I recently learned that someone I work with (at least before he retired) worked on the original Star Wars!
Specifically with the bantha.
The banthas were elephants in fur coats. It was at Marine World, I think (Whatever it was called before Six Flags). After the movie, Marine World got to keep the bantha outfit. But unfortunately, against the protests of my co-workers, that suit was left outside on display, where it eventually fell apart. Man, that suit would be worth a fortune if it were around. And it would be so cool to see!
(I also just watched that new series about Industrial Light and Magic, where they talked about a lot of the special effects. It's easy to forget how hard it was to do effects back then!)
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