#ivor beddoes

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The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Drawings executed by Hein Heckroth & Ivor Beddoes 

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Happy Father’s Day to the manifestation of terrifying paternal obsession!

Storyboard drawn by Ivor Beddoes during the late 70s as preproduction for The Empire Strikes Back. From “Storyboards: The Original Trilogy,” edited by J. W. Rinzler and published in 2014.

“Beddoes did not know exactly what Vader would say at this point in the film, as this part of the script was top secret. His note reads ‘Beelzebub offering the world...end of dialogue.’”

“Beelzebub offers the world” would be super cool on a t-shirt! Demonic associations with Anakin are awesome!

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Early drafts of The Empire Strikes Back called for a lot more lightsaber practice. In the original training scenes on Dagobah there were two different lightsaber practice scenes, as shown in storyboards by Ivor Beddoes and left in the shooting script until July 23, 1979, when it was decided to cut them. In the first one, Yoda would hop off Luke’s head, then toss a metal bar at him, and Luke would have to slice it in mid-air with his lightsaber. First he would fail, but later succeed in cutting the bar into several pieces. The second scene had Luke training with several balls, similar to his training with Obi-Wan Kenobi aboard the Falcon in A New Hope, but in this one he would have to handle several at once. In an earlier draft of the script, Luke would also face the training droids inside Yoda’s hut, using a pot lid and a spoon to deflect their blaster bolts.

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Live and Let Die concept art by Ivor Beddoes (1971)

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The Red Shoes (1948) dir. Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Drawings executed by Hein Heckroth & Ivor Beddoes 

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I love the mood and the little details of this beautiful pencil sketch. Check out the creepy bug crawling out of the cave, the attention-grabbing darkness of the entrance and its reflection, and Luke’s anxious posture emphasized by clinging to his tools of “crude matter” (not just his lightsaber, but also a wrench in his pocket). The unfinished quality of the vines and rocks adds to the feeling of dreaminess and unworldly significance -- like all of existence is fading away, except for Luke’s destiny.

I love when quick, impermanent sketches carry more meaning than a fully-rendered painting could. Though I suppose, on a philosophical level, this impermanence is complicated by the fact that the sketch was scanned and published in a book, and that scan was rescanned and published online by me. So for the full emotional effect, you just have to imagine that this picture is on a yellowing piece of paper in front of you and could be totally wiped out by Pink Pearl eraser.

Storyboard by Ivor Beddoes, drawn in the late 70s for Empire Strikes Back. Found in “Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy,” edited by J. W. Rinzler and published in 2014.

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If you're cold, they're cold. Bring your droid inside!

Storyboard drawn by Ivor Beddoes during the late 70s as preproduction for The Empire Strikes Back. From “Storyboards: The Original Trilogy,” edited by J. W. Rinzler and published in 2014.

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This week’s theme: Storyboards!

I think this is my favorite storyboard ever.

Storyboard for “Empire Strikes Back” by Ivor Beddoes, from Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy, page 169. The storyboard was drawn during the late 70s. The book was edited by J. W. Rinzler and published in 2014.