Roger Christian, art director for the first Star Wars movie and the man behind Black Angel, might not have had a lavish budget but he did have ingenuity to spare. The Academy Award winner used airplane scrap in the Millennium Falcon, adapted real guns for blasters, and turned a Graflex flashgun handle into the first lightsaber. In an interview with Esquire, the 70-year old discusses his history with George Lucas, how he constructed some of Star Wars’ most iconic sets and props, and the future of the series.
How Roger Christian helped build ‘Star Wars’ out of scrap
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