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a learning resource. For example, a project in Western Australia honed elementary school students storytelling skills by role-playing action scenes from the movies and later creating props and audio/visual scenery to enhance their performance. Others have used the films to encourage second-level students to integrate technology in the science classroom by making prototype lightsabers. Similarly, psychiatrists in New Zealand and the US have advocated their use in the university classroom to explain different types of psychopathology. Informational notes Citations Star Wars Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise, created by George Lucas and centered around a film series
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Mandalorian Mandalorians are a fictional people from the planet Mandalore in the "Star Wars" science fiction franchise created by George Lucas. First conceptualized for "The Empire Strikes Back" as a group of white-armored "supercommandos", the idea developed into a single bounty hunter character, Boba Fett. Although the term "Mandalorian" is never used in the films, the popularity of Boba Fett inspired an extensive number of works about Mandalorians in the "Star Wars" expanded universe, also known as "Legends". Recognized by their iconic armor, the Mandalorian people are characterized in the expanded universe as a multi-species warrior people who often work
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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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hindsight (while it may be commonplace now) back in the 1970s it was a risky, but revolutionary, idea that paid off handsomely at both domestic and international box offices around the world. In 1977 Fox's success reached new heights and produced the most profitable film made up to that time, "Star Wars". Substantial financial gains were realized as a result of the film's unprecedented success: from a low of $6 in June 1976, stock prices more than quadrupled to almost $27 after "Star Wars"' release; 1976 revenues of $195 million rose to $301 million in 1977. With financial stability came
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1973, George Lucas wrote "The Adventures of Indiana Smith". Like "Star Wars," which he also wrote, it was an opportunity to create a modern version of the film serials of the 1930s and 1940s. Lucas discussed the concept with Philip Kaufman, who worked with him for several weeks and came up with the Ark of the Covenant as the plot device. Kaufman was told about the Ark by his dentist when he was a child. The project stalled when Clint Eastwood hired Kaufman to direct "The Outlaw Josey Wales". Lucas shelved the idea, deciding to concentrate on his outer space
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Photon: The Ultimate Game on Planet Earth Photon was the name of the first commercial lasertag arenas. The company also came out with a home lasertag game, and there were various media tie-ins: a TV show also called "Photon" and a series of novels by Peter David. George Carter III came up with the idea for "Photon" while watching "Star Wars" when it premiered in 1977. In 1982, research and development started in earnest, and the first "Photon" center in the Dallas suburb of Garland, Texas, opened in March 1984. The original architect for Photon was J.C. Collins and his
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with Vader. The original design of Darth Vader's costume did not originally include a helmet. The idea that Vader should wear a breathing apparatus was first proposed by concept artist Ralph McQuarrie during preproduction discussions for "Star Wars" with George Lucas in 1975. In an interview with "Star Wars Insider" Magazine, McQuarrie stated that Lucas's artistic direction was to portray a malevolent figure in a cape with Samurai armour. "For Darth Vader, George [Lucas] just said he would like to have a very tall, dark fluttering figure that had a spooky feeling like it came in on the wind." McQuarrie
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came for the first sequel, it was revealed that Lucas had nothing written for either sequel. The following year, Lucas focused on developing "Raiders" and the "Star Wars" sequel "The Empire Strikes Back", during which Lawrence Kasdan and Frank Marshall joined the project as screenwriter and producer respectively. Between January 23–27, 1978, for nine hours a day, Lucas, Kasdan, and Spielberg discussed the story and visual ideas. Spielberg came up with Jones being chased by a boulder, which was inspired by Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge comic "The Seven Cities of Cibola". Lucas later acknowledged that the idea for the idol
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unit which would take only pilots with commando-type skills. When pitching the idea to Admiral Ackbar, the Mon Calamari raised the issue of the cost to assemble such an elite unit. Antilles countered by saying he'd only take pilots who were on the verge of being discharged from Starfighter Command, reasoning that while many would be irredeemable, there would be a few pilots who had just made one mistake too many. Iron Fist (1998) is a novel set in the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It is the sixth novel in the Star Wars: X-wing series, and was written by Aaron
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Kole, Nym's demolition expert, and the evil Captain Toth, the leader of Saboath mercenary army and the mastermind who came up with the deadly Hex Missile Threat. In the game, the player controls different star fighters from the Star Wars Universe. Each mission revolves around protecting friendly ships and destroying enemy ships. Each mission also has one bonus and one hidden objective completing of which unlocks bonus missions, videos, and starfighters. In Cooperative mode, the second player either controls a ship or a turret, depending on the mission. Starfighters are equipped with different weaponry which can be highly effective in
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then "" released in 1999. In 2002, its sequel "" was released and gave players the first chance to experience advanced lightsaber duels, and it also detached itself from the usual idea of movie tie-ins. One year later, the last game in the "Jedi Knight" series, "" was released. Katarn is a former Imperial stormtrooper who joins the Rebellion and ultimately becomes a Jedi, a plot arc similar to that of Finn in the 2015 film "The Force Awakens". Compilaition(s): "Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit" (2005), "Star Wars Galaxies: The Total Experience" (2005), and "Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online
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who loses his job and begins marrying and murdering wealthy widows to support his family. Chaplin's inspiration for the project came from Orson Welles, who wanted him to star in a film about the French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. Chaplin decided that the concept would "make a wonderful comedy", and paid Welles $5,000 for the idea. Chaplin again vocalised his political views in "Monsieur Verdoux", criticising capitalism and arguing that the world encourages mass killing through wars and weapons of mass destruction. Because of this, the film met with controversy when it was released in April 1947; Chaplin was
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that it was "hard to get beyond timid fanboy reverence." The harshest review came from Sam Goldner of Tiny Mix Tapes, who bashed the album as a major contributing factor to "the nasty details, the blemishes, the facts of this world that truly corrupt our collective sense of well-being and hope" in regards to how the "Star Wars" franchise has been marketed. All tracks mastered by Vlado Meller with assistance from Jeremy Lubsey. Star Wars Headspace Star Wars Headspace is an electronic music compilation album executively produced by Rick Rubin and Kevin Kusatsu. It compiles electronic dance tracks of acts
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Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic" in November 2011, which chronicles the creation of the game and includes concept artwork and interviews from the development team. The book was written by former "Star Wars Insider" editor Frank Parisi and BioWare writing director Daniel Erickson. The book includes a foreword by "Penny Arcade" Mike "Gabe" Krahulik. Leading up to game's release on December 20, BioWare released music tracks from the game each day which were not included with the soundtrack which came with the Collector's Edition of the game. The first track released was titled "The Mandalorian Blockade". Razer released
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Monopoly franchises. Walter Morbeck of GameSpot thought the melding of the two properties was a good idea, but that the resulting game was "somewhat pointless". The Boston Globe's Kathy McCabe thought the endeavour "married tradition and pop culture". Robin Ray of The Boston Herald deemed the game "marvelous". The Cincinnati Post's Pam Gleichman said aspects of the game were "classic" and "stunning". "Monopoly Star Wars" at MobyGames Monopoly Star Wars Monopoly Star Wars is the 1997 Monopoly franchise Star Wars video game based on the board game and set in the Star Wars fictional universe. It is one of many
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Grail". Filmmaker George Lucas speaks of the cinematic storyline of "Star Wars" as an example of modern myth-making. In 1999 he told Bill Moyers, "With "Star Wars" I consciously set about to re-create myths and the classic mythological motifs." The idea of "Star Wars" as "mythological" has been met with mixed reviews. On the one hand, Frank McConnell says "it has passed, quicker than anyone could have imagined, from the status of film to that of legitimate and deeply embedded popular mythology." John Lyden, the Professor and Chair of the Religion Department at Dana College, argues that "Star Wars" does
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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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meet with director George Lucas about a potential role in his forthcoming Star Wars prequel, which was in pre-production. Towner readily admitted that she had never heard of Lucas before her meeting with the film director and creator of Star Wars. Despite that, Towner was cast in small, but important, role as Jira, a market vendor who befriends a young Anakin Skywalker, in Lucas' "", released in 1999. Margaret Towner instantly became a well-known figure to moviegoers and Star Wars fans. She attended Star Wars conventions throughout the United Kingdom and met with fans who showed up at her Victorian
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from a Chewbacca mask from the original film. The names of Chewbacca's family were later explained to have been nicknames, their full names being Mallatobuck (Malla), Attichitcuk (Itchy), and Lumpawarrump or Lumpawaroo (Lumpy). While outlining the original "Star Wars" and planning its potential sequels, Lucas imagined a "film just about Wookiees, nothing else." After the original film's success, its cast made a few appearances on TV variety shows. According to Charles Lippincott, who was head of marketing of the Star Wars Corporation, CBS brought the idea of doing a TV special to him and Lucas, although there is some internal
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Wars" trilogy attracted. In the DVD commentary of the original "Star Wars", Lucas says that Guinness was not happy with the script rewrite in which Obi-Wan is killed. Guinness said in a 1999 interview that it was actually his idea to kill off Obi-Wan, persuading Lucas that it would make him a stronger character and that Lucas agreed to the idea. Guinness stated in the interview, "What I didn't tell Lucas was that I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo." He went on to say that he "shrivelled up"
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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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Death Troopers Death Troopers is a "Star Wars" novel written by Joe Schreiber. Schreiber's idea was to create a horror story in the "Star Wars" universe that pulled from horror movies he enjoyed such as "The Shining" and "Alien". The novel is the first "Star Wars" horror story since the "Galaxy of Fear" series, released in the late 1990s. Released on October 13, 2009, Death Troopers is set just before the events shown in "A New Hope". It was heavily featured in the MMORPG "Star Wars Galaxies" with SOE confirming a full page of information and advertisements of the game
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a "Star Wars" and "Star Trek" fan and not well versed in other science-fiction literature. The idea for "WSSW" came to him when he went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland shortly after reading "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies". After the first draft was shown to LucasFilm, their response was "We like this and it’s fun, but we’d like to see Ian do more with it. Go ahead and have some more fun with it, and go out of bounds of movie itself", so he rewrote it. Ian Doescher Ian (born 1977) is an American fiction writer, best known
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at her request). Dan's auction chant on the show utilizes slurred multi-syllabic filler rattled out very quickly, while her auction chant uses more distinct filler words and therefore sounds slower than her husband's. Her involvement in "Storage Wars" has led to her being featured in several news articles including "The Washington Post", "USA Today" and TMZ. In 2015 Examiner.com reported that "Thom Beers came up with the idea for Storage Wars, but said that Dan and Laura Dotson inspired it." Laura Dotson Laura Dotson is an American auctioneer who has been in the auctioneering business since 1988. She and her
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who grew up playing with the lesser-known "Star Wars" toys: the Ugnaughts, Bossks, and Dengars of the Kenner line." A DVD of the episode was released on July 22, 2008. Two sequels were created. The first was "", which aired on November 16, 2008. The second, "", aired on December 19, 2010. Robot Chicken: Star Wars "Robot Chicken: Star Wars" (also known as "Robot Chicken: Star Wars Episode I") is a 2007 episode of the television comedy series "Robot Chicken", airing as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block on June 17, 2007. It was released on DVD
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Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a multimedia project created by Lucasfilm in 1996. The original idea was to create a story set between the films "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" (a time no "Star Wars" novel had explored before), and to explore all commercial possibilities of a full motion picture release without actually making a film. The venture reinvigorated interest in the franchise ahead of the theatrical Special Editions of the "Star Wars" trilogy released in the following year. Several products were released, including a novel, a junior
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fact that the game's hidden characters were "cool as well." Since the release of "Masters of Teräs Käsi" some attempts have been made to re-introduce Star Wars within in the fighting game genre. An untitled prototype "Star Wars" fighter was under development at Studio Gigante in 2005, but ultimately was rejected. The idea of using "Star Wars" characters in a fighting game would resurface when Yoda, Starkiller and Darth Vader became playable characters in "Soulcalibur IV". Another "Star Wars" fighting game, this time based on the 2008 television series "", was released in 2008. "" was released exclusively for the
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Kenneth Colley Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" and "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi". Unlike the other ill-fated officers who appeared alongside him in "The Empire Strikes Back", Colley was the only actor to play an Imperial officer in more than one Star Wars film. Colley reprised his role as Piett in the Cartoon Network animated special "Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out" in September 2012. Coincidently, Colley
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appearance|cameo]] as two Death Star technicians. [[Richard Franklin (actor)|Richard Franklin]] plays one of the Death Star engineers. "Rogue One" is the first film in the "[[Star Wars]]" [[List of Star Wars films and television series#Anthology films|anthology series]], a series of standalone [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] films in the "[[Star Wars]]" franchise. [[John Knoll]], visual effects supervisor for the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy, [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] the idea for the film 10 years before its development; after the Disney acquisition he felt as if he had to pitch it again or forever wonder "what might've happened if I had". In May 2014, Disney announced
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through the serene seas of Sri Lanka on a journey to LIVE TRUE with Panchiyaa. While exploring the idea of someone who loves being in love, they set out to create something as pure and soulful as the scenic views around them. Musician Manish Kumar claimed that he originally came up with idea for "The Dewarists" in November 2009. He pitched the idea to Channel V, but they never responded. According to Kumar, their sister channel Star India World used his concept without his permission and without compensating him. At first the channel agreed to give Kumar a credit, but
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live in different states, and they can only spend limited amounts of time together. However Norm actually sees this as an advantage. They break up while waiting in line at the theatre to see a "Star Wars" movie when she confuses "Star Wars" with "Star Trek". Chris Chris is a Star Wars fan who first met Norm in line to see a star wars movie; and eventually filled in Norm's best friend role after Ford's departure. Chris was wearing a wookie costume at the time and unfortunately for Chris the zipper on the outfit got stuck so he was trapped
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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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the design schematics of the second Death Star. Dash Rendar's "Outrider" can be seen in the game, as well as in the game "" (2002). A one-shot comic book was released from writer Ryder Windham in January 2000. It was called "Shadow Stalker", and was a prelude to "Shadows of the Empire" expanding on the adventures of Jix. The series also incorporated characters from the Archie Goodwin "Star Wars" newspaper strip story "Iceworld". Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire is a multimedia project created by Lucasfilm in 1996. The original idea was to create
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a quick series of faux channel changes, opening with a cameo appearance by Crazy Watto and continuing with "Star Wars" versions of "Cheers" and "The Six Million Dollar Man". The film bears the odd credit ""Special Thanks to Peter Mayhew for giving us the inspiration – that's right, blame the Wookiee!"" According to "Star Wars Insider", this credit is due to a missed dinner engagement with the "Star Wars" actor, which led the filmmakers to amuse themselves while waiting for him, eventually hitting upon the idea that became this film. They good-naturedly credit his not appearing at dinner with kick-starting
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when the first-person shooter genre was very popular. The idea of creating a first-person shooter in the Star Wars universe was inspired by fan [[Mod (video gaming)|mods]] of "[[Doom (1993 video game)|Doom]]" which had levels set on the [[Death Star]]. The developers of "Dark Forces" wanted to adapt the FPS format into an [[adventure game]]. To do this they introduced puzzles and strategy, along with a "Star Wars" plot. Originally [[Luke Skywalker]] was intended to be the main character in the game, however the developers realized that this would add constraints to gameplay and storyline. Instead a new character, Kyle
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day while driving he had seen a wall on the side of the road and had conceived the idea of Faerie being behind the wall, this sparked an idea in his head about an American novelist who moved to England where he would find out about this wall, the book was to be called "Wall". Soon after he was nominated for a literary award which he won, at a celebratory party he saw a shooting star and immediately came up with the idea of "Stardust". He dragged Vess out of a party that he was at and outlined the plot
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Houseman and NPR producer Frank Mankiewicz on a project to revive the fortunes of "NPR Playhouse", the umbrella title for drama productions on NPR. At the suggestion of one of Toscan's students, Joel Rosenzweig, they developed an idea for adapting the 1977 epic space opera film, "Star Wars", for radio. The popularity of "Star Wars" would certainly attract new, younger listeners, but they feared that the production costs would be prohibitively high. However, the production team's academic connections proved to be advantageous; USC was the alma mater of the writer and director of "Star Wars", George Lucas, and Lucasfilm quickly
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most of the backstory, the idea of prequels continued to fascinate him. In the early 1990s, "Star Wars" saw a resurgence in popularity in the wake of Dark Horse's comic line and Timothy Zahn's trilogy of novels. Lucas saw there was still a large audience for his idea of a prequel trilogy and with the development of special effects generated with computer-generated imagery (CGI), Lucas considered returning to his saga and directing the film. In 1993, it was announced in "Variety" and other sources that he would be making the prequels. Lucas began outlining the story; Anakin Skywalker rather than
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A misadventure of childhood friends and future Rogue Squadron wingmen Luke and Biggs Darklighter that ensues when the two of them attempt to take off from Tatooine and experience space travel four years before they both fought in the Battle of Yavin. Leia channels her inner femme fatale while teaming up with the Quetzal Sisters, a group of Rebel operatives who are already known as such, while intercepting a holocube on Elerion that contains Rebel base information before it can be sold to the Empire. Star Wars Tales Volume 4 Star Wars Tales Volume 4 is the fourth "Star Wars
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(Jedi) Winner: Michael Dobbin and Peter Kambasis ("The Carbon Freeze Sequence") Runner up: Dave Frear ("Star Wars: The Cantina") Best Storyline (Jedi) Winner: John Meins ("The Lucas Paradox") Runner up: "unknown by article creator - please update" Best Use of Characters (Jedi) Winner: Dan Masen ("Star Wars: The Phantom Medallists") Runner up: Paul Rowley and John Collier ("Star Wars : Saturday Night At-At The Movies") Best Creativity (Padawn) Winner: Ben Crane ("Star Wars: The Ultimate Mission") Runner up: "unknown by article creator - please update" Best Storyline (Padawan) Winner: Toby Manhire ("Honey I Shrunk The Star Wars") Runner up: "unknown
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Amy Beth Christenson that became an important part of the developers' idea pitches and evolved into a major moment in the game. These illustrations also inspired the creation of dozens of simple, three-dimensional animations. Eventually, a one-minute previsualization video highlighting the idea of "kicking someone's ass with the Force" helped convince the designers that "The Force Unleashed" would be "a great game"; George Lucas, upon seeing the one-minute video, told the designers to "go make that game". Once the concept was solidified, the development team grew from ten to twenty people. The idea of "reimagining" the Force as "amped up"
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wanted elements of real people and Los Angeles, Levine's hometown. In an interview with VH1, the director revealed, "Then the idea came up of, what if they went to real weddings and showed up as the surprise wedding band?". When Levine heard the idea, he loved it. In 2005, Dobkin directed the film "Wedding Crashers" in which Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn played the characters of John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey. They star as "two dashing rogues who sneak into nuptials in search of lovelorn bridesmaids." The film received positive reviews from movie critics and was a box office success
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In addition fifteen issues of a magazine series, the "Star Wars Adventure Journal", were published between 1994 and 1998. The "Adventure Journal" was published in novel format of around 280 pages, and consisted of adventures and articles for the game, plus short stories intended to provide inspiration for gamemasters and news relating to "Star Wars". WEG's license to produce "Star Wars" material was lost after the company declared bankruptcy in 1998, and the license was later picked up by Wizards of the Coast, who held the license until 2010. "Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game" won the Origins Award for "Best
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such as "The United States Steel Hour" and "The Philco Television Playhouse". Dick Powell came up with an idea for an anthology series, "Four Star Playhouse", with a rotation of established stars every week, four stars in all. The stars would own the studio and the program, as Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz had done successfully with Desilu studio. Powell had intended for the program to feature himself, Charles Boyer, Joel McCrea, and Rosalind Russell. When Russell and McCrea backed out, David Niven came on board as the third star. The fourth star was initially a guest star. CBS liked
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you,", in a nod to the date of the hybrid World Naked 'Star Wars' Gardening Day, which would occur that year (May 4, 2013), the same as the date of Star Wars Day (May Fourth) and the popular Star Wars expression "May the Force be with you." One suggested idea was "Get naked and paint your face red and black like Darth Maul. Attach another rake to the handle of your existing rake for "nude double lightsaber raking action." The blog author, Duncan, joked he has not though much of which franchise characters he would like to see naked gardening
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"Movies ‘til Dawn", but his biggest success to date came in 1997 with the internet release of "Troops", a "Star Wars"/"COPS" parody that has been credited with starting the Internet short film craze. The film was later recognized by Lucasfilm with the Pioneer Award at the 2002 Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards. Rubio has made a living since as a freelance writer and award-winning promotion producer, and has written comic books for Dark Horse's successful "Star Wars Tales" line. In 2001, Lucasfilm asked Rubio to create a two-part original comedic story for the "Star Wars" comic line, and he
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This allowed bounty hunters to pick these targets up as missions and pursue them in space for the monetary reward (up to 1 million credits) the player has placed on the target. On 24 June 2011, SOE and LucasArts announced that they had mutually agreed to shut down "Star Wars Galaxies" on 15 December 2011. According to the SOA announcement, both LucasArts and SOE came to the agreement that "If you are an active subscriber in good standing as of September 15, 2011, then you can play for free for the final months. Players wishing to play through the end
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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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- for example citing the idea that Luke Skywalker killing Palpatine would somehow turn him to the dark side, despite the act potentially saving millions of lives. Among the many other flaws he sees with "Star Wars" is that Anakin Skywalker becomes a hero in the ending of "Return of the Jedi" simply because he saved his son's life, while the atrocities he committed during his time in power go largely ignored. In contrast, he argues that, despite its flaws, "Star Trek" is "democratic" and follows genuine issues and strong questioning. William Shatner argues that "Star Trek" is superior to
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often reflecting her good reception as a "Star Wars" character. IGN placed her at 81 in "The Top 100 "Star Wars" Characters", noting her crypticness. She, along with the other Sith Lords in the game, came second-place in a modified list of the best "Star Wars" villains, based on reader requests for characters left out of the original list. The Lords of both the first and second "Knights of the Old Republic" were similarly grouped as some of gaming's best "Star Wars" characters by Joe Juba of "Game Informer", calling most of them "cooler and better developed" than the Sith
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Skurge (an Asgardian villain-turned-hero), and the Destroyer (an animated suit of Asgardian armor that in the series is being remotely controlled by an unrevealed pilot). Bunn stated that he originally pitched the idea of "Asgardians of the Galaxy" in 2015, but had to wait for the right time, which came after the events of "Infinity Countdown". Bunn said that he was inspired by classic "Thor" comics, the works of Jim Starlin, films like "", "Guardians of the Galaxy", and "Star Wars", and included a number of "touchstones" ranging from "Star Trek" to "Firefly" in his pitch. Bunn also stated that
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Hunsaker) dances, telling her it is her turn to care for them. Though the mother refuses, Star runs away from the club and sleeps outside the van of the strangers till morning. Jake is delighted that she came. She is interviewed by Krystal, who runs the entire crew, and who hires her after she establishes that Star is 18, no one will miss her, and that Star promises to work hard. In the car on the way to Kansas, Star meets the other members of the crew including Pagan (Arielle Holmes) who is obsessed with "Star Wars", in particular Darth
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everybody likes him." "Star Wars" is frequently referenced in "30 Rock", beginning with the pilot episode where Tracy Jordan is seen shouting that he is a Jedi. Liz Lemon admits to being a huge fan of "Star Wars", saying that she had watched it many times with Pete Hornberger, and saying she dressed up as the "Star Wars" character Princess Leia during four Halloweens. Fey, a fan of "Star Wars" herself, said that the weekly "Star Wars" joke or reference "started happening organically" when the crew realized that they had a "Star Wars" reference "in almost every show". Fey said
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"Futureblight" was never made. Towards the end of 2003 the team was contacted by LucasArts president Simon Jeffrey, who requested that Obsidian make an action role-playing game set in the "Star Wars" universe. The team suggested a game concept which featured first-person lightsaber melee combat and that included established characters like R2-D2. Their idea was rejected, and Jeffrey instead asked Obsidian to create a follow-up to the BioWare-developed "", as the team at Obsidian was familiar with the technology that the original game used. The partnership between the two companies finalized in late 2003, and development of the game, which
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3 by 3; the biggest so far is the AT-AT, which takes up 6 by 12 squares). Each of the released sets focuses on different aspects of the Star Wars history, and some sets may be more desirable than others based on this fact. The game includes miniatures printed at four different levels of rarity: "common", "uncommon", "rare", and "Very Rare". Each of the first three sets were packaged in individual booster packs of miniatures, which in turn came with 7 random miniatures (1 rare or very rare, 2 uncommon, and 4 common). On average, one in three booster packs
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Star Wars Miniatures Battles Star Wars Miniatures Battles is a tabletop wargame produced by West End Games in 1989 and republished in a 2nd edition version in 1990. It was winner of the 1991 Origins Award for "Best New Miniatures Rules". West End Games lost the license to produce any more "Star Wars" games in 1999, and the license was subsequently picked up by Wizards of the Coast the following year. Star Wars Miniatures Battles should not be confused with WOTC's Star Wars Miniatures. "Star Wars Miniatures Battles" core rulebook was written by Stephen Crane and Paul Murphy, published by
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of the other material is the following: The Story of Star Wars The Story of Star Wars is a 1977 record album presenting an abridged version of the events depicted in the film "Star Wars", using dialogue and sound effects from the original film. The recording was produced by George Lucas and Alan Livingston, and was narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne. The script was adapted by E. Jack Kaplan and Cheryl Gard. The album was released on 20th Century Fox Records (T-550) and came with an illustrated book. The original film became a hit in the days before home video,
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The Story of Star Wars The Story of Star Wars is a 1977 record album presenting an abridged version of the events depicted in the film "Star Wars", using dialogue and sound effects from the original film. The recording was produced by George Lucas and Alan Livingston, and was narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne. The script was adapted by E. Jack Kaplan and Cheryl Gard. The album was released on 20th Century Fox Records (T-550) and came with an illustrated book. The original film became a hit in the days before home video, so for many fans at the time,
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session in 2007, to think of solutions for malaria, Wood, one of the architects of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), also known as “Star Wars,” suggested designing a system to kill mosquitoes with lasers. Soon after, the idea was followed up by many scientists at Intellectual Ventures and mosquitoes were being shot down within a year. The original idea incorporates laser technology that stems from the SDI, scaled down to insects. Although the malaria-carrying parasite is gone from most developed nations, it is getting worse in undeveloped countries, and it is also becoming more resistant to drugs. Rather than continue
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the 'I am your father' scene from The Empire Strikes Back is priceless". Reviewers from GameSpy, 1UP.com, GameSpot, IGN, and "" offered similar opinions. Shepperd and "Variety"s Ben Fritz called the game "adorable". In reviews of the Xbox 360 version, "Official Xbox Magazine" praised the game's "off-kilter humor", and "Electronic Gaming Monthly" stated that "[y]ou have to give credit to the brilliant blockhead who forced this awesome yet fundamentally bizarro idea on LucasArts." Jeff Bell, corporate vice president of global marketing for Microsoft, commended "Lego Star Wars II" for expanding the range of consumers for the Xbox 360, noting its
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ending to the album, fading deep into the night. It just leaves you in blackness with the slightest hint that dawn is coming." "Let's Make a Den", according to Partridge, is about "the idea that you play all these games and then do it in real life. First it's a den and then it's a real house. I had finally got my own home and didn't like the idea of losing it because England might get caught up in a war caused by Ronald Reagan's 'Star Wars' saber rattling." The song was in Rundgren's original concept of "Skylarking", but he
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1977 film "Star Wars" were rebranded as "Star Wars Legends" and declared non-canon to the franchise in April 2014. In the "Legends" non-canonical storyline, the , written by Michael A. Stackpole and published by Dark Horse Comics, were the first works of "Star Wars" literature to focus on the adventures and exploits of the squadron. The comic series picked up with the reformation of the squadron after the Battle of Endor. Stackpole went on to novelize the squadron's tale in his , which initially spanned four volumes. Stackpole is credited as the creator of the character Corran Horn, who later
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proposal was announced as part of the unveiling of 23 improvements and additions to Disney parks around the world. The "Star Wars" hotel has no set opening date according to the "Orlando Sentinel". According to renderings, the new hotel would be shaped like a "Star Wars" starship. The rooms would have children's bunk beds and adult-sized beds in the style of "Star Wars" bunkers, with each room fitting up to four people. Renderings also showed a lobby in the style of a "Star Wars" spaceship interior. Bob Chapek, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, stated that the "Star Wars"
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idea of the Force having a light and a dark side, and some characters' seduction by the dark side helps create conflict for the story. Pablo Hidalgo of the Lucasfilm Story Group gave his "blessing" to writer-director Rian Johnson to introduce a new Force power in "" (2017) "if the story required it and if it felt like it stretches into new territory but doesn’t break the idea of what the Force can do". Johnson observed that every "Star Wars" movie introduces new Force powers to meet that film's story needs. "Star Wars Rebels" producer Dave Filoni cites several influences
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title was "Jar Jar's Big Adventure", a sarcastic reference to the negative fan response to the "Episode I" character. In writing "The Empire Strikes Back", Lucas initially decided that Lando Calrissian was a clone and came from a planet of clones which caused the "Clone Wars" mentioned by Obi-Wan Kenobi in "A New Hope"; he later came up with an alternate concept of an army of clone shocktroopers from a remote planet which were used by the Republic as an army in the war that followed. Principal photography occurred between June 26, 2000 and September 20, 2000 at Fox Studios
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was produced by John Berkey, the noted science fiction artist who designed some of the earliest poster art for the original 1977 film, "Star Wars". Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle Return of the Jedi: Death Star Battle is a shoot 'em up video game published by Parker Brothers in 1983 for the Atari 2600, Atari 5200, and Atari 8-bit family. In 1984 it was published for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It was one of the earliest "Star Wars"-related video games, following "" in 1982 and alongside Atari's 1983 "Star Wars" arcade game. It was first video game based
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Tom Braunlich Tom Braunlich (born 12 August 1958) is a CCG designer. Tom Braunlich, son of Frank H. Braunlich Jr. and Phyllis Braunlich, is from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a journalism graduate. Braunlich and Rollie Tesh were world champions of "Pente", a game originally published by Parker Brothers, and later by Decipher. In 1993, Braunlich and Tesh came to Decipher with their idea for a licensed collectible card game, the result of which was the "" (1994). Tom Braunlich worked for Decipher. He helped create the Star Wars Customizable Card Game which was Decipher's most successful (money) CCG and their
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with the Rebels. Erso is brought to the base on Yavin 4 and several scenes in the base depict characters who originally appeared in earlier "Star Wars" films, including Senator Mon Mothma, Bail Organa and General Dodonna. Erso argues with the Rebel leadership on Yavin 4 about a planned attack on an Imperial base to steal the schematics of the Death Star. Defying their decision against the operation, Erso joins a task force to steal the Death Star plans, thus setting in motion the events that lead up to "Episode IV". As with other fictional "Star Wars" settings, several real-world
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magazine. During his involvement, he collected the first large-scale database of "Star Wars" knowledge, parts of which he posted online in 1997 as the "Star Wars Index". He also used his extensive knowledge to assist Steve Sansweet with fact-checking the "Star Wars Encyclopedia", the first such work published shortly before the release of the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy. In January 2000 he was hired by Sansweet at Lucasfilm to build up StarWars.com, the official "Star Wars" website, as a resource for fans during the then-active filming and launch of the "Star Wars" prequel trilogy. He then served as Internet Content
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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 in this episode while trying to get out of jury duty in Chicago. "Star Wars" is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca. Fey, a fan of "Star Wars" herself, said that the weekly "Star Wars" joke or reference "started happening organically" when the crew realized that they had a "Star Wars" reference "in almost every show". She said that from then on
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those incredibly well-developed characters and the moral decisions they face. People don't get into debates about how the second Death Star works. They get into debates about the ethics of blowing it up." John Wenzel of "The Denver Post" highlighted two differences in approach, noting the "swashbuckling" and "gunslinger" style of "Star Wars" compared with "Star Trek"s "broader themes of utopian living, justice and identity" and that the spiritual aspect of "Star Wars" contrasts with the balance of emotion and logic seen in "Star Trek". Billionaire Peter Thiel told Dowd "I'm a capitalist. "Star Wars" is the capitalist show. "Star
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of sequels are set to follow. A new television series based in the original timeline, subtitled "", serving as a prequel to the original series, debuted on CBS All Access, an online streaming platform, in 2017. "Star Wars" picked up from where "Return of the Jedi" left off, with "" the first in the new trilogy, and "" following two years later. Additionally, more spin-off media is also underway after the debut of "Star Wars Rebels", a television series set in between the "Star Wars" prequels and the original trilogy, and an anthology of stand-alone "Star Wars" films, starting with
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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 as revealed in "The Source Awards". "Star Wars" is also referenced when Tracy takes on the identity of the character Chewbacca. Fey, a fan of "Star Wars" herself, said that the weekly "Star Wars" joke or reference "started happening organically" when the crew realized that they had a "Star Wars" reference "in almost every show". Fey said that from then
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and Tim Hildebrandt, the twin artists who painted one of the more popular original "Star Wars" release posters. The 100 card set featured double UV-coating and an extra-thick 20 pt. card stock, all with full-bleed painted images on a 21/2" x 31/2" card. The "Shadows of the Empire" card series is highlighted by 72 cards that virtually storyboard the events in Steve Perry's novel. The series also contains six cards dedicated to vehicles, another six to the comics, and six more keyed to the video game. Each pack came with nine cards. The 1996 "Return of the Jedi" radio drama
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poor tummy". They travelled to filming locations throughout the UK on Paterson's Triumph Thunderbird motorbike with Dickson Wright occupying the sidecar. Paterson came from an Army family, of which she later wrote, "My mother had no idea of how to cook and no wish to learn, existing on gorgonzola, coffee, and chocolates after the demise of any form of servant. My father, having gone through two World Wars, was far too frightened to put on a kettle and my brothers, who married young to very good wives... never showed any signs of wanting to whip up something delicious for a
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WOW pack is wonders of the world. All of the packs come in tuck boxes instead of plastic cases. It was released in October 2009. There is also a Star Wars version of this featuring all of the Star Wars packs created by Winning Moves up until the point of release. This is available at HMV only until January 2010. It has, however, appeared on play.com as well, whether Winning moves allowed this or not is unknown. The Star Wars Tournament also comes with a new Star Wars pack, Star Wars: 30 Greatest Moments with a card for each greatest
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Wookieepedia Wookieepedia: The "Star Wars" Wiki is an online encyclopedia for information on the "Star Wars" fictional universe—including information on all the films, as well as "Clone Wars", "" and its , "Rebels", the "Star Wars" expanded universe, and any upcoming "Star Wars" material. It is a specialized wiki created to be an extensive encyclopedia of the "Star Wars" universe with some articles reaching up to 60,000 words, and is written almost entirely from an in-universe perspective. The name Wookieepedia is a portmanteau of Wookiee and encyclopedia, a pun on the name of "Wikipedia". The logo, too, is a visual
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Moore. In interviews, Krasinski and Damon said that the idea for the movie was partially inspired by an investigative series of stories in The New York Times by Ian Urbina, called "Drilling Down", about fracking. The screenplay was based on a story by Dave Eggers. Krasinski came up with the film's premise and developed the idea with Eggers. They pitched the idea to Damon, suggesting that both Damon and Krasinski would write and star in the film. The project was set up at Warner Bros. with Damon attached as director in October 2011, in what would have been his directorial
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siege by Imperial walkers. However, the idea was quickly scrapped because it would interfere with the attraction's placement in the "Star Wars" timeline. According to Imagineer Jason Surrell, after the Hoth battle idea was replaced with an encounter with the planet's native fauna (e.g. tauntauns and wampas), the concept was presented to George Lucas. Lucas, although liking the idea, requested that the battle scene be used instead, even if it meant disrupting the series' canon. Lucas offered the possibility that there was perhaps an earlier scuffle between Rebel and Imperial forces on the planet before the events in "Episode V
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Peter Geddis portrays Captain Raymus Antilles. Michael Leader plays a minor role as a Stormtrooper known for accidentally hitting his helmet against a door. Lucas has said that it was early as 1971—after he completed directing his first full-length feature, "THX 1138"—that he first had an idea for a space fantasy film, though he has also claimed to have had the idea long before then. Lucas believed that the bleak tone of "THX 1138" led to its poor reception, and therefore chose to make "Star Wars" more optimistic. This is what led to the fun and adventurous tone of the
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the job after writing the novelizations of "The Mask" for Bantam, and "Aliens" based upon graphic novels by Dark Horse Comics, which had been licensed by Lucasfilm to create "Star Wars" comics. In addition to the original "Star Wars" trilogy, Perry read the first spin-off novel in the franchise, "Splinter of the Mind's Eye", to get an idea of how to write for Vader. A prequel novel was planned, to be written by author Charles Grant, but was cancelled due to a Lucasfilm Licensing move from Bantam to Del Rey Books. The comic book emphasizes the destiny of Boba Fett
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construction in "Star Wars" "a far cry" from that of constructed languages like Klingon, Na'vi, and Dothraki, and he described the use of language as "never amount[ing] to more than a sonic pastiche". Linguistic anthropologist Jim Wilce summarized analyses of language in "Star Wars" conducted through the Society for Linguistic Anthropology's electronic mailing list. David Samuels described the approach to language as instrumental and compared the films to a Summer Institute of Linguistics convention, in which "there are no untranslatable phrases, and everyone can understand everyone else", and pointed out that the "idea that the Force is something that would
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seasons. An unproduced four-episode story arc intended for the series' seventh season was adapted into the "Son of Dathomir" comic miniseries using the completed scripts and designs. "The Clone Wars" supervising director Dave Filoni wrote on Facebook that the four completed source scripts "came out of one of our story conferences with George Lucas". "Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir" was the last "Star Wars" comic published by Dark Horse Comics before the license was transferred to Marvel Comics in 2014. Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir Star Wars: Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir is a four-issue "Star Wars" comic limited series,
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Park III" to their "Star Wars" design team, who scaled the humans to be in size with "Star Wars" figures, and made the style of the toys similar to the ones from "". In 2010, Hasbro began releasing modern "Star Wars" action figures with packaging reminiscent of the original Kenner 1978-1984 Star Wars product line. Star Wars: The Vintage Collection is composed of new highly pose-able figures, with screen-accurate likenesses. Hasbro had done this twice before, with the 2004 "vintage" Original Trilogy Collection and the 2006-2007 "vintage" Saga Collection, but this is the first time that their Star Wars line
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script titled "The Star Wars", sharing strong similarities with Akira Kurosawa's "The Hidden Fortress" (1958). By 1974, he had expanded the script into the first draft of a screenplay, adding elements such as the Sith and the Death Star. Subsequent drafts evolved into the script of the original film. Lucas negotiated to retain the sequel rights. Tom Pollock, then Lucas' lawyer writes: "We came to an agreement that George would retain the sequel rights. Not all the [merchandising rights] that came later, mind you; just the sequel rights. And Fox would get a first opportunity and last refusal right to
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hired Jonathan Hales, a writer from "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles", to polish it. Unsure of a title, Lucas had jokingly called the film "Jar Jar's Great Adventure". In writing "The Empire Strikes Back", Lucas initially considered that Lando Calrissian was a clone from a planet of clones which caused the Clone Wars mentioned in "A New Hope". He later came up with the concept of an army of clone shock troopers from a remote planet which attacked the Republic and were resisted by the Jedi. Three years into the Clone Wars, Anakin and Obi-Wan lead a rescue mission to
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Lego Star Wars: Bombad Bounty Lego Star Wars: Bombad Bounty is a 2010 comedy short film directed by Peder Pedersen and produced by M2Film for Lego and Cartoon Network in collaboration with Lucasfilm. It was made as a follow-up to "" (2009). The story overlaps with the original "Star Wars" trilogy, while following a separate plotline starring Jar Jar Binks and Boba Fett. Similar to the director's two previous shorts, "Lego Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Brick" and "", the film also includes several inside-jokes that pay homage to the "Star Wars" series and the "Indiana Jones"
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a narrative. In 1978, Apple Computer produced an unlicensed Star Wars game on cassette tape for its Apple II. As a "space pilot trainee", the player destroys TIE fighters using a first-person heads-up display. The first video game cartridge bearing the name Star Wars appeared that year on the RCA Studio II clones Sheen M1200 and Mustang Telespiel Computer. The first official licensed "Star Wars" electronic game was Kenner's 1979 table-top "Star Wars" Electronic Battle Command. The game had three levels of play (basic, intermediate, and advanced). Players took turns examining star systems with the aim of avoiding black holes,
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reveals." Robbie Collin of "The Daily Telegraph" felt the trailer was "a perfect blend of old and new, in keeping with the old-fashioned "Star Wars" aesthetic". The trailer received 128million views in 24 hours, a new record for the most views of a trailer in 24 hours. 16 million of the views came from its airing on "Monday Night Football". At the end of October, Air France announced a "Flight and Cinema" package, providing customers who book select flights to Paris transportation to a theater to see the film, since France is one of the first countries to release the
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to have Ziro punished for his betrayal, Jabba agrees to the Republic treaty while Anakin and Ahsoka are retrieved by Obi-Wan and Yoda. In the meantime during his escape, Dooku reports to his master Darth Sidious about the failure of their plot against the Jedi and Jabba, but the Sith Lord assures him that the tide of war is still in their favor. "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" was made to serve as both a stand-alone story and a lead-in to the weekly . George Lucas had the idea for a film after viewing some of the completed footage of
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Mr Brunt in Russell's adaptation of "The Rainbow" by D. H. Lawrence. His last role for Ken Russell was as Captain Dreyfus in the film "Prisoner of Honor", which dealt with the Dreyfus affair. Colley lives in Hythe, Kent. Kenneth Colley Kenneth Colley (born 7 December 1937) is an English actor. A long-time character actor, he came to wider prominence through his role as Admiral Piett in "Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back" and "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi". Unlike the other ill-fated officers who appeared alongside him in "The Empire Strikes Back", Colley was
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of July 2016) are marked with an asterisk. Council Wars The Council Wars were a racially polarized political conflict in the city of Chicago from 1983-1986, centered on the Chicago City Council. The term came from a satirical comedy sketch of the same name written and performed by comedian and journalist Aaron Freeman in 1983, using the good vs. evil plot line of the film "Star Wars" as a device. In 1983, U.S. Representative Harold Washington was elected Mayor of Chicago. Washington, who was black, was backed by reformist "independent" Democrats and dissident blacks. He had won the Democratic primary—the
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from the cast used for the first one. The blaster was subsequently used as a prop in "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi". Functional Sterlings firing blank cartridges were used in some scenes with the laser bolt added later in post-production. These blank cartridges are responsible for the muzzle flash seen on screen and, in some scenes, the cartridges themselves can be seen being ejected from the guns, or the actual sound of the blank cartridge is not dubbed over by a sound effect. Ben Burtt, a sound designer who worked on the "Star Wars" films, came
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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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"The Sky Guy" of the animated series "Wander Over Yonder", the wizard character Neckbeard makes moves with a bo staff similarly to the Star Wars Kid. The Star Wars Kid is featured as an easter egg in the Boston level of "Tony Hawk's Underground 2". Upon finding him after jumping up into an apartment, he can be seen showing off his Jedi moves. Star Wars Kid Star Wars Kid is a viral video made in 2002 by Ghyslain Raza in which he wields a golf ball retriever in imitation of Darth Maul's lightsaber moves from the film "", hence the
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content, was released in November 2009, which also came out on Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. The project bridges the first two "Star Wars" trilogies, acting as an origin story for both the united Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Civil War depicted in the Original Trilogy. The game introduces a new protagonist, "Starkiller", as Darth Vader's secret apprentice, who is tasked with hunting down Jedi while killing rebels and Imperials alike in order to hide his existence from the Emperor, but soon starts to slowly redeem himself to the light side of the Force. Reviews offered fairly positive response, praising
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playing "Kirby Super Star" uploaded on July 18, 2012 to video streaming site YouTube. According to Jafari and Hanson, the idea for the show came about when the two were arguing over whether or not the character Wolf from the fighting game "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" was too similar to the character Fox in terms of their fighting styles. After animator Ross O’Donovan told the duo about their tendency to be “grumpy” with each other over video games, Hanson came up with the idea of a podcast revolving around this concept, though the show ultimately became a video series on
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absolutely anyone because all of us are created equal." Picardo's grandmother was Spanish, although he has said that the Picardo line came to Gibraltar during the Napoleonic Wars and that he's "particularly proud of that part of [his] bloodline." Picardo first entertained the idea of becoming a lawyer as the "result of a discussion with a teacher, who I was particularly keen to argue with, who told me that if I wanted to argue I should charge people for it and become a lawyer." He visited Hassans law firm when he was 14-years-old to discuss the idea with the lawyers.
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default. Ordinarily, Dan acts as the auctioneer and Laura as the ringman, but these roles are occasionally reversed (often at Laura's request). Dan's auction chant on the show utilizes slurred multi-syllabic filler rattled out very quickly, while Laura's auction chant uses more distinct filler words and therefore sounds slower than her husband's. His involvement in "Storage Wars" has led to him being featured in several news articles including "The Washington Post", "USA Today", and TMZ. In 2015 Examiner.com reported that "Thom Beers came up with the idea for Storage Wars, but said that Dan and Laura Dotson inspired it." On
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Trek" is the communist one". He further stated "There is no money in "Star Trek" because you just have the transporter machine that can make anything you need. The whole plot of "Star Wars" starts with Han Solo having this debt that he owes and so the plot in "Star Wars" is driven by money." Archived footage in "Trek Nation" showed Gene Roddenberry saying, "I like "Star Wars". It was young King Arthur growing up, slaying the evil emperor finally. There's nothing wrong with that kind of entertainment - everything doesn't have to create a philosophy for you - for
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challenges, including proving he was faster than Sugar Ray Leonard, with Leonard saying "You're too Fast for me, Chris!" and challenging Jeremy Bulloch who played Boba Fett in the original "Star Wars" trilogy to chain him up. Cross escaped, claiming "I Escaped from the Greatest Bounty Hunter in the Galaxy!" Cross then went on to Challenge former Green Cross Code Man, David Prowse who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy too, saying he wanted to prove the Force was stronger with him than Vader. He demonstrated some 'mind control' appearing card tricks to Prowse, who said "The
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