The Galaxy Britain Built

This is the story of the making of the original 'Star Wars' (1977) movie and how it became a heavily British influenced piece of film history.

Even before it was made, George Lucas was having problems with his latest vision of a space saga, with film studios turning him down and people in the industry reluctant to help.

With a few forward thinking key people and an 'Outside of the box' thinking to the production, location, a meagre budget and a greatly skilled and underestimated crew, George Lucas could now make his masterpiece.

Now 40 years after the first movie was made, we hear from some of the highly talented British crew that made an ambitious film production into the biggest movie in history, at the time. Every little bit of skill, ingenuity and a lot of hard work is detailed here.

With many people thinking that this was a purely 'Hollywood' blockbuster film, it was a joint Anglo-American production, with studio filming taking place at 'Elstree Studios' in Hertfordshire, England, UK, just north of London.

This is a worthy story to be equally proud of, that 'Star Wars' is a little bit of British history at best.