Making of the Computer Graphics for Star Wars (Episode IV)

A documentary-style video on how the computer graphics for the original 1977 Star Wars were made, including the animated trench sequence. It is hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago's Electronic Visualization Laboratory.

HN keeps resubmitting it as a rare record of how early digital computer animation reached the big screen.

“This video shows a digital computer being used to create the animated trench sequence”