CLASSIC IMAGE: RE-INVENTING A CLASSIC!

The classic scene that set the standard for future science fiction/fantasy storytelling and blew audiences away worldwide with its truly epic special effects work- the opening to the original 1977 Star Wars involving an Imperial Star Destroyer chasing the Rebel Blockade Runner above Tatooine.

But it's not. Instead, this is an equally impressive moment from the sequence specially re-shot from scratch (using a more-detailed meter long Star Destroyer model from The Empire Strikes Back) for the equally incredible and ground-breaking IMAX screen format, as part of legendary sound designer Ben Burtt's pleasing 1996 documentary Special Effects: Anything Can Happen, shown exclusively in IMAX and OMNI MAX cinemas in the US and Canada.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQjY7ZDWFNo

'VADER WEEK': DAY 1 - MAKING AN ENTRANCE!

With guile, cunning, and ferocity, he has traced the Rebel spies who captured the top secret plans to the Death Star project, now Darth Vader and his Stormtrooper legion have attacked and boarded a Rebel-serving Blockade Runner bearing influential senate markings trying to escape his Star destroyer's pursuit over the outer rim world of Tatooine. The plans will finally be retrieved by Vader - whatever the cost!

The still-magnificent moment that introduced Darth Vader to the world, from the original Star Wars, as captured in modern storybook art form by Brian Rood. 

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STAR WARS AT 35: BLOCKADE BUSTER!

The first spaceship ever seen in  STAR WARS: the beloved Rebel Blockade Runner housing Princess Leia, later named the Tantive IV by Brian Daley in the Radio Drama, racing over the planet Tatooine whilst pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, from the original film's still stunning beginning.

As a kid back in 1978, I always loved this ship with its hammerhead shark front and massive engine array at the back. I wish they had released it as a Die-cast model back in the day, and that the interior of the craft had been a playset to put my PALITOY Stormtrooper figures in!