Lorne Peterson Lecture Friday Night 4/8

[TheRealMcFly]

Hey everyone,

This is going down this Friday night at the Franklin Institute Science Museum in Philadelphia:

http://www2.fi.edu/visitor-guide/events/special-events.php#scifi

Its about half-way down the page.

Mods, any chance for a sticky?

Lorne Peterson - Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop.
Friday, April 11th

Lorne Peterson, visual effects artist for the entire Star Wars saga as well as many other films, including Indiana Jones, Men in Black and ET – gives an inside look at the science and secrets behind the artful models and sculptures of the Star Wars saga. Peterson uses everyday items to demonstrate the important role both chemistry and physics play in creating the amazing visual effects seen on screen. Book signing to follow of Sculpting a Galaxy: Inside the Star Wars Model Shop.

7:30pm lecture & demonstration in Franklin Theater, 8:30pm book signing in Planetarium Hall.

Admission is $5.00. Free for members and those with evening of Star Wars tickets. Please call 214.448.1254 for advance reservations.

 

[rmschneider104]

Oh man. So few cool things like that happen here in the midwest. Congrats on anyone that is able to make it. I'd love to hear what he shares.

 

[agent5]

I met him at C4 and when I mentioned Raiders of the Lost Ark his face lit up. He seemed bored ( I could be wrong ) talking non-stop about Star Wars, but he seemed to want to talk about Raiders, which was cool to me. Real nice guy too.

 

[REL]

I would so love to go to that.

 

[TheRealMcFly]

I'll be there working the show.

If anyone decides to go, just look for the short skinny dude wearting the Zissou sneakers. I'll probably be running around trying to get the Theater to work right.

 

[moffeaton]

How was the show?

 

[rmschneider104]

I'm curious to hear, too. Any chance some interesting info was shared?

 

[TheRealMcFly]

Apparently Lorne was the one who built the Jedi Training Remote.

As for any huge reveals I don't think so... I'm out of the loop as studio scale goes. While Lorne told me the JTR was either primer or reefer white I doubt any of that is news to you guys. Though, if you do have a chance to meet him he does remember a great amount of detail.