Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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50 years ago, the original Industrial Light and Magic team set up shop in Van Nuys, California to build the studio filming miniatures for Star Wars. At this year’s Wonderfest modelmaking show, studio scale Star Wars modelers gathered to pay tribute to those ILM legends with a recreation of that Van Nuys model shop, transporting Star Wars fans back to 1976.

Van Nuys '76 in '26: facebook.com/groups/786577167113183

Shot by Josh Self and edited by Norman Chan
Music by Jinglepunks
Additional media courtesy of Van Nuys '76 in '26 group

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