The shot in The Empire Strikes Back of the Slave I sitting on the East Landing Platform when Han Solo is being loaded is a combination of many elements. They would also shoot the scene where the Slave I flies through space debris, and as the ship is seen leaving Cloud City. To make it look it different, the panels were placed upside down and redressed with various switches.ĭuring the next two months, ILM would film models of several ships like the twin-pod cloud cars. Based on concept art by Rodis-Jamero, the set was partially built with recycled stock control panels from the Star Destroyer set. His last day of shooting however, involved the cockpit scene which was built by Ted Ambrose and the second unit. With a shooting schedule of 19 days, Jeremy Bulloch (the actor who played Boba Fett) spent much of his time on different sets and not with Slave I. John van Vliet (one of the visual effects supervisors) would draw an image of the ship being used by a woman to iron out some clothes.Įllenshaw working on the East Landing Platform matte painting. Besides the street lights, the shape of the Slave I was also jokingly linked to that of an iron. This elliptical shape is most clearly seen when looking at the stern.Ī popular belief is that the shape of the ship was based on the street lights appearing outside the ILM’s Marin County building, but this was revealed to be a mere coincidence by Rodis-Jamero. The later and more elliptical shape came courtesy of a confusing side view, which became the new direction on how to draw the ship. With earlier designs by Rodis-Jamero based on a radar dish that the artist had seen one day, the original designs showed a rounder and ball-shaped version of the ship. While most of the ship would end up being designed by Nilo Rodis-Jamero, McQuarrie originally had the idea of the Ugnaughts working for Fett, and thus designed a much larger cockpit with a row of banks behind the pilot’s chair. This job, as usual, fell on Ralph McQuarrie and Joe Johnston.
While the draft does not specify anything on his ship, it does include key scenes like Han being frozen and taken away so that a ship would have to be designed. It was not until the second draft for The Empire Strikes Back that the bounty hunters who are after Han Solo are mentioned, including Boba Fett.
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