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directing "American Graffiti" (1973), he wrote a two-page synopsis titled "Journal of the Whills", which 20th Century Fox decided to invest in. By 1974, he had expanded the story into the first draft of a screenplay, and continued writing more polished drafts. Lucas negotiated to retain the sequel rights, and was offered an initial $150,000 to write, produce, and direct the film. "Star Wars" was released on May 25, 1977. Its success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial. With the backstory he created for the sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a
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visual effects were felt to have "stripped the film of every aspect that it had won its Academy Awards for". Lance Ulanoff of "Mashable", who in 2015 viewed the original theatrical print of "Star Wars" submitted to the Library of Congress, notes merit to Lucas' belief that technology did not allow him to achieve his vision, noting that a visible marquee around Leia's ship is "so jarring that it temporarily pulls me out of the film" because it is "lack[ing] the seamless quality [he has] come to expect from sci-fi and fantasy". Despite this, he "hate[s] each and every one"
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2008, after all six films had been released, Lucas said: "The movies were the story of Anakin Skywalker and Luke Skywalker, and when Luke saves the galaxy and redeems his father, that's where that story ends." In another 2008 interview in "Total Film", Lucas ruled out anybody else making "Star Wars" films, and additionally added that the "Expanded Universe" novels and comics did not lined up with his six films "Star Wars" saga. Asked if he was happy for new "Star Wars" films to be made after his death, he said: "I've left pretty explicit instructions for there not to
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"Jaws", "Star Wars" started the tradition of the summer blockbuster film in the entertainment industry, where films open on many screens at the same time and profitable franchises are important. It created the model for the major film trilogy and showed that merchandising rights on a film could generate more money than the film itself did. The "Star Wars" saga has inspired many fans to create their own non-canon material set in the "Star Wars" galaxy. In recent years, this has ranged from writing fan fiction to creating fan films. In 2002, Lucasfilm sponsored the first annual Official "Star Wars"
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the first time that a "Star Wars" film did not have this distinction. In North America it was outgrossed by "Spider-Man" and "", both of which were more favourably received by critics. Worldwide, it was also outgrossed by "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", though "Attack of the Clones" performed better than "The Chamber of Secrets" in North America. Adjusted for inflation, "Attack of the Clones" is the lowest-performing live-action "Star Wars" film at the North American box office, though is still among the 100 highest-grossing films of all time when adjusted for inflation. It sold an estimated 52,012,300
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your whole life. You can also have fun." The two franchises have a "symbiotic relationship" stated Shatner, who credits "Star Wars" for launching the "Star Trek" films. He repeated this sentiment at a 2016 "Star Trek" fan convention in Las Vegas by stating ""Star Wars" created "Star Trek"". He clarified this statement by explaining that at the time of the release of the first "Star Wars" film ("A New Hope"), Paramount, then under new management, was struggling to come up with something that could compete with it. A "Star Trek" relaunch was the choice. Since then, public interest has returned
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film a positive review, noting that the film "borrows wholesale from [Star Wars]", while stating "if the Japanese have not come up with something original, they have brought forth an illegitimate baby that is so good that it will not shame its unacknowledged parents. The special effects are spectacular and the action is everything one could wish." From retrospective reviews, online film database AllMovie gave the film three stars out of five, described reviews as "unfairly slagged as a cheap rip-off of Star Wars" and that the film "makes up for its shortcomings with a devil-may-care energy reminiscent of '40s-era
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other films. When questioned by "The New York Times" about "Star Wars" merchandising in July 2008, a Pepsi spokesperson was unaware a new "Star Wars" film was being released. On August 15, McDonald's held its first ever Happy Meal promotion for a "Star Wars" film and for four weeks, 18 exclusive toys came in specially designed Happy Meal boxes. Dark Horse Comics published a six-issue digest-sized comic book miniseries. Randy Stradley, vice president of publishing for Dark Horse, said the sudden decision to release the "Clone Wars" film required the company to temporarily delay plans for two other "Star Wars"
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the events of "" (2015), the First Order used its star system destroying superweapon on Starkiller Base to shatter the New Republic government and starfleet, leaving the galaxy vulnerable for conquest, only to be opposed by the Resistance, whose fears had come true. The Resistance is the main protagonist-faction in the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy, first introduced in the 2015 film "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and continuing to appear in "" (2017). It is expected to appear in "" (2019). One year after the Battle of Endor (depicted in "Return of the Jedi"), following Imperial defeat at the Battle
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"Superman"—which began filming in March 1977—and the other films, stating that "I did not know about 'Star Wars'; 'Star Wars' did not know about 'Superman'; 'Close Encounters' did not know about 'Superman.' It really was completely independent—nobody knew anything about anybody." "Superman" also established the superhero film genre as viable outside the production of low-budget Saturday matinee serials. Director Christopher Nolan cited Richard Donner's vision and scope of "Superman" when pitching the concept for "Batman Begins" to Warner Bros. in 2002. The movie inspired The Kinks' 1979 song "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman", when the band's main songwriter, Ray
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credited for being the first "Star Wars" video game to feature lightsaber action. Star Wars: Jedi Arena Star Wars: Jedi Arena is a 2D overhead shooter video game developed and published by Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600. It is the first "Star Wars" video game to feature lightsaber action. The goal of the game, based on one scene in the original "Star Wars" film, is to take out the opponent with the Seeker ball while defending oneself from incoming laser blasts using one's lightsaber. Following the impressive-enough sales of their first "Star Wars" game of "", Parker
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Star Wars: Jedi Arena Star Wars: Jedi Arena is a 2D overhead shooter video game developed and published by Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600. It is the first "Star Wars" video game to feature lightsaber action. The goal of the game, based on one scene in the original "Star Wars" film, is to take out the opponent with the Seeker ball while defending oneself from incoming laser blasts using one's lightsaber. Following the impressive-enough sales of their first "Star Wars" game of "", Parker Brothers went on to continue developing "Star Wars" titles, one of which is
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in ITV's "Coronation Street". Young explained: "Some of the best performances on screen have come out of soaps in the past few years. There is a fantastic amount of talent on those shows." This propensity for hiring established actors continued as the soap progressed, with former "Brookside" actress Patricia Potter cast as registrar Diane Lloyd, "Star Wars" actor Denis Lawson cast as consultant Tom Campbell-Gore, and "Family Affairs" star Rocky Marshall cast as SHO Ed Keating. Later roles were awarded to comedian Adrian Edmondson, former film actress Patsy Kensit, and "Jesus of Nazareth" star Powell. When Jane Asher was cast
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that "Hardware Wars" was his favorite "Star Wars" parody. In 2003, the film was honored by Lucasfilm when it was given the Pioneer Award at that year's Official "Star Wars" Fan Film Awards. In August 2010, "Time" magazine listed it as one of the Top 10 "Star Wars" fanfilms. In 2017, Rian Johnson paid tribute to it by referencing it in the "Star Wars" film "The Last Jedi" in a scene in a First Order laundry room which features a robotic steam iron. Johnson said that John Williams had enjoyed creating a bombastic music cue to match the iron descending
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Star Wars Tales Volume 5 Star Wars Tales Volume 5 is the fifth "Star Wars Tales" trade paperback, collecting issues 17-20. In this possibly canon story, Han Solo and Chewbacca come into the possession of some valuable glowing Tandgor gems, that Solo claims will pay off debts and mod the Millennium Falcon. When the Falcon runs low on fuel they head for a small unnamed planet. Solo receives no lifesign readings, as if the whole planet's population disappeared. After making planet fall, Solo and Chewbacca step out of their ship and into the fog, only for the Corellian to be
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creating the new visual effects for "Star Wars" was featured in the documentary film, "", directed by "Star Wars" sound designer, Ben Burtt. Although most changes are minor or cosmetic in nature, many fans and critics believe that Lucas degraded the film with the additions. A particularly controversial change in which a bounty hunter named Greedo shoots first when confronting Han Solo has inspired T-shirts brandishing the phrase "Han Shot First". "Star Wars" required extensive recovery of misplaced footage and restoration of the whole, before Lucas's "Special Edition" modifications could be attempted. It was discovered that in addition to the
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in the 1977 film "Star Wars", the first film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Grand Moff Tarkin is the Governor of the Imperial Outland Regions, and commander of the Death Star. After Emperor Palpatine dissolves the Galactic Senate, Tarkin and Darth Vader are charged with pursuing and destroying the Rebel Alliance. He threatens Princess Leia Organa with the destruction of her home planet, Alderaan, if Leia does not reveal the location of the Rebel main base of operations. When Leia names the planet Dantooine as the base's location, he destroys Alderaan anyway, hoping to make an example out of
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apparent abandonment of plans to film the sequel trilogy. At a 1997 "Special Edition" press conference, Lucas said: "Everyone said, 'Well, are you going to do sequels to the first three?' But that was an afterthought; I don't have scripts on those stories. The only notion on that was, wouldn't it be fun to get all the actors to come back when they're 60 or 70 years old and make three more about them as old people." In a 1997 issue of "Star Wars Insider", he said: "The whole story has six episodes... If I ever went beyond that, it
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20th Century Fox. Moreover, Mark Hamill's car accident left his face visibly scarred, which restricted re-shoots. "Star Wars" was originally slated for release on Christmas 1976; however, its production delays pushed the film's release to summer 1977. Already anxious about meeting his deadline, Lucas was shocked when editor John Jympson's first cut of the film was a "complete disaster". According to an article in "Star Wars Insider" No. 41 by David West Reynolds, this first edit of "Star Wars" contained about 30–40% different footage from the final version. After attempting to persuade Jympson to cut the film his way, Lucas
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films of the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy as supervising sound editor and also did an uncredited acting role in "" as Bib Fortuna and the voice of Ody Mandrell. In "" he played Seboca and Magaloof. In "", in addition to a brief appearance as Orn Free Taa, Wood plays the voice role of General Grievous, a role originated by voice actors John DiMaggio and Richard McGonagle in the series "". In the film, he dubbed the voice of stuntman Kyle Rowling, who played General Grievous utilizing motion capture. He would later come back to work with the Star Wars
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watched the film. To preserve the dramatic opening sequences of his films, Lucas wanted the screen credits to come only at the end. While this practice has become more common over the years, this was relatively unusual at the time. The Writers and Directors Guilds of America had no problem allowing it on "Star Wars", back in 1977, because the writer-director credit (George Lucas) matched the company name. However, when Lucas did the same thing for the sequel, it became an issue because they viewed the company credit (Lucasfilm) as displaying Lucas' name at the start of the film, while
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ends with a four-dot ellipsis, except for "Return of the Jedi" which has a three-dot ellipsis. When the text has nearly reached the vanishing point, it fades out, the camera tilts down (or, in the case of "Episode II: Attack of the Clones", up), and the film begins. Several words are in all-capital letters to stress their importance: "DEATH STAR" in "Star Wars", "GALACTIC EMPIRE" in "Return of the Jedi", "ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC" in "", and "FIRST ORDER", "REPUBLIC" and "RESISTANCE" in "". Each line of the text spans the width of the screen when it enters from the
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will have an opening crawl." Edwards explained that "The idea is this film is supposed to be different than the saga films," and that "This film is born out of a crawl. ... There's this feeling that if we did a crawl, then it'll create another movie." In November 2016, Kennedy confirmed that the film would not feature an opening crawl, instead beginning in "a way that is traditional, with just the title." At the 2016 [[Star Wars Celebration|"Star Wars" Celebration]], Edwards said the title had three meanings: "a military sign", referring to the [[Red Squadron]] from "A New Hope";
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Star Wars Gangsta Rap The "Star Wars Gangsta Rap" is a parody song based on the original "Star Wars" trilogy. The song was later popularized as a Flash animated music video and was the first winner of the Audience Choice Award in the Lucasfilm-sponsored Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards. The "Star Wars Gangsta Rap" started out as a song, written by Jason Brannon and Chris Crawford, with vocals by Brannon, drum machine by Crawford and Leonard, and keyboard by Brian Leonard. The group billed themselves as Bentframe. Animator Thomas Lee discovered the rap in 2000 and used it as
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Finn (Star Wars) FN-2187 (Finn) is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He first appeared in the 2015 film "" in which he is a stormtrooper for the First Order who flees and turns against it after being shocked by their cruelty in his first combat mission. He is portrayed by English actor John Boyega, who reprises the role in "". The idea for the character Finn came from "Star Wars" screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan. Colleague Michael Arndt, who had prepared an early draft of "The Force Awakens", revealed: And then we were struggling to figure out who the
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Independent Systems, and is shown early in construction at the end of "". The Death Star plans are a central plot-point in the 2016 film "Rogue One" and the original 1977 film "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope". A hologram from the original Death Star is briefly visible in a scene at the Resistance base in "" and used as a means of comparison with one from the First Order's own superweapon, Starkiller Base. In the animated series "Star Wars Rebels", the two-part episode "Ghost of Geonosis" hinted that the Geonosians were nearly wiped out to extinction out
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Star Wars (film) Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy and the beginning of the "Star Wars" franchise. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness, David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew, the film focuses on the Rebel Alliance, led by Princess Leia (Fisher), and its attempt to destroy the Galactic Empire's space station, the Death Star. "Star Wars" was released
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of directing the 2014 film "". The episode's theme of rebels against a larger force was inspired by the original "Star Wars" film. The episode also parodied "Star Wars" opening crawl and storm troopers, while the character Abed Nadir did a Han Solo impression. The title "For a Few Paintballs More" is an allusion to the 1965 Spaghetti western movie "For a Few Dollars More". The first part of the series was inspired by Spaghetti western films, while the second part transitioned into a "Star Wars" feel as the ever meta-referencing Abed said in the episode, "This means we've gone
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"The Daily Telegraph" gave it a four out of five star review and stated "the beginning of season five was a promise of more greatness to come" concluding that "this wasn't the most dramatic episode so far, but the acting and writing were sharper than ever." The Wars to Come "The Wars to Come" is the first episode of the fifth season of HBO's fantasy television series "Game of Thrones", and the 41st overall. The episode was written by series co-creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Michael Slovis, his directorial debut for the series. It aired
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later wrote the first "Star Wars" expanded universe novel, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" (1978). The book was first published as "Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker"; later editions were titled simply "Star Wars" (1995) and, later, "Star Wars: A New Hope" (1997), to reflect the retitling of the film. Marketing director Charles Lippincott secured the deal with Del Rey Books to publish the novelization in November 1976. By February 1977, a half-million copies had been sold. Marvel Comics also adapted the film as the first six issues of its licensed "Star Wars" comic book, with the first
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his sights on adapting Flash Gordon, an adventure serial from his childhood that he fondly remembered. When he was unable to obtain the rights, he set out to write an original space adventure that would eventually become "Star Wars". Despite his success with his previous film, all but one studio turned "Star Wars" down. It was only because Alan Ladd, Jr., at 20th Century Fox liked "American Graffiti" that he forced through a production and distribution deal for the film, which ended up restoring Fox to financial stability after a number of flops. "Star Wars" was significantly influenced by samurai
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and I were sitting around talking about the "Star Wars" Special Edition that had just come out and Kirk jokingly suggested, 'wouldn't it be fun to do a special edition of Beauty with Human Again or new material in it?' When the head of Feature Animation said he thought it was a great idea, we stopped joking and began thinking about how we could actually do it. We had storyboarded the sequence for the original production, but completely reworked it for this special edition of the film." Kirk Wise (who directed the original film) also directed the reanimated sequence, with
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featured music and sound effects taken from "Star Wars" films, but a later release had all-new music by Alan Derian. Reaction to "Duality" was mostly positive, generating over a half million downloads in its first year of release. "Entertainment Weekly" said its effects "have the impressive digital sheen of "Episode I"", while IFILM programming director said the film "absolutely blew me away, and a lot of people out there are saying this is the best they've ever come across." The film showed that film-level special effects could be produced by the common fan. Macomber and Thomas said they had "taken
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come to support them, as their tradition expected, except, to her surprise, Thane. After the trial, they parted ways and did not meet again until when Thane's team had been dispatched to the site of Second Death Star to gather intelligence. After the destruction of the Second Death Star, Ciena was badly injured and had to take long medical leave. When she was back on duty, she was promoted to "Captain" and assigned a Star Destroyer to command. During the Battle of Jakku, Thane's team was tasked to infiltrate and capture the Star Destroyer. When Ciena realized that the ship
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and immediately after "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...". This places it halfway between "Rogue One" and the main saga. The opening crawl in the first "Star Wars" film is very different from Lucas' original intention. The original text, used in the rough cut he showed to friends and studio executives in February 1977, appears in the Marvel Comics adaptation of the film. When originally released in May 1977, the first film was simply titled "Star Wars", as 20th Century Fox forbade Lucas to use a subtitle because it could be confusing, since there had been
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2014, "Star Wars" historian Jonathan W. Winzler revealed that Lucas had told him that Fett escaped from the Sarlacc, but this has yet to be demonstrated in the film canon. The cancelled video game "Star Wars 1313" would have told the story of the character's career as a young bounty hunter. Boba Fett is primarily played by Jeremy Bulloch in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi". Bulloch's half-brother alerted him to the role. He was cast as Fett because the costume happened to fit "as if a Savile Row tailor had come out and made it"; he
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providing the voice, reprising the role from "[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|The Clone Wars]]" and "[[Star Wars Rebels|Rebels]]" animated TV series. Screenwriter Jonathan Kasdan and first assistant director Toby Hefferman portrayed [[Tag and Bink|Tag Greenley and Bink Otauna]], respectively—two characters that first appeared in the "[[Star Wars expanded universe|Star Wars Legends]]" [[Star Wars comics|comics]] published by [[Dark Horse Comics]]. The scene was not included in the finished film. In 2012, "Star Wars" creator [[George Lucas]] began developing a film about a young Han Solo, and hired veteran "Star Wars" screenwriter [[Lawrence Kasdan]] to write the [[screenplay]]. After
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blockbuster film in the entertainment industry, where films open on many screens at the same time and profitable franchises are important. It created the model for the major film trilogy and showed that merchandising rights on a film could generate more money than the film itself did. The holographic video effect associated with "Star Wars" served as a technological tool for CNN during its 2008 Election Night coverage. CNN reporter Jessica Yellin and musician will.i.am looked as though they were in the network's New York City studios talking face-to-face with hosts Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer, when in reality, they
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first bona fide "Star Wars" flop." The film also earned $23,428,376 from DVD sales in the US. The film was nominated for a Golden Raspberry Award in the category "Worst Prequel, Remake, Rip-Off or Sequel". Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film) Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a 2008 American 3D animated science fiction action-adventure film set within the "Star Wars" universe, leading into a produced by Lucasfilm Animation. The film is set during the three-year time period between the films "" (2002) and "" (2005), and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, who also holds the home media distribution rights
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adapted by E. Jack Kaplan and Cheryl Gard. An audio CD boxed set of the "Star Wars" radio series was released in 1993, containing the original 1981 radio drama along with the radio adaptations of the sequels, "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi". Footnotes Citations Star Wars (film) Star Wars (later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope) is a 1977 American epic space opera film written and directed by George Lucas. It is the first film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy and the beginning of the "Star Wars" franchise. Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison
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their mutual enjoyment of the film. "Star Wars" is frequently referenced in "30 Rock", beginning with the pilot episode in 2006 where Tracy is seen shouting that he is a Jedi. Liz admits to being a huge fan of "Star Wars", saying that she had watched it many times with Pete Hornberger (Scott Adsit), and dressed up as the "Star Wars" character Princess Leia during four recent Halloweens, and while trying to get out of jury duty in Chicago and New York. "Star Wars" is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca. In this episode,
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Ren. The trench run attacks on the Death Star and Starkiller Base are then played out as the finale sequence. The show concludes with a montage of all eight original "Star Wars" film poster art collaged across the Chinese Theater. Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular Star Wars: A Galactic Spectacular (known as Star Wars: A Galactic Celebration in Walt Disney Studios Park) is a nighttime show at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Walt Disney World and Walt Disney Studios Park in Disneyland Paris. The show is based on the "Star Wars" film series and features fireworks, projection mapping, fire, lasers, fog
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to "Star Trek". "It was "Star Wars" that thrust "Star Trek" into the people of Paramount's consciousness" Shatner stated. The documentary "Trek Nation" features interviews where both Lucas and Roddenberry praise each other's respective franchises, with the former stating that "Star Trek" was an influence while writing the original screenplay for "Star Wars". He explained that while both franchises were so "far out", "Star Trek" produced a fanbase that "softened up the entertainment arena" so that "Star Wars" could "come along and stand on its shoulders." This is also acknowledged by Shatner, who went as far as to call "Star
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and Ashley Davis, an insurance worker. Davis has a younger sister. He was educated at Chinthurst School and later the City of London Freemen's School. Davis was born with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, an extremely rare form of dwarfism. When Davis was 11, his grandmother heard a radio advert calling for people who were tall or shorter to be in "Return of the Jedi". To Davis, who was a fan of the "Star Wars" films, it was a dream come true. During the filming of "Return of the Jedi", Mark Hamill bought Davis every "Star Wars" figure he did not have.
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Lucas' once great franchise." This constituted the lowest Rotten Tomatoes rating of any "Star Wars" film; the previous six theatrical films ranged from 55% to 95%, and the made-for-television Ewok films and the "Star Wars Holiday Special" garnered higher ratings, although their averages encompassed far fewer reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". "Entertainment Weekly" listed "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" as one of the five worst films of 2008 with critic Owen Gleiberman saying, It's hard to tell the droids from the Jedi
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canyon scenes featuring Jawas and Tusken Raiders. When crews returned to Tunisia to film for the Star Wars prequel films in 1998, locations at Onk Jemal in Tozeur, Ksar Ouled Soltane and Ksar Hadada, Ghoumrassen were used for Tatooine scenes. Abandoned sets for the filming have been left in the desert. Tatooine originally featured in the 1977 film "Star Wars" (later retitled "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope"), and was the first planet to be seen in the film franchise. In the opening scene, the planet and two of its moons are seen in space against a sea of
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concept of "Star Wars Resistance". Prior to his work with Lucasfilm Animation, Filoni worked for Nickelodeon directing episodes of the first season of animated series "". An avid "Star Wars" fan particularly of character Plo Koon, Filoni dressed up as the Jedi Master for the opening of "", and was dismayed at the character's fate in the film. Filoni left Nickelodeon after George Lucas offered him a job, helping him develop a "Star Wars" animated series. Whilst on "The Star Wars Show" Filoni revealed that he originally believed he was being pranked when given the "Star Wars" job. He is
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of 100 (based on 24 reviews), indicating "universal acclaim". In his 1997 review of the film's 20th anniversary release, Michael Wilmington of the "Chicago Tribune" gave the film four out of four stars, saying, "A grandiose and violent epic with a simple and whimsical heart." A "San Francisco Chronicle" staff member described the film as "a thrilling experience." In 2001 Matt Ford of the BBC awarded the film five out of five stars and wrote, ""Star Wars" isn't the best film ever made, but it is universally loved." CinemaScore reported that audiences for "Star Wars"s 1999 re-release gave the film
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Star Wars: Aftermath Star Wars: Aftermath is a "Star Wars" novel by Chuck Wendig, published on September 4, 2015 by Del Rey Books. Set soon after the events of the 1983 film "Return of the Jedi", "Aftermath" is the first of a trilogy that explores the time period between that film and 2015's "". The novel is one of 20 projects in "", a 2015 "Star Wars" publishing initiative to connect "The Force Awakens" with previous film installments. The "Aftermath" series features the characters Wedge Antilles, an X-wing fighter pilot from the original "Star Wars" film trilogy, and Imperial Admiral
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Greedo Greedo (or Greedo the Young) is a fictional character in the "Star Wars" franchise. He is a bounty hunter belonging to the Rodian extraterrestrial species, and appears in the first "Star Wars" film during a scene where he confronts and threatens Han Solo on behalf of Jabba the Hutt, only to be killed by Solo. The scene was later altered so that Greedo also shoots at Han, leading to the infamous fan controversy known as "Han shot first" which the character has since come to be best-known in association with. Greedo was portrayed in 1977 by Paul Blake as
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City held costume and trivia contests on July 26, and gave away limited-edition "Star Wars" toys with every purchase. A section of the Toys "R" Us website was also dedicated to "The Clone Wars". The toy line continues with The Clone Wars figures being well received by collectors for their detail to the characters and vehicles. Due to Lucas' sudden decision to produce the film, Lucas Licensing did not have time to enter into agreements with previous "Star Wars" marketing partners like Pepsi, Burger King and Kellogg's, with which the Lucasfilm licensing company had a ten-year marketing plan for the
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novelization, a comic book series, a video game, a soundtrack, trading cards, role-playing games, posters, model kits, Micro Machines toys, statuettes, vinyl dolls, and a series of action figures and vehicles. While the narratives in the print media seldom intersected, it was necessary that characters, scenes, and dialogue match when they did come together. Author Steve Perry has expressed his support of adapting the story as an animated film. "" later followed in the project's footsteps by creating multimedia involved in a film's release without making a movie. The main plotline is told in a novel by Steve Perry. Princess
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Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and Goldie Hawn also star in the film. In 1977, Fisher starred as Princess Leia in George Lucas' science-fiction film "Star Wars" (later retitled "Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope") opposite Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford. At the time, she believed the script for "Star Wars" was fantastic, but did not expect many people to agree with her. Though her fellow actors were not close at the time, they bonded after the commercial success of the film. In April 1978, Fisher appeared as the love interest in Ringo Starr's 1978 TV special "Ringo". The
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John Williams's uplifting score, as well as art direction, costume design, film editing, and sound. "Star Wars" effectively removed any specter of studio bankruptcy that had haunted the studios since early in the decade. When a television film, "Star Wars Holiday Special", was released as a spin-off from "Star Wars" in 1978; it failed to receive the status of the original film, and was deemed a flop. It would be two years until the "Star Wars" series would be revived with "The Empire Strikes Back". Another success in visual effects came the same year as "Star Wars", with Spielberg's "Close
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ExCel center in London, England. "Jedi Master VIP Tickets" sold out immediately. This was the last "Star Wars" Celebration that the original trilogy stars Kenny Baker and Carrie Fisher would attend, due to their passing in late mid to late 2016. It was announced on July 17, 2016, during the closing ceremonies at Celebration Europe III, that Celebration Orlando will take place April 13–16, 2017, in Orlando, Florida. The convention celebrated the 40th Anniversary of "Star Wars: A New Hope" and the upcoming film, "". This was the first "Star Wars" Celebration that Harrison Ford attended. He made an appearance
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"There's nothing really wrong with it, but if you were hoping for a "Star Wars" mobile game with a little more bite than the usual card battlers and tower defence titles, you're going to come away disappointed." IGN awarded it a score of 5.5 out of 10, saying ""Star Wars: Uprising" boils down to the pursuit of upgradeable stuff administered through simple action and scant story." Star Wars: Uprising Star Wars: Uprising was an action role-playing game by Kabam and published by Disney Interactive Studios for iOS and Android. It was released on September 9, 2015. On September 22, 2016
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Cinemas (formerly the "Cinerama Dome"). On May 16, the Empire Cinema in London's Leicester Square hosted a day-long Star Wars marathon showing of all six films; an army of Imperial stormtroopers "guarded" the area, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra gave a free concert of "Star Wars" music. A copy of the film leaked onto peer-to-peer file sharing networks just hours after opening in theaters. The film was a time-stamped workprint, suggesting it may have come from within the industry rather than from someone who videotaped an advance screening. Eight people were later charged with copyright infringement and distributing material illegally.
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November, box office analysts reported opening weekend projections were at $175–250 million. In December, capital analyst Barton Crockett suggested that the film will be the first to gross over $3 billion worldwide at the box office. Analysts said that the box office receipts of the film, when compared to predecessors, must be adjusted for inflation, and that the first "Star Wars" film made more when this adjustment is made. It has further been observed that each of the first three films in the series was more profitable in calculating revenue against production costs. Box office analyst Paul Dergarabedian said that
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prayer Ewoks address to C-3PO is actually the beginning part of Tibetan Buddhist prayer for the benefit of all sentient beings, or so called "brahmavihāra"s or "apramāṇa"s, but also there is a second (out of four) part of the refuge prayer. People of the Tibetan diaspora were puzzled as many of the phrases they could make out did not correlate to events on screen. In the original "Star Wars" film, Greedo speaks an unspecified alien language, which is understood by Han Solo. Bruce Mannheim described Greedo as speaking "morphologically well-formed" phrases of Southern Quechua, though the sentence is ultimately meaningless.
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to bridge the "Star Wars" timeline between "Return of the Jedi" and "The Force Awakens". Journey to Star Wars "Journey to "Star Wars" is a Disney/Lucasfilm publishing initiative that connects the "Star Wars" sequel films with previous film installments in the franchise. It currently includes the initiatives "Journey to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Journey to "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"". All titles under the program are canonical to the "Star Wars" universe. A group of "at least" 20 novels and comic books related to the 2015 film "" was announced in March 2015. The first novels, including ""
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weekend revealed the average grade cinemagoers gave "Avatar" was "A" on an A+ to F scale. Every demographic surveyed was reported to give this rating. These polls also indicated that the main draw of the film was its use of 3D. Roger Ebert of the "Chicago Sun-Times" called the film "extraordinary" and gave it four stars out of four. "Watching "Avatar", I felt sort of the same as when I saw "Star Wars" in 1977," he said, adding that like "Star Wars" and "", the film "employs a new generation of special effects" and it "is not simply a sensational
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Theatre, the studio promised that the film only needed two weeks. Fearing that the film would fail, Lucas had made plans to be in Hawaii with his wife Marcia. Having forgotten that the film would open that day, he spent most of Wednesday in a sound studio in Los Angeles. When Lucas went out for lunch with Marcia, they encountered a long line of people along the sidewalks leading to Mann's Chinese Theatre, waiting to see "Star Wars". He was still skeptical of the film's success, even with enthusiastic reports from Ladd and the studio. While in Hawaii, it was
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General Hux, a character introduced in the 2015 film "". Temmin would go on to appear in the 2015 film " The Force Awakens " as an X-wing fighter pilot Snap Wexley, portrayed by Greg Grunberg. IGN's Jared Petty awarded the novel a score of 6.8 out of ten, saying ""Star Wars Life Debt: Aftermath" is an interesting but uneven return to a galaxy far, far away." Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt Star Wars: Aftermath: Life Debt is a "Star Wars" novel by Chuck Wendig, published on July 12, 2016 by Del Rey Books. Set after the events of the
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first "Star Wars" film and be based more on emotion than explanation. In January 2014, Abrams confirmed that the script was complete. In April 2014, Lucasfilm clarified that "Episodes VII–IX" would not feature storylines from the "Star Wars" expanded universe, though other elements could be included, as with the TV series "Star Wars Rebels". Abrams stated that he purposely withheld some plot elements from "The Force Awakens", such as Finn and Rey's last names and backgrounds. Kennedy admitted that "we haven't mapped out every single detail [of the sequel trilogy] yet", but said that Abrams was collaborating with "The Last
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the prequel films. It was also felt that subsequent changes stripped the "Star Wars" film of the qualities for which it won Academy Awards. Despite the negative response to many significant changes, critics also felt that many smaller changes were improvements, innocuous, or understandable. In 1989, the original release of "Star Wars" was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the United States Library of Congress. In 2014, the National Film Registry still did not have a copy of the 1977 film; director George Lucas refused to submit a copy, stating that he no longer authorized the release
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Saving Star Wars Saving Star Wars is a 2004 independent film by Woodworks Films that was written and produced by Gary Wood. The title is a play on the titles of the World War II movie "Saving Private Ryan" and "Star Wars". The first preview of the film was at a film festival called Reel Competition, where it was rated highly by the film-goers. It features David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader in the Star Wars trilogy. In addition, one of the principal actors, Jim Peterson, now teaches film, theatre, and alchemy at Carmel High School (Carmel, Indiana).
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Star Wars: The Force Awakens (also known as Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens) is a 2015 American epic space opera film produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is the first installment of the "Star Wars" sequel trilogy and the seventh installment of the main "Star Wars" film franchise, following "Return of the Jedi" (1983). The film stars Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Max von Sydow, and was produced by
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that there would be no Star Wars Episodes VII, VIII, and IX, since the time feels right to move on: In 1999, when asked about the possibility of someone else making "Star Wars" films, Lucas said, "Probably not, it's my thing." In August 1999, at a press conference in New York City to discuss "The Phantom Menace", Lucas described the "nine year commitment" required to make a "Star Wars" trilogy. In 2002, he said: "Basically what I said as a joke was, 'Maybe when Harrison and Carrie are in their 70s, we'll come back and do another version.' The thing
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Journey to Star Wars "Journey to "Star Wars" is a Disney/Lucasfilm publishing initiative that connects the "Star Wars" sequel films with previous film installments in the franchise. It currently includes the initiatives "Journey to "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and "Journey to "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"". All titles under the program are canonical to the "Star Wars" universe. A group of "at least" 20 novels and comic books related to the 2015 film "" was announced in March 2015. The first novels, including "" by Chuck Wendig and "" by Claudia Gray, were published in September 2015, prior to
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to appear in the 2015 film " The Force Awakens " as an X-wing fighter pilot Snap Wexley, portrayed by Greg Grunberg. "Aftermath" debuted at #4 on "The New York Times" Best Seller list, and #4 on "USA Today" best seller list. IGN's Jared Petty awarded the novel a score of 5.9 out of ten, saying ""Star Wars: Aftermath" is a well-written but ultimately disappointing first look into the post-Endor galaxy." Acknowledging lesbian Moff Delian Mors from Paul S. Kemp's 2015 novel "" as the first openly gay character in the "Star Wars" canon, Anthony Breznican of "Entertainment Weekly" called
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from Detective Sergeant to Detective Chief Inspector and, in 1985, the series "Bulman" saw George retired from the police and pursuing a career as a horologist. He also starred in the popular TV drama series "Warship". Henderson made little money from his role in Star Wars—£300 for one day of filming. He also missed out on $2000 for his copy of the Star Wars script: "I have only once been recognised as having been in Star Wars, and that was when I was making a film in Los Angeles. Somebody in the hotel I was staying at offered me $2000
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before the film was released, the novelization sold out its initial print run of 125,000 copies. In the next three months, Ballantine had sold 3.5 million copies. Some later editions contain sixteen pages of full-color photos from the motion picture. Later editions of the novelization were published under altered titles to reflect the retitling of the film, such as "Star Wars: A New Hope", and "Star Wars IV: A New Hope". The words that open each "Star Wars" film, "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." are absent from the novelization, substituted by the similar "Another galaxy,
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concept of these "lightsabers" is similar to those as in the "Star Wars" universe, there are some still significant problems and differences. The photons used in these devices repulsed each other and caused an energy beam, but are still able to pass through one another when two separate beams come into contact, unlike the ones in "Star Wars". Physics and Star Wars The space opera interstellar epic "Star Wars" uses science and technology in its settings and storylines. The series has showcased many technological concepts, both in the movies and in the expanded universe of novels, comics and other forms
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fatal hit or pivotal skill-check failure.Example: "I'm drawing my pistol..." "Did you remember to retrieve your pistol when you fell down that hillside last scene?" These items can be used with "Edge of the Empire", "Age of Rebellion" and/or "Force and Destiny". Star Wars Roleplaying Game (Fantasy Flight Games) The "Star Wars Roleplaying Game" is a tabletop role-playing game set in the "Star Wars" universe first published by Fantasy Flight Games in August 2012. It consists of three different standalone games, each one conceived to play a particular type of character: A fourth line, based in the era of the
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on a uniform. "Hardware Wars" had originally been available on film from Pyramid Films. It was first made available commercially on home video with the Warner Home Video release "Hardware Wars, and Other Film Farces", which also included another Fosselius parody, "Porklips Now". The tape also included "Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind" and the animation classic "Bambi Meets Godzilla". To spoof the "Special Edition" re-release of "Star Wars" in 1997, which included additional scenes and more advanced digital special effects, "Hardware Wars" was re-released on VHS as a twenty-minute "Special Edition," with new digital "special defects." Fosselius did not
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and profitable short films of all time, but Fosselius netted very little of that profit. In later years, George Lucas called it his favorite "Star Wars" parody. Fosselius was honored by Lucasfilm when "Hardware Wars" was given the Pioneer Award at the 2003 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards. When "Hardware Wars" was re-released in 1997 with new special effects in a "Special Edition" to spoof the special editions of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Fosselius was not involved, as he disagreed with the concept of adding actual digital effects to a film which satirized digital effects, and asked that
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comic book series, "" and "Rebellion". The "Clone Wars" comics did not receive the promotional campaign it otherwise would have due to the abruptness of the theatrical and comic book releases. Topps, the trading cards company, released a series of 90 "Clone Wars" cards on July 26, which also included foil cards, motion cards, animation cel cards and rare sketch cards by top "Star Wars" artists and Lucasfilm animators. DK Publishing and the Penguin Group released books, activities and other merchandise that tied in with the film. Also released was the "Clone Wars: The Visual Guide", published by DK, and
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Tantive IV The Tantive IV (also referred to as the Rebel blockade runner) is a fictional spaceship in the "Star Wars" film series. It was used by Leia Organa in "" and was the first vessel audiences saw when "Star Wars" premiered in 1977. Other Corellian corvettes, which share the "Tantive IV"<nowiki>'</nowiki>s design, appear in "Return of the Jedi" and in the "Star Wars" expanded universe's books, comics, TV series, and games. The ship's design stems from initial concepts for the "Millennium Falcon". When "" featured a ship called an "Eagle" Transporter with an appearance similar to the Industrial Light
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to "The Star Wars Holiday Special" as canon in a 2015 interview. After being introduced by the special, the character Boba Fett and the planet Kashyyyk have gone on to play integral roles in the franchise, making their first film appearances in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "", respectively. Apart from this, more specific references to "The Star Wars Holiday Special" have been made including: Footnotes Citations Bibliography Star Wars Holiday Special The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American musical science fiction television film set in the "Star Wars" galaxy. It stars the original film's main cast, Chewbacca's
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craft a suitably epic screenplay, but the attempts did not satisfy Paramount, so the studio scrapped the project in 1977. Paramount instead planned on returning the franchise to its roots with a new television series, "". The massive worldwide box office success of "Star Wars" in mid-1977 sent Hollywood studios to their vaults in search of similar sci-fi properties that could be adapted or re-launched to the big screen. When Columbia's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" had a huge opening in late December 1977, Paramount was convinced that science fiction films other than "Star Wars" could do well at
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film also serve as the game's dialogue. The game received mostly positive reviews. GameSpot awarded of 7.0 out of 10, saying "Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens doesn't really take you to a new galaxy far, far away, but it's still a pleasant journey." Game Informer awarded it 8.5 out of 10, saying "A blast for Star Wars and Lego fans alike." IGN awarded it 9.0 out of 10, saying "LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens is the most gaming fun I’ve had with either series in years." The game was the best-selling retail video game in the UK in
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the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film "Star Wars" were rebranded as "Star Wars Legends" and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014. "Lords of the Sith" was subsequently announced as one of the first four canon novels to be released in 2014 and 2015. "Lords of the Sith" introduces Moff Delian Mors, a lesbian whom "New York Daily News" noted is the first openly gay character in the new "Star Wars" canon. Star Wars: Lords of the Sith Star Wars: Lords of the Sith is a "Star Wars" novel by Paul S.
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style, with larger muscles, and are known to collectors as "Power of the Force 2". The "Power of the Force 2" figures continued to be branded as Kenner until 1999, when they were rebranded as Hasbro. Hasbro continues to market "Star Wars" action figures to the present day. Kenner's success with the "Star Wars" line motivated creators of other action-adventure movies to market their own action figure lines. In the 1982 horror film "Poltergeist", two children are shown playing with "Star Wars" action figures. Later that year, the film "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" also featured "Star Wars" action figures, which are
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letter to Star Wars toys – and a very enjoyable love letter at that." Plastic Galaxy Plastic Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys is a 2014 documentary film directed by Brian Stillman about Kenner's action figures based on the "Star Wars" franchise. The film was released on DVD on January 14, 2014. It began streaming on Vimeo on October 3, 2014. It was also released on iTunes in 2014. "Substream Magazine" awarded it a score of 5 out of 5 stars, saying " is a must-have for fans of Star Wars and collectors alike." Flickering Myth awarded it a
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Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker Star Wars: From the Adventures of Luke Skywalker is the original title of the novelization of the 1977 film "Star Wars". Ghostwritten by Alan Dean Foster, but credited to George Lucas, it was first published on November 12, 1976 by Ballantine Books. In later years, it was republished under the title "Star Wars: A New Hope" to reflect the retroactive addition of a subtitle to the film in 1981. Although the book contains some differences from the film, it also includes references to Palpatine and his rise to power in the prologue,
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The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards The Official "Star Wars" Fan Film Awards is an annual contest put forth by Lucasfilm and AtomFilms to showcase and acknowledge the growing genre of fan films made by, for, and about fans of the "Star Wars" saga. The inaugural contest in 2002 was the first time Lucasfilm had officially sanctioned the genre. In 2007, the contest was renamed the "Star Wars" Fan Movie Challenge. In 2012, Lucasfilm announced that the contest was being discontinued, and that the company was looking for "new ways for fans to share their creativity". Lucasfilm later announced,
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genre. Other awards are given by a jury of people selected from employees of Atom.com and Lucasfilm. Beginning in 2004, some of the major awards were sponsored by Lucasfilm licensees. The Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards The Official "Star Wars" Fan Film Awards is an annual contest put forth by Lucasfilm and AtomFilms to showcase and acknowledge the growing genre of fan films made by, for, and about fans of the "Star Wars" saga. The inaugural contest in 2002 was the first time Lucasfilm had officially sanctioned the genre. In 2007, the contest was renamed the "Star Wars" Fan
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Star Wars Holiday Special The Star Wars Holiday Special is a 1978 American musical science fiction television film set in the "Star Wars" galaxy. It stars the original film's main cast, Chewbacca's family, and introduces Boba Fett, who would appear in later films. It is the first official "Star Wars" spin-off film and was directed by Steve Binder. In the storyline that ties the special together, following the events of the original film, Chewbacca and Han Solo attempt to visit the Wookiee home world to celebrate "Life Day". They are pursued by agents of the Galactic Empire, who are searching
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"Star Wars". Stears accepted the offer. For "Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope" (1977), Stears created the robots R2-D2 and C-3PO, Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder, the Jedi Knights' lightsabers, and the Death Star. Stears was also credited, along with John Dykstra, for the original film's climactic aerial dogfight. In 1978, producer Harry Saltzman hired Stears to direct the "shrunken man" epic film "The Micronauts". The troubled project had been in pre-production for many years and saw many directors come and go; ultimately the film never made it into production. John Stears notably one of only a few people to ever
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helmet, a customizable lightsaber, and an electronic All Terrain Tactical Enforcer (AT-TE). Target and KB Toys also devoted shelf space for "Clone Wars" toys, but did not hold midnight releases or pursue the branding opportunities Toys "R" Us did. Toys "R" Us mounted digital clocks in all 585 of its stores that counted down to the release of the "Clone Wars" toys, and more than 225 of the stores opened at midnight for the debut of the "Star Wars" products. Two of the Toys "R" Us flagship outlets in Mission Bay, San Diego and Times Square in Manhattan, New York
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there is only one). Berkey said of the poster in an interview, "It was the first time that I was asked to paint fictional space crafts not of my own design". The painting was issued as a souvenir poster that was included in the first release of the "Star Wars" Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by 20th Century Records. Berkey's involvement in "Star Wars" was brought to an end after a conflict of interest with his work for rival film studio Universal on the 1978 TV series "Battlestar Galactica". Berkey revisited the "Star Wars" universe in 1983 when he was commissioned
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Star Wars (1977 comic book) Star Wars is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 12, 1977 to May 27, 1986. Featuring classic "Star Wars" characters Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, C-3PO, and R2-D2, the first six issues adapt the May 1977 film "Star Wars". The series chronicled their subsequent adventures for 107 issues and three annuals, including a six-issue adaptation of the 1980 sequel film "The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980–1981. The "Star Wars" comic was originally written by Roy Thomas with art by Howard Chaykin. Charles Lippincott, Lucasfilm's publicity supervisor, initially approached publisher
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heart of every loyal fan of the movies. And now <nowiki>[George Lucas is]</nowiki> out to stick it to those too young to know about Jar Jar Binks." "Variety" magazine reviewer Todd McCarthy said, "This isn't the "Star Wars" we've always known and at least sometimes loved." Joe Neumiar, of the "New York Daily News", wrote, "If this were a true "Star Wars" film, right about now somebody would say, '...I've got a bad feeling about this.'" In his review for "Entertainment Weekly", critic Owen Gleiberman gave the film an F grade and wrote, "George Lucas is turning into the enemy
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of the six released "Star Wars" films. Fox released "A New Hope" for digital download on April 10, 2015 and Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment released the other five films. In December 2016, an interview done by "Rogue One" director Gareth Edwards revealed that Lucasfilm had recently completed a 4K restoration of the film, but did not elaborate on whether the restored version was based on the 1977 original or a subsequent re-release. In 2010, George Lucas announced that all six previously released "Star Wars" films would be scanned and transferred to 3D, with a corresponding theatrical release. "" was
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the Deathly Hallows – Part 2"), scored by Patrick Doyle ("Goblet of Fire"), Nicholas Hooper ("Order of the Phoenix" and "Half-Blood Prince") and Alexandre Desplat ("Deathly Hallows"). Like the main themes from "Jaws", "Star Wars", "Superman", and "Indiana Jones", fans have come to identify the "Harry Potter" films with Williams's original compositions. Williams was asked to return to score the film franchise's final installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2", but director David Yates stated that "their schedules simply did not align" as he would have had to provide Williams with a rough cut of the film
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to a film, and the subsequent strong box office returns confirmed its popularity. After two weeks William Friedkin's "Sorcerer" replaced "Star Wars" at Mann's Chinese Theatre because of contractual obligations; Mann Theatres moved the film to a less-prestigious location after quickly renovating it. When "Star Wars" made an unprecedented second opening at Mann's Chinese Theatre on August 3, 1977, after "Sorcerer" failed, thousands of people attended a ceremony in which C-3PO, R2-D2 and Darth Vader placed their footprints in the theater's forecourt. At that time "Star Wars" was playing in 1,096 theaters in the United States. Approximately 60 theaters played
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The Walt Disney Company, most of the licensed "Star Wars" novels and comics produced since the originating 1977 film "Star Wars" were rebranded as "Star Wars Legends" and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014. "Tarkin" was subsequently announced as one of the first four canon novels to be released in 2014 and 2015. Star Wars: Tarkin Star Wars: Tarkin is a "Star Wars" novel by James Luceno, published in November 2014. Set between the films "" and "A New Hope", it follows the rise of the character Grand Moff Tarkin. "Tarkin" was one of the first four novels
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team did win the BAFTA Award for Best Production Design in that year. Although best known for "2001", Lange worked on a number of well-known films during his career. He was art director for the James Bond film "Moonraker", and an astronautical consultant on "Superman II". He worked on the three first "Star Wars" films, as an art director and set decorator for "The Empire Strikes Back" (for which he was again nominated for the Art Direction Oscar) and "Return of the Jedi" respectively; he also worked on the original Star Wars, although his work was uncredited. He worked as
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Award, Gen Con, Indianapolis, IN 2005 Winner, Best Comedy, Melbourne Independent Film Festival, Melbourne, FL 2005 Winner, All-Time Highest Score, Audience Choice Awards Film Festival, Hobart, IN 2005 Winner, Best Comedy, Second Place, The Indie Gathering, Cleveland, OH 2005 Best Screenplay, London Science Fiction Film Festival 2005 Closing Night Selection, London Science Fiction Film Festival Saving Star Wars Saving Star Wars is a 2004 independent film by Woodworks Films that was written and produced by Gary Wood. The title is a play on the titles of the World War II movie "Saving Private Ryan" and "Star Wars". The first preview
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Blue Harvest "Blue Harvest" is the hour-long premiere of the sixth season of the American animated television series "Family Guy" and the first part of the series' trilogy "". It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 23, 2007. The episode is a retelling and parody of the 1977 blockbuster film, "Star Wars", recasting the show's characters into "Star Wars" roles. The plot follows Peter as he retells the story of "Star Wars" while the electricity is out in their house. It was written by Alec Sulkin and directed by Dominic Polcino. To produce the installment the
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Star Wars: Phasma Star Wars: Phasma is a "Star Wars" novel by Delilah S. Dawson, published by Del Rey Books on September 1, 2017 as part of the publishing initiative. It explores the backstory of Captain Phasma, the stormtrooper leader introduced in the 2015 film "". The novel was announced at the "Star Wars" Celebration in April 2017, among several works related to "The Force Awakens" sequel film "". A comic book miniseries called "", exploring Phasma's adventures between the films, was announced at the same time. Resistance spy Vi Moradi is captured and brought aboard the First Order Star
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