Best ILM CLASSIC IMAGE: THE ICE GODS OF ILM! by blog lover

At ILM's new facility in San Francisco, Denis Muren, Phil Tippett and matte/background artist supremo Michael Pangrazio pose with a cert...

Best BEHIND THE SCENES: MAGIC-MAKING FROM THE SWAMPS! by blog lover

"I was the only actor on the call sheet for months!" Occasionally lonely, often very physically gruelling days they may have been ...

Best ILM CLASSIC IMAGE: THE IMPERIAL WALKERS DEBUT! by blog lover

Classic ILM model reference shots of the AT-AT Walker. After the fast paced space fighter conflict that dramatically ended the original STAR...

Best BEHIND THE SCENES: IN PERFECT UNION by blog lover

An inseparable symbiosis- Frank Oz and the puppet Yoda on the misty, murky, mucky Dagobah set at Elstree Studios in August/September 1979, a...

Best CLASSIC ART: LOVE AND WAR! by blog lover

Roger Kastel's stunning poster work for the 1980 release of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - the "Gone with the Wind" tribute - is de...

Best CLASSIC IMAGE: A JEDI FOOD SOURCE! by blog lover

There may not be a dinner gong within the eerie lair of the Wampa ice creature of Hoth, but it certainly knows when its tummy's rumbling...

Best AFICIONADO REVIEW: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - THE ORIGINAL TOPPS TRADING CARD SERIES VOLUME TWO by blog lover

Darth Vader's Uber-villain status is confirmed with THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, and immortalised as part of the US TOPPS CARD series. Image...

Best BEHIND THE SCENES: WIDE-EYED DIRECTING! by blog lover

Determined to take the next chapter of the STAR WARS saga into new areas of storytelling, with a particular emphasis on character and gettin...

Best CLASSIC IMAGE: READYING THE PIT OF PERIL! by blog lover

A crude facility it may indeed be, but Darth Vader knows that the Carbon Freeze chamber trap being prepared by Lando Calrissian and his Besp...

Best BEHIND THE SCENES: ECHO BASE UNCOVERED! by blog lover

The amazing Rebel base hangar on Hoth, and its splendid full-size X-wing fighter prop, built on the then new STAR WARS STAGE at Elstree Stud...

Best CLASSIC IMAGE: BUG-EYED DROID! by blog lover

Looking more like a giant fly's face than a droid, here's a close-up examination of the intriguing mask worn by actor Chris Parsons ...