Path of the Geek: may the 4th be with you

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Saturday, May 4, 2013

May the 4th be With You - Having Fun

They must have had a lot of fun... At least judging by these photos! Carrie Fisher looks delightful!

The crew must have thought that they were leaving a mark on movie making history. These are group photos of cast, crew and promotional photos.

As a kid, my favorite characters in Star Wars were C3PO and R2-D2. Silly me, I thought that R2 was really a fully functioning robot... Part of the magic, I say.

Before CGI took the movie industry, every creature needed sculptors and makeup artists to be created. The puppets and silicon prosthetics, the hair and clay and the imagination of these brilliant artists, now on display.

George Lucas approached ILM with a sole purpose: make it work. He had the ideas and needed them to come alive. ILM did just that and still sets the bar for quality and innovation in special and visual effects nowadays. Back then, making spaceships fly, AT-AT's walk, asteroids fly-by... all done by hand, stop motion and a lot of patience. Btw, can I take the Millenium Falcon home?

Production photos are always a beauty to see... In the oldest Star Wars movies, green or blue screen was used a lot, but not at a scale like we see nowadays and still, most of that we owe to ILM... The sets were amazing and very detailed and the tricks to get us to think that we were in a different planet, a spaceship or in space were a must.

The man behind the story, George Lucas is the creator of one of the most popular movie series of all time. He's the one responsible for the birth of Industrial Light and Magic and for all that legacy, we hereby salute you!

Every movie starts out with an idea. George Lucas envisioned this space world and then brought it to life. Some of the concept art created for the first Star Wars movies (IV, V and VI) is posted below for your enjoyment.