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At the Elstree workshops in 1976, actor/weight lifter/health guru Dave Prowse's face and head is moulded for the now infamous Darth Vade...

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Inside the Lars Garage with cast and technicians. Image: Ann Skinner/BFI. Anthony Daniels is back in his Threepio costume, getting ready to ...

Best CLASSIC IMAGE: THE 'STAR WARS' KING OF COOL! by blog lover

Bearing a shorter, less classic Seventies-style haircut, Harrison Ford poses as Han Solo for late 1977 reference images, taken by acclaimed ...

Best BEHIND THE SCENES: A UNIVERSE TAKES SHAPE... by blog lover

At his home/studio in California, supreme visualist icon-to-be Ralph McQuarrie goes through his latest conceptual sketches with an always en...

Best DELETED SCENE: DEATH AND DEPARTURE! by blog lover

Having returned to the homestead and discovered the grisly fate of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru, a grim Luke Skywalker goes back to Ben Kenobi a...

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Danger at the Tractor Beam terminal, in this scene from the original STAR WARS. Having finally found his way to one of the Tractor Beam powe...

Best CLASSIC ART: PRACTITIONER OF EVIL... by blog lover

Smelling of "linen and lavender", rather than the "foul stench" of evil, was how Carrie Fisher affectionately remembered...

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STAR WARS Fan Club art by Ralph McQuarrie. Today is the 39th anniversary of the original STAR WARS, yet 2016 is also the 40th amazing annive...