Monday, 17 May 2021

AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: BESPIN TOUCHDOWN!


Escorted by the Twin Pod Cloud Cars, the Falcon makes its way to Cloud City's landing platform 327 and a very smooth touchdown, the vessel's landing jets (animated by ILM) operating whilst its landing struts touchdown.

A selection of ILM behind the scenes images from the model/matte painting filming.



ILM veteran Selwyn Eddy with the Falcon model.


Ken Ralston, Selwyn Eddy and others at ILM clown around during long shooting hours.

Harrison Ellenshaw works on a matte painting for the surrounding platform and sky/city backdrop.


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