Star Wars (1980)
An original 1977 20th Century Fox Black and White Publicity Still #SW-K-46, unframed.
Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia and Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca brace against the closing walls of the Death Star trash compactor.
The set was as unpleasant as it looks, filled with cold, murky water and floating debris. Mark Hamill held his breath for so long during one take that he burst a blood vessel in his face, and, so the story goes, he was filmed from his good side for the rest of the scene. The sequence ends with one of the film's best jokes, as C-3PO hears the heroes yelling through his comlink and assumes they are being crushed, when in fact they are cheering. It is also the moment the smuggler, the princess and the Wookiee stop bickering and start working as a team.
- Year: 1980
- Condition: Unframed
- Type: Original Publicity Still
- Size: 8 x 10 inches
- Product Code: T7021
