They were fabricated to allow the production to take Storm Trooper blasters out to the shooting locations, avoiding the difficulties of exporting and re-importing live firing weapons and to reduce production costs as an armourer needs to be on set (and be paid his daily rate!) whenever a live firing gun is present. These blasters were based on a standard Sterling sub-machine gun and had many non-standard custom alterations for the production of ANH. Ownership of the blasters was never transferred to Lucasfilm. It quickly became clear that these Blasters were custom made specifically for Star Wars.Īs Lucasfilm had a very small budget for the first film most of the prop weapons (including these) were rented and therefore returned to the armourers once filming was completed. Their use in the production of ANH was initially established through conversations with staff who were present and involved with the fabrication of these and other weapons during production.
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