Designing the original figures and vehicles, Jim Swearingen had a huge effect on our perception of the original Star Wars. From 1976-79, this Kenner project became Swearingen’s project, witnessing portions of the film being made and even attending the first public showing.
Straight from an episode of Netflix’s Toys That Made Us, Mr. Swearingen takes us through that early period, before Star Wars was the phenomenon we know and love.
