"EVERY SAGA HAS A BEGINNING..."

Thursday 2 September 2021

AN 'EMPIRE' AT 40: THE DEPARTURE OF SLAVE 1!

The final preparations for Boba Fett's departure in Slave 1, with his special cargo aboard, begins, in this memorable establishing shot moment on Cloud City achieved with a matte painting that incorporated previous live-action filming accomplished at Elstree Studios.

Live action elements added to the plate.


ILM conceptual art.

Matte Panting genius Harrison Ellenshaw at work on the Slave 1 matte painting.


Note the movie poster for Disney's The Black Hole, the labour of love project for father and son Ellenshaw, which was worked on before Harrison joined Empire

Slave 1 departs the East Platform, and soon receives blaster fire from a desperate Leia and Chewbacca.

Storyboard of departure scene.

The departure as captured in a frame from an original 1980 70mm print of the movie.


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