Today’s podcast guest is with Academy Award winner Roger Christian whose intuition led him to be selected by George Lucas as a set designer for Star Wars and going on to work on the set of Alien, for which he was nominated for an Oscar.
In this podcast interview, Roger and I talk about meeting George Lucas, how the story and the team behind the movie Star Wars was based completely on intuition, how Roger leveraged his intuition to design a number of elements for Star Wars including the lightsaber, the Millennium Falcon, Han Solo’s blaster, and the body of R2D2 as examples, and his role as a set designer for the movie Alien.
Timestamps
- 00:00 - Videogram
- 00:56 - Introduction
- 02:54 - Roger introduces himself
- 06:36 - His intuitive moments with George Lucas, and working on Star Wars
- 20:03 - How Star Wars came to be, and how people adapt after they watch the movie
- 26:32 - People loving what they do, and having answers to their own deep questions
- 33:50 - Intuition really does help in making the right decision
- 39:32 - The thinking behind the design of the Light Saber, R2D2, and many more
- 47:21 - The first time he met George Lucas
- 53:42 - A story that has never been told
- 58:18 - Trusting intuition and living in the present moment
- 01:04:22 - Conclusion
