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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Empire Strikes Back on Good Morning America
On December 15, 2020, “Darky Grevious” on YouTube uploaded a report by Clayton Sanderson on Good Morning, America, with behind-the-scenes coverage of The Empire Strikes Back. Here it is:
New Behind-the-Scenes Footage from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
Today, December 15, 2020, Clayton Sandell of GOOD MORNING AMERICA presents fresh behind-the-scenes footage from THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: EXCLUSIVE: I’m excited to share rare & never-seen footage, outtakes & bloopers from #StarWars “The Empire Strikes Back”! Amazing moments with Harrison & Carrie, plus @HamillHimself's "Tauntaun Dance". A gift to you from my favorite Lucasfilm […]
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 Star Wars Panel, Comic Con Revolution Ontario 2019
May 18, 2019. For this year’s Comic Con Revolution in Ontario, CA, Drew Seldin invited me to participate in a panel, “Creating the Star Wars Universe” in Ballroom C at 2:00 pm to Ontario’s Convention Center. The other panelists included Sam Witwer, musician and actor in live action (Once Upon a Time, Supergirl) and in […]
