SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back
- Directed by
- Robert Guenette
- Country
- United States
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Mark Hamill hosts a 1980 TV special that shows how the visual effects for The Empire Strikes Back were made. It goes inside the workshops and stages where the crew built models and shot the space battles. It gives viewers a look at the practical filmmaking craft of the era.
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What happens
SP FX: The Empire Strikes Back is a television documentary special which originally aired on CBS on September 22, 1980. Hosted by actor Mark Hamill, it is a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the special effects (SP FX) in the second Star Wars film, The Empire Strikes Back, which was released that year. The special was written by Richard Schickel and directed by Robert Guenette, who had both previously worked on the 1977 special The Making of Star Wars. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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