50 years ago on May 4, 1976, artists, technicians, and craftspeople were hard at work on two continents as Star Wars: A New Hope continued production. While George Lucas along with his cast and crew captured scenes in England, ILM's team was hastily working to establish their visual effects workflow, along with a heck of a lot of spaceship models! They were a year into their preparations, and they still had a long way to go....