Background
Edlund was born in Fargo, North Dakota and raised in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
Edlund was born in Fargo, North Dakota and raised in Fergus Falls, Minnesota.
After first joining the United States Navy, he developed an interest in experimental film and attended the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in the late 1960s.
Edlund continued to work with Dykstra on Battlestar Galactica but was invited back by George Lucas to work on The Empire Strikes Back. Edlund also did distinguished work for Lucas and ILM on Raiders of the Lost Ark and Poltergeist. Boss Film Studios was one of the first traditional effects houses that successfully transitioned from "tangible world" visual effects, to computer generated imagery.
Many notable Consultants to Government and Industry artists began their careers at Boss.
Aside from film-work, Edlund also developed and manufactured the Pignose portable-style guitar amplifier (co-designed by Wayne Kimball).References.