Tribute To A Master Part III

Part three of the McQuarrie documentary Tribute To A Master has now been added, with more to come.
  Check it out.....

Tribute To A Master Part II

Here is the second part of the long awaited Ralph McQuarrie tribute piece. It's great to see this finally released even if it seems to be slowly coming out in segments.
  Check it out....

Tribute To A Master

Here is a segment of the documentary - Tribute To A Master - which was shown at Star Wars Celebration VI in Orlando, Florida. This was created for, and shown, at the panel dedicated to Ralph McQuarrie.
 This is just part of a greater whole which will hopefully be available soon....

Newly found EditDroid outtakes from Return of The Jedi!

Here for the first time ever - the laserdisc of EditDroid outtakes from Return of The Jedi!
 Star Wars fan and collector from The UK, Charlie Owen, recently purchased this disc of really interesting material and has put it out there for all to see and share.

 The majority of the disc, which totals about 30 minutes in all, is of Luke and Yoda on Dagobah as the crew tries to perfect the scene where Yoda becomes one with The Force...'twilight is upon me, and night must fall.'

 It becomes clear that Mark Hamill, as Luke, really sells the character of Yoda through his acting and reacting, and in that way, made Yoda a REAL character! In the film you don't see a puppet, at least I don't.
 Here, you DO see a puppet, but after all of the trial and error that you see in these scenes you can tell the crew worked VERY hard to make it all come to life.
  In the end, after proper editing, ADR, and music, the finished scenes in ROTJ were very powerful and moving.

 Enjoy this rare opportunity to see magic as it was being constructed......
 (be sure to click on the bottom right hand corner to see this in full screen!)

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In October - The Circle Is Complete

It's just about that time. The month of October brings us the final chapter of The Star Wars Trilogy with J.W. Rinzler's The Making Of The Return of The Jedi! 

 This long awaited tome is very high on my list of must-haves! Rinzler's first two "making of" books of the trilogy are just so in depth, and fascinating, that I am, of course, very much looking forward to getting immersed in this latest edition.

 For the Star Wars fan, especially a fan that loves behind-the-scenes material, look no further than these magnificent books!!

  

Until next time...

Steve Sansweet - "Officially Amazing!"

Steve Sansweet's Rancho Obi-Wan was recognized today by The Guinness Book Of World Records as housing the world's largest Star Wars collection...of course, we already knew that, but it has now been made official as ROW is now listed in the 2014 Guinness World Book!

 Congratulations to Steve, and to Rancho Obi-Wan!!

The Star Wars #1 hits the stands today!!

Today is the official release date for The Star Wars, #1 from Dark Horse Comics!
 Imagine, if you will, that Star Wars was based on an early draft for the original 1977 movie Star Wars. This story illustrates for us what George Lucas' early concept for that story actually was!

 Dark Horse Comics, in cooperation with George Lucas, give us The Star Wars! 
  The script for the story is written by Lucasfilm archivist, J.W. Rinzler, the man responsible for those fantastic "Making Of" books for Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and the soon to be released The Making of Return of The Jedi.

 This series of comics also utilizes a great deal of Ralph McQuarrie concept work, which is fitting as McQuarrie was very much responsible for selling the concept of Star Wars to the board at 20th Century Fox. His work gave the board a visual understanding of Lucas' story. It make sense that it be included in this amazing new (old) vision of the story we now all know as Star Wars.



Get your copy of The Star Wars #1 today!!