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AndyAndy2 · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:32 pm Post subject: STAR WARS

This 30th Anniversary documentary is really great. Dead interesting to hear the actors tell how weird and pretty poor they thought the script / project was.

The screentests are illuminating - didn't know Kurt Russel auditioned for Han Solo. Perry King also auditioned, ironic really since he did play Han Solo in the America radio adaptation!

I really like these kind of documentaries. I remember a few years back they did the same type of show for JAWS 30th anniversary.

MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YA......
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Cherskiy · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject:

Kurt Russell and just about everyone else of that age group auditioned for Star Wars - some of the audition tapes were featured on the recent DVD makeover of Part IV, ISTR.

Funnily enough for someone who's dead keen on skiffy, I never saw it at the cinema when it came out in '77, nor Empire. I did see all three back-to-back one Saturday morning after 'Jedi' was released, though. It put me off the franchise for life! Smile

('Fraid I was raised on Star Trek - weekday nights on BBC1 in the mid-seventies. Classic stuff for an impressionable young lad at the time....)

I'll grant you the documentary was interesting enough to listen to, though.
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AndyAndy2 · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 7:08 pm Post subject:

Chersk,

I can still remember coming out of the ABC on the west road after seeing Star Wars - I have a vivid memory of feeling like the cinema was in a bike shop!!! Thought about it all the way home on the bus.

However, I'm with you on the Star Trek. I put JanewayDar on to this a way back but there's a site that does Star Trek audio drama - www.DarkerProjects.com.

Have you heard the new Blakes 7 audios? Hmmm, jury still out.
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Ian Robinson · Posted: Fri May 18, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I enjoyed the documentary on Star Wars and I'm looking forward to next week's FNIMN (even though it seems like it's going to be all the cliched "space" tracks).

I didn't see Star Wars in the cinema, but remember loving it when I saw it on ITV, on it's premiere. I saw Empire and Jedi in the cinema and think the original trilogy is great (the second lot is not).

SantaFefan · Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject:

I saw the first Star Wars on the big screen back in 77. It really was something at the time I can tell you.
I remember being completely gobsmacked when the "enormous" Battle Cruiser drifted over the screen right at the start. Shocked

I said something to my mate like " 'kin el, this is going to be good!"
and later trying to explain the film's realism to my dad!
I don't think there had been anything quite like it before...

AndyAndy2 · Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:58 pm Post subject:

has anyone tries to Listen Again, seems like the link is broke!!
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PJ in Kent · Joined: 11 Dec 2006 Posts: 1102 Location: Go on, guess!

I went to the British premier.... 12 years old... Wow- talk about blow your mind- no wonder I'm a bit strange now Laughing

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Cherskiy · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 5:07 pm Post subject:

You mean you weren't beforehand? Laughing

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I love Star Wars.... I can recite the script from the three original movies from memory. Darth Vader Rocks...or so I thought until, I was horrified by the later ( earlier movies) when it was shown that he'd murdered all the younglings: that just ruined the whole story for me - completely trashed my childhood hero - he was my kind of bad guy but the later movies spoiled all that.

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SantaFefan · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 7:53 pm Post subject:

I don't know... I was impressed with the image of ultimate power and ruthlessness of Vader when I first saw the films but maybe the relentless Borg have overtaken Vader...

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Cherskiy · Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject:

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seymourwhitebits · Joined: 31 Mar 2007 Posts: 560 Location: Birmingham

i like spaceballs take on starwars with rick moranis as big helmet.

big helmet comes right upto the camera doing the heavy breathing.

then he whips the helmet off and gasps " i cant breath in this thing"

great stuff Laughing

in my opinion they should have left it at the original trilogy even if we all thought at the time " what do they mean episode IV?" Confused

the original was the best Cool

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Ian Robinson · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:12 am Post subject: