I’m watching a wonderful documentary on the making of the Star Wars series right now called Empire of Dreams<\/i>. There’s so much stuff to say … but I just want to report two very funny things that Carrie Fisher said. In regards to the whole action-figure phenomenon, Carrie said, “We basically signed away the rights to our likenesses. So what that means is … every time I look in the mirror, I have to send George a couple of bucks.” The other funny thing she said was, “You know you’ve really made it when you become a Pez dispenser.”<\/p>\n
More hilarious wonderful-ness:<\/p>\n
Frank Oz talking about the whole Yoda experience. Really ground-breaking. They made it up as they went along. They would cut holes in the floor, and Frank would crouch down below, doing the puppetry. Humorously, though: the assistant director would come up to give him notes – like: “Look more towards the camera … turn right …” whatever … but the guy would speak directly to Yoda, as though Yoda were a real actor, and Frank, huddled beneath the floor, couldn’t hear a thing. Frank would yell up, “Hey! I’m down here! Can’t hear you!”<\/p>\n
Why does that charm me so much??? An assistant director seriously giving notes to Yoda. Beautiful. The willing suspension of disbelief.<\/p>\n
Another hilarious tidbit:<\/p>\n
The animator was given the job to create Jabba the Hut. He was given some guidance: “He should be grotesque … really alien … kind of like Sidney Greenstreet.”<\/p>\n
HA! That’s so awful!!! Jabba is based on Sidney Greenstreet<\/a>?<\/p>\n Another tidbit:<\/p>\n Carrie Fisher (and I have tried to emulate her timing): “Yes, I got to kill Jabba the Hut, and that was great, but I was more concerned about the slave girl outfit and … what I was going to do.” Long pause. “About exercise.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m watching a wonderful documentary on the making of the Star Wars series right now called Empire of Dreams. There’s so much stuff to say … but I just want to report two very funny things that Carrie Fisher said. … Continue reading
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