Production Color Camera Transparencies (approximately 2,625) from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (TCF, 1977).

Vintage original color 35mm color camera transparencies in original mount (approximately 2,625) of large-scale model design and construction, including the Millenium Falcon YT-1300, Tantive IV CR90 Corellian corvette (including prototype gunner cockpit frontal design and twin R2 units in exterior cockpits: 0000 NOV 75, 1020 NOV 75, 1037 DEC 75, 1039 DEC 75, 1040 DEC 75, 1041 DEC 75) (Leia's ship), T-65 X-Wing, the Death Star (originally painted reflecting silver then matte gray for final version), Galactic Empire starships including Imperial II-Class Star Destroyer, Tie/LN Starfighter, Tie Advanced x1 (Vader's ship), X-34 landspeeder (Luke's speeder), smaller-scale models including stop motion figures for the game of Dejarik, or holochess, the creation of costumes, including for Greedo, the Cantina players, and various head sculpts for the "wretched hive of scum and villainy" at Moss Eisley (9772 DEC 76), building the working machinery for R2D2, set design and construction (including the final attack and full terrain on the Death Star) during pre-production of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, with EASTMAN COLOR TRANSPARENCY / PROCESSED BY RGB / Hollywood, CA 90038, production number, exposure number, and date stamp on the mount of each. George Lucas is seen coaching Greedo on his (as we discover in 121-11 Feb 77: he is she) quick draw, directing the cantina players in full costume for their scene, various camera work, and scene supervision. Frames with production stamps include 0000 NOV 75 19-28, 29-34 (1st images of Tantive IV), 001 SEP 76 1-15, 17-31, 0002 SEP 76 3-4, 6-11, 13-19, 0055 DEC 76 1-17, 19-29, 0067 (no date stamp) 1-9, 11-12, 14-17, 19-26, 28-37 (Death Star and X-Wing), 0068 (no date stamp) (X-Wing) 1-10, 12-26, 29-37, 0069 (no date stamp) 1-20, 22-37, 0101 FEB 77 1-8, 10-36, 0102 FEB 77 1-2, 4-5, 7-17, 21-39 (holochess figures), 0103 FEB 77 1-38, 0115 APR 76 2, 6, 10, 12, 14, 17, 23-32, 34-36, 39, 0117 FEB 77 1-14, 16-17, 20-25, 27-31, 33-37 (Lucas directing scene with Greedo), 0118 FEB 77 1, 3-4, 6, 8, 10, 13, 15-16, 20-21, 24-27, 31-32, 34-36, 0119 FEB 77 3-25, 27, 29-31, 33-35, 37-39 (Lucas behind camera, directing cantina scene), 0121 FEB 77 1-24, 26-27, 29-32, 34-38 (Lucas directing scene with Greedo), 0122 FEB 77 1-4, 6-10, 12-16, 18-20, 22-27, 30-37 (cantina scene), 0123 FEB 77 1-31, 33-35 (cantina scene), 0124 OCT 76 1-33 (construction of Millenium Falcon, Lucas holding X-Wing), 0124 FEB 77 1-5, 9-35, 37-38 (Lucas directing scene with Greedo), 0232 NOV 76 1-15, 17-21, 23-28, 30-34, 0233 NOV 76 3, 6, 15, 18,21, 23, 25, 29 (Millenium Falcon), 0312 FEB 77 1-8, 10, 12-37 (Tantive IV), 0305 JAN 77 4, 6, 16, 19-36 (Millenium Falcon), 0312 FEB 77 21-37 (Tantive IV), 0313 1-10, 12-29 (X-34 landspeeder), 0314 FEB 77 2-15 (holochess figures) 2-3, 12, 16-37, 0315 OCT 76 5-7, 10, 14, 16-17, 19, 29-30 (Millenium Falcon), 0342 DEC 76 2-15, 18-19, 21-37 (Death Star terrain), 0348 JAN 77 1-2, 5-6, 9, 12-13, 17-18, 20-21, 25, 27, 37 (Millenium Falcon, Death Star), 0349 JAN 77 1-21, 28, 29-30, 37, 0350 JAN 77 4, 6, 16, 19-20 (Millenium Falcon), 0354 SEP 76 3, 5, 8-10, 12, 22-23, 28, 32-34, 37, 0364 FEB 77 2-16, 19, 21-37, 0365 FEB 77 1-4, 6-20, 22, 24-3 (Lucas directing scene with Greedo), 0409 OCT 76 1-3, 7-8, 12-13, 17-18, 21, 23, 25, 27 (Millenium Falcon), 0421 NOV 76 1-4, 6-7, 9-19, 23, 25-27, 29-33, 1-5, 7-9, 17-20, 23-24, 27-30, 32 (X-Wing, Imperial Destroyer, prototype Death Star), 0423 DEC 75 1, 4, 6, 10-11, 16, 18-20, 27, 31, 35, SEP 76 1-3, 5-7, 9, 12-15, 17, 27-28, 30, 32-34, 36, 0427 DEC 76 3-5, 7, 9, 11-15, 26, 29-31, 33 (Millenium Falcon), 0432 DEC 75 4-33 1-3, 4-22, 30, 32-33 (Tantive IV), 0451 DEC 76 1, 4-6, 8-13, 15-17, 19-22, 24, 26, 34-38 (Millenium Falcon), 0523 FEB 77 1-22, 24, 26-33, 35-37, 0524 FEB 77 2-5, 8-16, 18-37, 0525 FEB 77 1-11, 13-18, 20-37, 0553 JAN 77 1-2, 4, 6-10, 13-14, 16-18, 20-24, 27-33, 35-36, 0554 JAN 77 1-24, 26-37 (Lucas directing cantina scene), 0555 JAN 77 1-21, 23-38, 0608 JAN 77 1-20, 1-3, 5-6, 8-11, 13-32 (Death Star), 0612 SEP 76 18, 0615 FEB 76 2, 5-6, 8-10, 16, 21, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34, 37-38, 0627 FEB 77 1-16, 18, 21-23, 29-34, 0628 FEB 77 4-5, 9-10, 13-16, 18-21, 31, 0629 FEB 77 22, 31-32, 0630 FEB 77 1-6, 9-19, 21-28, 0631 FEB 77 4-6, 9, 11-13, 16-17, 21-36, 1-3, 7-8, 10, 14, 18-20, 0632 FEB 77 1-22, 21-25, 27-28, 31-38, 26, 29-30, 0633 FEB 77 1-20, 23-37, 0634 FEB 77 1-27, 29-35, 0642 NOV 76 1-14 (Death Star terrain), 0674 NOV 76 4, 9-10, 14, 16-17, 19, 26-28, 30, 0716 JAN 77 1-22, 24-37 (Tantive IV, X-34 landspeeder), 0717 JAN 77 1-4, 6-16, 20-38 (Tantive IV, X-34 landspeeder), 0728 SEP 76 1-40, 0740 JAN 77 1-2, 4, 6-9, 11, 13-14, 18-22, 24-34, 37 (cantina head sculpts), 0744 FEB 77 1-9, 12-36, 0750 MAR 76 18, 0758 NOV 76 3-29, 0766 SEP 76 2-3, 5-7, 9, 13-15, 18, 21-23, 25-27, 29-36, 38-39 (Imperial Destroyer), 766 NOV 76 1-5, 8-20, 3-9, 11-13, 15-17, 19-20 (Imperial Destroyer, Tie/LN Starfighter), 0869 SEP 76 1-20, DEC 75 1-3, 5-20, 1007 DEC 75 2-20, 26, 32, 33-34, 1021 NOV 75 3-4, 6, 9-12, 14-15, 17, 1022 NOV 75 5-21, 1027 SEP 76 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 1028 DEC 76 5, 9, 18-20, 1029 DEC 76 1-11, 13-19, 1033 MAR 76 1-13, 15-38 (Tie/LN Starfighter), 1036 JUL 76 1-20, 1037 DEC 75 1-39 (Tantive IV prototype), 1038 DEC 75 9, 13, 16, 18, 21, 27-28, 33, 36 (Tantive IV prototype actual measurements), 1039 DEC 75 1-9, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 27, 30, 33 (Tantive IV prototype with twin R2 units in external cockpit), 1040 DEC 75 1-12, 14-15, 17-30, 32-36, 38-40 (Tantive IV prototype actual measurements), 1041 DEC 75 1-40 (Tantive IV prototype actual measurements with close up), 1056 SEP 76 1-34 (X-Wing), 1084 SEP 76 1-11, 13, 17-21, 27, 37 (X-Wing), 1085 SEP 76 9, 1086 SEP 76 1, 5-6, 11, 14, 17, 20, 23, 31, 35, 38 (X-Wing), 1117 APR 76 6, 9-10, 12-24, 26-36 (Millenium Falcon, Death Star terrain), 1118 DEC 77 2, 4, 6, 11, 16, 20, 22, 29-31, 33, 36 (conception sketches), 1170 JAN 77 1-17, 20-28, 30-36, 1171 JAN 77 1-9, 12, 15, 17-21, 23, 25-27, 29-37 (Millenium Falcon, Death Star terrain), 9574 DEC 76 13-20, 22-36, 9772 DEC 76 4-12, 14, 16-20, 22-25, 28, 30-33, 35-37 (cantina head sculpts), 9696 JAN 77 2-30, 39, 9697 JAN 77 1-8, 10-11, 13-15, 17-20, 24-37, 9698 JAN 77 1-23, 26-38, 9699 JAN 77 1-21, 23-37, 9770 DEC 76 1-15, 17-28, 9971 DEC 76 1, 3-5, 7-9, 11-20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 581965 4, 8, 11, 15, 17, 19, 23, 26, 28, 32-33 (character sketches of leads). Good/Very Good, with color shift to magenta. Comes with a COA from Heritage Auctions. From the Collection of Greg Jein.