44 Rare Photographs From The Making Of Star Wars

Published July 26, 2010
Updated June 21, 2018

Spanning five decades and making an estimated $42 billion in revenue, Star Wars has become a permenant fixture in our global culture. In the below gallery, we look at a wonderful collection of behind the scenes photographs from Star Wars: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi, the three original Star Wars that started it all:

Filming The Title Sequence Of Star Wars
Filming the title sequence for The Empire Strikes Back.

George Lucas Star Wars Pictures

Pictures From Star Wars
The main cast of Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope pose for a photo in the Millennium Falcon.

Concept Art Of The Star Wars Droids
The original concept art for C3PO and R2D2.

Jawas
Filming Jawa's for Return of the Jedi.

Rare Star Wars Pictures

Ewoks
George Lucas reviews Ewoks before Return Of The Jedi.

Warwick Davis
Carrie Fisher hides behind Warwick Davis, who played the ewok Wicket W. Warrick in Return Of The Jedi.

At Ats
A set manager meticulously plans a scene with AT-ATs for Return Of The Jedi.

Bantha
A Bantha during filming of the original Star Wars. Instead of creating a CGI bantha, an elephant was dressed in a costume of fur and fake horns.

Helping C3po Walk

Harrison Ford And Carrie Fisher At A Book Signing
Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher sign autographs after the release of Return Of The Jedi.

Chewbacca And Han Solo

Rare Pictures From The Original Star Wars

Pit Of Doom

Yoda

Carrie Fisher Napping On Set Of Star Wars

Fixing Chewbaccas Hair
Chewbacca gets his hair brushed before filming of The Empire Strikes Back.

Funny Star Wars Cast Picture

George Lucas Star Wars Miniatures
George Lucas stands among the many miniature creations of the Star Wars universe.

Star Wars Pictures

R2d2
Kenny Baker, a 3 foot 8 inch actor, played R2D2 throughout the original Star Wars trilogy.

Chewbacca And Leia

Carrie Fishers Body Double
Carrie Fisher poses for a picture with her body double during filming of Return Of The Jedi.

Mark Hamill And Carrie Fisher Photo
Mark Hamill teases Carrie Fisher on set of Return Of The Jedi.

Han Solo

C-3PO Getting Into Costume
Anthony Daniels gets into his C-3PO costume.

R2d2 Eating
Kenny Baker enjoys a sandwich while still in costume.

Cast Of The Original Star Wars Trilogy

Harrison Ford As Han Solo

Sexy Princess Leia

Princess Leia And Luke Skywalker

Empire Strikes Back Photos

Billy Dee Williams And Harrison Ford

Carrie Fisher

Making The Original Star Wars

George Lucas With R2d2
George Lucas poses for a picture with R2D2 during filming of A New Hope.

Mark Hamill

Kissing Darth Vader

Star Wars Behind The Scenes

Phaser

Luke Skywalker Stormtrooper

Chewbacca Family

Cool Photos From The Original Star Wars

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All That's Interesting
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A New York-based publisher established in 2010, All That's Interesting brings together subject-level experts in history, true crime, and science to share stories that illuminate our world.
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John Kuroski
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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.