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He won an Academy Award for his work on the original Star Wars and was Oscar-nominated for his work on Alien. Christian directed the second unit on both Return of the Jedi [2] and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace as well as feature films including The Sender and Nostradamus.
Academy Award winner Roger Christian has had an extensive film career. He won an Academy Award for set decoration on director George Lucas's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), which began a long collaboration between the filmmakers. Christian subsequently worked with Lucas on Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) and was...
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Jun 6, 2022 · Roger Christian was one of the first people hired to work on Star Wars. As set decorator for the movie, it was his task to transform George Lucas’ idea of a lived-in galaxy into something real, tangible, and filmable. His efforts earned him an Academy Award, sharing the Best Production Design Oscar with John Barry, Norman Reynolds, and Leslie ...
May 25, 2017 · With Star Wars turning 40, StarWars.com took the opportunity to speak with Christian about Star Wars: A New Hope, including his original ideas for how the then-unseen galaxy should look, the lasting appeal of blue milk, and how he found the lightsaber. (Or how, maybe through the Force, it found him.)
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Roger Christian (born February 25, 1944) was the set decorator for Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope and the second unit director for both Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi and Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (the former of which was uncredited). In 1978 he won the Academy Award for Best Production Design for his work on A New Hope. He also directed Black Angel, a short film that was shown before the theatrical release of Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back in certain locales. Christian later indicated in a 2014 interview that he was the third crew member to actually be cast for the project.
Outside of Star Wars, Roger has also done second unit direction for one of the Young Indiana Jones movie compilations, done art direction for Alien and Life of Brian and directed the critically despised film Battlefield Earth.
•Roger Christian on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link)
•"The Myth Maker" — Star Wars Insider 150
•"A Trip to the Light Side" — Star Wars Insider 152
•"The Art of War" — Star Wars Insider 160
•"Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" Episode Guide on StarWars.com (backup link)
••"Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season One Companion" — Star Wars Insider 201
1.Revenge of the Jedi Call Sheet (Ewok Village) on theswca.com (archived from the original on March 5, 2016)
2.The Man Who Literally Built 'Star Wars' by Singer, Jeremy on www.esquire.com (May 4, 2014) (archived from the original on February 21, 2015)
•Roger Christian at the Internet Movie Database
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May 4, 2014 · In Roger Christian's case, he used scrap airplane metal. Back then, the hired set decorator was tasked with helping a young George Lucas on Star Wars: A New Hope, creating prop prototypes...
Roger Christian is an English set decorator, production designer and feature film director. He won an Academy award for his work on the original Star Wars and was Oscar-nominated for his work on Alien. Dollar Bottom his 2nd short film won an Academy Award for Best Dramatic Short Film.
