Goodbye, Tippett Studio: A Piece of Star Wars History Closes Forever

Phil Tippett inside his legendary Tippett Studio in Berkeley, surrounded by movie models, props and visual effects creations

Phil Tippett’s legendary Berkeley studio is closing after almost 40 years. Original movie props, creatures, miniatures and memorabilia are now being sold. For Galaxy Diorama, this is a deeply personal goodbye. There are some news stories that are difficult to write. This is one of them. When we heard that Tippett Studio in Berkeley is […]

George Lucas: Vision, Innovation, and Collectibles – The Creator of Star Wars

George Lucas on the set of Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith

Introduction: Why George Lucas and Not a Star Wars Character? After publishing on Holocron the article Our Next Galaxy-Sized Project: A 1:6 Scale Collectible in the Works, we received many questions: why George Lucas and not an iconic Star Wars character? The answer is simple: before the Jedi, before the Sith, before Star Wars… there’s […]

Our Next Galaxy-Sized Project: A 1:6 Scale Collectible in the Works

Digital sculpt of George Lucas’ head in Cinema 4D for 3D printing

Discover the behind-the-scenes of our latest Galaxy Diorama project, including resin prototypes, 1:6 scale action figures, and a tribute to a legendary filmmaker. A Bold New Project We’ve been quiet for a while, and you might be wondering what’s keeping us busy at Galaxy Diorama. We had promised highly detailed STL files of the Millennium […]

Lorne Peterson: Building a Galaxy, One Detail at a Time

Lorne Peterson working on a large-scale Star Wars miniature, weathering a spacecraft model on an outdoor desert set, showcasing the practical craftsmanship behind the original trilogy.

I have many heroes in my mind, and among them are certainly the artists and creatives who brought the Star Wars films to life.Not Jedi or space smugglers, but real people—often invisible—who gave physical form to an imaginary universe that is still alive today. We talked about this idea in our article “Star Wars dioramas, […]

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