Tom M. Christopher

"Wipes were used in the early days of film, in things like the old Republic serials, but used less and less in the post-World War Two era. I remember when I first saw Star Wars I was shocked to see that instead of dissolves it used wipes, which hadn't been used in a long time."

- Tom Christopher

Tom M. Christopher (commonly abbreviated T.M. Christopher) was a film editor for the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition. He began work with Lucasfilm Ltd. in 1982 as the mixing stage recordist for Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi.