Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)/Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Set Of 29 Production Design Reference Photographs With Norman Reynolds' Handwritten Note To Joe Johnston
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Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)/Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Set Of 29 Production Design Reference Photographs With Norman Reynolds' Handwritten Note To Joe JohnstonEntry/Object ID
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29 production design reference photographs from the productions of George Lucas' Star Wars: A New Hope and Irvin Kershner's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back with a note handwritten by Norman Reynolds to Joe Johnston during production on the latter. Reynolds served as art director on A New Hope and production designer on The Empire Strikes Back, earning him an Academy Award® and a nomination respectively, while Johnston served as the art director for the miniature and optical effects unit on ESB. This lot consists of four black-and-white photographs depicting both the five-foot Millennium Falcon model miniature and the full-size Falcon entrance ramp and set from ANH; 17 black-and-white photographs depicting Luke Skywalker's (Mark Hamill) X-wing starfighter partially submerged in the swamps of Dagobah, an All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT) falling onto the snow-covered surface of the ice planet Hoth, and a Hoth gun turret from ESB; eight color Polaroids of a gun turret from ESB; an envelope addressed to Johnston with a sketch doodle by Reynolds; and a handwritten letter regarding the status of the gun turret sent by Reynolds to Johnston and dated "9th Jan 1979." Several photographs are either hand-numbered or annotated with details such as "door side," "door handle," or "hatch open," among others. They also exhibit sticky residue throughout, while the envelope and letter exhibit tearing and creasing. Dimensions: (largest) 8" x 11" (20.5 cm x 28 cm) Sold without copyright; see notice in the Buyer's Guide.Type of Print
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