oojason said:

^ A great idea for a thread 😃

‘BBC’s The Risk Business (Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back)’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sdB4zedK4w - from the ‘Adywan revisited’ youtube channel. (With props to Babyhum)

A little bit of info on the documentary can be found at http://www.starwarsarchives.com/the-risk-business

Great. That’s precisely the type of video I hoped to see on this thread as you’d never see stuff like this on any official home video release.

Its always fascinating to see how people perceived SW films before they were released. The idea that ESB might not be a success seems so silly now, but that would have been a logical concern back in the day. As a side note; its also interesting to see how little has changed in the film industry, having studied filmmaking in the UK I get the impression that they still struggle with similar problems today.

Walter Cronkite’s “Universe” Visits ILM 1980:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aiee-MhPEWg - from TheStarWarsTrilogycom YouTube channel (9 mins long).

More info: https://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/2013/07/21/walter-cronkite-s-universe-visits-ilm/