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Do you know where Star Wars most Fantastical creatures are born? Well a lot of its weirdest and most wonderful characters come to life in a South London workshop and Gustav Hogan is the man behind them…Gustav’s been making monsters for three decades and he’s taking a look back at his creations. (courtesy Laughing Squid)
There’s indeed something magical about the world of Star Wars.
It lets you escape completely and absolutely into a galaxy far, far away and a long time ago, and it does so with, among other things, some fearsomely good world-building.
One man who’s made a major contribution to making the places and races and creatures of the franchise is Gustav Hogan, a man who fell in love with George Lucas’s creations when he saw Return of the Jedi when he was a kid, and who then set about trying to create as many fantastical creatures as he could from whatever he could.
His passionate tinkering has led to a career that has given birth to all kinds of well-known Star Wars characters and which has allowed him to become a part of what makes this most magical of franchises come affectingly and thrillingly to life.