It was about 6:30 a.m. local time in the desert of Tunisia, on March 22, 1976, that the first scenes for George Lucas's film Star Wars were filmed. Shot that day: the Jawas "droid auction" and the scene between Luke and Threepio as they are standing outside the homestead looking for Artoo.
Here is Mark Hamill in costume, in the first behind-the-scenes pic from the production of a Star Wars movie:
One has to wonder, what were the cast and crew thinking as that first torturous day unfolded (the Artoo-Detoo's front leg refused to deploy, and Anthony Daniels's Threepio costume didn't fit). Did they have any notion at all just how special their project would become to not only millions but arguably billions of people over the course of the next half-century? How it would be endlessly discussed and debated, and so beloved even five full decades later?
It all started that spring morning in Tunisia: nine movies, numerous television series (not including the holiday special), dozens of books, countless toys and games, music that has become a cornerstone of modern pop culture...
It all began fifty years ago today.
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