CREDITS
Written and Directed by
GEORGE LUCAS
Produced by
GARY KURTZ
Starring
MARK HAMILL HARRISON FORD CARRIE FISHER
PETER CUSHING
and
ALEC GUINNESS
with
ANTHONY DANIELS KENNY BAKER PETER MAYHEW
DAVID PROWSE JACK PURVIS EDDIE BYRNE
Production Designer
JOHN BARRY
Director of Photography
GILBERT TAYLOR B.S.C.
Music by
JOHN WILLIAMS
Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra
Original Music Copyright 1977 by Fox Fanfare Music Inc.
Special Photographic Effects Supervisor
JOHN DYKSTRA
Special Production and Mechanical Effects Supervisor
JOHN STEARS
Film Editors
PAUL HIRSCH MARCIA LUCAS RICHARD CHEW
Production Supervisor
ROBERT WATTS
Production Illustration
RALPH McQUARRIE
Costume Designer
JOHN MOLLO
Art Directors
NORMAN REYNOLDS LESLIE DILLEY
Make up Supervisor
STUART FREEBORN
Production Sound Mixer
DEREK BALL
Casting
IRENE LAMB DIANE CRITTENDEN VIC RAMOS
Supervising Sound Editor
SAM SHAW
Special Dialogue and Sound Effects
BEN BURTT
Sound Editors
ROBERT R. RUTLEDGE GORDON DAVIDSON GENE CORSO
Supervising Music Editor
KENNETH WANNBERG
Rerecording Mixers
DON MacDOUGALL BOB MINKLER RAY WEST ROBERT LITT MIKE MINKLER LESTER FRESHOLTZ RICHARD PORTMAN
Dolby Sound Consultant
STEPHEN KATZ
Orchestrations
HERBERT W. SPENCER
Music Scoring Mixer
ERIC TOMLINSON
Assistant Film Editors
TODD BOEKELHEIDE JAY MIRACLE COLIN KITCHENS BONNIE KOEHLER
Camera Operators
RONNIE TAYLOR GEOFF GLOVER
Set Decorator
ROGER CHRISTIAN
Production Manager
BRUCE SHARMAN
Assistant Directors
TONY WAYE GERRY GAVIGAN TERRY MADDEN
Location Manager
ARNOLD ROSS
Assistant to Producer
BUNNY ALSUP
Assistant to Director
LUCY AUTREY WILSON
Production Assistants
PAT CARR MIKI HERMAN
Gaffer
RON TABERA
Property Master
FRANK BRUTON
Wardrobe Supervisor
RON BECK
Stunt Coordinator
PETER DIAMOND
Continuity
ANN SKINNER
Titles
DAN PERRI
Second Unit Photography
CARROLL BALLARD RICK CLEMENTE
ROBERT DALVA TAK FUIJIMOTO
Second Unit Art Direction
LEON ERICKSON AL LOCATELLI
Second Unit Production Managers
DAVID LESTER PETER HERALD PEPI LENZI
Second Unit Make-up
RICK BAKER DOUGLAS BESWICK
Assistant Sound Editors
ROXANNE JONES KAREN SHARP
Production Controller
BRIAN GIBBS
Location Auditor
RALPH M. LEO
Assistant Auditors
STEVE CULLIP PENNY McCARTHY KIM FALKINBURG
Advertising / Publicity Supervisor
CHARLES LIPPINCOTT
Unit Publicist
BRIAN DOYLE
Still Photographer
JOHN JAY
MINIATURE AND OPTICAL EFFECTS UNIT
First Cameraman
RICHARD EDLUND
Second Cameraman
DENNIS MUREN
Assistant Cameramen
DOUGLAS SMITH KENNETH RALSTON DAVID ROBMAN
Second Unit Photography
BRUCE LOGAN
Composite Optical Photography
ROBERT BLALACK (PRAXIS)
Optical Photography Coordinator
PAUL ROTH
Optical Printer Operators
DAVID BERRY DAVID McCUE RICHARD PECORELLA
ELDON RICKMAN JAMES VAN TREES JR.
Optical Camera Assistants
CALEB ASCHKYNAZO JOHN C. MOULDS
BRUCE NICHOLSON
GARY SMITH BERT TERRERI
DONNA TRACEY JIM WELLS VICKY WITT
Production Supervisor
GEORGE E. MATHER
Matte Artist
P. S. ELLENSHAW
Planet and Satellite Artist
RALPH McQUARRIE
Effects Illustration and Design
JOSEPH JOHNSTON
Additional Spacecraft Design
COLIN CANTWELL
Chief Model Maker
GRANT McCUNE
Model Builders
DAVID BEASLEY JON ERLAND LORNE PETERSON
STEVE GAWLEY PAUL HUSTON DAVID JONES
Animation and Rotoscope Design
ADAM BECKETT
Animators
MICHAEL ROSS PETER KURAN JONATHAN SEAY
CHRIS CASADY LYN GERRY DIANA WILSON
Stop Motion Animation
JON BERG PHIL TIPPET
Miniature Explosions
JOE VISKOCIL GREG AUER
Computer Animation and Graphics Displays
DAN O'BANNON LARRY CUBA JOHN WALSH
JAY TEITZELL IMAGE WEST
Film Control Coordinator
MARY M. LIND
Film Librarians
CINDY ISMAN CONNIE McCRUM PAMELA MALOUF
Electronic Designs
ALVAH J. MILLER
Special Components
JAMES SHOURT
Assistants
MASAAKI NORIHORO ELEANOR PORTER
Camera and Mechanical Design
DON TRUMBULL RICHARD ALEXANDER
WILLIAM SHOURT
Special Mechanical Equipment
JERRY GREENWOOD DOUGLAS BARNETT
STUART ZIFF DAVID SCOTT
Production Managers
BOB SHEPHERD LON TINNEY
Production Staff
PATRICIA ROSE DUIGNAN MARK KLINE
RHONDA PECK RON NATHAN
Assistant Editor (Opticals)
BRUCE MICHAEL GREEN
Additional Optical Effects
VAN DER VEER PHOTO EFFECTS
RAY MERCER & COMPANY
MODERN FILM EFFECTS
MASTER FILM EFFECTS
DE PATIE-FRELENG ENTERPRISES INC.
PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR
Prints by DELUXE
Making Films Sound Better, DOLBY SYSTEM
Noise Reduction -- High Fidelity
CAST
Luke Skywalker MARK HAMILL
Han Solo HARRISON FORD
Princess Leia Organa CARRIE FISHER
Grand Moff Tarkin PETER CUSHING
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi ALEC GUINNESS
See-Threepio (C-3PO) ANTHONY DANIELS
Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) KENNY BAKER
Chewbacca PETER MAYHEW
Lord Darth Vader DAVID PROWSE
Uncle Owen PHIL BROWN
Aunt Beru SHELAGH FRASER
Chief Jawa JACK PURVIS
General Dodonna ALEX McCRINDLE
General Willard EDDIE BYRNE
Red Leader DREWE HEMLEY
Red Two (Wedge) DENNIS LAWSON
Red Three (Biggs) GARRICK HAGON
Red Four (John "D") JACK KLAFF
Red Six (Porkins) WILLIAM HOOTKINS
Gold Leader ANGUS McINNIS
Gold Two JEREMY SINDEN
Gold Five GRAHAM ASHLEY
General Tagge DON HENDERSON
General Motti RICHARD LE PARMENTIER
Commander One LESLIE SCHOFIELD
Photographed in Tunisia
Tikal National Park, Guatemala
Death Valley National Monument, California
and at EMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England
Music Recorded at Anvil Recording Studios, Denham, England
Post Production Completed at American Zoetrope,
San Francisco, California
Rerecording at Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Los Angeles, California
The producers wish to thank the government of Tunisia, the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala, and the National Park Service, States Department of the Interior, for their cooperation.
Copyright 1977 by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
A LUCASFILM LTD. PRODUCTION
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