Don't let the Muggles get you down

–and then it works, and that moment was worth every derisive laugh it took to keep it in the early drafts because he was right that it’s an amazing way to introduce his character, a brilliant callback moment to all the hip-hop artists who climbed their way out of hell with their words, he was right about the whole ridiculous concept because that fusion of old and new is what gives the musical its power.

Before the computing era, ILM was the master of oil matte painting, making audiences believe that some of the sets in the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogy were real when they weren’t. They were the work of geniuses like Chris Evans, Michael Pangrazio, Frank Ordaz, Harrison Ellenshaw and Ralph McQuarrie ! Forever thank you, to their handmade art and the work of their colleagues, that made us dream of impossible worlds and fantastic places across Earth and the Universe.

There are more background paintings on this article, featuring comments by the masters/artists themselves ! 

Some of the following pieces were made by other artists: