Lot Essay
According to Nicholls, twenty of these jackets were purchased for cast and crew for filming in the extreme weather conditions of Finse, Norway.
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Harrison Ford/The Empire Strikes Back, 1980
A ski jacket of padded blue treated cotton, decorated at the shoulders with orange and blue striped detail, the left side with Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back cloth badge decorated with an image of the head of Darth Vader, the left breast pocket with additional blue Norwegian Unit cloth badge, labelled inside Ski Peer Exclusive Sportswear, the label inscribed in blue ink with the initials H.F. -- purchased for Harrison Ford for use whilst filming in Finse, Norway for the 1980 Lucasfilm production The Empire Strikes Back; accompanied by a baseball cap of blue cotton decorated with Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back cloth badge and original cardboard tag Official Rebel Forces Cap; and a document concerning the provenance from the film's Wardrobe Supervisor, Tiny Nicholls (3)
A ski jacket of padded blue treated cotton, decorated at the shoulders with orange and blue striped detail, the left side with Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back cloth badge decorated with an image of the head of Darth Vader, the left breast pocket with additional blue Norwegian Unit cloth badge, labelled inside Ski Peer Exclusive Sportswear, the label inscribed in blue ink with the initials H.F. -- purchased for Harrison Ford for use whilst filming in Finse, Norway for the 1980 Lucasfilm production The Empire Strikes Back; accompanied by a baseball cap of blue cotton decorated with Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back cloth badge and original cardboard tag Official Rebel Forces Cap; and a document concerning the provenance from the film's Wardrobe Supervisor, Tiny Nicholls (3)
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