The top photo is the 14K Solid Gold Lego C3P0
Thursday
gold c3po Lego – cool.
Tuesday
How the Star Wars opening title was made
Here is the whole ending credits to the STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK movie from 1980.
PRODUCTION CREW
Directed by.....................................................IRVIN KERSHNER
Produced by.........................................................GARY KURTZ
Screenplay by...............................LEIGH BRACKETT and LAWRENCE KASDAN
Story by..........................................................GEORGE LUCAS
Executive Producer................................................GEORGE LUCAS
Production Designer............................................NORMAN REYNOLDS
Director of Photography................................PETER SUSCHITZKY B.S.C.
Edited by...................................................PAUL HIRSCH A.C.E.
Visual Special Effects...........................BRIAN JOHNSON, RICHARD EDLUND
Music by.........................................................JOHN WILLIAMS
Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Associate Producers..................................ROBERT WATTS, JAMES BLOOM
Design Consultant and Conceptual Artist........................RALPH McQUARRIE
Art Directors.........................LESLIE DILLEY, HARRY LANCE, ALAN TOMKINS
Set Decorator.....................................................MICHAEL FORD
Construction Manager..............................................BILL WELCH
Assistant Art Directors............................MICHAEL LAMONT, FRED HOLE
Sketch Artist...................................................IVOR BEDDOES
Draftsmen.............................TED AMBROSE, MICHAEL BOONE, REG BREAM,
STEVE COOPER, RICHARD DAWKING
Modellers................................FRED EVANS, ALLAN MOSS, JAN STEVENS
Chief Buyer...................................................EDWARD RODRIGO
Construction Storeman.........................................DAVE MIDDLETON
Operating Cameramen.................................KELVIN PIKE, DAVID GARFATH
Assistant Camermen..............................MAURICE ARNOLD, CHRIS TANNER
Second Assistant Cameramen......................PETER ROBINSON, MADELYN MOST
Dolly Grips.......................................DENNIS LEWIS, BRIAN OSBORN
Matte Photography Consultant............................STANLEY SAYER B.S.C.
Gaffer..........................................................LAURIE SHANE
Rigging Gaffer....................................................JOHN CLARK
Lighting Equipment and Crew...................................LEE ELECTRIC
Make-up and Special Creature Design............................STUART FREEBORN
Chief Make-up Artist.........................................GRAHAM FREEBORN
Make-up Artists.....................................KAY FREEBORN, NICK MALEY
Chief Hairdresser............................................BARBARA RITCHIE
Yoda Fabrication...............................................WENDY MIDENER
Costume Designer....................................................JOHN MOLLO
Wardrobe Supervisor............................................TINY NICHOLLS
Wardrobe Mistress............................................EILEEN SULLIVAN
Property Master...................................................FRANK BURTON
Property Supervisor..........................................CHARLES TORBETT
Property Dressing Supervisor......................................JOE DIPPLE
Head Carpenter................................................GEORGE GUNNING
Head Plasterer..................................................BERT RODWELL
Head Rigger.....................................................RED LAWRENCE
Sound Design and Supervising Sound Effects Editor....................BEN BURTT
Sound Editors..................MICHAEL BURROW, TERESA ECKTON, BONNIE KOEHLER
Producion Sound...................................................PETER SUTTON
Sound Boom Operator..............................................DON WORTHAM
Production Maintenance...........................................RON BUTCHER
Re-Recording.........................BILL VARNEY, STEVE MASLOW, GREGG LANDAKER
Music Recording.................................................ERIC TOMLINSON
Orchestrations..............................................HERBERT W. SPENCER
Supervising Music Editor......................................KENNETH WANNBERG
Assistant Film Editors........DUWAYNE DUNHAM, PHIL SANDERSON, BARBARA ELLIS,
STEVE STARKEY, PAUL TOMLINSON
Dialogue Editors................ART SCHULKEY, LESLIE SHATZ, JOANNA D'ANTONIO
Optical Coordinator..........................................ROBERT FRIEDMAN
Assistant Sound Editors........JOHN BENSON, JOANNE CAPPUCCELLI, KEN FISCHER,
CRAIG JAEGER, NANCY JENKS, LAUREL LADEVICH
Foley Editors..................................ROBERT RUTLEDGE, SCOTT HECKER
Foley Assistants..............................EDWARD M. STEIDELE, JOHN ROESH
Sound Effects Recording...........................................RANDY THOM
Recording Technicians...................GARY SUMMERS, HOWIE, KEVIN O'CONNELL
Production Supervisor............................................BRUCE SHARMAN
Assistant Production Manager...................................PATRICIA CARR
Production Coordinator...........................................MIKI HERMAN
First Assistant Director.......................................DAVID TOMBLIN
Second Assistant Directors.........................STEVE LANNING, ROY BUTTON
Location Manager...............................................PHILIP KOHLER
Continuity.........................................KAY RAWLINGS, PAMELA MANN
Casting.............................IRENE LAMB, TERRY LEIBLING, ROB EDMISTON
Assistant to Producer............................................BUNNY ALSUP
Assistant to Direcctor...........................................DEBBIE SHAW
Assistant to Executive Producer.....................................JANE BAY
Production Assistants.............BARBARA HARLEY, NICK LAWS, CHARLES WESSLER
Stunt Coordinator................................................PETER DIAMOND
Stunt Doubles.....................................BOB ANDERSON, COLIN SKEAPING
Production Accountant...............................................RON PHIPPS
Assistant Accountant...........................................MICHAEL LARKINS
Set Cost Controller.................................................KEN GORDON
Location Accountant...................................................RON COOK
Staff Photographer..............................................GEORGE WHITEAR
Unit Publicist.....................................................ALAN ARNOLD
Assistant Publicist...............................................KRISTEN WING
Studio Second Unit
Directors...........................................HARLEY COKLISS, JOHN BARRY
Directory of Photography..........................................CHRIS MENGES
Assistant Director...........................................DOMINIC FULFORD
Second Assistant Director..................................ANDREW MONTGOMERY
Location Second Unit
Director.......................................................PETER MacDONALD
Director of Photography...........................................GEOFF GLOVER
Operating Cameraman................................................BOB SMITH
Assistant Cameramen.............................JOHN CAMPBELL, MIKE BREWSTER
Second Assistant Cameramen.............................JOHN KEEN, GREG DUPRE
Dolly Grip..........................................................FRANK BATT
Production Manager..............................................SVEIN JOHANSEN
Assistant Directors..................................BILL WESTLEY, OLA SOLUM
Production and Mechanical Effects Unit
Mechanical Effects Supervisor......................................NICK ALLDER
Location Unit Supervisor.........................................ALLAN BRYCE
Senior Effects Technician............................NEIL SWAN, DAVE WATKINS
Robot Fabrication and Supervisor......................ANDREW KELLY, RON HONE
Effects Technicians..............PHIL KNOWLES, BARRY WHITROD, MARTIN GANT,
BRIAN EKE, GUY HUDSON, DENNIS LOWE
Effects Engineering............................ROGER NICHOLLS, STEVE LLOYD
Electrical Engineer..............................................JOHN HATT
Electrical Consultant........................................ROB DICKINSON
Model Construction...........................................JOHN PAKENHAM
Effects Assistants................ALAN POOLE, DIGBY MILNER, ROBERT McLAREN
Effects Secretary................................................GILL CASE
Miniature and Optical Effects Unit
Effects Director of Photography...................................DENNIS MUREN
Effects Cameramen..................................KEN RALSTON, JIM VEILLEUX
Camera Operators..........................................DON DOW, BILL NEIL
Assistant Cameramen..............SELWYN EDDY, JODY WESTHIEMER, RICK FIGHTER,
CLINT PALMER, MICHAEL McALISTER, PAUL HUSTON,
RICHARD FISH, CHRIS ANDERSON
Optical Photography Supervisor.................................BRUCE NICHOLSON
Optical Printer Operators...........DAVID BERRY, KENNETH SMITH, DONALD CLARK
Optical Line-up.................WARREN FRANKLIN, MARK YARGO, PETER AMUNDSON,
LORING DOYLE, THOMAS ROSSETER, TAM PILLSBURY,
JAMES LIM
Optical Coordinator...........................................LAURIE VERMONT
Laboratory Technicians..................TIM GEIDEMAN, DUNCAN MYERS, ED JONES
Art Director - Visual Effects.....................................JOE JOHNSTON
Assistant Art Director.....................................NILO RODIS-JAMERO
Stop Motion Animation...................................JON BERG, PHIT TIPPETT
Stop Motion Technicians...........................TOM ST. AMANO, DOUG BESICK
Matte Painting Supervisor...................................HARRISON ELLENSHAW
Matte Artists.............................RALPH McQUARRIE, MICHAEL PANGRAZIO
Matte Photography...............................................NEIL KREPELA
Additional Matte Photography..................................MICHAEL LAWLER
Matte Photography Assistants.....................CRAIG BARRON, ROBERT ELSWIT
Chief Model Maker...............................................LORNE PETERSON
Modelshop Foreman...............................................STEVE GAWLEY
Model Makers..........................PAUL HUSTON, TOM RUDDUCK, MIKE FULMER,
SAMUEL ZOLLTHEIS, CHARLES BAILEY, EASE OWYEUNG,
SCOTT MARSHALL, MARC THORPE, WESLEY SEEDS,
DAVE CARSON, ROB GEMMEL, PAT McCLUNG
Animation and Rotoscope Supervisor.................................PETER KURAN
Animators......................SAMUEL COMSTOCK, GARRY ALLER, JOHN VAN VLIET,
RICK TAYLOR, KIM KNOWLTON, CHRIS CASADY,
NINA SAXON, DIANA WILSON
Visual Effects Editorial Supervisor................................CONRAD BUFF
Effects Editor.................................................MICHAEL KELLY
Assistant Effects Editors........................ARTHUR REPOLA, HOWARD STEIN
Apprentice Editor.................................................JON THALER
Production Administration........................................DICK GALLEGLY
Production Secretary...........................................PATRICIA BLAU
Production Associate............................................THOMAS BROWN
Production Accountant............................................RAY SCALICE
Assistant Accountants..............GLENN PHILLIPS, PAM TRAAS, LAURA CROCKETT
Production Assistant..........................................JENNY OZNOWICZ
Transportation.................................................ROBERT MARTIN
Still Photography...............................................TERRY CHOSTNER
Lab Assistant................................................ROBERTO McGRATH
Electronic Systems Designer.....................................JERRY JEFFRESS
System Programming................................................KRIS BROWN
Electronic Engineers...................LHARY MEYER, MIKE MacKENZIE, GARY LEO
Special Project Coordinator........................................STUART ZIFF
Equipment Engineering Supervisor.................................GENE WHITEMAN
Design Engineer....................................................MIKE BOLLES
Machinists........................................UDO PAMPEL, GREG BEAUMONTE
Draftsman.........................................................ED TENNLER
Special Projects.................................................GARY PLATER
Supervising Stage Technician.......................................T.E. MEHNKE
Stage Technicians...................WILLIAM BECK, BOBBY FINLEY, LEO LOVERRO,
EDWARD HIRSH, DICK DOVA, ED BREED
Miniature Pyrotechnics...............JOSEPH VISKOCIL, DAVE PIER, THAINE MORRIS
Optical Printer Compenent Manufacturer.......................GEORGE RANDLE CO.
Camera and Movement Design.......................................JIM BEAUMONTE
Special Optical Designer.........................................DAVID GRAFTON
Special Optical Fabrication..........................J.L. WOOD OPTICAL SYSTEMS
Optical Printer Component Enginnering........................FRIES ENGINEERING
High Speed Camera Movements..............................MITCHELL CAMERA CORP.
Ultra High Speed Cameras................................BRUCE HILL PRODUCTIONS
Color Timer...........................................................ED LEMKE
Negative Cutting...................................ROBERT HART, DARRELL HIXSON
Dolby Consultant................................................DON DIGIROLAMO
Additional Optical Effects....VAN DER VEER PHOTO EFFECTS, MODERN FILM EFFECTS,
RAY MERCER & COMPANY, WESTHEIMER COMPANY,
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN FILMS
Aerial Camera Systems.........Westcam Camera Systems (Europe)
Aerial Cameraman................................RON GOODMAN
Assistant.................................. MARGARET HERRON
Helicopter Supplied...............Dollar Air Services Limited
Pilot............................................MARK WOLFE
CAST
Luke Skywalker MARK HAMILL
Han Solo HARRISON FORD
Princess Leia CARRIE FISHER
Lando Calrissian BILLY DEE WILLIAMS
C-3PO ANTHONY DANIELS
Darth Vader DAVID PROWSE
Chewbacca PETER MAYHEW
R2-D2 KENNY BAKER
Yoda FRANK OZ
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi ALEC GUINNESS
Boba Fett JEREMY BULLOCH
Lando's Aide JOHN HOLLIS
Chief Ugnaught JACK PURVIS
Snow Creature DES WEBB
Performing Assistant for Yoda KATHRYN MULLEN
Voice of Emperor CLIVE REVILL
IMPERIAL FORCES
Admiral Piett KENNETH COLLEY
General Veers JULIAN COLLEY
Admiral Ozzel MICHAEL SHEARD
Captain Needa MICHAEL CULVER
Other Imperial Officers JOHN DICKS, MILTON JOHNS, MARK JONES,
OLIVER MAGUIRE, ROBIN SCOBEY
REBEL FORCES
General Rieekan BRUCE BOA
Zev (Rogue 2) CHRISTOPHER MALCOM
Wedge (Rogue 3) DENNIS LAWSON
Hobbie (Rogue 4) RICHARD OLDFIELD
Dak (Luke's Gunner) JOHN MORTON
Janson (Wedge's Gunner) IAN LISTON
Major Derlin JOHN RATZENBERGER
Deck Lieutanant JAKE McKENZIE
Head Controller JERRY HARTE
Other Rebel Officers NORMAN CHANCER, NORWICH DUFF, RAY HASSETT,
BRIGITTE KAHN, BERNELL TUCKER
Cloud Plates Photographed with Astrovision by Continental Camera Systems Inc.
Snow Vehicles Supplied by Aktiv Fisher
R2 Bodies Fabricated by White Horse Toy Company
Special Assistance from Giltspur Engineering and Company
Photographed on he Hardangerjskuien Glacier, Finse, Norway
and at EMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England
Music Recorded at Anvil Studios, Danham, England
Re-Recording at Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Los Angeles, California
Special Visual Effects Produced at Industrial Light and Magic,
Marin County, California
Filmed in Panavision Recorded in DOLBY STEREO
Color by Rank Film Laboratories Prints by Deluxe
A Lucasfilm Ltd. Production A Twenieth Century-Fox Release
Original Soundtrack on RSO Records Novalization from Ballantine Books
Monday
Darth Vader at the beach surfing
Let’s go surfing – Darth Vader style. Darth searching for the perfect wave. Darth Vader at the beach surfing
In one of the Star Wars Role-Playing Game books there was an Alliance Intelligence Reports and it says the final destination of students of the Galactic Outdoor Survival School during their punishing final examination was called Ninth Aquatic Zone or the AquaZone 9. This area is known for its green sandy beaches.
(maybe that's is where Vader is in this photo )
Sunday
Hooha On The Death Star Obi Wan v Darth Vader
Hooha On The Death Star Obi Wan v Darth Vader. the battle of the century (but what century). Bigger than the Thriller In Manila.
Saturday
Han Solo and Chewbacca dressed as Pokemon
Han Solo and Chewbacca dressed as Pokemon. Chewbacca is Pikachew and Han Solo is Ash. No I think Samus for the Nintendo game Metroid.
Wednesday
Tuesday
Friday
Gold Star Wars Lego C3P0 (or is it C-3PO)
These came out in special packs a while ago, I guess they are rare Lego collectables.
C-3PO is a protocol droid built from spare parts by nine-year-old Anakin Skywalker. The droid’s was a secret, as Anakin didn’t want him taken away by his master, Watto. The number 3 in the droid’s name was Anakin’s stab to show that the droid would be the third member of his family, beside himself and his mum. According to A Guide to the Star Wars Universe, C-3PO was activated around 95 PE. By the time Anakin was freed from slavery by Qui-Gon Jinn, C-3PO was nearly completed. All he had missing was an outer skin and some small modifications. Eventually, C-3PO was given a gold outer skin like we see in the movies and was reunited with the astromech droid named R2-D2 years before the Battle of Yavin.
The two had many escapades dodging Olag Greck in the Kalarba System. C3PO was the victim of tampering by Movo Brattakin, who inserted an initiative submodule in his leg to help expose Greck and Jace Forno on Boonda the Hutt's moon. After these adventures, C-3PO was ultimately assigned to use in the Imperial Senate, translating the proceedings for a number of alien diplomats. It was during this time that he became "friends" with R2-D2, one of the Navy's astromech droids. Even though they had separate functions and programming, they maintained their version of friendship. Note that, despite what the Droids comics say about their meeting, the Star Wars Radio Drama infers that C-3PO and R2-D2 didn't meet until C-3PO was assigned as R2-D2's translator during routine labour assigning on the Tantive IV. When the Senator Palpatine began to gain his power, the growing Alliance took Threepio under their domain and assigned him to mediate the various agreements between the Alliance and alien worlds. One such mission led him onto the Tantive IV, where he was tagging along with R2-D2 one too many times.
When Artoo escaped from the ship in an escape pod, Threepio followed him, fearing that the Empire would only melt him down. Since then, he has been owned by Luke Skywalker following his auction at the hands of one of Tatooine's roving Jawa clans. Luke is C-3PO's 43rd master, having been owned by diplomats and starshipwrights before then. He has helped Luke whenever possible, and has also maintained his friendship with Artoo, although just like old friends they constantly bicker at each other. C-3PO was portrayed by Anthony Daniels in all three Star Wars films as well as for both Star Wars radio dramas on National Public Radio.
Keep Calm and Watch Star Wars
Yes there are a million of these types of signs around.
So here is one more - Keep Calm and Watch Star Wars
Thursday
Star Wars Starship Cruiser drawing
Princess Leia had a small starship called Alderaan that she piloted it under the alias Lelila in order to travel unobtrusively.
Monday
Just Sometimes Sith Happens
The Jedi Code is "There is no emotion; there is peace. There is no ignorance; there is knowledge. There is no passion; there is serenity. There is no chaos; there is harmony. There is no death; there is the Force."
Then Sith Happens, then you die.
Naughty Lego Princess Leia In A Bikini
Naughty Lego Princess Leia In A Bikini. In a bikini sitting on a photocopier making butt prints (ooo err )
And click to this post if you want to know How to make Princess Leia bikini, slave Leia, Jabbas prisoner costume just in case you want photo copy your own butt!
BTW - The designation of Princess Leia's transport ship at the Alliance's Echo Base on Hoth was C-17.
Sunday
Make A Star Wars Darth Vader Chair
Clever and talented to make this Star Wars themed wooden chair, but ugly all the same.
The Acceleration Chair is the g-force-absorbing seat used by Starship pilots and the Acceleration Couch is the g-force-absorbing bench used by Starship passengers.
Star Wars and Starbucks
Even in space Starbucks would make terrible coffee.
Reading the Children of the Jedi novel - Belsavis is an ice-covered planet that has small clusters of protective domes covering what is left of the native jungles. The jungles, which once filled the planet's volcanic rift valleys, produce vine-silk and vine-coffee. The domes are kept safe from the planet's environmental activity by antigravity support structures, and have special light-amplification controls and equipment to keep the jungles warm.A Yoda Dog You Are
That poor dog, he doesn’t look happy, does he? It’s cruel to dress up the dog as Yoda – should have been Darth Vader
Star Wars Fun Fact – According to the West End Games' Star Wars Role-Playing Game sourcebooks. Bandigos are a species of brutal omnivores that are native to the region around Temptation Canyon on Sriluur. Bandigos look a lot like large, dog-like animals with clawed limbs and wrinkled skin. They lived in the sand, and ambushed their prey by hiding under a cover of sand until the prey got close enough to capture. These four-legged creatures let out long, evil howls at night, and many historians believe that the prehistoric Weequay thought these howls were created by the water nymphs which existed deep inside Temptation Canyon.Wednesday
Monday
James Earl Jones – Darth Vader Autograph
James Earl Jones – Darth Vader Autograph. Would be a nice thing to have.
Darth Vader was portrayed by David Prowse, and Vader's voice was provided by James Earl Jones, in all three Star Wars films. Darth Vader was also portrayed by Brock Peters for the Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back Radio Dramas on National Public Radio.
Sunday
Darth Vader watercolour
Darth Vader watercolour painting, looks pretty good to me.
Star wars Fact: Darth Vader, in an effort to discover the Alliance's primary base, sent probe droids to Allyuen, Hoth and Tokmia.
Thursday
Star Wars Lightsaber Chopsticks
Now your dining experience will be complete. What you have always wanted, Lightsaber Chopsticks. Do you want Darth Vaders big 230mm chopsticks or the baby sized green ones at 200mm?
Tuesday
Take Care–Lightsabers Are Dangerous
Adegan Crystals (I think also called Ilum crystals) are used to make lightsabers. They emit powerful bursts of light when induced by resonant frequencies and are the most common crystals used to build lightsabers.
Sunday
Brother and Sister
Click so it is a bit easier to read.
Star Wars fact – In the book, Zorba the Hutt's Revenge, Luke Skywalker bought a housekeeping droid as a gift to Han Solo. He got it from the Jawas on Tatooine. The droid model was a KT-18 and they called it Kate for short. She had a pearlescent outer shell and was built to resemble a human female in size and shape. Cool housewarming present hey?
Saturday
Sunday
A man in a Darth Vader mask and cape, wearing a kilt, playing Star Wars music on a bagpipe while riding a unicycle.
Pretty much what this photo show. A person in a Darth Vader mask and cape, wearing a kilt, playing Star Wars music on a bagpipe while riding a unicycle. Talent or what?
Stranger still is I am writing this while Queens Bicycle song is playing on the TV, great song but very strange.
Saturday
Tuesday
Darth Vader on motorbike chasing Biggs R2-D2 on a bike
Star Wars fact : There is an airstrip near the Imperial City on Coruscant called Biggs Field and it was named this to honour Biggs Darklighter's great sacrifice he made during the Battle of Yavin.
Monday
Old C-3P0 Kids Costume
I am sure this kid loved the C-3P0 dressup but, gee, a plastic mask and tin foil pants don’t really make it.
I always thought it was C3-P0 but it is actually C-3P0, I have also seen See-Threepio – what should it be?
Friday
Wednesday
Star Wars Eggs
Eggs, not scrambled, fried or poached but Star Wars style.
In the Star Wars universe there is a restaurant called BanthaQuik located on the planet Bescane. Among the fantastic range of foods served are Tusken Special (which are Bantha meat shish-kababs) and Ithor Delight (that is scrambled Ooglata eggs)!
Bet you thought I couldn’t find a Star Wars reference for eggs, did you