STAR WARS

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The mile-a-minute

speeder bike chase on Endor between

Luke, Leia, and a group of Scout Troopers was

filmed in the Red-wood State Park

near Eureka, CA

In early drafts

of the screenplay Yoda was actu-

ally named “Buffy,” which was complete-

ly changed in sub-sequent drafts

to “Yoda”

Star Wars fun Facts

“The Empire Strikes

Back” kicks off on the ice planet

of Hoth, which was shot partially at the

Hardangerjøkulen glacier in Nor-

wayIt

took seven different pupe-

teers to control the gigantic

Jabba the Hut puppet

Be-fore Han Solo

is frozen in carbo-nite, Leia says, “I love

you,” and Solo quips, “I know.” But the exchange wasn’t written that way. The script had Solo just

responding, “I love you, too.”

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Razor. Now that’s smooth.

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Carrie Fisher was in just one movie before Star Wars, and she played a minor role. She continued to find success after the trilogy, with roles in movies like When Harry Met Sally.

Fisher is also credited with being an amaz-ing “script doctor,” or someone that edits scripts unaccredited for other writers. She has written her own screenplays as well, along with pub-lishing five novels and two non-fiction books.

R E T U R N I N G

For Mark Hamill the Star Wars movies were his first major role in a movie, and they were his most successful films. His role in the series only came to be after he found the try out room across the hall from the auditions for Apocalypse Now, another film he was trying out for. His greatest success may not have come to be without him stumbling into the auditions.

Harrison Ford landed the job as Han Solo be-cause he was hired to read lines for actors trying out, but George Lucas, the director and writer of Star Wars, liked him more than any of the other actors trying out.

His films have earned him over $3.5 billion in U.S. box office grosses, this makes him the 4th highest domestic box-office star of all time, behind only Sam-uel L. Jackson, Tom Hanks, and Morgan Freeman.

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Daisy Ridley will play Rey in the upcoming Star Wars movie. She has had roles main-ly in British television thus far in her career, making her pos-sibly the least known to Ameri-can audiences.

Adam Driver will play Kylo Ren in The Force Awakens. His biggest claim to fame, so far in his career, is for his role in the HBO series Girls, for which he has been nominated for four Emmys for “best supporting actor in a comedy series.”

John Boyega will play Finn in Episode VII. He has previously mainly had roles in British films. He was given the Black Reel Award for Best Actor for his role in Attack the Block.

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Everyone has something they love. Many love sports or cars; others may love stories and follow a series like Twi-light, Harry Potter, or the Star Wars franchise. This Friday, those that love Star Wars will see their series continue.

In 2012, the Walt Disney Company purchased Lucas Films and announced that they will make three more films for the Star Wars franchise. This means that this next trilogy will be the first Star Wars mov-ies that George Lucas will not be in charge of. Instead, Disney went to a new director to head the project, and this combina-

tion scared some.“I have a lot of friends that

are Star Wars fans, and I am the only one that isn’t upset by J.J. Abrams being in charge of the movies,” english teacher Chris Cobb said, “I am hopeful though; I think Disney is very willing to put money towards making the movies good.”

Abrams was aware that many questioned him, and made an early decision in the film’s production to help keep the Star Wars feel. He recast-ed the main characters from the original series, and it con-vinced some concerned fans.

“I was worried [that new people were in charge of the films], but there are a lot of the old actors in it and the trailers

look good, so I think it’ll be okay,” senior Andrew Carlson said.

The Star Wars ‘feel’ may not make sense to some, but for those that knew the mov-ies as children, they are full of nostalgia.

“Some don’t want to ad-mit it, but the Star Wars mov-ies are geared to children. I still remember when I first saw Star Wars with my aunt as a six-year-old. I loved Darth Vader, of all characters, and made my mom buy me a black towel so I could wear it around as a cape,” Cobb said.

Senior Claudia Holmes also fell in love with the films as a child.

“The Star Wars movies

were some of the first action movies I saw as a kid, so they were really exciting [to watch],” Holmes said.

Even if the movies en-tranced some people as chil-dren, that does not mean the stories are not interesting to adults.

“My favorite movie is still Episode III, because of Anakin’s awesome comeback ‘Well from my perspective, the Jedi are Evil!” Carlson said.

The students may remem-ber Anakin from the prequels more, but those that watched the old movies first know him as Darth Vader.

“I think that Darth Vader is the first modern anti-hero. He is a ‘bad guy’ but people,

like me, were still fascinated with him,” Cobb said.

This character develop-ment stretched across six mov-ies and 28 years, captivating generations. Now, another 10 years after the last release, fans get to witness the first of a new Star Wars trilogy. Many fans wasted no time acquiring tick-ets.

“It was a Friday that the tickets went on sale, so I sat at the football game hitting re-fresh on my phone until they went on sale. The moment they did, I bought an entire row of seats,” Cobb said.

For some Star Wars fans, they were hooked as a child and have been obsessed ever since. However, even if you are not planning to watch the mov-ie at the release with your clos-est 17 friends, I am sure those that are would encourage you

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The Star Wars movies and TV shows through the decades

Liam HessionStaff Writer

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