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====== Star Wars ====== | ====== Star Wars ====== | ||
- | Star Wars - American film franchise | + | ==== American film franchise ==== |
- | [([[https:// | + | Star Wars is an American film franchise based on the space opera film trilogy created by George Lucas. |
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- | ====== Yoda was almost played by a monkey ====== | + | |
+ | ==== Yoda was almost played by a monkey ==== | ||
George Lucas originally intended for Yoda to be played by an adorable monkey wearing a mask and holding a cane, according to Rinzler' | George Lucas originally intended for Yoda to be played by an adorable monkey wearing a mask and holding a cane, according to Rinzler' | ||
- | ====== Yoda has no determined species ====== | + | ==== Yoda has no determined species ==== |
Yoda's species has never been named. A mystery, it is. [([[https:// | Yoda's species has never been named. A mystery, it is. [([[https:// | ||
- | ====== Harrison Ford almost wasn't Han Solo ====== | + | ==== Harrison Ford almost wasn't Han Solo ==== |
+ | Along with Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson, and Christopher Walken, Burt Reynolds was among the top candidates to play Han Solo. [([[https:// | ||
- | Along with Al Pacino, Jack Nicholson and Christopher Walken, Burt Reynolds was among the top candidates | + | ==== The original Return of the Jedi ending saw Luke Skywalker turn evil ==== |
+ | George Lucas touched on the idea that after Luke removes the dying helmet of Vader, he puts it on, proclaims "Now I am Vader" and turns to the dark side in a story creation session for the Jedi Return. [([[https:// | ||
- | ====== | + | ==== Industrial Light & Magic ==== |
+ | While working on the first "Star Wars" George Lucas founded the company Industrial Light & Magic, which was responsible for special effects seen on screen. [([[https:// | ||
- | George Lucas touched on the idea that after Luke removes | + | ==== Tunisia is Tatooine ==== |
+ | Scenes from Luke Skywalker' | ||
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+ | ==== Sir Alec Guinness ==== | ||
+ | Sir Alec Guinness, who played | ||
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+ | ==== Anthony Daniels ==== | ||
+ | Another skeptical cast member was Anthony Daniels, who played the droid C3-PO. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Dislike ==== | ||
+ | C3-PO and R2-D2 actors actually weren' | ||
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+ | ==== Flop? ==== | ||
+ | George Lucas was so convinced of the film's flop that he traveled to Hawaii with friends moments before its release, cutting himself off from any news of how "Star Wars" was doing in theaters. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Satisfaction ==== | ||
+ | Lucas claimed that the first film was barely 25 percent what he imagined | ||
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+ | ===== " | ||
+ | In addition | ||
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+ | ==== An affair ==== | ||
+ | Harrison Ford Ford had an on-set affair with Carrie Fischer, aka the film's Princess Leia. It reportedly began in earnest when Fischer found him in her closet wearing only a tie. [([[https:// | ||
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+ | ==== Carefully kept secret ==== | ||
+ | The fact that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker' | ||
+ | ==== Hamburger ==== | ||
+ | The look of the Millennium Falcon, or Han Solo's ship, was inspired by a hamburger. [([[https:// | ||
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