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February 20, 2007

The Lippincott Interviews 1975-1978

By Pete Vilmur

The following is a list of early interviews conducted by Lucasfilm's marketing and merchandising vice-president Charles Lippincott between 1975 and 1978, and were consulted for The Making of Star Wars:

December 16, 1975: Producer Gary Kurtz
December 17 and 18, 1975: Writer-director George Lucas
December 29, 1975: Novelization meeting with George Lucas and author
Alan Dean Foster (with John Dykstra)
January 10, 1976: George Lucas and Gary Kurtz
January 20, 1976: Camera meeting with director of photography Gilbert Taylor, George Lucas, and Gary Kurtz
May 10 and 18, 1976: Production supervisor Robert Watts
May 14, 1976: Makeup supervisor Stuart Freeborn
May 14, 1976: Mechanical effects supervisor John Stears
May 17, 1976: Production designer John Barry
September 14, 1976: George Lucas
January 4, 1977: Actress Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia)
January 5, 1977: Actor Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker)
January 20, 1977: Actor Harrison Ford (Han Solo)
March 15, 1977: Actor Anthony Daniels (C-3PO)
April 22, 1977: Composer John Williams
May 8, 1977: Editor Paul Hirsch
July 1, 1977: Effects illustrator and designer Joe Johnston (interviewed by Carol Titelman)
July 1977: Gary Kurtz
July 1977: Sound designer Ben Burtt
July 5 and 20, 1977: Production illustrator Ralph McQuarrie (interviewed by Titelman)
August 11, 1977: Lawyer Andy Rigrod
August 11, 1977: Lawyer Tom Pollock
August 11, 1977: Lawyer Jake Bloom
September 13, 1977: George Lucas
September 21, 1977: Editor Marcia Lucas
September 21, 1977: Twentieth Century-Fox executive Alan Ladd Jr.
September 21, 1977: George Lucas
October 1977: Special effects cameraman Richard Edlund (question-and-answer transcription)
November 5, 1977: Gary Kurtz
November 5, 1977: George Lucas
November 19, 1977: John Barry
January 23, 1978: Richard Edlund
January 23, 1978: Special effects supervisor John Dykstra
February 3, 1978: Composite optical photography Robbie Blalack
February 28, 1978: Animation and rotoscope design Adam Beckett
March 7, 1978: Casting Dianne Crittenden
March 7, 1978: Joe Johnston
March 7, 1978: Matte painter Harrison Ellenshaw
March 8, 1978: Camera and mechanical designer Richard Alexander
March 8, 1978: Model shop supervisor Grant McCune
March 8, 1978: Special effects cameraman Dennis Muren
April 8, 1978: John Dykstra and Grant McCune
March 9, 1978: Agent Jeff Berg
March 9, 1978: Stop-motion animators Jon Berg and Phil Tippett
March 15, 1978: Joe Johnston
March 16, 1978: Film control office supervisor Mary Lind
March 16, 1978: Special effects production manager Bob Shepherd
March 20, 1978: Editor Richard Chew
April 5, 1978: Miniature explosions supervisors Bruce Logan and Joe Viskocil
April 6, 1978: Second-unit makeup artist Rick Baker
April 6, 1978: Costume designer John Mollo
May 2, 1978: Computer animation designer Larry Cuba
Undated 1978 interviews: John Dykstra, Joe Johnston, supervising sound editor Sam Shaw (the latter interviewed by Mick Garris)

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