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Star Wars Extras Needed

Posted by timothy on from the tell-them-slashdot-sent-you dept.

lyonsden writes "Ever want to be in a Star Wars movie? Live in Australia? Check out this page at the Maura Fay Group Casting web site. Especially the Star Wars part towards the bottom. Any takers?"

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  1. All the people by jeffkjo1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the people that just blocked viewing info on Star Wars movies are gonna be really mad. Mwhahaha.

  2. I wanna be... by Toasty16 · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...Chewy's dad, Crunchy!

    kill me now.

    1. Re:I wanna be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      I'd like to play a wookiee, but only if they let me wear the costume off-set.

      Nothing like a big, hairy space-ape walking through the park to make everyone's day a little more surreal.

      Bonus points if you meet a cute girl who'd just as soon kiss a wookiee.

  3. Oops by GreggyBUIUC · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know its funny... there are a bunch of starwars fanatics that were pissed after the previous Wookie "spolier" which was then followed by responses saying "Just change your preferences to block out all starwars posts."

    Now those guys are going to miss out on their chance to actually be in the movie. :-)

    Then again, I suppose being an extra in the film is the ultimate spolier.

  4. Extras? by Fex303 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What do they want extras for? What they really need is a script writer.

  5. meesa by SHEENmaster · · Score: 2, Funny

    an army of moronic gungan extras!

    Just out of curiosity, do extras get paid with cash or "the joy and experience of doing their best"?

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    1. Re:meesa by Prof.Phreak · · Score: 5, Funny
      Just out of curiosity, do extras get paid with cash or "the joy and experience of doing their best"?

      You're confusing this with the IT industry...

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  6. Sign Up! by CaffeineKills · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wanna go places? Wanna blow up things?
    Wanna kill people?

    Then join the Storm Trooper Army!

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    "Guns don't kill people, bullets do."
    1. Re:Sign Up! by Moonshadow · · Score: 2, Funny
      Guns don't kill people, bullets do.

      Shouldn't that read "Guns don't kill people, blaster bolts do"?

      ;)

    2. Re:Sign Up! by graveyhead · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course, the only way to SEE the USO show is to sign up for the Army! So join the Army and KILL SOME REBEL SCUM as we continue ... THE MARCH OF WAR!!

      [eat snackey-smores]

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    3. Re:Sign Up! by mcpkaaos · · Score: 5, Funny

      Shouldn't that read "Guns don't kill people, blaster bolts do"?

      Considering that Stormtroopers hit their target about as often as on a GI Joe cartoon... probably not.

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  7. By Crikey! by lewko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Am I the only one who has visions of Steve Irwin chasing Ewoks and Russell Crowe punching Darth Vader in the mouth?

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    1. Re:By Crikey! by m1chael · · Score: 1, Funny

      im going to stick my thumb up its butthole! -south park

      eh eh eh

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      I know you are psychotic, but please make an effort.
    2. Re:By Crikey! by switched4OSX · · Score: 5, Funny

      How about Crocodile Dundee skinning Jar Jar Binks

  8. so let me get this right by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now /. is done its harm with slashdotting websites and the like, the editors are setting their aims higher by the first ever attempt to physically slashdot the film studio!

    cool...

    btw, I think this is called "flash crowds" or somesuch

  9. Why not Arkansas by G3ckoG33k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why not scout in Arkansas instead? All people I've met from there had a strong Chewbacca-like appearance. Oh, yes, I live in Europe so I haven't met that many (three in fact); but, it all seemed so much more than coincidental.

  10. A burst of optimism... by jdbo · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...that so quickly vanished; I thought the headline was "Star Wars Screenwriters" Needed...

  11. Australia by Cyno01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course they need extras from down under, lots of Jedi there.

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  12. Re:Slashdot effect? by switched4OSX · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course not, there a member of the Coalition of the Willing.

  13. Decisions decisions! by Chopsticker · · Score: 5, Funny
    AGH! How can I choose between my first position in line for Star Wars: Episode 3 and being part of the Wookie Army?!?!? If I leave my comforably parked lawnchair and tent for Austrilla I just know the guy with the Darth Vader mask next to me is going steal my spot!

    First Jar Jar, then the horrible movie title, and now this! What is a diehard Star Wars fan to do?

  14. Oh joy by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you think J.J.Binks was contraversial, wait until the audience sees a planet full of nerds.

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  15. their inspiration by moomoomoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    maybe this guy should try out. Looks like he'd make an outstanding jedi...

  16. Whine. Whine. by CleverNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    But with the blast shield down, I can't read the website! How am I supposed to sign up?

  17. "Ever want to be in a Star Wars movie?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Answer:
    Yes, but not anymore.

  18. Russell Crowe is a Kiwi... by Goonie · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least, when he's making a fool of himself, he's definitely from New Zealand. Of course, if he gets an Oscar, he's Australian...

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  19. Dear Lord... by Rinikusu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Advertising this on /.? I imagine a horde of geeks flooding Australia...

    This will be the ugliest collection of extras, ever.

    Of course, the amount they'd save on makeup for alien depictions might more than make up for it...

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  20. Yeah! Not just Star Wars... by radio4fan · · Score: 5, Funny

    I once read a book which was also ridden with illogical pseudo-science rubbish.

    Take some examples:

    • Changing water into wine
    • Feeding 5000 people with five loaves and two fish
    • Walking on water
    • Raising three people from the dead
    • Hero comes back to life after dying

    Won't someone please think of the children and ban this rubbish?

    Funnily enough, I don't remember the author; it might well have been George Lucas.

    1. Re:Yeah! Not just Star Wars... by daeley · · Score: 2, Funny

      Did you catch the prequels?

      Old Testament I: The Phantom Manna
      Old Testament II: Attack of the Stones
      Old Testament III: Step 3, Prophet!

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  21. Hey! by Neck_of_the_Woods · · Score: 2, Funny



    I suddenly heard millions of Star Wars geeks cry out, then silenced when they found out it was in the land down under. Seriously, I really can see them now trying to do the Jedi mind trick on the cast pickers, "Those others are not the extras you are looking for."

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  22. Script writer? by metamatic · · Score: 4, Funny

    It wouldn't hurt to get a director too.

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  23. THe Casting... by QEDog · · Score: 4, Funny
    Me: "You will let me be an extra..." waving the hand.

    Casting guy: "I will let you be an extra"

    Me: "And you will let me see George Lucas"

    Casting Guy: "I will let you see Lucas"

    Lucas: "Weak minded fool! You let the fan come right to me!"

    Me: "I came here, almighty Lucas, to ask you not to write another crappy love scene for Episode 3"

    Lucas presses button "To the Rancoor pit!"

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