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Star Wars, the Lost Interviews

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-should-get-screenwriter-credits-this-time dept.

smooth wombat writes "Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Release of Star Wars, Ballantine Books is publishing J.W. Rinzler's "The Making of Star Wars", which bills itself as "The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film." The book is the result of Rinzler's discovery of interviews that Charles Lippincott, Lucasfilm's VP marketing and merchandising in the mid-'70s, conducted with the film's principals between 1975 and 1978."

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  1. It's gonna be $75... by Control-Z · · Score: 3, Informative


    Some photos and text up at: http://www.wired.com/entertainment/hollywood/multi media/2007/04/gallery_starwars

  2. I Remember This! by tb3 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Back when Star Wars first came out, Starlog magazine spent an entire issue devoted to Stars Wars. They mentioned somewhere that Charles Lippincott was writing a book called "The Making of Star Wars", inspired by "The Making of Star Trek" book, but it never appeared.

    I'm really glad to see that some of this material is finally seeing the light of day.

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  3. Re:Which Version Will They Show by Khisanth+Magus · · Score: 3, Informative

    Do you really have to ask? It will be the "enhanced" version of course. Lucas wants to pretend that the original versions never existed.

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