A Daily Dose of Star Wars history For those of you who have started to follow my blog I hope to be able to give you a daily dose of Star Wars history so you can check here daily for updates. I am not as young as I used to be. In fact I will be 60 on July 17th. But as long as I am fit

Chewbacca's feet Around 1974/5 I was befriended by Britain's second tallest man when I helped my old colleague Colin Arthur to cast his feet (size 20) in order to make shoes on his medical insurance. He was a hospital porter named Peter Mayhew.

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Creating the cantina... continued The creatures were built in a small room at Elstree Studios that was previously known as "The Old Schoolroom". It was pretty crowded by the time we got tables, chairs, materials, paints, glues, foam latex ovens and the six of us in there.

Creating the cantina I was 27 years old in 1976 when I was one of 5 make-up artists in England who assisted Stuart Freeborn in creating the creatures for the main unit shoot of the Mos Eisly cantina. They gave us 10 weeks to create a universe of creatures,

Credibility... To give credibility to what I write here you should read my biography at http://aboutNickMaley.com or search "Nick Maley" at Imdb.com

Who's gonna want to read this? This blog won't be for everyone. If all you care about in Star Wars mythology, roll playing, game playing or lightweight chat, this is definitely not for you. The blog is designed for serious Star wars history buffs and fans who want to build likenesses