CREDITS Written and Directed by GEORGE LUCAS Produced by GARY KURTZ STARRING MARK HAMILL HARRISON FORD CARRIE FISHER PETER CUSHING and ALEC GUINNESS with ANTHONY DANIELS, KENNY BAKER, PETER MAYHEW, DAVID PROWSE, JACK PURVIS, EDDIE BYRNE Production Designer JOHN BARRY Director of Photography GILBERT TAYLOR, B.S.C. Music by JOHN WILLIAMS Performed by The London Symphony Orchestra; Original Music Copyright 1977 by Fox Fanfare Music, Inc. Special Photographic Effects Supervisor JOHN DYKSTRA Special Production and Mechanical Effects Supervisor JOHN STEARS Film Editiors PAUL HIRSCH, MARCIA LUCAS, RICHARD CHEW Production Supervisor ROBERT WATTS Production Illustration RALPH McQUARRIE Costume Designer JOHN MOLLO Art Directors NORMAN REYNOLDS, LESLIE DILLEY Make up Supervisor STUART FREEBORN Production Sound Mixer DEREK BALL Casting IRENE LAMB, DIANE CRITTENDEN, VIC RAMOS Supervising Sound Editor SAM SHAW Special Dialogue and Sound Effects BEN BURTT Sound Editors ROBERT R. RUTLEDGE, GORDON DAVIDSON, GENE CORSO Supervising Music Editor KENNETH WANNBERG Rerecording Mixers DON MacDOUGALL, BOB MINKLER, RAY WEST, ROBERT LITT, MIKE MINKLER, LESTER FRESHOLTZ, RICHARD PORTMAN Dolby Sound Consultant STEPHEN KATZ Orchestrations HERBERT W. SPENCER Music Scoring Mixer ERIC TOMLINSON Assistant Film Editors TODD BOEKELHEIDE, JAY MIRACLE, COLIN KITCHENS, BONNIE KOEHLER Camera Operators RONNIE TAYLOR, GEOFF GLOVER Set Decorator ROGER CHRISTIAN Production Manager BRUCE SHARMAN Assistant Directors TONY WAYE, GERRY GAVIGAN, TERRY MADDEN Location Manager ARNOLD ROSS Assistant to Producer BUNNY ALSUP Assistant to Director LUCY AUTREY WILSON Production Assistant PAT CARR, MIKI HERMAN Gaffer RON TABERA Property Master FRANK BRUTON Wardrobe Supervisor RON BECK Stunt Coordinator PETER DIAMOND Continuity ANN SKINNER Titles DAN PERRI Second Unit Photography CARROLL BALLARD, RICK CLEMENTE, ROBERT DALVA, TAK FUIJIMOTO Second Unit Art Direction LEON ERICKSON, AL LOCATELLI Second Unit Production Managers DAVID LESTER, PETER HERALD, PEPI LENZI Second Unit Make-up RICK BAKER, DOUGLAS BESWICK Assistant Sound Editors ROXANNE JONES, KAREN SHARP Production Controller BRIAN GIBBS Location Auditor RALPH M. LEO Assistant Auditors STEVE CULLIP, PENNY McCARTHY, KIM FALKINBURG Advertising/Publicity Supervisor CHARLES LIPPINCOTT Unit Publicist BRIAN DOYLE Still Photographer JOHN JAY MINIATURE AND OPTICAL EFFECTS UNIT First Camerman RICHARD EDLUND Second Camerman DENNIS MUREN Assistant Camermen DOUGLAS SMITH, KENNETH RALSTON, DAVID ROBMAN Second Unit Photography BRUCE LOGAN Composite Optical Photography ROBERT BLALACK (PRAXIS) Optical Photography Coordinator PAUL ROTH Optical Printer Operators DAVID BERRY, DAVID McCUE, RICHARD PECORELLA, ELDON RICKMAN, JAMES VAN TREES, JR. Optical Camera Assistants CALEB ASCHKYNAZO, JOHN C. MOULDS, BRUCE NICHOLSON, GARY SMITH, BERT TERRERI, DONNA TRACEY, JIM WELLS, VICKY WITT Production Supervisor GEORGE E. MATHER Matte Artist P. S. ELLENSHAW Planet and Satellite Artist RALF McQUARRIE Effects Illustration and Design JOSEPH JOHNSTON Additional Spacecraft Design COLIN CANTWELL Chief Model Maker GRANT McCUNE Model Builders DAVID BEASLEY, JON ERLAND, LORNE PETERSON, STEVE GAWLEY, PAUL HUSTON, DAVID JONES Animation and Rotoscope Design ADAM BECKETT Animators MICHAEL ROSS, PETER KURAN, JONATHAN SEAY, CHRIS CASADY, LYN GERRY, DIANA WILSON Stop Motion Animation JON BERG, PHIL TIPPET Miniature Explosions JOE VISKOCIL, GREG AUER Computer Animation and Graphics Displays DAN O'BANNON, LARRY CUBA, JOHN WALSH, JAY TEITZELL, IMAGE WEST Film Control Coordinator MARY M. LIND Film Librarians CINDY ISMAN, CONNIE McCRUM, PAMELA MALOUF Electronic Designs ALVAH J. MILLER Special Components JAMES SHOURT Assistants, MASAAKI NORIHORO, ELEANOR PORTER Camera and Mechanical Design DON TRUMBULL, RICHARD ALEXANDER, WILLIAM SHOURT Special Mechanical Equipment JERRY GREENWOOD, DOUGLAS BARNETT, STUART ZIFF, DAVID SCOTT Production Managers BOB SHEPHERD, LON TINNEY Production Staff PATRICIA ROSE DUIGNAN, MARK KLINE, RHONDA PECK, RON NATHAN Assistant Editor (Opticals) BRUCE MICHAEL GREEN Additional Optical Effects VAN DER VEER PHOTO EFFECTS, RAY MERCER & COMPANY, MODERN FILM EFFECTS, MASTER FILM EFFECTS DE PATIE-FRELENG ENTERPRISES, INC. PANAVISION TECHNICOLOR Prints by DELUXE Making Films Sound Better, DOLBY SYSTEM Noise Reduction -- High Fidelity CAST Luke Skywalker MARK HAMILL Han Solo HARRISON FORD Princess Leia Organa CARRIE FISHER Grand Moff Tarkin PETER CUSHING Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi ALEC GUINNESS See-Threepio (C-3PO) ANTHONY DANIELS Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2) KENNY BAKER Chewbacca PETER MAYHEW Lord Darth Vader DAVID PROWSE Uncle Owen PHIL BROWN Aunt Beru SHELAGH FRASER Chief Jawa JACK PERVIS General Dodonna ALEX McCRINDLE General Willard EDDIE BYRNE Red Leader DREWE HEMLEY Red Two (Wedge) DENNIS LAWSON Red Three (Biggs) GARRICK HAGON Red Four (John "D") JACK KLAFF Red Six (Porkins) WILLIAM HOOTKINS Gold Leader ANGUS McINNIS Gold Two JEREMY SINDEN Gold Five GRAHAM ASHLEY General Taggi DON HENDERSON General Motti RICHARD LE PARMENTIER Commander One LESLIE SCHOFIELD Photographed in Tunisia Tikal National Park, Guatemala d**h Valley National Monument, California and at EMI Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, England Music Recorded at Anvil Recording Studios, Denham, England Post Production Completed at American Zoetrope, San Francisco, California Rerecording at Samuel Goldwyn Studios, Los Angeles, California The producers wish to thank the government of Tunisia, the Institute of Anthropology and History of Guatemala, and the National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, for their cooperation. 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