Clayton Sandell

Hello new followers! About me: I've worked in TV news for a long time, and I'm a huge #StarWars nerd. Past work: claytonsandell.com/star-wars-st... Sometimes I write SW books with brilliant authors I'm lucky to call friends, and I once made a video of my dog and kid in a lightsaber duel. Cheers!

#StarWars #ThePhantomMenace A Visual Archive by @stbende.bsky.social @kelly-knox.com @amyrichau.bsky.social and @claytonsandell.com

our copy of THE PHANTOM MENACE: A VISUAL ARCHIVE came! 📫 big thanks to @insighteditions.bsky.social for the copy. another great installment in this series!! TPM was my first SW movie in theaters ❤️ hats off to @kelly-knox.com, @amyrichau.bsky.social, @stbende.bsky.social, & @claytonsandell.com

Oh, maxi big da "Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: A Visual Archive." This book has everything—Naboo patches, Jar Jar stickers, Marfalump, Voorpaks, Podracing... so wizard! Great job by @stbende.bsky.social, @kelly-knox.com, @amyrichau.bsky.social, @claytonsandell.com and @insighteditions.bsky.social.

Happy book birthday to Star Wars: The Phantom Menace: A Visual Archive and congratulations to @stbende.bsky.social, @kelly-knox.com, @amyrichau.bsky.social, and @claytonsandell.com on today's release from Insight Editions! 📕✨

To the cashier at the bookstore this afternoon who looked at my purchases and said, "so I take it you like the Star Wars": Why yes. Yes, I do. #StarWarsReads @chriskempshall.bsky.social @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social @stbende.bsky.social @kelly-knox.com @amyrichau.bsky.social @claytonsandell.com

Announced today at the @lucasfilm.bsky.social / @madcavestudios.com panel at #NYCC, STAR WARS: SMUGGLERS & SCOUNDRELS - THE BLACK SUN ECLIPSE! Script by me, art by the incomparable @lianakangas.com

A little bit of exciting news from the New York Comic Con Lucasfilm Publishing Panel about my 50,000-word love letter to Star Wars! The Star Wars: A New Hope Visual Archive from Insight Editions is coming to a bookshelf in your galaxy in 2027!

Find someone who looks at you like George Lucas looks at Alfie Curtis as Dr. Evazan.

Protect these two at all costs. ❤️

“Padmé Fights Off Nexu” (2026, Bronze) by Mark Newman. Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, opening September 22. 📸 = LMNA

FIRST LOOK inside the new two-volume book project celebrating the inaugural exhibition at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art! Featuring texts by George Lucas, Guillermo del Toro and others. www.instagram.com/p/DcjzjoymiN...

My latest article for @ilmvfx.bsky.social. Such a privilege and an honor to walk among these legends. www.ilm.com/model-shop-r...

The New York City subway is pretty strict. No smoking. No littering. And absolutely no BD droids.

Share this on your social media please. This would really mean a lot to us. We are looking to grow our numbers. We have a production meeting on Thursday with famed Tiktokers and influencers so we can become popular. We have invested $500 in this meeting changing our lives.

Happy birthday to Harrison Ford! Here’s a few of my favorite Harrison moments from ‘The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark’. (My favorite movie of all time.) What’s your favorite Ford role? ⬇️

Celebrate responsibly! 😜🎆

We’re so excited to finally share this book with you! This August join me, @amyrichau.bsky.social @kelly-knox.com and @claytonsandell.com on an epic romp through The Phantom Menace. And see why Gasgano is the best podracer. (I said what I said.) ✨📚

Let’s talk about Obi-Wan’s last day… www.instagram.com/reel/DZpjFig...

I’ve been putting together some visual effects and sound design behind-the-scenes deep dives on the IG. Check ‘em out, and I’d appreciate a like and/or a follow. Thanks! www.instagram.com/claytonsande...

I’ve been putting together some visual effects and sound design behind-the-scenes deep dives on the IG. Check ‘em out, and I’d appreciate a like and/or a follow. Thanks! www.instagram.com/claytonsande...

Marilou & I are deeply saddened by the loss of our lifelong friend, Marcia. Not just a gifted, innovative artist, she also happened to be a genuinely nice person. Smart, funny, & just plain fun to be around. Thankfully, her memory lives on and we will never stop missing her. shorturl.at/wx6BV

On this Star Wars Day, I chat with the OG Anakin Skywalker Jake Lloyd. #maythefourthbewithyou #starwars www.instagram.com/reel/DX6g7mo...

More #starwars 50th filming anniversary fun… www.instagram.com/reel/DXwrHWb...

Fifty years ago today, our princess Carrie Fisher filmed her first-ever scene for ‘Star Wars’. www.instagram.com/reel/DXpbLZd...

There are some rare hidden treasures in this room. Not necessarily books. My faves are things like the unpublished marketing plans for the prequels, etc. Get yourself to @ranchoobiwan.bsky.social ASAP!

How did Maul get his iconic look? Let’s take a deep dive! #MaulMonday www.instagram.com/reel/DWy-ckW...

Over on the gram I’ve been posting some deep dives on some fun and quirky Star Wars history. If you like that sort of thing, smash that like and follow button, as the kids say. User name is @claytonsandell and there’s also a link in my bio. MTFBWY!

Behind the Visual Effects of SINNERS youtu.be/i2mRTtIqUqg?...

One year from today, the original returns to the big screen.

Yo @tvaziri.com is this you? 😉

Happy Valentines Day ❤️ to all who celebrate.

Great fun chatring with @edgarwright.bsky.social about ILM’s visual effects work on ‘The Running Man’! Read our article at ILM.com! ⬇️ www.ilm.com/the-running-...

Why isn't movie marketing matching a cadence that makes specifically me comfortable? 🤔

Age Verification? My first lightsaber was literally a flashlight with a plastic tube. #ForceBeamForever

Go beyond the gates of Skywalker Ranch with @filmumentaries.bsky.social, @prefecttiming.bsky.social, and @claytonsandell.com to the heart of Skywalker Sound, the industry-leading post-production company founded by George Lucas, occupying a picturesque corner of this iconic property. jedine.ws/3n3p

Happy book birthday!!!

In a world with scary stormtroopers, be a Finn.

We have a constitutional right to document and record ICE and other federal agents in the act and it's more crucial than ever as the Trump regime lies about victims of its cruelty. Please consider joining this @indivisible.org call Monday night to learn more: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Let’s go Broncos!!! 😂

Great article on the sound design of ‘F1’!

I got to have a fun chat with Industrial Light & Magic visual effects supervisor David Seager about the truly stunning work for 'Tron: Ares'. Read it for free over at ILM's website. (Link in my bio!) ⬆️

OK, this is getting WAY too out of hand.

2016 trend? Ok, sure. Here’s one that’s timely.

No lie tho.

Even Darth Vader has joined hundreds of other people this morning at a protest against ICE in Centennial, Colorado.