Dec 1 2008So Many Star Wars Photos
Michael Heilemann has a ridiculously large collection of Star Wars production stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and concept artwork, and rather than just brag about it at comic conventions, he's shared it online. Neatorama pointed me to Heilemann's Flickr photostream, a collection of nearly 3,000 Star Wars-related images, most of which I've never before encountered (or looked for in any way), such as the above shot of George Lucas invasively prodding a Death Star model.
It's really great how the internet affords us such a division of geek labor. Instead of everyone scrambling and fighting to get their own Star Wars pictures, we can have this guy work on gathering this sci-fi photo treasury while someone else works on constructing life-size replicas of cast of Dr. Who out of Lego, and in the end we all share the triumph of minutes of idle entertainment.
Reader Comments
1. Matt - December 1, 2008 4:38 PM
impressive ... if i was still impressed by star wars that is.
2. GARTHvader - December 1, 2008 4:45 PM
Hey, Elmo. How was your thanksgiving?
You know, I've always wanted to have turkey this year but, instead, I had rotisserie chicken. Isn't that great? I gotta tell ya, less fat is awesome.
Oh, who am I kidding? I live by myself, who's gonna eat the whole turkey anyway.
3. Elmo - December 1, 2008 7:31 PM
aww Garth, I woulda brought some other other white meat over if I knew that.
Mine was good, I saw myself in the parade! yay!
4. Nick - December 1, 2008 7:37 PM
Here is a picture of George Lucas contemplating how many times he can distill his own intellectual property before people start calling him the worst thing that's happened to movies since Ted Turner. That number was "eleven." He is also thinking about how having a neck is overrated.
5. mtk - December 2, 2008 12:52 AM
Well, there might have been 3000 photos. Now there's 26, most of which are photos of the guy's action figures. Lucasfilm must have found out about this and forced him to take them down. Thanks for putting the word out.
6. yasir - December 2, 2008 1:11 AM
I really hate these people talking about the celebrities or rich men joined the famous sugar daddy and sugar baby service !!!.sugarm ing le . c o m. Could
you people please have a break??
7. Adam - December 2, 2008 5:21 AM
Yeah I think its safe to say lucasfilm is keeping a watchful eye on this website considering how much star wars content there is...
8. Bubba Gump - December 2, 2008 9:16 AM
ahhhh ELMO were you at the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade too!?!
9. Lube Skyhumper - December 2, 2008 11:40 AM
He removed all the Star Wars pics.
10. Sir Goat - December 2, 2008 3:45 PM
Not enough poop in Star Wars.
11. Tara e. - December 3, 2008 8:59 PM
Because that's what the internet is all about. Sharing. And porno.