When popular characters get hosed
How would an author feel about their characters being changed when they are dramatized for the stage or screen? Mystery writer Agatha Christie addressed this situation during a presentation on the online lecture service, BBC Maestro, in a dramatization. In a discussion of character, a simulated Christie purportedly says, … “And there is, of course, […]
Daniel Middleton visits Dagobah
TvFilmMedia has uploaded footage from Jim’ll Fix It, in which the host arranges for 8-year-old Daniel Middleton to visit the Dagobah setfrom The Empire Strikes Back and meet Luke Skywalker and R2-D2. Chewbacca makes an appearance later in the show. Enjoy:
The May the Fourth Hoax
In July 1980 Del Rey Books published Once Upon a Galaxy: A Journal of The Making of The Empire Strikes Back, by Alan Arnold. In his diary entry for May 4, 1979, Arnold noted the election victory of Margaret Thatcher as Prime Minister of England. He said her party took out a half-page ad in […]
The Music of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
On May 17, 1980, BBC2 aired a documentary, STAR WARS: THE MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS, which focused on the scoring of THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK. It has since been uploaded to YouTube for your viewing pleasure, here: Chapters: 00:00 – Intro / Production crew / A New Hope 06:05 – EMPIRE: spotting sessions 07:15 – […]
British Want List
Continuing my quest to catalog, as complete as possible, press coverage of the original Star Wars trilogy and two Ewoks movies for The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. The following is my want list of British publications, with British Library shelf marks for reference. I need PDF files of the coverage, and I’m happy to exchange […]
Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Four
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to […]
Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Three
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to […]
Australian Star Wars Articles, Part Two
For several years now I’ve been documenting press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to […]
Australian Star Wars Articles Want List, Part One
For several years now I’ve been cataloguing press coverage of the classic Star Wars trilogy into a multi-volume project, The Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. This involves buying the various books, magazines, papers, comic books, etc., as well as buying through ebay and online downloads. This coverage is global, so I do what I can to […]
A Conversation with Marcia Lucas
On November 12, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. in the Carol L. Ellis Auditorium at Santa Rosa Junior College, Petaluma, California Campus, AV Film sponsored “A Conversation with Marcia Lucas,” the film editor who contributed significantly to American Graffiti, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, Taxi Driver and Raiders of the Lost […]
