Friday, 30 March 2018

40 years on: Star Wars at the Oscars – part one

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Mark Hamill, C-3PO and R2-D2 at the Oscars, April 3, 1978 Audiences had spoken. They had crowned Star Wars , not only as the fil...
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Friday, 23 March 2018

What other movies were on release at the same time as Star Wars?

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A 1977 line to see Star Wars. What else was showing? Star Wars was the film everybody was talking about. But what was its competitio...
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Friday, 16 March 2018

One of the best Carrie Fisher interviews you’ll ever read, from 1977

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Carrie Fisher in a Star Wars photo shoot from 1977 The three young stars of Star Wars were almost unknown when the film came out...
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Friday, 9 March 2018

How George Lucas gave us glimpses of a Star Wars bigger universe - part two

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We’ve been looking at how Star Wars cleverly gave us glimpses of a bigger galaxy than we saw on screen. In the conclusion of this two-part...
Friday, 2 March 2018

Things we DIDN'T see in Star Wars: How George Lucas hinted at a bigger universe

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Obi-Wan Kenobi tells Luke about the Old Republic and the Jedi Knights The Kessel run. Spice freighters. The Clone Wars. The Old Re...
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Friday, 23 February 2018

When is your Star Wars 40th anniversary?

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Star Wars opened on both screens at the Gaumont, Bournemouth In a shorter Episode Nothing  post than usual (thank my internet provide...
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Friday, 16 February 2018

Star Wars is now as old as Flash Gordon was in the 1970s. What does that tell us about its staying power?

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Star Wars in 1977, when Flash Gordon was 41 Star Wars is as old today as the original Flash Gordon serial was back in 1977. Tod...