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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Tie-Fighter Wing Mold Master (Grant McCune)

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Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Tie-Fighter Wing Mold Master (Grant McCune)
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) - Tie-Fighter Wing Mold Master (Grant McCune).

This is a mold master for a Tie-Fighter wing from the Grant McCune estate. He was chief model maker for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).

Consists of model pieces glued onto a piece of black plexiglass which makes the mold master to make more models. According to Patrick McClung, the two-time Oscar nominated visual effects artist who looked at this piece, this would've been used for the exploding Tie-Fighter models.

Original mold master made for the production of the George Lucas created Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), the first film in the original Star Wars trilogy and the beginning of the Star Wars franchise. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew, the film's plot focuses on the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia (Fisher), and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empire's space station, the Death Star.

Grant McCune (March 27, 1943 - December 27, 2010) was an American special effects designer whose entry into Hollywood was the uncredited creation of the great white shark in the 1975 film Jaws. His efforts there led to work on a series of major films, including his design of the robots in the Star Wars films, winning an Oscar in 1977 for his efforts in the first film in the series.