June 2025

Behind the Scenes of Star Wars

This rare look at the making of Star Wars originally ran in AC's July 1977 issue. For full access to our archive, which includes more than 105 years of essential motion-picture production coverage, become a subscriber today. Editors' note: This story's original text has been lightly edited. To paraphrase a statement attributed to Orson Welles during the filming of Citizen Kane, the most magnificent toy ever invented for grown men to play with and express their fantasies, to project their nightmares and dreams, and to indulge their whimsies and secret desires is the motion-picture medium. Taking full advantage of the technical wizardry of modern filmmaking, writer-director George Lucas has conceived of his film, Star Wars, as an...more