Hi, I've been asked by a friend of mine to find out some information about a piece of the Death Star Tile his has.
It belongs to the estate of a friend of his who passed away. It's authentic because it was given to his friend by the former head of the Lucas film fan club.
Seems sometimes in the 1990's the head of the fan club was told to "get rid" of some of the excess stuff they had around.
The piece is 24"x24" and I think was used in the filming of the close up for the attack runs.
What I'm trying to figure out is how the pieces were made.
This parts seems to be a foam cast with model bits glued to the surface.
Does anyone here know how they made the original tiles??
I was wondering if the made smaller tile pieces and then put four together to make a bigger piece and cast that.
Rotated the parts, mixed and matched and then cast another large 4 panel tile.
If anyone has any information I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Michael
It belongs to the estate of a friend of his who passed away. It's authentic because it was given to his friend by the former head of the Lucas film fan club.
Seems sometimes in the 1990's the head of the fan club was told to "get rid" of some of the excess stuff they had around.
The piece is 24"x24" and I think was used in the filming of the close up for the attack runs.
What I'm trying to figure out is how the pieces were made.
This parts seems to be a foam cast with model bits glued to the surface.
Does anyone here know how they made the original tiles??
I was wondering if the made smaller tile pieces and then put four together to make a bigger piece and cast that.
Rotated the parts, mixed and matched and then cast another large 4 panel tile.
If anyone has any information I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Michael
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