"EVERY SAGA HAS A BEGINNING..."

Monday 26 November 2018

BEHIND THE SCENES: A SPELLBINDING UNIVERSE TAKES SHAPE...

George Lucas makes notes during a scene break in Tunisia. 

AFICIONADO's Fortieth Anniversary celebrations of the full UK theatrical release of the original Star Wars during 1978 comes to a close with this collection of rare and magical behind the scenes images. Enjoy!


Alternate image of the classic 'Binary Sunset' sequence.

A different posed photo take of Luke with his father's lightsaber. 

Early costume shape mould option for Threepio.

Anthony Daniels Threepio costume starts to take shape at Elstree.

On location for Luke's scenes at the Hotel Sidi Driss - Spring 1976.

Friends on a new adventure: Kenny Baker and Jack Purvis.

Filming the iconic opening scene of the film.

A lovely shot of the Artoo shell in Star Wars Canyon in Tunisia- March 1976.

The never used original title crawl.

Ann Skinner and Anthony Daniels watch Sir Alec Guinness confer with Lucas. 

Turning on the light saber for the first time!

Escaping the Imperials in art by Alex Tavoulais.

To capture a Princess!

A bright light in the sky!

Friends together in the Jawa Sandcrawler.

Alternate BTS shot from the moment where Leia encounters Vader.

The Tusken Raiders enjoy their work!
Stormtroopers and Rebels clash with lazer swords!

Bringing Artoo to life the hard way!

The Blockade Runner takes a critical hit, filmed at ILM.

A different outtake of the classic filming image.

The droid seeks escape in this Alex Tavoularis storyboard.
Catching up with a wayward droid.
Slightly different outtake shot of our four friends having fun on set- Summer 1976.

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