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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."

133 comments

  1. The real story: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A bunch of nerds got together for a circle-jerk while fap fap fapping about how much better Linux is than Windows.

    All while sitting in a cubicle pretending to work.

    You read it here first!

    1. Re:The real story: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

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  2. Unearthed information! by ubrgeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    In the book, Lippincott admits that he actually fired first ...

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  3. Enough Already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Stop giving these fuckers any more money. They are nothing now but a crap factory for raking in fan boy money. The Episodes I, II, and III make that clear. Just look at last weeks poll on worst scifi sequels.

    1. Re:Enough Already by eln · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Your delivery could use some work, but I agree this is just another money grab. The "lost interviews" reveal shocking secrets such as the fact that the original Star Wars was made on a shoestring budget! Amazing! And I thought the effects in the original were so incredible, and looked so expensive, including the totally not obviously drawn-in light sabers and the totally convincing cuts during the scene where Obi Wan gets killed. Oh, and the acrobatics during the light saber duel! It totally didn't look anything like a couple of arthritic old farts hitting each others' walkers, it was totally fast-paced edge-of-your-seat stuff. I was convinced that no expense was spared.

      Oh, and hey, they had issues getting the special effects to look right! And Lucas wasn't sure that the film was going to be a success! Unbelievable!

      Everyone already knew all of this stuff. The people involved have said this sort of thing countless times. Now, we have period interviews that say pretty much the same stuff that they said in later interviews.

    2. Re:Enough Already by drxenos · · Score: 1

      What acrobatics? Did we watch the same movie?

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    3. Re:Enough Already by dr_dank · · Score: 3, Funny

      What acrobatics? Did we watch the same movie?

      Thats the problem with editing. When he uttered his famous line, Admiral Akbar really said "It's a trapeze!". He then wowed the crowed with his death-defying acrobatics without a net.

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    4. Re:Enough Already by geekoid · · Score: 2, Insightful

      This is a book about Star-Wrs sans the latter myths.

      From a cinima history perspective, this could be interesting.

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    5. Re:Enough Already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      the sfx in star wars were nothing short of staggering for the time. you are clearly about 18 years old and didnt see the original theatrical release. as such you have fuck all perspective on it.

    6. Re:Enough Already by eln · · Score: 1

      The effects were good for the time considering the budget they had to work with. It was obvious that it was made on the cheap in a lot of ways. The film editing alone could tell you that. I'm not trying to say it's a terrible movie or anything like that, but it's pretty clear that it was budget constrained. Just compare the original movie's effects with the quality of the effects in the Empire Strikes Back, which was released just 3 years later. That is the difference having a real budget can make.

    7. Re:Enough Already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      ^^^ PROOF! You do NOT want to piss off a Star Wars fan! They will adolescent the HELL out of you!

    8. Re:Enough Already by Bloke+down+the+pub · · Score: 1

      Ray Harryhausen's effects were good for their time too. Or so my Granpa told me.

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    9. Re:Enough Already by toranis · · Score: 1

      I'm pushing 30 years old and did not see the movies in the theater either, but doesn't mean I didn't enjoy the films as much as anyone else. They were a huge part of my childhood from the toys I played with to the imaginary star wars themed worlds I explored in my head. With that said, I'm absolutely sick of Star Wars. It's the perfect example of the Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility. They've absolutely saturated "the product", which I hate to call it that but that's exactly what it has become. Maybe had the new versions been anything other than film feces my opinion might be different. No, probably not... I would still be sick of Star Wars.

    10. Re:Enough Already by elrous0 · · Score: 2, Interesting
      It won't be unless it deals with the REAL myths (unlikely, if Lucas has anything to say about it). No one is surprised by these pedestrian revelations of "a shoe-string budget" or "they didn't know for sure it would be a success." Those rate a complete "No shit, Sherlock."

      If he really wants to get into it, how about "George Lucas didn't make the original with either sequels or prequels in mind," or "Luke and Leia and Han were originally supposed to be a love triangle," or "Lucas cut the Jabba scene because it was awkward and poorly-acted, not because of FX limitations." Hell, even a "There was a disturbing connection between SW and Disco in those early years" would be more interesting than what they're selling so far.

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    11. Re:Enough Already by lord_mike · · Score: 2, Insightful

      And yet, they were still better than anyone had ever seen before...

      The special effects in that movie were beyond groundbreaking at the time. Very few movies in the 70's even HAD special effects. 20th century fox disbanded their special effects department.

      Case in point: In 1976 the special effects academy award winner was Logan's Run. That movie was absolutely pathetic in comparison, and yet was considered to be the best special effects for its day.

      Thanks,

      Mike

    12. Re:Enough Already by FingerDemon · · Score: 2, Informative

      My understanding was that during the three years you mention, ILM was revolutionizing some of the special effects techniques used later by everyone. So comparing it to ESB, isn't just a matter of budget. But perhaps I am wrong and you can convince me by naming some movies during that time that had better effects than SW and bigger budgets. I know Close Encounters came out somewhere soon after SW. That was Douglas Trumbull SFX and lots of lights which is pretty different from the effects in SW. Still it looked good. I just don't remember many SF movies even trying to do effects like SW until after SW came out and was a huge hit.

      Plus you say it was "budget constrained", but at the time I thought it was a big budget for an SF film.

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    13. Re:Enough Already by east+coast · · Score: 2, Insightful

      the sfx in star wars were nothing short of staggering for the time.

      You can only really say that in context with the number of special effects. Close Encounters came out the same year and if you were to put two snippets of both films side by side Close Encounters would win hands down. The effects in CEOTTK are clearly better. Superman came out a year later and the same could be said for it in the same context of doing more with the effects but simply having less of them. Ultimately it's an argument that has no clear winner aside from pointing to the budget of the film. Even then it's hard to win the argument that SW had "staggering" effects.

      you are clearly about 18 years old and didnt see the original theatrical release.

      Talk about an argument that got really old about two decades ago. Not everyone who walks that planet who was alive to see the originals (myself include, FYI) in 1977 latched onto Star Wars and held it high like a gift from God. Methinks that much of the wonderlust that still trails on from the original trilogy is more the smoke and mirrors of time over anything truely magical about these films. If you love it, you love it. I won't say that you're wrong. But to assume that because there are those of us (yes, I do mean myself included) who don't really go crazy over Star Wars are too young to recall the glory of Lucas is about as insightful as the Matrix fanbois who ran around for years shouting "If you didn't like the Matrix it's because you didn't understand the Matrix". It's annoying, it's petty elitism at it's worst and it's utterly false.

      as such you have fuck all perspective on it.

      Fantastic conclusion. What you're basically saying is that if you don't hold Star Wars on high as God's gift to sci-fi circa 1977 that you were either too young to experience it or that you have no appreciation for special effects? Does that mean that those 30-somethings today that may have just been old enough to remember Jedi in the theaters are saved from your self-righteous wrath? What does it say about those of us who did see it in the theaters who just weren't amazed by it to the point that 30 years later we can take it or leave it for what it is?

      Get over it fanboi. The glory days of Lucas seem to have come to a screeching halt. The "staggering" effects of your little lovechild here lack the luster that you claim from movies made in the same couple of years. It's fine to be a fanboi on some levels but at some other point you have to turn around and understand that just because something is important to you doesn't mean it was the pinnacle of achievement.

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    14. Re:Enough Already by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 1, Insightful

      It's fine to be a hater on some levels but at some other point you have to turn around and understand that just because something isn't important to you doesn't mean it wasn't the pinnacle of achievement.

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    15. Re:Enough Already by Mister+Whirly · · Score: -1, Flamebait

      "Just look at last weeks poll on worst scifi sequels"

      Could you remove the poll from your ass, so I can look at it?

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    16. Re:Enough Already by nicolastheadept · · Score: 1

      On the subject of revisionist, the poll seems to have disappeared!

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    17. Re:Enough Already by east+coast · · Score: 1

      It certainly doesn't make one a hater either. Too bad so many on here can't take it for what it is and as far as it being a pinnacle of achievement I still stand being my remarks about Close Encounters.

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    18. Re:Enough Already by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 1

      I know, and really I was just trying to play devil's advocate with your own words to point out the converse of what you said. Close Encounters was good also, but I think there were far fewer effects than in Star Wars. Great music in both films (Thanks John Williams!)

      P.S. DK rocks! Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables was their best IMHO.

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    19. Re:Enough Already by Sporkinum · · Score: 1

      Watch 2001 again. The effects still look great and it came out 9 years before StarWars. Don't get me wrong though, the opening scene with the star destroyer going past blew me away then.

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    20. Re:Enough Already by lord_mike · · Score: 2, Insightful

      2001 Did have a lot of groundbreaking effects... very true... but they didn't have to deal with alien dogfights, "laser" weapons, and explosions, either. 2001 was certainly one of a kind, as well. Nothing came close to it until Lucas' Star Wars came around.

      Thanks,

      Mike

    21. Re:Enough Already by brainburger · · Score: 1

      I think I was 9 when I saw ANH (or just 'Star Wars', as it was known then) for the first time. I can say that the special-effects were very important to it's success. You have pointed out 2001 and CEOTTK as better examples. They are both great FX films, and I saw them at around the same age. CEOTTK seemed boring by comparison. Those FX, which are perhaps more elegant than in ANH didn't make up for frustration at the lack of any great visual revelation in the film. You don't get to see stuff in the same detail as with ANH (and yes, I include the end sequence in that). 2001 is a great FX film too, but the FX in that are really based mostly on good prop design, rather than visual effects themselves. The end-sequence there is very visual, of course, but it is hallucinatory, rather than attempting to show a technological reality.

      The fast and complex movements of the spaceships and in space explosions etc were the great achievement of ANH - other films of the time that tried to have FX like that were nowhere close. Check out Battle Beyond the Stars sometime!

  4. Interviews by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    These are not the interviews you're looking for. Move along.

    1. Re:Interviews by porkmusket · · Score: 0, Redundant

      These are not the interviews I'm looking for. Move along.

    2. Re:Interviews by SeaFox · · Score: 1

      These are not the interviews you're looking for. Move along.

      They could be the interviews I'm looking for! They were done a long time ago in a location far, far away from me.
  5. Which Version Will They Show by warmgun · · Score: 2, Interesting

    As the movie celebrates its 30th anniversary, George Lucas will be joined by many of his collaborators at a special screening at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Goldwyn Theater on Monday.

    I wonder which version will be screened, the original or "enhanced" version?

    1. 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.

    2. Re:Which Version Will They Show by rblancarte · · Score: 4, Insightful

      And this is why he fails...

      Ok, enough of that.

      Seriously, for him to completely forget the original production of the trilogy is exactly why I won't give another red cent to the man. The fact is that all he has done is bastardize the original three movies with these new editions that were "the original vision". And worse, he has given us the new trilogy that, while telling of a story, was sorely lacking. I mean, I think there are some good elements, but all in all, as a whole, they sucked.

      It is really too bad that Lucas has missed the boat with celebrating the original versions of his films, which were highly revolutionary and landmarks of their time.

      RonB

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    3. Re:Which Version Will They Show by multisync · · Score: 1

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


      That's nothing. I could have sworn there was an article about a Macbook being "hacked" at a security convention on the front page, but now it's not there any more. Talk about revisionist history.

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    4. Re:Which Version Will They Show by morari · · Score: 1

      The original trilogy was entertaining enough, but that's all it was; entertainment. It wasn't real science fiction, just a candy-coated fairy tale set in space. Nothing too imaginative to be found and watching his revised editions and new installments only goes further to prove that...

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    5. Re:Which Version Will They Show by badboy_tw2002 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Its still exists, but digitally inserted into Saturday's stories because that's where the editors originally wanted it, they just didn't have the story written or the technology exploit that made the story possible. You should consider this new version of Saturday's stories as "original" and forget about the flawed earlier version you saw.

    6. Re:Which Version Will They Show by ethicalBob · · Score: 1

      ... and how do you define "real" science fiction??

      further - what makes you the authority on what "real" science fiction is... it's easy to be an armchair quarterback, isn't it...

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    7. Re:Which Version Will They Show by dakwatson · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I don't think Star Wars was ever considered by anyone, George Lucas included, to be real science fiction. It's chief influences (westerns, space operas, Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress) aren't sf. It is an adventure story, it's roots in Joseph Campbell's ideas about mythology, and should be judged as such. It shouldn't be criticized for not being something it's not supposed to be.

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    8. Re:Which Version Will They Show by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 1

      Who is claiming it is anything but entertainment? And who cares? If it is entertaing it is entertaining. I agree it isn't "hard SciFi" but do we really need to get caught up in labels? Oh wait, this is Slashdot.

      labels:haha, yes, no, fud

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    9. Re:Which Version Will They Show by morari · · Score: 1

      Real science fiction tends to explore the dilemmas of what makes up humanity. It involves thought, usually leaning toward some sort of message concerning our current society's trends. I'm not saying that Star Wars is awful for NOT being that, but I find it frustrating that this rabid cult of persons would spring up around something that is little more than a "rescue the princess, save the world from evil" scenario with lightsabers instead of swords. It's no different than the slew of action films that are released with laser guns instead of pistols and then branded "sci-fi". It hurts the genre.

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    10. Re:Which Version Will They Show by operagost · · Score: 1

      Real science fiction tends to explore the dilemmas of what makes up humanity. It involves thought, usually leaning toward some sort of message concerning our current society's trends.
      Star Wars does address philosophical issues such as facing one's destiny and the nature of evil. I don't see why it has to address "current society's trends," unless you like your science fiction to seem hilariously dated in 30 years.
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    11. Re:Which Version Will They Show by DerekLyons · · Score: 1

      Yes - he wants to ignore the original versions so badly that he re-released them last December.

    12. Re:Which Version Will They Show by morari · · Score: 1

      I'd hardly consider what Star Wars does as "addressing philosophical issues". What it does is throw around the word fate and evil then comes to an utterly cliche decision as to how to deal with it. Fate wins out by way of some magical force, a princess is saved, evil is vanquished and the world (galaxy?) is saved. Now, when I mentioned trends, I'm not talking about fashion or the hip new word of the week. I mean socio and political climates. Rarely has good science fiction felt dated, except for perhaps in the manner of cinematography or such. When I look back at Star Trek, I feel that its themes are just as relevant today as they were back then. Sure, the set designs and costumes are dated, but the message isn't. The same goes for more established films, like The Day the Earth Stood Still. It's somewhat of a period piece now, but the message rings just as loud, if not louder, as it did back then. Star Wars certainly doesn't feel dated either, but not because it made such a profound message, but because it takes such a timelessly reused route. To be fair however, even the directing and style still holds up pretty well.

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    13. Re:Which Version Will They Show by jmac1492 · · Score: 0

      It involves thought, usually leaning toward some sort of message concerning our current society's trends.
      Such as the trend to concentrate large amounts of the government's power into a single individual? You can argue that Episode 3, and , to a lesser extent, Episode 2, were about how much Lucas thinks George Bush sucks.
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    14. Re:Which Version Will They Show by adona1 · · Score: 1

      Were I to indulge in genre-wank (which I'm about to), I'd call it space fantasy or something along that nature. Princess Leia's bikini fits the bill there, all right ;)

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    15. Re:Which Version Will They Show by ethicalBob · · Score: 1

      Ahhh!!! so the truth comes out!

      "Star Trek" = relevant science fiction

      "Star Wars" = not relevant science fiction

      Had you made an argument which sited Asimov, Heinlein, etc. we might have taken you seriously, but it looks as if the Borg have already gotten to you...

      enough said...

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    16. Re:Which Version Will They Show by ethicalBob · · Score: 1

      Ahhh!!! so the truth comes out! (see answer at one level below this threshold)

      "Star Trek" = relevant science fiction

      "Star Wars" = not relevant science fiction

      Had you made an argument which sited Asimov, Heinlein, etc. we might have taken you seriously, but it looks as if the Borg have already gotten to you...

      enough said...

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    17. Re:Which Version Will They Show by morari · · Score: 1

      It was an example. I'd hardly consider ALL of Star Trek relevant science fiction either. Besides, everything past The Next Generation is almost worse than The Phantom Menace :P

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  6. YoU FAIL 1t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    sux0r sta7u\s, *BSD contaminated while want them there. was what got me

  7. I still want to know by EllynGeek · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    WTF was Lucas thinking when he filmed the three "prequels"? Didn't he make enough money from the original series to hire real writers? JarJar Binks alone should cement Lucas' place in infamy.

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    1. Re:I still want to know by Stanistani · · Score: 3, Funny

      Archived interview with studio janitor:
      Ho, I tol' dat Missah Lucas dat dey chould be' funnay guy in nex' movie! Meesah told him dat! Woo!
      But he nevah reeplyy, how wude!

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    2. Re:I still want to know by beckerist · · Score: 1

      ...in OTHER news, the janitor of a well-known movie studio was found dead today in his apartment on Gungan drive in Downtown Naboo...

    3. Re:I still want to know by rancher+dan+3 · · Score: 1

      Lucas messed up big time by not making Jar Jar Binks turn out to be a dark lord of the Sith.

    4. Re:I still want to know by Stanistani · · Score: 1

      Hey, Aneee! Yousa big-time guy iffa youse come ovah ta Darkside! Meesa promiss!

      *Okay, now I feel really, really dirty.

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    5. Re:I still want to know by bckrispi · · Score: 1

      I'm content with the fact that it was Jar-Jar who effectively damned the Republic by motioning for Palpatine's emergency powers.

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  8. Watch them squeeze that stone. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It absolutely amazes me how much money they have squeezed out of that rock.
    It has to be almost wrung dry by now!

    1. Re:Watch them squeeze that stone. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Nope, next comes the exclusive interviews with the lead gaffer and the boom guy, with the real inside scoop. Also, there is an exclusive excerpt from Carrie Fishers hairdressers upcoming book,"Cinnabuns and Laserguns"

  9. 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

    1. Re:It's gonna be $75... by curecollector · · Score: 1

      It's gonna be $75...

      It's probably pointless to mention, but Amazon has it for $47.25.

    2. Re:It's gonna be $75... by Spyrus · · Score: 1

      Or in paperback, $25....

    3. Re:It's gonna be $75... by gad_zuki! · · Score: 1

      Wow those are great photos.

  10. 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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    1. Re:I Remember This! by Pope · · Score: 1

      I had a copy of "The Making Of Star Trek" as a kid. I tried to keep track of all the episodes I had seen, but the list in the back only had the first 2 seasons! I started writing all of the "unknown" episodes that I saw but ran out of room.

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    2. Re:I Remember This! by Pollardito · · Score: 4, Funny

      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. you're going to have to wait a little longer for some of it, this is actually going to be a book about the middle part of the making of Star Wars. he plans to make a prequel to this book telling about the first part of making Star Wars, and then he'll round out the series with a sequel some time down the road (though that might possibly be a different author or take the form of a cartoon)
    3. Re:I Remember This! by Threni · · Score: 0

      Lost interviews, huh? This is it - this is the big one! The Rosetta Stone of sci-if! Now all the pieces are going to fit into place. I can't wait!

    4. Re:I Remember This! by operagost · · Score: 1

      Don't forget "The Making of Star Wars Holiday Special". Wookiee porn and Jefferson Starship!

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  11. Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I just can't help but think about the fact that Obi Wan totally F***ed up Darth Vader in Episide III and left him for dead, not knowing that (years later) Darth Vader would haunt him again and ultimately take Obi Wan's life.

    The interesting thing about it is, Obi Wan was Darth Vader's teacher and (#1) somehow Darth Vader became more powerful than his teacher. But, the real surprise is, (#2) if Annikin is so much more powerful, HOW did he get his ass beat so badly in the Mustafar system???

    All I know is, if I were Obi Wan, I would have made sure Lord Vader was indeed dead on Mustafar!

    "I HAVE THE HIGHER GROUND!!!!" haha

    1. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Anakin "got his ass beat so badly" because he was arrogant and over confident. It's a recurring theme in the (awful) prequels. Anyway, when 5 year olds understand a simple narrative and you don't it's time for remedial classes.

    2. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by ClosedSource · · Score: 1

      If you think about it, Anakin/Vader lost just about every fair fight he was in.

    3. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by sg3000 · · Score: 4, Funny

      > If you think about it, Anakin/Vader lost just about every fair fight he was in.

      You're close, but I think he squeaks ahead

      FIGHT!

      Episode I
      1. Anakin vs Droid ship: Anakin

      Episode II
      2. Anakin vs Padme in front of Queen: Padme
      3. Anakin vs mercenary: Mercenary knocks him off, so he loses
      4. Anakin vs Padme in attempt to get to first base: Anakin!
      -. Anakin vs Padme on Tatooine in the cockpit of her spacecraft: Anakin concedes ("I've given up arguing with you"), so Padme wins by default. However, match is a draw because Anakin clearly used the Force to turn on Padme's "headlights"
      5. Anakin vs that creature in the ring: Anakin
      6. Anakin vs Count Dooku: Dooku

      Episode III
      7. Anakin vs buzz droids: Anakin
      8. Anakin vs Dooku (rematch): Anakin
      9. Anakin vs Mace: Anakin
      -. Anakin/Vader vs random padawans: Anakin (doesn't count as it wasn't fair)
      10. Anakin/Vader vs Obi-Wan: Obiwan

      Anakin score so far: 6/10

      Episode IV
      1. Vader vs. Obi-Wan: Vader
      2, 3, 4. Vader vs X-Wing pilot: +1+1+1 (at least)
      5. Vader vs Han Solo: Solo

      Episode V
      6. Vader vs Han Solo: Vader (blocks blaster bolts with glove for the score!)
      7. Vader vs Lando (debate): Vader
      8. Vader vs Luke: Vader

      Episode VI
      9. Vader vs Luke: Luke
      10. Vader/Anakin vs Emperor: Vader

      Vader score: 8/10

      Anakin/Vader score (lifetime): 14/20

      So he didn't do too bad.

      (I can't believe I wasted time doing this)

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    4. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

      You're talking out of your ass dude! You sound more like a 5 year old than anyone! Stop with the personal attacks, it's stupid. It's pointless. It was NOT clear if overconfidence is the reason Anakin lost to Obi-Wan Kenobi!! Are you that dumb? (I normally don't attack people but I will in this case--you're an exception.) Though the reason isn't totally clear, it is true that Vader was overly confident that he could kill his teacher. But, he had also become more powerful than anyone (Sith or Jedi)...even Darth Siddeous himself!

      In the future, just keep your retarded comments to yourself and go back to special ed!

    5. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by ClosedSource · · Score: 1

      I should have been more specific: I was counting only lightsaber fights. And I don't consider his first fight against Luke to be a fair one either (Luke wasn't fully trained).

    6. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Grashnak · · Score: 1

      Hey, he kicked the living shit out of those kids at the temple and no one can deny that!

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    7. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      It was NOT clear if overconfidence is the reason Anakin lost to Obi-Wan Kenobi!!

      It was to everyone else It's one of the central themes throughout the series.

    8. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      hmmmm.. well you know what I think??? Anakin had too much on his mind (Padme!!!!) He wasn't thinking clearly! But whatever.. why did they mod my attack down but not yours?? hmmmm favoritism??

    9. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by jedidiah · · Score: 1

      What's to be confused about?

      A: Anakin had more talent in his pinky than Kenobi had in his entire body.

      B: Anakin had 20 years of Sith Apprenticeship between getting his butt kicked
      by Kenobi and dispatching his old master.

      Now, the question we all should be asking is why a 40-50 year old Jedi looks so weak and pathetic. An 85 year old martial arts grand master comes off more like a prequel Yoda than an aged Alec Guiness. Some of those old guys (the real "jedi types" can be downright menacing.

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    10. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      What about Anakin vs. Entire Village of Sandpeople? That deserves a few points...

    11. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0
      What about Anakin vs. Entire Village of Sandpeople? That deserves a few points...

      Even the women and children? Note for the romantically challanged: Padme gets *hot* when Anakin talks about slaughtering innocents. She must have been wearing "Bad Idea" [TM] brand jeans.

    12. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Perhaps it's because her full first name was Paddleme.

    13. Re:Speaking of Star Wars... by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 1

      1. Vader vs. Obi-Wan: Vader

      That's what he thought - prodding the empty robe quizzically.

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  12. One of the great movie experiences of my life by Jeff1946 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I am glad I was old enough to enjoy Star Wars when it was first released. I knew little about it other than it was supposed to be great. Saw it in a large theater. Like any great movie, in my opinion, it grabbed me right off and I knew this is something special. I always will remember the boarding scene with Darth and the storm troopers, right there you knew this was going to be good. Or to paraphase Bette Davis, "Hang on tight, it's going to be a great ride..." While special effects are good they don't hold a candle to the barroom scene where you need to see it several times to take in all that is going on.

    1. Re:One of the great movie experiences of my life by JudgeFurious · · Score: 1

      Yep, I saw it too before the hype machine cranked up and all I knew going into the theater was what I'd heard at lunch in school. I was in the 7th grade and I saw it for the first time through the afro on the guy sitting in front of me (no stadium seating back in the day). It was still the coolest thing I'd ever seen.

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  13. Shocking Revelation From The Book by Skeetskeetskeet · · Score: -1

    Frank Oz was not the original choice for the voice of Yoda for Empire, it was Gilbert Gottfried.

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  14. you got it wrong by unity100 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    zarth didnt take obi wan's life.

    remember the end of episode 3. yoda said to obiwan that there has been a way discovered to communicate from the afterlife, and the discoverer was qui gonn, his former teacher. and qui gonn contacted yoda. yoda said to obi wan about exile in tatooine, and there was training involved in it too. basically qui gonn taught obi wan about matters afterlife, how to come back to commune with the physical and such. obi wan have let vader "kill" himself, though, killing needs to mean more than just plain old evaporating into thin air.

    lore aside, what i most enjoyed from episode 3 and obi wan kicking vader's ass was the fact that all those vader/darth wannabees who scoured the games (swg, kotor, online offline any game), communities and etc babbling about how dark was more powerful, oooh how cool it was, darth maul was such and such, (he looks more like a punk, prodigy, hence bambinos envy him more, not vader) and how light side was just pathetically weak, ho ho ho, this and that, have their mouth shut up tight after obi wan kicking vader's butt in episode 3. then we have started to see quite a many obi wan avatars, toons, nickname variations in games and around the internet.

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    1. Re:you got it wrong by Mayhem178 · · Score: 1

      From grandparent: All I know is, if I were Obi Wan, I would have made sure Lord Vader was indeed dead on Mustafar!

      That's a nice, dissociative opinion you've got there. I'm sure you'd do exactly that if you'd just found out not even 2 days ago that your best friend of 13 years had suddenly decided to turn evil. Yeah, you'd be ready and raring to deliver the finishing blow to your prone, helpless friend after chopping off his arms and legs. Makes perfect sense.

      From parent: Um...everything he said.

      I'll assume "zarth" is a typo. And you contradicted yourself in your first 2 sentences. Exact quote: yoda said to obiwan that there has been a way discovered to communicate from the afterlife. Key word: afterlife. That thing that comes after, you know, life. So, in order to communicate from the afterlife, you'd have to be in that phase that comes after your life. You know, being dead. Vader killed Obi-wan, regardless of whether Obi-wan let him do it or not.

      Anyways, back to the article at hand, I think it's great that they're still supported this franchise after 30 years. Most filmmakers would have let it drop a long time ago.

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    2. Re:you got it wrong by unity100 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      All I know is, if I were Obi Wan, I would have made sure Lord Vader was indeed dead on Mustafar!

      i didnt say that. probably you mis-replied ?

      but, yea, i would probably be able to kill him. Wait, remove the "probably" from the preceding sentence.

      "zarth" intended.

      as for the killing thing - you need to physically/spiritually harm a human being enough so that body will not be able to support conscious life.

      where is the body harmed in obi-wan's case ? no jedi in lore have died like that in any of the movies ?

      something else happened there.
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    3. Re:you got it wrong by vux984 · · Score: 1

      I think it's great that they're still supported this franchise after 30 years. Most filmmakers would have let it drop a long time ago.

      Most filmmakers would have done something else to occupy their time by now.
      And Star Wars would have been better off if Lucas had let it drop a long time ago.

    4. Re:you got it wrong by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Does anyone else know what this guy is talking about? Who is "ZARTH", and why does he think Vader didn't kill Obi-Wan (regardless of Kenobi's willingness to die.) I never said Obi-Wan was defeated in "A new hope" due to lack of skill.... I merely stated that, ultimately, he was killed by Vader. We all know he just stood there with his eyes closed and let Vader take him out with his light saber.

    5. Re:you got it wrong by unity100 · · Score: 1

      yea. maybe that guy is a moron. maybe just an idiot. either is possible, also a multitude of different possibilities are valid too.

      i believe what he is saying is that obi wan might have not been "killed", his particular fashion of "dying" repeats for noone in entire 6 episodes, for no jedi or alien.

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    6. Re:you got it wrong by happyDave · · Score: 2, Informative

      Yoda fades away as well, leaving no body behind. I would say that is a repetition.

    7. Re:you got it wrong by unity100 · · Score: 1

      i didnt see it that way. or i dont remember him going to vapour.

      but this proves my point - yoda and obi wan are the 2 persons who are contacted by qui gon jinn, just as obi wan solved the mysteries of what qui gonn discovered while in exile in tatooine, yoda did the same thing in dagobah.

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    8. Re:you got it wrong by jedidiah · · Score: 1

      If you had watched video of your best pal of 13 years wiping out the family nursery, I doubt you would be able to contain the anger well enough to successfully duel the bastard. Dealing the final blow wouldn't be a problem.

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    9. Re:you got it wrong by Mayhem178 · · Score: 1

      And maybe you can't read properly, as I clearly labelled in my post that I was both responding to your post (i.e. the grandparent post) AND the parent post.

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    10. Re:you got it wrong by unity100 · · Score: 1

      maybe its because im stupid. or maybe because what you did was uncommon.

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  15. Many bothans died... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    to bring us this information.

  16. I doubt this will include interviews where Lucas by ClosedSource · · Score: 2, Insightful

    said things he later denied saying (e.g. there's going to be 9 films, etc).

  17. Re:I doubt this will include interviews where Luca by HappySqurriel · · Score: 1

    What should become obvious to anyone who has seen the prequels, Lucas set the original Star Wars as "Episode IV" mainly because it meant that he could drop people into an established setting without really explaining how it came to be; had Lucas made it "Episode 1" most of the movie would be an attempt to explain how the empire came to be. Claiming that it was supposed to be 9 films (probably knowing he couldn't produce more than 3) gave him the ability to leave a lot of loose strings at the end.

    I honestly think the biggest mistake George Lucas made was he attempted to make his lies true; had he just left the movies as-is and claimed that it was too late to produce the prequels, and that it would be impossible to cast the sequels Star Wars would still be the greatest movie series ever created.

  18. Some excerpts by Yeechang+Lee · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've seen an advance galley proof of the book, and let me tell you, it's filled with fascinating material. Here's some nuggets:

    Q: George, there are rumors going around that Luke and Leia are related in some way.
    GL: (Laughs) Charlie, I can assure the fans that they are not related. Look at the chemistry between Carrie [Fisher] and Mark [Hamill] on screen! Everyone would feel ill if they turned out to be brother and sister or something like that.

    Q: Fans seem to be fascinatated by Darth Vader. What do you think about him has captured everyone's imagination?
    GL: People love mysteries. They always have. I learned that a long time before USC. Vader is full of them. Perhaps some of peoples' questions will be answered over time, but I think anyone who expects to get all the answers on things like who he (Is "he" even the right word?) is, what's his name, does he have a family, is or was he ever married, those sorts of things may be disappointed.

    Q: What about the Force? Is it magic? Telekinesis? A God-given gift? Illusions?
    GL: All of them. None of them. What I can say is that the Force is certainly not something that can be pinned down to anything physical or tangible. If we were to find out that magicians need an extra gland or anything else unusual in their bodies to do their stage tricks we'd all be disappointed, because that means they wouldn't be human any more. We couldn't relate to them. If there's anything the Jedi are, it's that they are as 100% human as you or me.

    Q: The Negro community—
    GL: Isn't the word "black" nowadays?
    Q: —sorry, the black community—some have complained that there aren't any black people in the Star Wars world. What's your response?
    GL: Charlie, I want to say that I have the utmost respect for black culture and Negr--blacks' contributions to American society. While, of course, there are no black Americans per se "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away," I can assure fans that anyone who looks black, or sounds black, will be portrayed in a completely-dignified fashion. I won't stoop to using demeaning cultural stereotypes of any kind in my work.

    Q: Here's another question from a fan: "Do people in Star Wars use money?"
    GL: Charlie, with all due respect to the fan, I want to emphasize how I am trying my best to depict on screen a completely new society. A completely new world. One of the many things different about this world is that it's moved beyond things like "money." Why, one might as well ask whether people will still be talking about "free trade" and "trade cartels"! I mean, come on! Talk about losing the audience! (Laughs)

    Q: Speaking of money, what's your take on tie-in products? Toys, games, that sort of thing.
    GL: I don't like them. As much as I love and admire Steve[n Spielberg], one thing I found distasteful about Jaws was all the commercialism around [the movie]. I mean, come on! A Jaws lunchbox? A book? Does a shark movie really need a novelization? Mark my words, you're not going to see anything like that for Star Wars. Well, maybe a toy or two for the little kids. But that's it.

    1. Re:Some excerpts by Vexor · · Score: 1

      Well, maybe a toy or two for the little kids. But that's it. Well, maybe a toy or two *cough cough billion cough* for the little kids. But that's it.
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    2. Re:Some excerpts by Shifty+Jim · · Score: 1

      Q: Speaking of money, what's your take on tie-in products? Toys, games, that sort of thing.
      GL: I don't like them. As much as I love and admire Steve[n Spielberg], one thing I found distasteful about Jaws was all the commercialism around [the movie]. I mean, come on! A Jaws lunchbox? A book? Does a shark movie really need a novelization? Mark my words, you're not going to see anything like that for Star Wars. Well, maybe a toy or two for the little kids. But that's it.

      ...

      Wow.

      Apparently Lucas would have had us believe he had all of the best intentions at first... But eventually he obviously gave into the Dark Side. But don't get me wrong... I still love my Star Wars Legos.

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    3. Re:Some excerpts by Moofie · · Score: 1

      Wow, you didn't see the fishhook? It was the size of a small moon...

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    4. Re:Some excerpts by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 1

      I like your Universe a lot. Can I come over for a weekend?

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    5. Re:Some excerpts by Shifty+Jim · · Score: 1

      Don't get me wrong, the question is definitely a trap. But there's a difference between playing down your plans for movie merchandising and claiming you only have plans for a toy or two and then starting an international multi-billion dollar merchandising empire the likes of which the world has never seen.

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    6. Re:Some excerpts by LMacG · · Score: 2, Funny

      OK, my ASCII art ability is non-existent, so just imagine in this space the classic Slashdot "joke/arrow over stick figure/you" response.

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    7. Re:Some excerpts by s_p_oneil · · Score: 1

      Well, you never know. He may not have had merchandising plans in the beginning, but Star Wars grew beyond anyone's initial expectations. As I begged my parents for Star Wars toys back then, I'm sure the toy companies begged Lucas and promised him billions. At that point it would've been more cruel to deny the kids from having any Star Wars toys.

      Of course, after the initial burst, the marketing strategy got significantly darker. ;-)

    8. Re:Some excerpts by Cervantes · · Score: 3, Informative

      "OK, my ASCII art ability is non-existent, so just imagine in this space the classic Slashdot "joke/arrow over stick figure/you" response."

      Joke:   ->
      You:     O
              /|\
              / \

      Keep a copy in your notepad, change posting type to code, and enjoy as appropriate.
      Also, reread the GP until you can sense the sarcasm. Your powers are weak, young padawan...
      HTH, HAND

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    9. Re:Some excerpts by Stormie · · Score: 1

      some have complained that there aren't any black people in the Star Wars world. What's your response?
      Hey, Lando Calrissian was black, and he got to fly the Millenium Falcon!
    10. Re:Some excerpts by mgblst · · Score: 1

      Yeah, hes talking about Star Wars dipshit, the original movie.

      What are you, fucking retarded?

    11. Re:Some excerpts by Stormie · · Score: 1

      Someone hasn't watched enough Kevin Smith movies, it seems....

    12. Re:Some excerpts by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Darth fucking Vader is black. And it's not just that his outer surface is black -- his voice is James Earl Jones, an African-American. The whole Oreo story is terribly disappointing, but it explains why he's evil.

  19. 1977 version quality by bigdavex · · Score: 1

    I'm tempted to buy this latest DVD incarnation with the 1977 version, but I've read that the quality is poor. Plus I'd hate to buy this installment if a restored version appears shortly. Should I retire the laserdiscs or not?

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    1. Re:1977 version quality by Conception · · Score: 1

      The version on DVD is the laserdisc version. So, if you want your LDs on DVD, pick them up.

    2. Re:1977 version quality by WMD_88 · · Score: 1

      They look more detailed than the laserdiscs, but are also grainier. If you can stand film grain, by all means. I don't imagine a restored version any time...ever.

    3. Re:1977 version quality by adona1 · · Score: 1

      Which is a hell of a shame. If George had released the Star Wars DVD box set with 7 discs - The new versions and *fully restored* old versions, plus the disc of extras - it'd be up there as one of the best box sets around. Whoever put the Alien Quadrilogy together knew what they were doing; it's a great set, and what was released for SW (whilst good) didn't do the trilogy justice.

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  20. Star Wars - The Broadway Play! Featuring Spiderman by modelmaker10 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I would like to suggest that Spiderman do a broadway play including the cast of characters from Star Wars! This would be far more exciting.. imagine all of the things flying around the stage! I am sure there will be an "accidental" beheading! Ever seen that movie Ghost Ship where the teather wire snaps and the recoil slices everyone in half! Just like that! If there ever were a Broadway play (parody of sorts) that actually followed this premise they might want Borat to join the fun! We can have Steve Martin as "The Jerk" replace Jar Jar and then the children from his later movies can disembowel him like a Gallagher performance! It is a whole new genre called derived from "composite play-writing". We all know that carbon fiber with epoxies can yield amazing strength to weight ratios... how about amazing shock to amusement ratios! This would be beatiful and appauling. Just like Evil Dead was! Bruce Campbell pulled it off.. and inspiration was born.

  21. If Cindy Williams had won the part of Leia... by zizzybaloobah · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we would have seen Penny Marshall play Chewbacca, with a cursive 'L' emblazoned on that furry chest.

    1. Re:If Cindy Williams had won the part of Leia... by Deagol · · Score: 1

      Bad idea. They would have somehow worked in a product placement for Pepsi and milk. Hey! Maybe that's what that blue-ish milk that Aunt Beru is always serving?

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  22. Dear sir, how can my company advertise on this .. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    maybe in a far far off land in the future, there is a place
    where geeks have nothing to do with star wars.

    how much do slashdot editors get for this advertising campaign?

    blah, this site is for nerds.. any real news today?

    lol the image below to post is "intimacy", how ironic for this website.

  23. Re:I doubt this will include interviews where Luca by ClosedSource · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Well, nobody can say what was on his mind when he said that, but he certainly could have made 9 films in 30 years (and he's not dead yet). I think he should have stuck to another plan he once talked about: letting other directors do the other episodes with the possible exception of the last one. Of course, having different writers as well would not only have been more efficient but would have resulted in higher quality scripts (e.g. avoiding lines like: "your skin is so soft, not like this sand").

  24. Re: Look at the original Star Wars LP covers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I have the original Star Wars LP's (Those are Long Play vinyl records, for the youngsters on /.) and the covers also state that Lucas intended on making nine movies total.

  25. Re:I doubt this will include interviews where Luca by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Well, you know, we disn't exactly SAY we were going to have nine, you know, and Clinton dodn't have "SEX" with that woman. I mean, it depends on the meaning of IT.

    You know? So anyway, afer the sixth we decided that there wasn't any more to tell, and, you know, we all got bored with the deal. Plus we all have more money than we know what to do with it so we're going to concenmtrate on making movies that SUCK, you know? Movies nobody but film snobs who liked that gay cowboy film, you know? ...will see.

    No, we weren't going to make 9. You saw that paper upside down, it's 6. Honest!

    -George

  26. Mon Mothma, that Fox... by TheoMurpse · · Score: 1

    Many Ballantines died to bring you this information.

  27. Re:Star Wars - The Broadway Play! Featuring Spider by NeuroManson · · Score: 1

    With a heart rending performance by Jango Fett, singing the classic, "Send in the Clones"!

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  28. Re:Star Wars - The Broadway Play! Featuring Spider by modelmaker10 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Indeed! the venue would be an exciting one - Carrie Fisher could wear here Jaba the Hut slave gear and sing "What's New Pussycat" as Tom Jones is frozen into a solid piece of carbon! People will pay just to see that! Perhaps Captain America can show up with the girl that won his 80's comic competition (Boy George) and they could sing YMCA! To really delve deep into the basement of bizzarre... BatBoy needs a role. Batboy can play Lando C. in the Air City and sing "Lonely" ... I'm so lonely.. I have nobody...to call my own... Meanwhile Darth Vader has found his talent on american Idol as the "human beat-box".

  29. Re:I doubt this will include interviews where Luca by Kenshin · · Score: 1

    I wonder what it would have been like if he had started making the prequels in the '80s, before he went (completely) mad...

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  30. Re:I doubt this will include interviews where Luca by Flamerule · · Score: 2, Informative

    What should become obvious to anyone who has seen the prequels, Lucas set the original Star Wars as "Episode IV" mainly because it meant that he could drop people into an established setting without really explaining how it came to be; had Lucas made it "Episode 1" most of the movie would be an attempt to explain how the empire came to be.
    No. Did Ridley Scott have to spend most of Blade Runner explaining how that world came to be? The original Star Wars was titled Star Wars; Lucas invented the "Episode IV" stuff later.
  31. Finally.... by xTK-421x · · Score: 1

    The true story of TK-421 will be brought to light.

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  32. Re:I doubt this will include interviews where Luca by jedidiah · · Score: 1

    Blade Runner makes remarkably little sense and is a lot less meaningful without any of the context. In that context, it's pretty much just a bad action movie wildly overhyped by fen. There's a lot less to Star Wars so it doesn't suffer as much from this situation.

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  33. What I really want to know is? by wpemt · · Score: 1

    Everytime anyone discripes Lucus and star wars his vision is always difinitive? why? I think goeoge write his own reviews yeah star wars way like the greatest movie before lord of the rings, but all he did was make another space opera the only one that was good yes but still he is not a difinitive genius like every freakin' reveiw makes him out to be or he would stop messing with all his oringal movies.... he said once in an interview, which made it's way onto the speical edition's bonus features "that movies are never finished they are only abbonded." This in my option which of corse only matters never is that you have made enough money off the franchise...... ok done ranting....

  34. goddam you idiots....!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Those 'excerpts' are a fucking JOKE! It's HUMOR!!! Or is this a clever troll you are doing to act that FUCKING DUMB?!?

  35. Waov ! by OricAtmos48K · · Score: 0

    Star Wars & The Lost interviews !! At the same time ... I wonder if the Lost crew are Star Wars fans ....

  36. I can answer that question by enochweedy · · Score: 1

    TK-421, why aren't you at your post? He was hanging out with TK-420. hyuck hyuck hyuck.

  37. http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/

    "The Secret History of Star Wars is a new full-length e-book exploring the writing and creation of the Star Wars saga. Culled from over 400 sources and filled with quotes from people such as George Lucas, Gary Kurtz and Mark Hamill, The Secret History of Star Wars traces all the way back to 1973 to examine how the first 14-page treatment that began the series came to be and was slowly built, draft by draft, year by year and movie by movie. Covering a period of over four decades, you will discover how George Lucas got his ideas for the original film, how Darth Vader was made into Luke Skywalker's father in 1978 and forever altered the arc of the story, what happened to the infamous third trilogy in the series and how the prequel stories came to be. The book also reveals the style and method of Lucas himself and how his personal life affected and shaped the story, for better and worse. This is a book which challenges many legends surrounding the series and places the films in a new light. For the more casual fan this will be a mesmerising read and for those who think they know everything about the series, prepare to be surprised! "

  38. more on the Making of SW book here... by bonniegrrl · · Score: 1

    Interview with the author here -- http://www.starwars.com/episode-iv/bts/article/f20 070423/index.html

  39. You are not the only one. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 1

    MTFBWY

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