Saturday 16 December 2017

'STAR WARS' AT 40: BEHIND THE SCENES FOR THE FIRST TIME...

Original TV Guide advert for The Making of Star Wars.

With the incredible production design, special effects, monsters and droids on display which caught the imagination of the world, it wasn't long before audiences wanted to know more about the smash-hit movie and how such cinematic magic came to be made. Knowing a ratings winner when they saw one, ABC Television were quick to have a special 'Making of' documentary, airing September 16th, 1977, that went behind the (Panavision) camera of the landmark epic, specially interviewing George Lucas, Gary Kurtz, and the three main youthful leads, as well as featuring lively all-new linking material/interplay featuring Anthony Daniels as C-3PO alongside the three-legged remote controlled Artoo. One of the many other pluses for the show was seeing deleted scene footage for the first time, like Biggs and Luke together on Tatooine.

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