The force as you've never seen it before: Incredibly rare pictures of the filming of the first Star Wars revealed at new exhibitionÂ They are images that, until now, have been hidden in an archive far, far away.Â But an incredibly rare collection of pictures from the set of the original Star Wars film is going on show for the first time in London. The exhibition, at the British Film Institute's Southbank Atrium, features never before seen Polaroid photographs of some of the main actors during filming for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The material was donated to the BFI by the film's continuity supervisor, Ann Skinner in a stash of treasures that includes deleted scenes, extensive shooting notes and pages from the original film. Some of the biggest stars are shown relaxing between takes, including Marc Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Peter Cushing. Selected items from the archive are going on show until January 4, 2015, as part of BFI's sci-fi season, Days of Fear and Wonder. Rare behind-the-scenes photographs from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope are going on show in London. They include this picture of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker on the Tatooine set in Tunisia Ann Skinner used this photo of Luke Skywalker lying on the ground to help maintain consistency throughout the scene involving the Tusken Raider attack Peter Cushing (centre) who played the Grand Moff Tarkin breaks into a smile during a break in filming for a scene involving Darth Vader The images show stars relaxing between scenes. Pictured here is Koo Stark, who played Camie - though her scenes were not used in the final film release From the archives: The stash includes the cover for 'The Star Wars' script owned by Ann Skinner, the film's continuity supervisor Ann Skinner's donation includes pages from a 1976 draft of the script, which shows an early version of the iconic opening of the film In the 1976 draft, Luke Skywalker is introduced to the audience as 'Luke Skykiller, a farm boy with heroic aspirations' Continuity supervisor Ann Skinner wrote 'Bracelet R' on this picture of Carrie Fisher (pictured as Princess Leia) to ensure the item appeared again in the right position towards the end of the film One of the pictures shows Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker lying on the ground during the Tusken Raider attack scene. Ann Skinner has written notes about the position of his legs to help maintain consistency Behind-the-scenes: The archive includes this image of Garrick Hagon, who played Biggs Darklighter in the film Despite being blurred, this rare image will excite fans as it includes star actors Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) during filming Ann Skinner made notes on many of her photographs for work purposes and wrote 'Brace it with this' on a picture of Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford during filming Mark Hamill, who plays Luke Skywalker is shown in a scene where the character is grabbed by a dianoga tentacle This page from the 1976 script describes how Luke bursts into a power station to wake 'The Fixer' - described as a 'rugged mechanic' The following page describes how Luke Skywalker and his friends watch a space battle taking place in the skies above One of Ann Skinner's photos features Anthony Forrest as the character Laze Loneozner, a mechanic better known in the film as 'Fixer' The photographs include this Polaroid image of Paul Blake who played Greedo Blake in the film - he is pictured here without his green mask The actor David Prowse, who plays Darth Vader, takes a breather after removing his iconic black helmet One of the original film's best known characters Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, is pictured on a pile of scrap metal during one scene Selected items from the archive are going on show until January 4, 2015, as part of BFI's sci-fi season, Days of Fear and Wonder Ann Skinner, who donated the pictures are scripts for the exhibition, is pictured working on the film's set