How I got to make the first Star Wars
Jul 25, 2009 11:35 AM
Another question I am often asked is "how did you get started", making movies and building creatures for Star Wars. The truth is that there is no quick and easy route. Before we made A New Hope nobody would have anticipated a movie like the one we made

how the lightsabers worked
Jul 25, 2009 08:33 AM
So many fans ask me how the lightsabers worked that I have posted a diagram at my website to demonstrate. Find it at
http://web.me.com/maeztro/yodaguy/Star_Wars_blog/Entries/2009/7/22_How_the_early_lightsabers_worked.html

Updated info on us creating SW creatures
Jul 18, 2009 09:49 PM
I have been quiet for a while working on my movie museum at Planet paradise in St Maarten. But for your patience I have done a major update about the influences and personalities that shaped the creatures for the classic trilogy. This is true insider

Conceiving Yoda...
Jul 05, 2009 09:41 PM
There are so many rumors about the inspiration for Yoda that they are hard to count. Since I was in the workshop the whole time that Stu Freeborn was modeling Yoda, I have been asked repeatedly set the record a little straighter.

Creature effects school
Jul 04, 2009 11:57 AM
A lot of fans have written to me asking about a good school for creature effects. It is critical info for budding movie makers and model builders hoping to be the next generation of Star Wars techies.

Updated info on us creating SW creatures
Jul 18, 2009 09:49 PM
I have been quiet for a while working on my movie museum at Planet paradise in St Maarten. But for your patience I have done a major update about the influences and personalities that shaped the creatures for the classic trilogy. This is true insider