Gary Starkweather, an optics physicist, advised Lucasfilm on the original Star Wars.
This episode tells the story of Gary Starkweather, the optics physicist who invented the laser printer while working at Xerox. It traces his journey from solving a fax machine speed problem to creating the core technology, his move to Xerox PARC, and his later work with Lucasfilm, Pixar, Apple, and Microsoft, including winning a Technical Oscar.
