Beschreibung:

Lucasfilm / Twentieth Century Fox, 1976, comprising; an original costume budget for Star Wars consisting of seven pages (six hand-written by Mollo, one typed) detailing how much was available to spend with Bermans and Nathans Costumier's and other bespoke London suppliers; costumes for the principal characters, the 'Cantinas', 'Jawas', and smaller parts are included detailed within the initial budget; 'Stormtroopers', 'Imperial Officers', 'Rebel Officers' and crowds, which totals £106,655, with the breakdown listing 'Luke' (ex stormtrooper) at £620, 'Ben Kenobi' at £725, 'Han Solo' (less stormtrooper) at £500, 'Darth Vader' (incl. helmet etc) at £550, and 'Leia' at £2100, together with a single page of hand-drawn sketches of guns/weapons for each character by John Mollo which depicts 'Han's Mauser' pistol, the 'Rebels silver and standard guns' and another for 'Imperial troops', accompanied by a typed budget and costings page dated 4th May 1976 confirming the initial total budget was £106,655; as well as with two letters from EMI Studios confirming the termination of John Mollo's employment at the end of filming on the 25th June 1976, and a note of 'thanks' from Robert Watts George Lucas and Gary Kurtz, with Watt's hand written note jokingly listing upcoming The Return of the Wookie's sequel; a letter of 'thanks' from Peter Beale at Twentieth Century Fox dated 16th June 1976 stating he thought ...the costumes reflected the intentions of the Director, and six unused colour pre-production stickers from late 1975/early 1976 for the early-titled The Star Wars featuring the iconic Luke with Lightsaber logo; and a folder of inserts of Ralph McQuarries original production artwork (Qty)