140 Up-Close Photos Of The Ships And Vehicles In The Original 1977 Star Wars.

Star Wars fans will love these photos. Here are 140 behind-the-scenes photos of the team at ILM building all the various ships, cruisers and vehicles in the original Star Wars film.

They’re using a technique called kitbashing, which means the models you’re about to see are built from the parts of other off-the-shelf models ranging from planes, trains, cars, tanks, boats, etc. If you look closely at some of these, you will see recognizable parts of submarines and tank turrets.