Star Wars And Return Of The Jedi (Tcf, 1977, 1983), Y-Wing Number One - Master Pattern / Hero Buck Used To Build Eve...
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Star Wars And Return Of The Jedi (Tcf, 1977, 1983), "Y-Wing Number One" - Master Pattern / Hero Buck Used To Build Eve...Entry/Object ID
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Star Wars and Return of the Jedi (TCF, 1977, 1983), "Y-wing Number One" - Master Pattern / Hero Buck Used to Build Every ILM Y-wing Filming Miniature from the Original Trilogy. Since the beginning of motion picture filmmaking, film productions have relied on miniature effects using scale models combined with special photographic effects to create convincing images on screen that would otherwise be too expensive, impractical or dangerous. In the case of battle sequences, such as the iconic "Assault on the Death Star" sequence in Star Wars, multiples of each variety of craft are made to accommodate a variety of needs, for track camera Motion Control set ups, pyrotechnics, background ships, etc. As production began for Star Wars, George Lucas formed his own visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), in a warehouse in Van Nuys, assembling a team including John Dykstra, Grant McCune, Richard Edlund, Dennis Muren, Lorne Peterson and Paul Huston, among others. As production progressed, work on the Y-wing began around spring of 1976 and the duties to build it landed on model maker Paul Huston's desk (two digital images of Huston working on this model in 1976 are included with the lot). This Master Pattern, or "Hero Buck" (as it's called in the industry), is a 1:1-scale exact sculpture with all the details of the finished Y-wing. It is what all of the various types of Y-wings were made from. There is only one Master Pattern/Hero Buck, and this is it. When the pattern was finished, a plaster backed silicone mold was created and multiple castings and parts were cast and created to fabricate all the Y-wings used on screen. Following production of the first Star Wars, the mold and Master Pattern were crated and put into storage for possible future use and later shipped to Marin County when George Lucas moved his studio to Northern California. There was no need for new Y-wings on The Empire Strikes Back, so they remained in storage for years until late in the production of Return of the Jedi in 1982.Use
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