Ben Kingsley and Dragonheart 3
In this DVD extra, Sir Ben Kingsley discusses expanding his creative palette to Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse.
https://youtu.be/aA4OpaNUivs
Uploaded March 17, 2015, courtesy Strecno.
Boba Fett on Endor
Could it be that Boba Fett survived the Sarlacc? Here he is on Endor, challenging Leia and Luke in a speeder bike “videomatic.” From From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga, December 1983.
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Yamato and Gamilons unite!
Here’s an exciting launch from Yamato 2199: Ark of the Stars, with Blu-Ray release May 27.
Defending Shambleau. Video courtesy Yamato 2199.
Petaluma, Home to Rancho Obi-Wan and …
Petaluma, California is a pleasant community north of San Francisco. It’s where George Lucas filmed American Graffiti. It’s also the place where one can peruse the world’s largest Star Wars collection, at Rancho Obi-Wan. Now, it’s the location of … a McDonald’s commercial.
Controversial? Apparently so.
Inside the Notorious Slug
Jamie Benning has put together a documentary of what it took to bring Jabba the Hutt to life–aside from feeding him rubber frogs, that is. Benning interviews Jabba operator Toby Philpott, while much of the footage comes from the documentary, From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga, December 1983, with some footage cut from that documentary but seen here for the first time.
From The Atlantic, uploaded March 9, 2015.
Get well, Harrison Ford. Love, Boba Fett
Since his airplane accident on March 5, 2015, Harrison Ford has received numerous get-wells from family, friends and fans. Here’s one from an ensemble of Star Wars veterans at the Ritz Cinema & Theatre, (Star Con 15, March 7) including Brian Muir, sculptor of Darth Vader and the stormtrooper uniform, Andrew Lawden, Liam Neeson’s stunt double from The Phantom Menace, Jabba the Hutt operator Toby Philpott … and none other than the original Boba Fett himself, Jeremy Bulloch. Get well, Harrison. You’re a wanted man.
A New French Star Wars Want List
A Facebook acquaintance recommended a resource, Ciné-Ressources, which offers a search engine for films and the publications that talk about them. Thanks to it, I’m now aware of a few articles that I’d like to catalog in my Star Wars Historical Sourcebook. Please contact me if you can provide PDF or jpg scans of Star Wars coverage from the following French periodicals. Thanks!
Edited 9/20/2017
N Dernières nouvelles d’Alsace. (France) OCLC: 29172418 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
* July 2, 1977. (SW) CINEMA/Films–“’Star Wars’: De la science-fiction à grand spectcle pour grands enfants,”
* October 28, 1977. (SW) Paul Eckert. “La Guerre des étoiles,” p. . Cartoon of man.
N Les Echos. (Paris, France) OCLC: 56992904
* October 21, 1977. (SW) Annie Coppermann. CINEMA/Loisirs–“La Guerre des étoiles,”
* August 20, 1980. (E) Annie Coppermann. “L’Empire contre-attaque,”
* n. 13967. October 19, 1983. (R) Annie Coppermann. “Le retour du Jedi,” pp. 1, 12.
N L’ Ecole libératrice (Paris). (Paris, France) OCLC: 312941842
* n. 7. November 12, 1983. (R) Claude Cobast. “Le retour du Jedi,” p.
N L’ Est républicain. (France) OCLC: 30103682
* October 20, 1977. (SW) “’La Guerre des étoiles’, Quatre pan dans les galaxies,”
* October 26, 1977. (SW) Jean Guillemin. “’La Guerre des étoiles’,”
M France catholique. (France) OCLC: 33807033
* October 21, 1977. (SW) “Star wars,” p.
M L’ Humanité-dimanche. (France) OCLC: 12424354 OCLC: 460656467 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
* August 15, 1980. (E) « L’empire contre-attaque de Irvin Kershner, »
M Le Journal du dimanche. (France) OCLC: 50471734 NYPL
* October 16, 1977. (SW)
* October 23, 1977. (SW)
* August 10, 1980. (E) Sylvie Marcovitch. “Encore sept épisodes à venir après ‘l’Empire contre-attaque’ suite de ‘la Guerre des étoiles’,”
Sylvie Marcovitch. “Marc [sic] Hamill, héros de la galaxie, a failli mourir au fond d’un ravin,”
M Libération, (France) OCLC: 20688282
* August 20, 1980. (E) Gilles Gressard. “La suite de ‘La guerre des Etoiles’; ‘L’empire contre-attaque’; James Bond au pays de Walt Disney,”
* June 18/19, 1983. (R) Philippe Romon. FEUILLETON—“Le retour du Jedi; Aux USA, le troisième épisode de ‘La guerre des Etoies’ est un événement national. Et il fallait se lever de très bonne heure pour assister à sa sortie.”
* July 4, 1983. (R) Olivier Seguret. “Londres: pour son retur, le Jedi fait un tabac,”
* October 19, 1983. (R) Annette Levy-Willard. “Effets speciaux; Le Jedi attaque la France,” p. 25.
Philippe Romon. CINEMA—“Manne; Lucasfilm, la machine à fabriquer des monstres; La société de production indépendante de George Lucas mijote ses succès dans l’ombre, au fond de la baie de San Francisco,” pp. 26-27.
Annette Levy-Willard. “Lucas, le bon étudiant de Disneyland,” p. 27. Ref. to Skywalking by Dale Pollock.
M Lutte ouvrière. (France) OCLC: 14176495 OCLC: 4253179 OCLC: 29801731
* October 29, 1983. (R) André Castille. “’Le retour du Jedi’ de Richard Marquand,”
M La Marseillaise, (France)
* October 31, 1977. (SW)
M Le Matin de Paris. (France) OCLC: 9743176 UCLA
*? March 1 or 10, 1978. (SW) Eric de Saint-Angel. Untitled.
* September 1, 1980. (E) “Deux valeurs sûres: le Bien et le Mal; Dans ‘lEmpire contre-attaque’, le blanc, la jeunesse, la bonne bête velue symbolisent le Bien et le noir, le luisant, le propre, le Mal,”
* September 1, 1980. (E) 3 pp. Need issue number. Eric de Saint-Angel. “Star Wars: Comment Hollywood a conçu sa dernière machine de guerre,” p.
* October 19, 1983. (R) J.-D. B. “Le Gourdin ed l’ordinateur,” Need issue number.
“Le Maitre du Jedi,” pp. 23-
M Midi libre (Montpellier). (France) OCLC: 232118478
* September 15, 1977. (SW) Jacques Andre. “Le Festival de Deauville s’est achevé dans un climat de science-fiction par … Le Film: ’La Guerre des étoiles’,”
M Minute. (France)
* February 9, 1985. (EW)
N La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. (France) OCLC: 2642682 UCLA, FULLERTON, CONGRESS, AUSTRALIA
* October 27, 1977. (SW)
* October 28, 1977. (SW)
* August 29, 1980. (E) Bernard Hamel. CINEMA—“L’Empire contre-attaque’; La Guerre sans son ‘Etoile’,” p.
M Pariscope, (France) BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE
* n. 638. August 13, 1980. “La trilogie de George Lucas”
M Politique hebdo, (France) OCLC: 6601522 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
* September 29, 1977. (SW) M. E. “’La Guerre des étoiles’; film américan de George Lucas,”
M Le Quotidien de Paris. (France) OCLC: 220604787
* August 18, 1980. (E) Guy Teisseire. “L’Empire contre-attaque; Ces beaux contes de fées qui font les beaux comptes en banques,”
* August 28, 1980. (E) Pierre Bouteiller. CINEMA—“L’Empire contre-attaque; dans le champ des étoiles,”
* June 25, 1983. (R) Marc Roche. « Galaxy Follies ; Un million de spectateurs par jour, la Guerre des Etoiles no. 3 décime l’Amérique, »
* October 18, 1983. (R) Patrick de Jacquelot. “Richard Marquand: ‘Je ne savais pas que je demandais des effets spéciaux impossibles’,”
Patrick de Jacquelot. “’Le Retour du Jedi’: les étoiles contre-attaquent,”
Patrick de Jacquelot. “Science-fiction? Oui, mais le business reste le business,”
* October 25, 1983. (R) Dominique Jamet. CINEMA–“Le Retour du Jedi de Richard Marquand; Un navet spatial,” p.
Harvard
OCLC: 235986537
M Quotidien du peuple ( Le ), (France)
* November 10, 1977. (SW)
M Le Républicain lorrain, (France)
* September 7, 1977. (SW) Gérard Feneon. “La Science-Fiction deferle; ‘Laurel et Hardy’ héros de la Guerre des étoiles,”
Gérard Feneon. “Les nains de l’avenir,”
* September 24, 1977. (SW) Gérard Feneon. “Les premiers éclats de ‘La Guerre des étoiles’,”
M Révolution, (France) OCLC: 6836704 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, AUSTRALIA
* October 21, 1983. (R) J. Roy. « Le retour du Jedi »
M Rouge, (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) OCLC: 478364464 OCLC: 3744279
* n. . October 29, 1977. (SW) Piotr G. “Une pièce de musée venue du futur; ’La Guerre des étoiles’, un film de George Lucas,”
* n. . September 12, 1980. (E) M. Laszlo. “L’Empire contre-attaque,”
M Story, (France) BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE
* n. . June 24, 1986.
M TELEjunior, le magazine des bandes dessinées de la television, (France)
* n. 11. July 1978. (SW) SW 6
M TELEjunior, (France) On sale first Wednesday of the month.
* n. 40. August 1980.
M Tintin, L’hebdomadaire des super jeunes, (Belgium) BIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE DE FRANCE
* v. 32, n. 42. October 18, 1977. (SW) UNIV DU QUEBEC, TROIS-RIVIERES
Title : Tintin : l’hebdomadaire des super-jeunes de 7 à 77 ans : [albums] Numbering : [1972?] (92)- Publisher(s) : Bruxelles : Lombard, 1972-
Stacknumber : BD 28.302 (Stacks – Belgian Bibliography)
See also Kuifje.
M Tribune de Genève, (France) OCLC: 31882232 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
* September 24/25, 1977. (SW) Etienne Dumont. “Carrie Fischer [sic]: papa et maman chantaient sous la pluie …,”
Etienne Dumont. “Plus fort que les ‘Dents de la mer’; ‘La Guerre des étoiles’ fait un malheur,” p. 23.
* May 17, 1980. (E) Etienne Dumont. “Avec ‘The Empire Strikes Back’; ‘La Guerre des étoiles’ recommence à Londres,”
Etienne Dumont. “Irving [sic] Kershner: ‘Mon film doit être vu au moins trois fois …’,”
M La Vie ouvrière, (France) OCLC: 1696548 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
* October 3, 1977. (SW) Georges Dascall. “La Guerre des étoiles,” p.
M La Voix du Nord, (France) OCLC: 12055546 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
* October 26, 1977. (SW) “Le film fantastique le plus cher du monde; La Guerre des étoiles de Georges Lucas,” p.
M VSD, Vendredi Samedi Dimanche, (France) LIBRARY ARCHIVES CANADA
* n. . November 20, 1983. (R)
How to Hug Your Dragon
New Zealand has many fine attractions, such as Hobbiton, the magnificent scenery of Milford Sound, Aukland’s Sky Tower, the Weta Cave in Wellington, and the Wellington Zoo, where visitors can actually hug a dragon. Yes, Grandpa Dragon loves getting hugs, like this:
And look, there’s a zoo map near Grandpa for your convenience:
What a considerate dragon, that Grandpa.
Check out Kim Beaton Studios to learn about Grandpa’s handlers.
How Larry Cuba animated the computer graphics for Star Wars
How were the Death Star graphics animated? CG expert Larry Cuba gives us the answer in this video presentation, The Star Wars Computer Animation, uploaded by Star Wars 1977-1996.
Mr. Cuba manifested his wizardry at the Circle Graphics Habitat–now the Electronic Visualization Laboratory (EVL)–at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
