Amid fantasies of a science-fiction world stand the creators-model makers Paul Houston, Jonathan Erland and Lorne Peterson, feet solidly on the ground in a Los Angeles studio, what they and their collectors did for the current hit movie, “Star Wars,” they’re doing for an upcoming children’s TV program, “Space Academy.” The special effects visible are the spaceship, “The Seeker,” at left, and the space academy complex on an asteroid in the background, July 26, 1977. (AP Photo/George Brich)