Gary Kurtz on International Co-Productions
February 3, 2015. At AED Studios in Belgium, Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz shares his perspective: https://youtu.be/OFRaNkVek-w Uploaded May 3, 2016 by MAZEfilms. Here’s a news report from Kanaal-Z covering Kurtz’s visit: Uploaded February 6, 2015 by AED Group.
Dancing Stormtroopers
The judges of Britain’s Got Talent got a surprise: A six-member squadron of stormtroopers marched on stage and demonstrated that they knew how to dance. Here they are: https://youtu.be/Ax7tmaYObIQ Uploaded May 7, 2016. Wearing those uniforms is the dance troupe Boogie Storm.
Warnings from Mark Hamill
Was The Force Awakens all that Star Wars fans hoped it was going to be? Mark Hamill gave us some clues: Uploaded March 5, 2016. At the University of Cambridge, he compared The Force Awakens to the Transformers series, “Cinema of Bewilderment.” Uploaded March 15, 2016.
The Ultimate Disney / Pixar / Lucasfilm Team-Up!
An April Fool’s joke — or is it? Actually, it’s from Big Bee Studio, uploaded April 1, 2015. Direct all serious business inquiries to BigBeeBKA@gmail.com Personal channel @ youtube.com/BrianKAnimation Follow Big Bee Studio on Twitter @BigBeeStudio VOICE CAST (in order of appearance): Narrator: Scott Fletcher — voice@caraworks.com Red Leader: Brian Ibbott — Twitter @coverville Blue […]
Star Wars side-by-side with The Force Awakens
An enterprising fan has just posted a comparison between Star Wars Episodes IV and VII:
Mark Hamill at Cambridge
On Saturday, February 27, 2016, a week before he visited Oxford, Mark Hamill came to Cambridge for a Q&A session hosted by The Cambridge Union Society. The event, which began at 5 p.m., is now available for viewing here: Uploaded March 12, 2016. Afterward, The Cambridge News posted their report, “Star Wars actor Mark Hamill […]
Mark Hamill: A Champ at Oxford
On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 8:00, the Oxford Union Society hosted a Q&A with Mark Hamill which, thankfully for the rest of the world, was taped and uploaded to YouTube for our viewing pleasure: Uploaded on March 8, 2016 The presentation was reported by Mike Larkin for Dailymail.com, under the title, “The force is […]
Star Wars Meets the Princess Bride
What if the Princess Bride and Inigo Montoya duelled with lightsabers? An enterprising fan, who calls himself VFX Freak, plied his talent to find out. Here is the result: Video uploaded January 1, 2009. The talented fan explains on YouTube: A new twist on one of the best swordfights ever. I started this little project […]
Journey to a Galaxy Far, Far Away
Tuesday, December 15, 2015. The amazing Jerry Beck and I attend the day’s first screening at the Disney lot for Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens. So the Force actually … sleeps? (Yes, the film is labeled “Episode VII” even though that’s not on the poster.)
Six Weeks Before Star Wars
April 9, 1977. At the Los Angeles Science Fiction, Horror and Fantasy Convention, held at the LAX Marriott from April 8-10, the Vice President of Star Wars Corporation, Charles Lippincott, presented a panel on the soon-to-be released feature film, Star Wars. Luckily for us, Barney Evans recorded that panel and uploaded the audio to YouTube […]