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Star Wars

Watch: "How Star Wars was saved in the edit"




Two points that I think are worth adding; ALL Rough Cuts suck and EVERY film is saved in edit.

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RIP Carrie Frances Fisher 1956 - 2016


BBC;

Fisher made her big screen debut in the film Shampoo (1975), alongside Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, but it would be another two years until she got her big break in Star Wars.


She told the Daily Mail in 2011 that when she got the part in a "little science-fiction film", she just thought of it as a bit of fun. "But then Star Wars, this goofy, little three-month hang-out with robots did something unexpected," she said.


"It exploded across the firmament of pop culture, taking all of us along with it. It tricked me into becoming a star all on my own."


Obituary: Carrie Fisher

Sheena Goodyear for the CBC;

While proud of her work on Star Wars, Fisher was a woman of many talents. In 1987, she published her first novel, the bestselling Postcards from the Edge, a semi-autobiographical story about a woman raising a daughter while working in show business.


Writing became a lifelong passion for Fisher. She helped adapt Postcards into a film starring Streep in 1990, and made a career of revising Hollywood scripts, including Sister Act (1992), Outbreak (1995) and The Wedding Singer (1998).


Star Wars actress, bestselling author Carrie Fisher dead at 60

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RIP Kenny Baker


Zulekha Nathoo, CBC News;

The former nightclub and circus performer appeared in the 1977 original movie as well as The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and the franchise's prequel trilogy.


Some people might be surprised to learn there was a human inside R2-D2, considering his dialogue amounted only to beeps and whistles.

 

"I worked the levers," he told the Associated Press in a 1985 interview.


Kenny Baker, who played R2D2 in Star Wars, dead at 81

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Watch: "DARTH BY DARTHWEST”


"DARTH BY DARTHWEST"-"VADOR AUX TROUSSES". Short Film. from Fabrice Mathieu on Vimeo.

Watch: "ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Official Teaser Trailer"


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"One hopes that having thoroughly dredged that particular well for all possible returns, the next Star Wars installment may go looking for this franchise's future instead of safely dwelling in its past."


Sam C Mac for Slant Magazine;

This levity makes it difficult to find too much fault in the film even when it exists less as a meaningful extension of its world than as a fan-service deployment device, in part because every eye roll-worthy moment (another Death Star to destroy?) is preempted by the film's own built-in eye-roll response gag (”...but bigger!”). Also because its affectionate call-backs are doled out with such underlying competence, from the fleet narrative's clean, three-act structure, to the convincingly deployed iconic visual grammar of wipes and agile dolly shots, to the strength of the performances.


Star Wars: The Force Awakens

This review by Sam C Mac is very much in line with my feelings about the film. In short; it’s a very well made fan film. I liked it. I might go see it again. It’s the best non-Mad Max sequel of the year, easily better than Avengers Age of Ultron and Spectre.

But’s not a great Star Wars film.

The Prequels biggest fault was the lack of any attachment to character. This film cures that. The new cast is strong and after seeing the film, I am curious enough to see what happens that I will go see the next one.

But what The Force Awakens lacks is imagination. As someone who grew up pretending to live in the world of the original trilogy, it saddens me that this new film couldn’t even muster one new idea. Each film in the original trilogy showed us something we have never seen before. Hate the Prequels all you want but they were filled with new ideas. The Force Awakens best idea; a bigger Death Star. It’s pathetic. Seriously, it’s pathetic.

Much in the Prequels was soul crushing, but they also contained a few scenes that were brilliant. The Force Awakens is very even; nothing is horrible but also nothing is great. I’m sure it averages out as being ‘better’ but it’s still just average. I’d rather a film with flashes of brilliance than one that plays it safe.

The Force Awakens is very safe.

"To break the record held by the very first Star Wars movie, the current episode would have to earn at least $3.1 billion in worldwide ticket sales."


Jay L Zagorsky;

Adjusting for inflation changes the rankings dramatically. The original Star Wars movie A New Hope is no longer in the middle of the pack. Instead of only $750 million, it made over $3 billion in movie ticket sales after adjusting for inflation. The Empire Strikes Back moves from the very bottom of the list to second place with over $1.5 billion in inflation-adjusted ticket sales.


After adjusting for inflation, Gone with the Wind earned $3.4 billion in inflation-adjusted money, eclipsing both Avatar and the first Star Wars movie.


Latest Star Wars film may be ‘biggest movie of all time’ – just not at the box office

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"Tell them that a giant slug captured me and forced me to wear that stupid outfit, and then I killed him because I didn’t like it. And then I took it off. Backstage."


Interview with Carrie Fisher by Michael Calia;

Were you able to relate to her more now than you did 40 years ago?


(Shakes her head “no.”) I bring [the characters] to me. I don’t go to them. I don’t get into character.


Carrie Fisher on Her Return to ‘Star Wars’

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""I have a bad feeling about this," said no fans of Star Wars about the trailer"


CBC;

This interview has been edited and condensed to be shorter than an ewok. To hear the full interview, click on the audio labelled: Stephen Quinn and fellow Star Wars superfans speculate on new film


Star Wars trailer inspires crazy speculation from crazy fans

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"STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS THEATRICAL POSTER"


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"I totally thought that door was a set :-("


Jesus Diaz;

Matte paintings are fake sets that—most of the times—used to be made with plexiglass and oil paint. The artists used oversized panels to create the necessary detail that the camera needed to fool the audiences when the film was projected over the large surface of the theater screen. The paintings were combined with live action filmed to match the perspective of the painting. If done well, the public would totally buy into the shot.


The matte paintings of the original Star Wars trilogy and their creators

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