Lot 1173. Set of Phil Tippetts Black Falcon Tauntaun Reference Photos | STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

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STAR WARS: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980)

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Lot # 1173. Set of Phil Tippett's "Black Falcon" Tauntaun Reference Photos

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Phil Tippett's "Black Falcon" tauntaun reference photos from Irvin Kershner's Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Production materials marked for Black Falcon Ltd., Lucasfilm's licensing division from 1978 to 1979, are extremely rare, with this set created as reference images for the stop-motion tauntaun sequence animated by Tippett.

The set consists of six color photographs of a tauntaun puppet, three black-and-white photographs of Han Solo's (Harrison Ford) Hoth parka, and a color still from the sequence hand-marked "P. Tippett." Each photo is stamped "1979 Black Falcon" and numbered by production. They exhibit some water staining and creasing throughout. Dimensions (each): 8" x 10" (20.5 cm x 25.5 cm)

Estimate: $1,000 - 2,000

Size

Item size: 8" × 10" × 0.25" (20.32cm × 25.4cm × 0.64cm)

This item comes with a Propstore Certificate of Authenticity

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