As all eyes in the Star Wars galaxy turn to 29th December and The Book of Boba Fett, so attention focuses on the creatives who first gave birth to the galaxy’s greatest bounty hunter. Yesterday we celebrated Life Day, the 43rd anniversary of The Star Wars Holiday Special and The Story of the Faithful Wookiee, while last week saw the arrival of Under The Helmet: The Legacy of Boba Fett which celebrated the creation of the character and the actors behind it. Now, our good buddies over at Boba Fett Fan Club bring us this exclusive interview with Sandy Dhuyvetter, the painter who helped create the weathered look of Fett for The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
How did you initially get involved with Star Wars?
I have a degree in art specializing in illustration. I then received a teaching degree and taught art for 4 years in Pico Rivera, California at Rivera Junior High. I was motivated to become a working artist and knew to do that I had to leave teaching. In 1977 I moved to San Francisco and opened Daydream Productions where I started producing art for concerts products and companies who wanted original illustrations, logos and designs.
I had a friend who knew of an editor at Lucasfilm and I was able to take some of my portfolio to the Ranch where I was asked to create illustrations and the like for More American Graffiti. I worked on logos for the race cars for the racing scenes and I produced other posters and duplicates of art that was popular in the 70s. The ‘Rat Fink’ and ‘Keep on Truckin’ were some of the work I produced along with the famous Pot Leaf I recreated for the movie.
I was then asked to create a logo for t-shirts that artists (who worked at the ranch and played volleyball during lunch) could wear. I produced the t-shirts with the art on the front saying, “Sprockets, May the Force be with You.” This was 1977 and 1978. At that point I was asked to complete 3 Boba Fett costumes, head to almost toe. (I did not produce the shoes.)
- Hardcover Book
- Szostak, Phil (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 256 Pages - 02/15/2022 (Publication Date) - Abrams Books (Publisher)
