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12 Behind-The-Scenes "Star Wars" Stories That Blew My Mind, Straight From Set Designer Roger Christian
The man behind R2-D2, the lightsaber, the Millennium Falcon, and more, shared behind-the-scenes of a galaxy far, far, away.
So I went down to the camera shop where we got everything in London, and having got those, I said to the manager, "I gotta make this weapon. It's a kind of science fiction weapon," and he said, "Well, we've got some torches." The special effects boys had made some, and they looked terrible and were rejected by George.
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