Lorne Peterson

Lorne Peterson at Celebration III

"I was doing sculptures for McDonaldland, and I came across a person I went to college with—Bob Shephard. He was working with John Dykstra, and they talked about this project they were working on—a science fiction film—and they said they could use some help. Three months later, I heard from them again."

―Lorne Peterson, discussing how he was hired for Star Wars

Lorne Peterson is a visual effects artist who worked as a modeler for Industrial Light & Magic on the six Star Wars films. In addition, he is the author of the 2006 book, Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop. He was one of two modelmakers to design Boba Fett's Slave I.

He earned a Bachelor's degree in Art from California State University, Long Beach. Since being hired by George Lucas in 1975, he has worked on many of Lucas's films, as well as several of Steven Spielberg's. In 1984, Peterson received an Academy Award and a British Academy Award for Visual Effects for his work on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. In 1988, Peterson was chief modelmaker for another Lucas yet totally Star Wars unrelated film Willow.

Works

Year	Title	Job
1977	Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope	Chief Modelmaker
1977	Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope	Osleo Prennert, cameo
1980	Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back	Supervising Modelmaker
1983	Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi	Supervising Modelmaker
1984	Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure	Chief Modelmaker
1985	Ewoks: The Battle for Endor	Chief Modelmaker
1987	Star Tours (Disneyland)	Supervising Modelmaker
1999	Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace	Modelmaker
1999	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	Cameo before Podrace
2002	Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones	Modelmaker
2005	Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith	Modelmaker
2006	Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop	Author

Specific contributions

This is a list of some of the models that Lorne Peterson has worked on for the Star Wars films.

• A New Hope
  • Class-6 escape pod
  • Sandcrawler (Special Edition)
  • Star Destroyer
  • T-65B X-wing starfighter
  • TIE/LN starfighter
  • BTL Y-wing starfighter
• The Empire Strikes Back
  • Cloud City
  • Executor
  • Hoth snow
  • Millennium Falcon
  • Slave I
  • Star Destroyer

• Return of the Jedi
  • Executor
  • Star Destroyer
• The Phantom Menace
  • Jedi Temple
  • Mos Espa Grand Arena
• Attack of the Clones
  • Jedi Temple
• Revenge of the Sith
  • Jedi Temple
  • Mustafar lava river

Sources

• starwars.com at Celebration III - Model Citizen: Lorne Peterson on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Classic Trilogy ILM Chat: Lorne Peterson on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• The Very Model Of A Modern Major Model Shop on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
• Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop

External links

• Lorne Peterson at the Internet Movie Database

In other languages

• Deutsch
• русский