sam_aka said:

I’m far too young to have experienced star wars in theaters in 1977, but I saw Dune: Part Two in theaters this year, and I couldn’t help but feel a bit like I was watching star wars for the first time. It was so beautiful so alien, so thrilling, so totally different than anything I had seen even after decades of sci-fi and super hero movies. The music was also iconic and unique, and while star war’s vfx were groundbreaking for 1977 in a way vfx never can be again, I think Dune: Part Two achieved something else, perfect visual effects. It’s simply flawless, you might as well be looking at a movie that was filmed completely in camera, and yet what the camera has filmed is completely impossible. The arena scene in particular comes to mind as just mindblowingly different than anything else I’ve seen put to film.

Can anyone here who has seen both in theaters compare to see if I’m on the right track lol?

You’re not on the right track. Far from it.

Given your comments in your other post of…

sam_aka said:

…go back and watch project 4k77 and tell me the original 1977 vfx of star wars are not distractingly bad, they are, basically all vfx before about 2005 are.

I’d say you’re not even on the rails. 😉
 

Note: there are plenty of Dune threads in the Media section site - rather than bump a 20 year old thread on what it was like to experience Star Wars in theatres back in 1977 - for that post on your admiration of Dune (II). There also some ‘Dune - Star Wars :origins and comparisons’ type threads listed in the An Index + ‘Info & Help’ Thread for… Original Trilogy Discussion thread.

Good luck with it. 👍
 

The trailer…
 

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord | Official Teaser Trailer | Streaming April 6 on Disney+

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oonACDq89BY - a 2 minute video at the official Star Wars youtube channel.

 
The blurb: ‘Chains can be broken. Empires can be shattered. The two-episode premiere of Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord streams April 6 only on Disney+.’

More info here: www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-maul-shadow-lord-first-trailer-poster-art

Beginning with a two-episode premiere on Disney+ April 6, 2026, and two episodes each week leading to a finale on Star Wars Day, May the 4th, Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord picks up after the events of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, for a pulpy adventure that finds Maul plotting to rebuild his criminal syndicate on a planet untouched by the Empire. There, he crosses paths with a disillusioned young Jedi Padawan who may just be the apprentice he is seeking to aid him in his relentless pursuit for revenge.

^ so it’ll be 10 episodes over 5 weeks.
 

JadedSkywalker said:

Without being able to read them and I don’t think Paul Duncan has read them. All we rely on is George’s telling of what they were to Paul and to James Cameron.

They are under lock and key at Disney and you would likely have to sign an NDA even if they would let you read them.

If I could read his story treatments would I go that is a cool idea. or wow this is so stupid even Disney did better.

Aye, plus Paul Duncan isn’t the most reliable historian out there (he’s made a number of gaffes and outlandish claims which even Lucasfilm employees have corrected / debunked - and also doubleofive! Not to mention his baffling merging of modern interview quotes with those of 40 years ago in those expensive ‘Archive’ books of his a few years back). And then there is George - the definition of an unreliable narrator (where even his mundane claims need to be verified / crosschecked for accuracy… due to the volume of disingenuous statements and history of re-writing erm… history). 😉

I’m a little surprised George hasn’t released them via the 2013/14 ‘The Star Wars’ comic format, as an option / example - apparently he does still like comics. The guy has stated recently he is done with Star Wars - so I guess there is nothing holding him back from seeing those ST ideas he’d worked on expanded and released?

Darth Maul being the big bad and midichlorians are baffling to me as being serious decisions.

‘Bring back your dead!’ 😉 Reducing the stakes again - retconning past events - opting for the lazy option… instead of crafting a new fresh menacing villain to the story. Still, it’d likely kept a number of PT and animated series fans happy, I guess. Maybe he’d even have got more dialogue in the main feature than in the trailer for that? [sarcasm mode].

The less said about midichlorians the better; as George also seemingly thought after the vague and ham-fisted attempt in TPM. Though the prospect of Lucas engaging in more time-ravelling to alter his own quotes from decades ago to include a mention - or maybe even an explanation - of midichrlorians… wouldn’t be that surprising. Ugh.
 

Broom Kid said:

I find it almost impossible, from a filmmaking perspective, to look at anything in the prequels and think it was done better (or not even better, simply “more competently”) than anything in the sequels.

I just don’t… see how the case can be made. The only bit of legitimate overlap between the two is in how inert and pointless Rise of Skywalker is, ultimately. But even then, it’s hard not to say stuff like the cinematography, the editing, the acting, basically everything except the music (and even on that note I’d put at least two of the sequel scores in Williams’ upper half) was done better in Rise of Skywalker. That the film ends up being as bad (or arguably worse) than Attack of the Clones (easily the ugliest film in the entire saga) in terms of quality of storytelling is what really sinks it. If anything, it makes the quality of the craft even more insulting: They spent all that money making it look as glossy and pretty as they could and it’s just a candied turd sitting there.

But yeah, Force Awakens and Last Jedi are, without question, better made films, AS films, than anything in the prequel trilogy, and it’s not even close.

Get out of my mind! 😉 👍
 

Star Wars: Maul - Shadow Lord | Trailer Tomorrow - a 25 second ‘tease’ video from the official Star Wars youtube channel.
 

An accompanying ‘Who Is Maul?’ article from the official Star Wars website.
 

^ If this show doesn’t work out at least they’ll have another chance with… ‘Maul: The Lower Half of Darth Maul’!
 

HowINeedIt said:

Honestly, I think the full scale battle droid props mesh well with their CGI counterparts. Lucas should have done something similar with the clone troopers by having actors portray them in close ups shots. Yes, I know that as clones they all have to be the same size but you can easily work around that in close up shots, like they way Peter Jacksson made the actors for the fairly-short-in-statuer hobbits appear smaller than the actors actually were.

Yeah, I think you’re spot on re that… Lucas could have hired stand-ins / actors / extras etc in a similar range of height (6ft - 6ft 3in) and then used perspective camera ‘tricks’ long used in film for any group shots of Clone Troopers for close-ups / mid-range shots etc to give the impresion they awere all the same height - no additional CGI work required. Though it seems that wasn’t what Lucas was going for - or wanted to compromise on - as John Knoll and the already overworked / overstretched VFX team found out.

👍

SparkySywer said:

oojason said:

SparkySywer said:

What exactly is the point of trying to catalog every single movie mistake in this trilogy?

This isn’t a ‘movie mistake’ thread at all - as mentioned previously in the thread…

Are you sure? What is a “poor-quality VFX shot” if not a movie mistake? Why include movie mistakes like Qui-Gon going grey or the lamp cable being visible, which have nothing to do with CGI?

Ah - I hadn’t noticed your latest edit to the content in your post.

Didn’t your original post read something along the lines of “I misread something - and I withdraw my previous comment”? I’m sure it read something akin to that - oh well, nvm.

Yeah, that one (What was #. 57) of the 59 listed so far doesn’t fit with the CGI-CGI-affected shots & scenes in the rest of this thread. Though it does state exactly that…

oojason said:

Yet more credit and kudos to Phase3 again for noticing this in TPM…

Edit: This is more of a QC issue than a CGI/CGI-affected issue per-se; not checking the changed-end results before release. I came across it amongst a batch of 4/5 other CGI-related content and it got mistakenly included in here (the effects of late-night posting after a long day and a couple of glasses… I really should know better by now - whoops!) It has now been removed from the list of CGI-issues. 👍

^ I’ll not edit it out or remove it, instead just made a quick note in that post it really doesn’t belong in this thread and why.

And yes, in the context of your original issue/query… I am sure this isn’t a ‘movie mistake’ thread. If you read the OP of the thread you’ll see why. If you still don’t think that is the case - then I don’t know what to tell you - other than read my previous reply to your question, here: link.

👍
 
Though thanks for the confirmation of the issue with what was #. 57 - it is much appreciated.
 

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms - the first episode.

An enjoyable watch, with warmth and humour, more character-based than both the previous GOT projects on screen. Looking forward to more…
 

A lot of BTS content up at the official channel - www.youtube.com/@gameofthrones/videos

…and the excellent Alt Shift X (with his dry wit and insight) is covering the series too: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bAonnkeiN0
 

Hopefully all you good people find somewhere special or meaningful to watch to the 2027 theatrical re-release of Star Wars…

…though I imagine a few of us maybe planning on watching it on the big screen a few times? Even at differing cinemas?

A couple of quality articles from superb ‘Episode Nothing’ blog on the UK screenings of Star Wars…

https://episodenothing.blogspot.com/2017/12/december-27-1977-star-wars-is-released.html

https://episodenothing.blogspot.com/2013/07/star-wars-you-never-forget-your-first.html
 

In Birmingham, UK…

www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/gallery/star-wars-first-arrived-birmingham-10601078

In Liverpool, UK…

www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/gallery/how-liverpool-first-welcomed-star-10609336
 

Looking forward to seeing these even V2.C further improved versions (especially how good V1 was) - am downloading them now.

Thanks nightstalkerpoet - this is some quality work you’re achieving here. 👍
 

59. | ROTS | ‘The Force Ghost in The Machine’ - the mystery of a briefly appearing head in the climactic sabre fight - solved…
     

‘The Force Ghost in The Machine’, an article by Ian Kintzle, explains all (April 2025, for Star Wars Celebration Japan)…

https://fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-movie-mistake-mystery-from-revenge.html

A Mini-Index…

 
0️⃣ • Introduction

1️⃣ • The Phantom Menace

2️⃣ • Attack Of The Clones

3️⃣ • Revenge Of The Sith

4️⃣ • Your own irksome / noticeable / poorly executed CGI scenes & CGI-affected scenes from the Prequels… (this post)

 
 
The above 15 topics for each of the 3 PT films are my own personal take on some of the many scenes that stood out to me. It is by no means a ‘definitive list’ or even a ‘comprehensive list’ of substandard / noticeably poor CGI issues in the Prequels…

Everyone’s mileage may very much vary on just what constitutes poorly executed/affected CGI in the Prequel Trilogy films.

Please add your own problematic / poor CGI scenes / irksome CGI issues / any scenes I’ve overlooked… in the thread, below…

46. NeverarGreat | ROTS | notorious CGI moments when Anakin, Kenobi & Palpatine meet the politicians - #1. | link
47. NeverarGreat | ROTS | notorious CGI moments when Anakin, Kenobi & Palpatine meet the politicians - #2. |link
48. Mocata | AOTC | Clones cutting up fresh air and eating missing CGI food from their plates in the Kamino cantina. | link
49. oojason | AOTC | awful looking unfinished CGI of the Chancellor’s office hallway. | link
50. oojason | AOTC | Ki-Adi-Mundi’s lightsaber changes colours in the battle on Geonosis. | link
51. Haarspalter | AOTC | ReShoot-Wig Obi-Wan walking through the awful looking CGI Jedi Temple hallway. | link
52. oojason | AOTC | Mace Windu misses trying to deflect away a blaster bolt and gets shot! 😉 (misaligned CGI) | link
53. oojason (all credit to Phase3) | TPM | Human actor blocking the CGI reflection from a blast door onto floor. | link
54. Anakin94 | TPM | the poor CGI texture of RD-D2’s dome in the N-1 Starfighter when flying through space. | link
55. oojason (all credit to Phase3) | TPM | Maul’s lightsaber blade is translucent / part disappears in many shots. | link
56. oojason (all credit to Phase3) | TPM | Incomplete CGI makes it appear that Qui-Gon has sliced right through Maul! | link
57. oojason (all credit to JoyOfEditing) | AOTC | CGI snafu between Capt. Typho’s arm & body for the length of the shot. | link
58. oojason | TPM | Padmé’s ‘bulb’ dress is still plugged into the wall - seems someone forgot to CGI-out the power cable. | link
59. oojason | ROTS | 'The Force Ghost in The Machine’ - the mystery of a briefly appearing head in the end fight - solved. | link
     

SparkySywer said:

What exactly is the point of trying to catalog every single movie mistake in this trilogy?

This isn’t a ‘movie mistake’ thread at all - as mentioned previously in the thread…

oojason said:

The above 15 topics for each of the 3 PT films are my own personal take on some of the many scenes that stood out to me. It is by no means a ‘definitive list’ or even a ‘comprehensive list’ of substandard / noticeably poor CGI issues in the Prequels…

Everyone’s mileage may very much vary on just what constitutes poorly executed/affected CGI in the Prequel Trilogy films.

Please add your own problematic / poor CGI scenes / irksome CGI issues / any scenes I’ve overlooked… in the thread, below…

Especially when it’s not like it’s unknown that the prequel trilogy has them. This isn’t some repository of evidence proving a point. It feels like those 12+ hour long youtube videos nitpicking every single movie mistake and plot hole in the sequel trilogy, which people rightly called stupid. It doesn’t actually give you any deeper insight into these movies, and the movies you did like are full of them too.

To you it feels like that (I wouldn’t know - I tend to avoid the type of 12+ hour videos you refer to) - to others it may feel different - probably more so to the other members who’ve come up with their own ‘CGI-issue’ additions on here - or those who simply enjoy or like this type of thing.

As stated before in the OP of the thread (as well as other reasons given as to why I started the thread)…

oojason said:

There used to be a great image thread from back in the day on here re PT CGI issues - though I can’t find it anymore - plus many of the image links have very likely broken over time (photobucket and other older defunct image sites) - hence this new ‘centralised’ thread.

If you have an issue with it feel free to simply skip the thread - there are many threads on here covering a wide array of topics. This is merely but another. Each to their own and all that. 👍
 

58. | TPM | Padmé’s ‘lightbulb’ dress is plugged into the wall - seems someone forgot to CGI-out the power cable… 👍
     

All credit and kudos to JoyOfEditing for noticing this in AOTC…
 

57. | AOTC | CGI snafu between Capt. Typho’s arm & body for the length of the shot…
     

 
and JoyOfEditing’s quickly fixed shot for the CGI snafu…

Yet more credit and kudos to Phase3 again for noticing this in TPM…

Edit: This is more of a QC issue than a CGI/CGI-affected issue per-se; not checking the changed-end results before release. I came across it amongst a batch of 4/5 other CGI-related content and it got mistakenly included in here (the effects of late-night posting after a long day and a couple of glasses… I really should know better by now - whoops!) It has now been removed from the list of CGI-issues. 👍
 

57. | TPM | On the recent blu-ray release Qui-Gon now has no colour at all for several frames…
 

All credit and kudos to Phase3 again for noticing this in TPM…
 

56. | TPM | Incomplete CGI makes it appear that Qui-Gon has sliced right through Maul!
     

All credit and kudos to Phase3 for noticing this in TPM…
 

55. | TPM | Maul’s lightsaber blade is translucent / part disappears in many shots…
     

A Mini-Index… (from Page 1 - and re-posted here for easier navigation)

 
0️⃣ • Introduction

1️⃣ • The Phantom Menace

2️⃣ • Attack Of The Clones

3️⃣ • Revenge Of The Sith

4️⃣ • Your own irksome / noticeable / poorly executed CGI scenes & CGI-affected scenes from the Prequels…

The above 15 topics for each of the 3 PT films are my own personal take on some of the many scenes that stood out to me. It is by no means a ‘definitive list’ or even a ‘comprehensive list’ of substandard / noticeably poor CGI issues in the Prequels…

Everyone’s mileage may very much vary on just what constitutes poorly executed/affected CGI in the Prequel Trilogy films.

Please add your own problematic / poor CGI scenes / irksome CGI issues / any scenes I’ve overlooked… in the thread, below…

46. NeverarGreat | ROTS | notorious CGI moments when Anakin, Kenobi & Palpatine meet the politicians - #1. | link
47. NeverarGreat | ROTS | notorious CGI moments when Anakin, Kenobi & Palpatine meet the politicians - #2. |link
48. Mocata | AOTC | Clones cutting up fresh air and eating missing CGI food from their plates in the Kamino cantina. | link
49. oojason | AOTC | awful looking unfinished CGI of the Chancellor’s office hallway. | link
50. oojason | AOTC | Ki-Adi-Mundi’s lightsaber changes colours in the battle on Geonosis. | link
51. Haarspalter | AOTC | ReShoot-Wig Obi-Wan walking through the awful looking CGI Jedi Temple hallway. | link
52. oojason | AOTC | Mace Windu misses trying to deflect away a blaster bolt and gets shot! 😉 (misaligned CGI) | link
53. oojason (all credit to Phase3) | TPM | Human actor blocking the CGI reflection from a blast door onto floor. | link
54. Anakin94 | TPM | the poor CGI texture of RD-D2’s dome in the N-1 Starfighter when flying through space. | link
55. oojason (all credit to Phase3) | TPM | Maul’s lightsaber blade is translucent / part disappears in many shots. | link
56. oojason (all credit to Phase3) | TPM | Incomplete CGI makes it appear that Qui-Gon has sliced right through Maul! | link
57. oojason (all credit to JoyOfEditing) | AOTC | CGI snafu between Capt. Typho’s arm & body for the length of the shot. | link
58. oojason | TPM | Padmé’s dress is still plugged into the wall - seems someone forgot to CGI-out the power cable… | link
59. oojason | ROTS | 'The Force Ghost in The Machine’ - the mystery of a briefly appearing head in the end fight - solved. | link
     

JadedSkywalker said:

I would have liked to see more of Obi-Wan and Anakin’s relationship to get an insight into what Ben said in Star Wars to Luke in conversation. I don’t like how it’s just Obi-Wan is a liar. But now that is my accepted belief with A certain point of view.

I understand he built up the idea of the Jedi as guardians of the peace and great warriors to get a young man like Luke interested. He wasn’t exactly going to say your father was a butcher, who used this very lightsaber to slaughter younglings. Please come with me to Aldaraan, by the way the girl in the image projected by Artoo is your sister.

Darth Vader the right hand of the Emperor and fascist overlord is your father. Murderous psychopath and half robot because I sliced and diced him and he fell into lava.

Your father was not a good pilot, he accidentally destroyed the trade federation ship when he was 9 years old. He was always whining and never followed my lead. The older Anakin got, the more insistent he was on breaking the rules, and we Jedi built him up as the chosen one so he could do no wrong. We denied him love and companionship because it is attachment. took him from the only family and mother he ever knew. and told him not to fall in love with a woman, driving him to betray our order.

Yeah, all valid points mate. Especially disappointing for me was the portrayal of the Obi-Wan and Anakin relationship - or rather the lack of it - amongst the countless other discrepancy-type issues. I think even the lift scene in AOTC (with the awkward ‘tell - don’t show’ dialogue) between the two was a last-minute addition / re-shoot / pickup?

The hype for the both trilogies is also another factor - both had some serious hype and marketing… though the TPM has some serious over-exposure when it came to marketing the films - it would have been difficult for even a decent film to be accepted given the wall-to-wall hype and coverage at the time. I think they rolled it back for AOTC somewhat - yet by then many people were thinking would that be the film ‘to put things right’? Was TPM was just a blip? Surely AOTC would be far better? Oh dear…
 

From back in October 2025 (so some streaming services may have increased their prices since)…

^ from https://x.com/StatistaCharts/status/1981000840631800132

 
Also from back in October 2025…

Every streaming cost increase in 2025: HBO Max sets price hike across all tiers - an article from Nerdist

Federal data underscores meteoric rise of streaming subscription prices in 2025 - ARS Technica article (January 2026)

And estimates for future pricing - as of January 2025…

^ from www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/national/uk-today/24841939.netflix-disney-amazon-price-rises-ahead-says-new-report

Right, I received a PM letting me know you’ve replied to another of my posts…

The same still applies what you were plainly told in the George Lucas’s Sequel Trilogy thread…
 

oojason said:

[Degenspear post can be seen below (by clicking on the ‘Expand’ button)]…

Dagenspear said:

It’s so hilarious to me to see some people here so overly touchy about Lucas that they’re getting annoyed at outline ideas that I think do pitch distinct enough ideas comparably to Disney’s ST. It’s like a grasping of defenses for Disney’s lack of creativity to me.

 

From a bad-faith PT/GL fan seemingly on here to bait members and their views… that doesn’t mean much. That’s how many of your posts come across on here - I hope to be proven wrong on that; I suppose we’ll see… in the usual threads that PT/GL zealots usually post in.

Meanwhile, like others here, I’ll just be ignoring your posts and those of other PT/GL zealots… often talking at - yet not actually engaging with members here, or looking to learn differing POVs. Posting with a close mind on here, ignoring points made in posts, jumping in on others’ conversations in an insincere manner, then switching to another attempt at a ‘gotcha’… it is like a bad TFn circle-jerk; trolling, baiting, and posting in bad faith…

Life is just too short for all that.
 

Quite why you (and the other TFn guy with the similar posting style) then still continued on and on asking questions and attempted to performatively interact with me in the George Lucas’s Sequel Trilogy thread… is lost on me. It still applies here and for any other threads, too.

You may wish to question why others here are ignoring your posts - and rethink your baiting ‘posting style’ and comments. Or not, I guess…?

That’d be a pity if not - as you do make the occasional intriguing and insightful posts on TFn (in amongst the usual circle-jerking on there). Though it is up to you, of course. I won’t be holding my breath, either way.

If you feel I’ve been mistaken or harsh, then feel free to PM me if you wish - though meanwhile I (and likely others) will still simply be ignoring / scrolling past your posts on here.
 

Vladius said:

Nothing will change.

Unfortunately, you’re probably right on that.

Though we’ll not likely see Andor-level content again.
 

Sequels over Prequels. For me, it isn’t even much of a contest - despite them both trilogies having numerous issues, both being underwhelming, and far removed from the qualities and feel of the OT.

I’ll take the Sequels as they are simply less boring to watch; the PT is a great engaging story on paper - yet delivered a vapid, dull, unappealing, poor-CGId, borefest… that has so many needless inconsistencies and retcons to the OT (as well as much-changed lore to what had been established in the official released material before). Plus the many soulless unlikeable characters, mind-numbing dialogue, and inane acting performances in the PT (as well as poor writing / dumbing down of characters’ agency and decisions). Ugh. Then we have the subset of PT/GL fanboys/zealots… many of whom who still can’t accept others’ negative opinions / dislike on the PT without endless punctiliousness and contrarianism, or simply being abrasive or even threatening - that’s not really going to ever help change peoples’ opinions on the PT - by coming across akin to a whinier, inane, and more pathetic version of their fave PT pin-up Anakin.

The ST; I can accept that TFA played it safe whilst trying to give the message that the ST (and maybe new era of SW live-action content?) would be more akin in tone, pacing, and ‘vibe’ to the OT than the PT - leaving the other 2 ST films to take up the slack in bringing something fresh and taking chances / moving forward with the stories. And I enjoyed TLJ for doing just that (for the most part). For me, the pacing, choreography, CGI, and acting here is superior to the PT - and for the most part… the dialogue is too (‘somehow, low bars have returned’). Then TROS dropped the ball and failed to appeal as a film in itself (the story is just a mess), failed as a climax to the ST, and also as the finale of the ‘Skywalker Saga’ as a whole. Yet for all the flaws of the ST… at least I wasn’t bored watching them like I am with the PT.

Given the choice… I wouldn’t watch either the PT or ST again. I’d opt for the ‘Andor Trilogy’ (S1, S2, and Rogue One) followed by the OT and leave it there.

That’s just my take. If you like or love the PT and/or ST - then all power to you. As Wook used to say: ‘Star Wars is a buffet, enjoy the stuff you want, and leave the rest.’
 

Starting this year, California is selling insulin pens at $11/pen…

www.chhs.ca.gov/blog/2025/10/17/governor-newsom-announces-affordable-calrx-insulin-11-a-pen-will-soon-be-available-for-purchase

Really hope more US states follow suit.
 

Burgorturtle said:

How do I even add an image to a post?

This may be of some help mate - and to any other newer members seeing this…

❕ ‘How do I do this?’ on the OriginalTrilogy.com; some info & answers + member FAQs ❕ - in General Assistance.

^ in that thread are a few helpful ‘info posts’ on how do things on here, including…

How to post an image on the OriginalTrilogy•com… (+ markdown guides)

Good luck with it. 👍
 

Tobar said:

Except, how long has savestarwars.com been overrun with casino ads?

Quite a while, unfortunately.

Hwwever, none kindly archived the entire ‘Saving Star Wars’ website and re-hosted it (advert-free), here:-

http://fd.noneinc.com/savestarwarscom/savestarwars.info/index.html
 

none also did the same for ‘The Secret History of Star Wars’ book website:-

http://fd.noneinc.com/secrethistoryofstarwarscom/secrethistoryofstarwars.com/index.html
 

RangerofAquilae said:

oojason said:

Behind the Scenes – Original Trilogy Droid Maker. Bill Hargreaves - Star Wars 100 Interviews

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeLTmtV7w7U - a 2 minute video from the Star Wars 100 Interviews youtube channel.
 

The blurb: 'Go behind the scenes of Star Wars with William “Bill” Hargreaves, the props maker who helped bring unforgettable droids to life in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. In this exclusive interview, Bill explains how he built—and even operated—one of his own creations on set.

Hear his firsthand accounts of working on IG‑88 and EV‑9D9, plus his confirmation that he also worked on the small tortured droid in Jabba’s palace. Bill doesn’t name it here, but the canon identification is revealed here.

This is authentic production history: shop‑floor creativity, set stories, and the hidden credits that shaped the galaxy fans know by heart.’

 

www.youtube.com/@StarWars100Interviews/videos - with lots more similar video for the OT - and the wider GFFA as well. 👍
 

I love this fellow’s channel. Strange that he has so few subscribers. His interviews are always a delight!

Absolutely, mate. Their videos are both fun and insightful to watch - with some very cool people - long may that continue. 👍