The Star Wars logo is very recognizable and has a very interesting creation story, which they now reveal to us.
The laser swords, the Jedi and the Sith form next to the logo of starwars something very recognizable from the brand. But not many people may know what it was Joe Johnsondirector of Jumanji (nineteen ninety five), october sky (1999) and Captain America the First Avenger (2011), was the one who designed those letters.
Joe Johnson started his career in Industrial Light & Magicthe special effects company founded by the george lucas because no one else could do what he intended for his film. Now in the Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim (California), has revealed the story behind the Star Wars logo.
“Producer Gary Kurtz came to me one afternoon and had a design for the Star Wars logo. It was on a line and it was really skinny letters with pointy ends on the W and everything. And he was kind of in a panic, and he said, We need this tomorrow. We’ve already shot the roll-up, and now we need the logo that disappears in the opening shot. He said: Can you fix this? And I said: I can’t fix it, but I can redesign it.”
“He told me: Well, you have until 10 in the morning tomorrow. So I basically drew with a pen, ruler and black ink how I thought the design should look like. But instead of putting it on one line, I stacked ‘Star’ on top of ‘Wars’ and that’s how it ended.”
Joe Johnson He would have wanted to sign an agreement to receive compensation for his work, since he said: “If I only had a dime for every time that thing was printed, I don’t think I’d be here right now.”
Over the years the logo of starwars has been changing a bit, since more or less the typeface that Joe Johnston chose is maintained. To verify it, you can review all the installments of the saga in the Disney Plus streaming platform.