THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK miniature effects 

There is no one in the industry that consistently turns out pure gold like you. Miniature work is gaining new ground, so this is even more valuable now. Miniature work has its own culture quite different from the other Art Department specialties. The access you get speaks to the esteem the industry obvious holds you in. Thanks yet again for this.

The aspect of movie magic you seldom hear about: not enough bathrooms!

Man, such amazing insight.❤

I love it! I had a model of the star destroyer with the fiber optics. I spent 2 days drilling the holes into the shell for the fiber optics. but when I was done my lights test showed the light coming through the plastic hull, someone suggested spray painting the inside black. Then, of course, I realized the paint filled in all the holes I drilled and I had to start over. So I can feel the pain of these unforeseen problems ha ha.. it came out looking amazing though. unfortunately the tungsten bulb blew out and I glued it inside of the model. Might have to crack it open and install and LED. Man I love this stuff, these clips are great. thanks and have an awesome weekend.

3:02 Wow!!... That is a huge Star Destroyer bridge model!!

very cool. and what a beauty shot that is at 2:10 .

Loving these videos, it’s absolutely fascinating.

*Empire is one of the best movies of all time!*

It was the original Star Wars Trilogy which inspired me to become the model maker I am today. I'm still doing it in retirement as well.😁

To be a fan of the first film to get the job to work on the next. And meet the Living legends who brought your favorite movie to life.

Galactica, Vipers, X-Wings, Deathstar...all in the same universe...

I'm enjoying watching these again - keep 'em coming! Cheers

Some of those photos! I saw lots of the og sw ships in an exhibition in the uk, but too see them again as a "builder". Too see a studio viper would blow my brain!!!!

The Star Destroyer scale is amazing!👍😎🥁🎥🎞🎬💫🤩

I grew up on a farm and my brother and I spent all our time making things and adapting Airfix kits into new objects, blissful days....and then these guys get to live this into adulthood! Today I would have gown up in front of a screen. I count myself lucky.

Feeling genuine annoyance at the cameramen for something that happened over 40 years ago.

Hard to even imagine a follow-up to Star Wars was up for debate. I think because Empire was the biggest indie film due to Lucas getting financed with BofA and money wasn't assured.

The real stars of star wars

Absolutely fascinating!

I noticed that film turns the models into a different luminance, color and less shininess. do you think if they shot the miniature with digital, that it would look as real?

love the channel. way better than light and magic on disney plus

CGI should be outlawed.

The Empire Strikes Back(1980) was the first Star Wars film I ever saw in 1992. We had to read the novelization first.

ILM is the best special effects studio. Without it, there would be no Star Wars anthologies, Star Trek, Indiana Jones, Hunt for Red October, etc. They are the masters of special effects.

Never get enough of these guys talking about blade runner, aliens, terminator, and star wars 😝❤️💯

nearly destroying a fantastically expensive model prop because you dont like a hiss

👍👍

So many happy places with the films that you helped create

I love your work. You guys sent us to other planets over the years.

Not one bathroom on the Death Star not one

That 'starting from scratch' anecdote! "Okay, first on the job list: we have to build a 1:1 scale working replica of a model-making workshop in this empty building. Everything from the walls down to the smallest detail. Let's go people! Time is money."

These guys are legends

I am listing carefully and it is still so interesting. Models, fiberoptics. Melting plastic. So many different problems to deal with. Thank you for your upload. Keep up the good work.

Imagine being the guy to go down in history as damaging the star destroyer because you didn't like the noise lol

I don't mind another cycle of these, and you put in some nice new photographs I didn't see before so I'm not complaining. The one thing that always surprises me about the anecdote of the melting Stardestroyer was that it was obviously the camera crew that screwed up and they still had the audacity to demand the model shouldn't be moved and that it had to be fixed in place. How wat that not a case of: you ruined the shot, we're taking the model back to the shop and you'll get it back when it's done? Work on another shot in the meantime?

I can see the Tamiya logo all through our these episodes