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The Star Wars Skywalker saga, the three-trilogy, nine-film cycle has proven to be a timeless modern mythology, far exceeding being a mere staple of popular culture. Its icons are recognized all around the world and its story has been repeated on countless occasions, handed down from generation to generation. The official magazine of the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars Insider (1994–present), was born of earlier fan-led endeavors: the newsletter Bantha Tracks (1978–1987) and the Lucasfilm Fanclub Magazine (1987–1994). What these three publications had in common was a desire to bring the very best of the galaxy far, far away to fans around the world, with exclusive interviews and rarely seen photographs, thrilling readers in those pre-internet days. This volume contains interview material with the talented people who brought George Lucas’…

In her book Glittering Images, art critic Camille Paglia named George Lucas as the greatest artist of our time. She cited the duel on Mustafar as his masterpiece. The film features cameo appearances from Jeremy Bulloch (as Captain Colton), and the Lucas family: George Lucas (as Baron Papanoida), Katie Lucas (as Chi Eekway Papanoida), Amanda Lucas (as Terr Taneel), and Jett Lucas (as Zett Jukassa). Originally planned for the first Star Wars movie, the battle on Kashyyyk is our first and only big-screen visit to the Wookiee homeworld. The Jedi Shaak Ti was originally scripted to be killed by General Grievous. Although the scene was shot, it was deleted from the final cut of the film. Steven Spielberg assisted in the previsulization of the film, notably in the duels between…

The film features small roles for Robert Watts (as Lt. Blanaid), Richard Marqaund (as Major. Newland), Ben Burtt (as Dyer) and, in one of her earliest screen roles, award-winning actress Kathy Baker (as a rebel technician). The word “Ewok” is never said in the film and neither are any of the individual Ewok’s names, though they do appear in the end credits. The lyrics to the Ewok yub nub song (later replaced for the Special Edition) were written by composer John Williams’ son, Joseph Williams. Joseph is better known as the lead singer of the band Toto. The only cast member to shoot new scenes for the 1997 Special Edition was Femi Taylor, who reprised her role of Oola, Jabba’s ill-fated dancing girl. When Princess Leia disguises herself as the…

The opening crawl begins with the line, “The dead speak!” An exclamation point has only appeared in one other opening crawl: Revenge of the Sith. Creative rounding by Finn states that Chewbacca is 250 years old. A new Force ability features in the film. Rey uses the Force to heal a sand serpent and, later, Kylo Ren. The Child has similar abilities in The Mandalorian. The revived Palpatine tells Kylo Ren: “The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.” This is word for word what he tells Anakin Skywalker in Revenge of the Sith. The film features a brief cameo from Denis Lawson as Wedge Antilles. The character last appeared in Return of the Jedi thirty-six years ago. The Rise of…

As Jango Fett enters Slave I on Kamino following his fight against Obi-Wan Kenobi, he knocks his head on the door frame. This is a reference to the infamous stormtrooper who does the same thing in A New Hope. Just before Anakin leaves the Lars homestead to find his mother, he casts a shadow eerily similar to that of Darth Vader. This was not a deliberate visual effect, but just a coincidence. Running at 140 minutes, this is the longest of the prequels and, until The Last Jedi, was the longest of the Star Wars films. Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) and Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks) both cameo as patrons of the bar in which the Jedi pursue Zam Wesell. The Twi’lek Jedi Aayla Secura first appeared in a comic book…

The scene in which the rebel characters visit Luke as he recovers from the wounds inflicted by the wampa is the only scene in the movie where Luke, Han, and Leia are all together. The Empire Strikes Back is the only movie in the first six Star Wars films not to have scenes on Tatooine. However, Luke’s homeworld does get a mention at the end. The 1979 trailer for the film was narrated by Harrison Ford. The actor Treat Williams plays an unnamed rebel in Echo Base, while Star Wars concept artist Ralph McQuarrie appears in a fleeting cameo. According to sound designer Ben Burtt, the sound of the Imperial probe droid is the voice of a well-known Shakespearean actor changed electronically. Han Solo is the only non-Jedi character to…

Luke Skywalker uses Sheev Palpatine’s Sith name, Darth Sidious, for the first time. The Canto Bight sequence includes a long tracking shot that was inspired by a similar shot from the 1927 film, Wings. Finn and Rose are accused of violating parking regulation 27B/6. This was also the name of a form that appears in Terry Gilliam’s 1985 film, Brazil. The Last Jedi features a large number of cameo appearences, including: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Justin Theroux, Gareth Edwards, Joe Cornish, Michaela Coel, Lily Cole, and Adrian Edmondson. Royal princes William and Harry had non-speaking roles as stormtroopers, but their scenes were cut. Not just a Jedi Master, Mark Hamill also voices the part of Dobbu Scay, the character who mistakes BB-8 for a slot machine. The main Resistance cruiser is named…

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The Phantom Menace is the first and only time we see the Jedi use their “Force run” ability in a Star Wars movie. We’re accustomed to seeing lightsabers used in combat, but for the first time, we see a lightsaber used to cut through a door! Kitster, Ric Olié, Valorum, Fode and Beed, Sebulba, Sabé, Captain Tarpals, and Captain Panaka only appear in this movie. Look out for Pirates of the Carribean star Keira Knightly as Padmé’s loyal handmaiden, Sabé. Director Sofia Coppola plays another of Padmé’s handmaidens, Saché. Dominic West, star of The Wire (2002–2008), plays a Naboo guard. The Phantom Menace marks the only time we see the “ripple effect” viewscreen on the Trade Federation ship in live-action. The sound effect was borrowed from an old Flash Gordon…

George Lucas asked the crew to watch four films to prepare for working on Star Wars. They were: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Silent Running (1972), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), and Satyricon (1969). The opening crawl celebrates the Rebel Alliance’s “First victory against the galactic Empire,” an event not shown until Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. C-3PO’s panic while buried under a pile of wires was to have taken place aboard the Tantive IV. The shot eventually found a place later in the film, during the Millennium Falcon’s shoot-out with the Imperial TIE fighters. The fate of the Tantive IV is not revealed in the movie, but the ship makes a return appearence in The Rise of Skywalker. In the third draft of the screenplay,…

Director J.J. Abrams chose the name BB-8 because he looked round and bouncy. He said, “I named him BB-8 because it was almost onomatopoeia… It was sort of how he looked to me, with the eight, obviously, and then the two Bs.” According to the The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary, Captain Phasma’s armor is coated in salvaged chromium from a Naboo yacht once owned by Emperor Palpatine. Finn, whose trooper designation is FN-2187, is a reference created by director J.J. Abrams to Princess Leia’s cell number, 2187, aboard the Death Star in A New Hope. It was originally a reference George Lucas was making to the 1963 short film 21-87. Rey’s goggles are cobbled together using a pair of lenses from a stormtrooper’s helmet. When Poe Dameron first wakes up,…

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