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 […]
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 […]
Harrison Ford, 1983
From May 19, 1983 on NBC’s Today Show, Jim Brown talks to Harrison Ford about his career. Harrison Ford interviewed around the time of RETURN OF THE JEDI. he's in top form. pic.twitter.com/GbzGNk26EJ — All The Right Movies (@ATRightMovies) October 29, 2023
Star Wars: The Original Trilogy ILM Special Effects Makers
Behind the Scenes of Star Wars: The Original Trilogy ILM Special Effects Makers, a documentary from Star Wars: The Complete Saga, October 13, 2015, uploaded by Voldorac, January 13, 2017. https://youtu.be/rwdDN29sB_k 0:00 Luke’s Landspeeder 1:24 Millennium Falcon 3:27 Death Star 4:59 Holographic Chess 7:08 X-Wing 9:22 Y-Wing 11:37 TIE Fighter 13:03 Vader’s Tie Fighter 14:18 […]
Mark Hamill’s interviews in the original Star Wars trilogy
What a treat. A fellow who calls himself “That Danish Guy” has uploaded a compilation of Mark Hamill’s interviews covering the original Star Wars trilogy, in chronological order, on YouTube, posted November 15, 2020: https://youtu.be/x1nPMe4F1Uw
The Coming of Jake Skywalker
Imagine the excitement Star Wars fans felt that Luke Skywalker and his friends would return for The Force Awakens, some 30 years after Return of the Jedi. By then, he would be a Jedi Master, his powers at their peak and–as the opening crawl indicated–powerful enough to frighten the Imperial First Order. The actor, Mark […]
Darth Vader: Just Say “No”
Since today, September 16, 2011, marks the North American release (September 12 international) of the Blu-Ray editions of the Star Wars saga, it’s opportune to present one of George Lucas’s updates in Return of the Jedi. The first clip demonstrates Darth Vader’s disposal of the Emperor, without dialogue. The second clip is the new, “improved” […]
