We tour the amazing scoring and recording facilities at Skywalker Ranch, the terrestrial home of Star Wars...
Set amid the rolling hills and lush forests or Marin County, about an hour outside of San Francisco, Skywalker Ranch is the spiritual home of Star Wars. Built and extended throughout the eighties, it's where George Lucas has his production company and where Skywalker Sound, the legendary audio facility originally known as Sprocket Systems, is based. "George planned Skywalker Ranch as a Mecca for filmmakers and creative artists of all kinds to come and make movies in Northern California," says our tour guide for today, David Collins, LucasArts' lead sound designer and voice director. "That was his dream, and Star Wars afforded him that dream…"
And true enough, the main building, a gleaming white architectural confection constructed in the style of a late-nineteenth century ranch house, is out of bounds today: a writer's workshop is being held there.
Set amid the rolling hills and lush forests or Marin County, about an hour outside of San Francisco, Skywalker Ranch is the spiritual home of Star Wars. Built and extended throughout the eighties, it's where George Lucas has his production company and where Skywalker Sound, the legendary audio facility originally known as Sprocket Systems, is based. "George planned Skywalker Ranch as a Mecca for filmmakers and creative artists of all kinds to come and make movies in Northern California," says our tour guide for today, David Collins, LucasArts' lead sound designer and voice director. "That was his dream, and Star Wars afforded him that dream…"
And true enough, the main building, a gleaming white architectural confection constructed in the style of a late-nineteenth century ranch house, is out of bounds today: a writer's workshop is being held there.
- 10/28/2010
- by Keith Stuart
- The Guardian - Film News
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