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Roger Christian on building George Lucas' galaxy
Force Material: A Star Wars Podcast
English - May 18, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 35 ratingsFilm History TV & Film star wars Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Oscar winner behind Star Wars' most iconic weapons and sets joins us to talk about making cinema history and getting his hands dirty with George Lucas.
As the Academy Award-winning Set Decorator of Star Wars, Christian helped turn George Lucas' dreams into reality, and defined the grimy 'used future' aesthetic that made the galaxy far, far away feel so authentic.
Christian went on to earn another Oscar nomination as the Art Director of Alien, before directing the second unit on Return of the Jedi and The Phantom Menace and carving out a career as a director in his own right.
The industry legend joins us to talk about:
For more of Roger Christian's incredible life story, you can read his memoir, Cinema Alchemist.
Force Material is a podcast exploring the secrets and source material of Star Wars with hosts Rohan Williams and Baz McAlister. Listen and subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, iHeartRadio, TuneIn, Stitcher, PlayerFM and Castro; stay in touch with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram; and support the show by browsing our range of shirts, hoodies, kids apparel, mugs and more at TeePublic.