Lorne Peterson at Celebration III
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
- 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
- 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
- Star Wars at 40 | Much to Learn You Still Have: 9 Things You Might Not Know About the Aliens of Star Wars: A New Hope on StarWars.com (backup link) (Picture only)
External links[]
- Lorne Peterson at the Internet Movie Database
- Lorne Peterson (Visual Effects) by Dennis Pellegrom on Star Wars Interviews (December, 2019) (content now obsolete; archived from the original on February 5, 2023)
- An Interview With Former Star Wars Modeler Lorne Peterson on the Adam Savage’s Tested YouTube channel (backup link)
