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Star Wars Modelmakers Rebuild ILM's Original Workshop!
Adam Savage’s Tested · 25:45
95,696 views · 3,778 likes · Jun 5, 2026
50 years ago, the original Industrial Light and Magic team set up shop in Van Nuys, California to build the studio filming miniatures for Star Wars. At this year’s Wonderfest modelmaking show, studio scale Star Wars modelers gathered to pay tribute to those ILM legends with a recreation of that Van Nuys model shop, transporting Star Wars fans back to 1976.
Van Nuys '76 in '26: https://www.facebo…
50 years ago, the original Industrial Light and Magic team set up shop in Van Nuys, California to build the studio filming miniatures for Star Wars. At this year’s Wonderfest modelmaking show, studio scale Star Wars modelers gathered to pay tribute to those ILM legends with a recreation of that Van Nuys model shop, transporting Star Wars fans back to 1976.
Van Nuys '76 in '26: https://www.facebo…
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