Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back - VFX Storyboard: Snow Battle 27

MEDIUM: Photostat VFX Storyboard
IMAGE SIZE: 11" x 8.5"
PRODUCTION: Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
ARTIST: Joe Johnston or Nilo Rodis-Jamero (Probable)
SKU: CCV4689

ABOUT THE ART: This storyboard print comes from the collection of award-winning miniature and optical effects artist Lorne Peterson. Peterson was invited by fellow model maker John Dykstra to work in the miniature and optical effects department of George Lucas' Star Wars: A New Hope, where he helped design and build the Star Destroyers, Imperial TIE fighters, and other classic vehicles. During pre-production, Peterson, Dykstra, and their cohort of fellow artists working under Lucas co-founded effects company Industrial Light & Magic.

Lorne Peterson was ILM's chief model maker for both The Empire Strikes Back and The Phantom Menace. His work within the modeling and VFX departments was instrumental to the success of the first six Star Wars films, as well as a variety of other blockbuster hits, including Jurassic Park, Hulk, and his former ILM colleague Joe Johnston's own Jumanji. In 1985, Peterson and fellow ILM artists Dennis Muren, Michael J. McAlister, and George Gibbs received an Academy Award® for Best Visual Effects for their work on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, one of several projects for director Steven Spielberg.