Tuesday 12 July 2011

ILM CLASSIC IMAGE: DEATH STAR PATROL


A patrol of TIE fighters tear across the equatorial channel of the fearsome Imperial Death Star battle station in this terrific piece of conceptual art by ILM's Joe Johnston from 1977, as seen in the STAR WARS SKETCH BOOK of the time.

Its a great image, and you can just imagine Ben Burtt's brutal sound design for the craft as they race by...

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