Star Wars credits redone in the style of Saul Bass

Bhilmers, a YouTube user and student, created this alternative credit reel for Star Wars in the style of legendary title-designer Saul Bass (The Man with the Golden Arm, Vertigo, Psycho, Casino, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and many more). You know, I think I prefer this to the iconic sheet-of-words, receding-into-space credit-reel. Link (via Kottke)

[#1 posted by HeatVision , March 3, 2008 8:52 AM]

Nicely done, but for the title with Ben Burtt and John Williams he uses Max Rebo, the piano playing elephant thing from Return of the Jedi, which is not in A New Hope. He should have used one of the cantina players.

[#2 posted by Piper , March 3, 2008 1:20 PM]

Oh come on people---only one comment and it's a geeky criticism??
Allow me to be the only one to point out how COOL this is. Saul Bass would have been proud. George Lucas would be ...well, who gives a fuck about Lucas anyway?

[#3 posted by songs , March 3, 2008 1:32 PM]

That was better than drugs

[#4 posted by Owen , March 4, 2008 10:13 AM]

Thanks, Heatvision, what you said. But still very very cool.

[#5 posted by Outtacontext , March 4, 2008 10:41 AM]

Made my day. (Oh, wrong movie).