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Background Info on Star Wars from the “Empire of Dreams” documentary
1. George Lucas captured people’s attention in film school with his film called ______.
2. George Lucas had his first hit movie in 1973. It was called ______.
3. George Lucas was friends with…
On the set of THX-1138. /4. ______, a TV show from his youth was an influence on George Lucas.
5. Lucas began writing the script for Star Wars in ______.
6. Luke Skywalker’s original name was ______.
7. In earlier versions of the script Han Solo had ______and ______. In one early version of the script, Luke was ______.
8. The original script was about ______pages and it took Lucas about ______to write it.
9. The budget for Star Wars was about $ _____ million.
10. It took Lucas about ___ - ____ months to do the casting for Star Wars. Part of the reason it took so long was because Lucas was looking for fresh new faces. However, the one established actor he selected was ______for the role of Obi Wan Kenobi.
/ “You must do what you feel is right,of course.”
11. Originally Lucas did not plan on using Harrison Ford in Star Wars because Ford had already appeared in American Graffiti. Lucas originally used Ford to ______
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12. Eventually Lucas decided Ford was a good fit for the role of ______.
13. Anthony Daniels, the actor who played ______had trained as a mime. His decision to take the role of C-3PO was influenced by a ______he saw of the character.
14. Filming began in March of 1976 in ______, a country in Northern Africa. The heat made the conditions very difficult for the actors. After filming on location in Tunisia, the cast and crew went back to studios in ______to film.
15. During filming, George Lucas frequently said, “ ______.”
16. How did the stunt coordinator reassure Mark Hamill after demonstrating the stunt where Luke and the princess swing across the chasm? ______
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17. Industrial Light and Magic is the company founded by George Lucas in 1975 to create the ______for the movie. At one point, they were shown a compilation of footage from air battles from other films in order to understand Lucas’ vision of the scene.
18. An important aspect of the Star Wars movie is the musical score of ______. Although disco was popular at the time, Williams used the ______Symphony ______for his score. Initially, George Lucas was disappointed with a number of aspects of the film. However, the musical score exceeded all of his expectations.
19. Star Wars revolutionized the way ______could become an additional revenue source for movies. Initially only one company, Kenner Toys had a contract to sell figurines of the characters. Eventually marketing extended to bubble gum cards, t-shirts, posters, Pez dispensers and much more. Lucas had negotiated with the studio to retain these merchandising rights. Because of the success of Star Wars merchandising, other movies also started to turn to merchandising as an additional revenue source. Significance of the empty box on the right below??