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Do Container Cranes Dream of George Lucas?

Do Container Cranes Dream of George Lucas?

Laughing Squid brings up a rumor we've always, always, always wanted to know whether or not it was urban legend or hard fact. Namely, that George Lucas used the Oakland container cranes in Oakland as his muse for the AT-AT walkers in . (Please, SFist readers at ILM in your pretty Presidio Park offices, ask the big boss if this is true or false. We beg of you.)

Anyway, while the fact-checking is underway, please get one of these smashing t-shirts this very second over at thegirlandrhino.com. This graphic is just... wonderful. We're buying four.

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