"EVERY SAGA HAS A BEGINNING..."

Sunday, 6 August 2023

CLASSIC IMAGE: SLAVE 1 DEPARTS!

 


Arriving too late at Cloud City's East Platform, Leia and Lando can only look on as Boba Fett makes his escape on Slave 1, with his 'special cargo' aboard in the carbonized Han Solo. A great storyboard for The Empire Strikes Back whose scene location would be altered visually by the time of Summer 1979 filming at Elstree Studios...

The shot has similarities to this exciting production painting done by Ralph McQuarrie for the scene, which shows Chewbacca and Leia breaking glass to shoot at the departing vessel.


Ralph McQuarrie's final painting from September 25th, 1978.

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