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Michael Heilemann28FebFebruary282016

The Millennium Falcon

It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs.

Michael Heilemann28FebFebruary282016

Michael Heilemann19OctOctober192015

Views From a Ridge

Far from a hive of scum and villany, 2001: A Space Odyssey's Clavius Base might well have been the first visual reference for Mos Eisley

Michael Heilemann19OctOctober192015

Michael Heilemann 5AprApril 52015

The Birth of R2-D2

How Douglas Trumbull's 1972 low-budget, bleeding heart science fiction classic yielded not just the basic look of, but the humanity of R2-D2 and robots everywhere.

Michael Heilemann 5AprApril 52015

Michael Heilemann27MarMarch272014

Openings

Short, but sweet mashup video that looks at the opening of Star Wars and its bevy of influences.

Michael Heilemann27MarMarch272014

Michael Heilemann 9AugAugust 92013

Dark Star

John Carpenter and Dan O'Bannon’s USC short turned feature was a predecessor to Alien and an inspiration to both Star Wars and Star Trek.

Michael Heilemann 9AugAugust 92013

Michael Heilemann 5MayMay 52013

Early Career

THX 1138 (1971)

Not long out of USC, Coppola's production company American Zoetrope, started its life with Lucas's first feature film, THX 1138. The art house precursor of Star Wars.

Michael Heilemann 5MayMay 52013

Early Career

Michael Heilemann17AprApril172013

Ubrickian Landspeeder 9000 Z001

A small homage to Kubrick's 2001.

Michael Heilemann17AprApril172013

Michael Heilemann16MarMarch162013

Amazing! Nothing Like It Ever!

Lucas went to see Forbidden Planet for his 12th birthday, and never looked back. The equivalent to what Star Wars would become for later generations, it was indeed an Amazing! Never Before Seen! science fiction extravaganza, and it left its DNA all over Star Wars.