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Has Jason Fry publicly discussed the links between his short story Rendezvous Point and the Star Wars X-Wing series?
Jason Fry wrote a short story titled Rendezvous Point in the short story collection The Empire Strikes Back : From a Certain Point of View.
This story cover Wedge Antilles reforming an X-Wing squadron ...
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What were the job parameters for the original Revenge of the Jedi poster?
The first posters released for Revenge of the Jedi are fairly famous, mostly for not matching the title of the final film.
However, from the first time I saw it, what struck me was that, regardless ...
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Were the distinctive elements of the uniforms snow troopers from The Empire Strikes Back based on any particular real-world uniforms?
After we watched all three Star Wars movies again last week, one of my sons asked me which variant of the stormtrooper was my favorite. I told him it was the snow troopers from The Empire Strikes ...
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Why did "A Stanley Kubrick Production" not draw a fine, while "Lucasfilm Ltd." did?
Both films have distribution company disclosure in the preludes to the opening credits; MGM for Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey and 20th Century Fox for Lucas' Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
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How was Luke's prosthetic hand in Episode V filmed?
I am referring to this scene (starting at the 0m37s mark) in Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
This seems like a very sophisticated prop glove, but there is significant visible depth to ...
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Is the Leigh Brackett first draft of the script for Star Wars episode 5 available?
After the success of the original film, Lucas hired science fiction author Leigh Brackett to write Star Wars II with him. They held story conferences and, by late November 1977, Lucas had produced a ...
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Ep. V - alternate opening crawl on Hoth
From StarWars.com - STAR WARS: EPISODE V THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - OPENING CRAWL:
In an early form, the film's opening had the crawl appear not against space, but rather against the white snowy ...
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Why do they use Arabic (i.e. Earth) numerals in Star Wars?
I know that originally some shots in the original trilogy contained English words which were then replaced with Aurebesh in the updated revisions. (Someone can provide a reference, please).
Yet the ...
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