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Behold, the 1977 budget breakdown for Star Wars

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Want to know how much R2-D2’s slapstick antics cost in 1970s ducats? David Pirie’s 1981 book Anatomy of the Movies dissected the film’s then-lavish $11-million budget, but sadly did not delve into the film’s blue milk budget. Also, check out the amount of bank Sir Alec Guinness would eventually roll in. That crazy hermit was loaded.

[Via Comics Alliance]

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