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Tag Archives: Star Wars
Star Wars: “I guess it works, ya know?”
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind This particular excerpt gives me chills. The first public screening of Star Wars With the effects and sound finally finished, Lucas screened it again … Continue reading
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Star Wars: Dolby Stereo
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind Like the other Bay Area filmmakers, Lucas had always been interested in sound. Over Fox’s objections, he insisted on using Dolby Stereo. Says Walter … Continue reading
Star Wars: “What’s this Farts of Others?”
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind Lucas felt he was ready to screen Star Wars. The special effects weren’t finished, and George had cut in black and white dogfights from … Continue reading
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Star Wars “Who’s gonna believe this?”
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind The problems that affected the script wouldn’t go away [during shooting]. When Luke, Han, and Princess Leia were trapped on the Deathstar, George complained, … Continue reading
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Star Wars: “George, you can type this shit, but you sure can’t say it”
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind Star Wars went into production at Elstree Studios outside London on March 25, 1976. Lucas chose to shoot in London to get away from … Continue reading
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Star Wars: “There’s no jiggling in the Empire”
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind Despite the fact that Star Wars was about as far as you can get from a realistic drama, Lucas, like his peers, did not … Continue reading
Star Wars: “No one was supportive”
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind Lucas worked on the Star Wars script for two and one half years, writing at the back of his house in San Anselmo in … Continue reading
Star Wars: ” “I thought, Maybe I should make a film like this for even younger kids.”
From Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-and-Rock ‘N’ Roll Generation Saved Hollywood by Peter Biskind Grafitti convinced Lucas he was on the right track. “When I did Grafitti, I discovered that making a positive film is exhilarating,” he said. … Continue reading
Top 5 Moments In the Original Star Wars Trilogy:
1. The entire opening of Star Wars: the scrolling text and the unbelievably massive ship passing by overhead. My entire life changed when I saw that in 1977. I don’t even know HOW, but I know it did. 2. The … Continue reading
Message to George Lucas:
Stop with the “improvements”. Do you know WHY those movies were so successful?? Do you even care? The ORIGINAL versions, the ones we all saw in the movie theatres, are FINE. They ARE the successful films. We love them. And … Continue reading