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Unauthorized Star Wars Story
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by Music. Video Prod.
Sales Rank: 34861
Price: $12.99
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<I>The Unauthorized Star Wars Story</I> is everything you'd expect an unauthorized video to be: fun and full of gossip. In 1977, <I>Star Wars</I> took the world by surprise and this documentary traces its history (Lucas had trouble obtaining funding for "the big sci-fi-space-adventure-Flash-Gordon thing," as it was called), interviews the actors, and looks at the cultish fandom that sprang up around the movie (Japanese fans traveled to the U.S. on <I>Star Wars</I> tours merely to see the film before it opened in their own country). The dish is plentiful and entertaining: Carrie Fisher hated Princess Leia's hair, pranksters would paste pictures of naked women in R2D2's costume, the actors thought the film was "rubbish" as they were making it. The many interview clips include discussions with Charles Lippincott, former vice president of Lucasfilm; Anthony Daniels, who played C3PO; Harrison Ford; Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca; Kenny Baker, better known as R2D2; Carrie Fisher; Mark Hamill; Rick McCallum, producer of <I>The Phantom Menace</I>; and George Lucas. Occasionally the documentary gives a bit <I>too</I> much information (do we really need to see George Lucas's hometown and listen to his neighbors?), but no matter--it doesn't detract from the overall voyeuristic nature of the video. The later films are touched on (Samuel L. Jackson is interviewed), but the concentration is on the original, <I>Episode IV: A New Hope</I>. Whether you're a casual fan or one of the devoted who wait all night in line for tickets to the next installment, <I>The Unauthorized Star Wars Story</I> is an interesting, fun, behind-the-scenes look at one the best-loved films of all time. <I>--Jenny Brown</I>
Viewer Reviews
I don't like this movie one bit and was sorely disappointed when I first saw it. Originally aired on the Sci-Fi Channel around the release date for Episode I, all it shows is stupid, moronic SW freaks running around and acting stupid, while talking about the films. That's it. Nothing more. I thought it would be more of a BTS (Behind the scenes) look at the universe of George Lucas's classic space opera, but instead it's just too teasing to watch. Don't waste your time or money.
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