFI

Rare Behind-the-Scenes Photos From the Set of the Original 'Star Wars'

Image: MTV.

He may not have onscreen received a medal of heroism at Yavin (though he does in the original 1977 novel adaptation by Alan Dean Foster), but Chewbacca would eventually receive special recognition via Carrie Fisher and an adoring audience, at the 1997 MTV MOVIE AWARDS: 

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