...This article is not an opinion of people, It’s the statistics that the movies have. The two movies that I will be comparing are the force awakens and the return of the Jedi. Those two movies where the two most sold Star Wars movies in the saga. The Star Wars movies will be judged on how much money each movie made, also the views each movie had. This will not include the latest Star Wars Movie The last Jedi. The Return of the Jedi is the Star Wars movie with the most made money out of all the other Star Wars movie, it made 35.6 million dollars. Therefore, surpassing Jaws and E.T. The fan base of Star Wars is saying that the return of the Jedi is the most outstanding movie they have made. It also had 120+ million views just in the movie theater....
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...and what we think. It addition, some science fiction authors or popular works have increased the creative genius of some leading to advances in technology. The story of Luke Skywalker is no exception to the rule of literary influence. The instant success of the Star Wars franchise debuted in 1977 with the release of the first movie in the six movie series, numerous cartoons, comic books, and a cult following that will not go away for the foreseeable future. The story begins as a poor young farmer searches for a lost droid and ultimately evolves into the greatest well-known galactic battle of the 20th century. Lauded as the last Jedi warrior, Luke Skywalker, enlists the help of humans, droids, and aliens to wage a battle of good against evil. The evil, also known as the dark side, proves to be a formidable adversary that ultimately meets its demise at the hands of Luke and the rebel band of Jedi. The first three movies garnered Lucas Film LTD such success that an additional three prequels were made to incorporate the original novels. In total, as of 2009, all six movies have grossed over 4.2 billion dollars worldwide (Vaux, n.d.). Several arguments have been made about the true writer of the Star Wars...
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...March 2015 Star Wars: A New Hope “Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope,” premiered in the United States in 1977, is a science fiction, fantasy, and action movie written and directed by George Lucas. The story takes place during a civil war in the Galaxy, a war between the Rebel Alliance and the Evil Empire. A young woman and a member of the Imperial Senate, Princess Leia takes documents containing information in regards to the Death Star during a secret mission. The Death Star is a battle station with the power to destroy other planets. Darth Vader (Dark Lord of the Sith) suspicious of Princess Leia’s involvement with the rebellion captures and boards her ship. Under his orders, Storm troopers search...
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...Star Wars Blue Ray Toshi and Allen Watch Star Wars for the first time.. Chapter 1: We kick off a special series with a first viewing of 'Star Wars' on Blu-ray What happens when 21st century kids finally watch the biggest myth of the '70s? Thursday, Sep 22, 2011 This day has been a long time coming. We all have landmarks by which we measure our lives and our accomplishments, goals you've set for yourself that you've either accomplished or not, and I'm certainly someone who holds film experiences very dear. The moment I knew I'd spend the rest of my life somehow involved in movies took place in a dark movie theater when I was seven years old, and it was one of those lightning bolt occasions. I felt pinned to the back of my chair as I watched a tiny blockade runner fleeing from a seemingly endless Star Destroyer that just kept coming out and over, more real than anything I had ever seen, and I've never wavered in my determination to be involved in storytelling somewhere, somehow. Because of the relevance of "Star Wars" in my development as a fan of storytelling in general, reaching the moment of sharing these films with my kids has been one of my primary goals since I've been writing about the entire experience of sharing narrative with my children. I know people who start screening the films for their kids as soon as they are old enough to open their eyes, and I respect that. Of course I know other people who don't think it's of any particular importance,...
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...of its own by reinventing a genre, creating likable characters against a backdrop of strange planets, robots, spaceships, and aliens. Star Wars came about at precisely the right moment when audiences were craving for something better, this new, action-packed space opera played like a western in outer space where the good guys win. The film’s popularity comes from its stunning special effects, makeup, costumes, actors,...
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...George Lucas is one of the most influential film makers in Hollywood history. He is also the guiding force behind Star Wars and its sequels. The Star Wars movies tell the story of the rebels Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo as they battle the evil imperial forces of Darth Vader. These films became some the most popular motion pictures in history. Lucas was born in Modesto, California, and educated at Modesto Junior College and the University of Southern California, graduating from the university in 1966. His first love was auto-racing, but a near fatal accident forced him out of the sport and into film making. His career began with his prize-winning student film THX-1138, a science fiction story that he reworked as his feature-directing debut in 1971. The film was produced by American Zoetrope. In 1971, Lucas formed his own film company, Lucasfilm Ltd., in San Rafael, California. With the backing of American film producer Francis Ford Coppola, Lucas then made American Graffiti which returned $50 for every dollar spent on production and distribution, a staggering ration in the movie business. The film is considered one of the biggest successes of low-budget film making. It made George Lucas a millionaire before the age of thirty. It also launched the film careers of Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, and Harrison Ford. The film won the Golden globe, the New York Film Critics' and National Society of Film Critics' awards, and also won five Academy Award nominations...
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...This is only named Jedi so I can really talk about star wars. I really love star wars like really bad and I cannot wait until the new movie comes out in December. Since they first made the first Star Wars the technology was great for that time but it has gotten a lot better so this time around the technology in this will be better. I loved that they started backwards in will make the first few better than last and maybe they will redo the first few. It crazy that they started with the middle and now they are doing the first three but it keeps you waiting so it works. I have been watching Star Wars since I could remember. My dad loves those movies at well so he had me watch them with. If you like star trek you will like Star Wars but you CANNOT...
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...Loving Husband has always wanted to go to a Star Wars Weekend, but between deployments and everything else in life, we never got to go. However, this year was different. This year we were living 5 minutes from Hollywood Studios, where the event is held, and this year, we had free passes! LH’s work schedule screwing everything up is a running theme throughout our lives, so it was no surprise that we ended up not being able to make it to the park until the very last day of the event. We had managed to make our way to the park on Star Wars Day, May the 4th. I was surprised that it wasn’t all that busy on the 4th. I expected traffic jam city, but we were able to walk freely through the area around Star Tours and even have front row view to the Jedi Training Academy show (videos below). I don’t know if people just weren’t feeling it this year or what, but more room for me to walk I guess!...
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...splinter sect known as the Spartans was colonized just after the Mandolarians lost the war with the Republic. The main Mandolarin forces splintered after their defeat with only a fraction avoiding the Republics retribution. The Spartans had lost their home system to the Republic army. The Spartan Mandolarins gathered as many of their people as possible and punching a hole in the blockading Republic forces escaping into hyperspace. The main bulk of the Spartan Mandolarins stayed behind savaging the Republic fleet and ground forces before being wiped out. This sacrifice prevented the Republic from determining where the escaping refugees had headed. Traveling for two months further and further into the unexplored regions of the outer edge of the galaxy the refugee armada arrived at what would become their new home. Krayat they named the new system after a fierce dragon from their home system. The system contained a red giant star and 14 planets. 6 of the planets were gas giants with 4 to 12 moons each. 2 were to close to the sun to be life sustaining. 4 were beyond the life zone and were froze rocks. That left 2 viable planets in the life zone and each had developed ecosystems with no indigenous intelligent life. The half a million refugees crammed onto the warships and civilian ships began to rebuild. A millennium later the Spartans have changed little in their life philosophy. The war with the Republic has been kept alive through tradition and the vid captures of their original...
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...George Walton Lucas, Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American film producer, screenwriter, director, and entrepreneur. He founded Lucasfilm Limited and led the company as chairman and chief executive before selling it to The Walt Disney Company on October 30, 2012. He is best known as the creator of the space opera franchise Star Wars and the archaeologist adventurer character Indiana Jones. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful filmmakers . Contents Early life and education George Lucas was born in Modesto, California, the son of Dorothy Ellinore Lucas and George Walton Lucas, Sr. ,who owned a stationery store. Lucas grew up in the Central Valley town of Modesto, and his early passion for cars and motor racing would eventually serve as inspiration for his USC student film 1:42.08, as well as his Oscar-nominated low-budget phenomenon, American Graffiti. Long before Lucas became obsessed with film making, he wanted to be a race-car driver, and he spent most of his high school years racing on the underground circuit at fairgrounds and hanging out at garages. On June 12, 1962, while driving his souped-up fiat, another driver broadsided him, flipping over his car, nearly killing him, causing him to lose interest in racing as a career. He attended Modesto Junior College, where he studied, amongst other subjects, anthropology, sociology and literature. Lucas transferred to the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts...
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...Last year on Christmas Eve my co-worker brought his 7-year-old son into the office for the half day. H came with a sack full of dinosaurs and drew me a picture of a T-Rex (which still hangs on my cubby wall). This year H came with his Star Wars coloring pens and I now have R2D2 hanging next to Rex. H and his dad chided me for not knowing who all the latest Star Wars characters are and all the hype around the Christmas release of Rogue 1. So I dug up the flash drive another co-worker gave me last year containing the first 6 Star Wars movies and watched them (in the new order) over the holiday break. (Sadly, just as I finished watching Episode 4 - the original movie, Carrie Fisher passed away. My God! – she was my age - how could she have a massive heart attack!?) I finished watching the last original two (now 5 and 6). There were a few things that made me question my memories of the movies until at the end of Return of the Jedi when a translucent Hayden Christenson got to stand next to the...
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...The Enron Scandal and Moral Hazard Prof. Leigh Tesfatsion Department of Economics Iowa State University Ames, IA 50011-1070 http://www.econ.iastate.edu/tesfatsi/ Last Revised: 3 April 2011 The Enron Scandal and Moral Hazard • Enron, the 7th largest U.S. company in 2001, filed for bankruptcy in December 2001. • Enron investors and retirees were left with worthless stock. • Enron was charged with securities fraud (fraudulent manipulation of publicly reported financial results, lying to SEC,…) • QUESTION: In what ways are security security market moral hazard problems at the heart of the Enron bankruptcy scandal? Brief Time-Line of the Enron Scandal • Enron was a Houston-based natural gas pipeline company formed by merger in 1985. • By early 2001, Enron had morphed into the 7th largest U.S. company, and the largest U.S. buyer/seller of natural gas and electricity. • Enron was heavily involved in energy brokering, electronic energy trading, global commodity and options trading, etc. Brief Time-Line of the Enron Scandal…Continued • On October 16, 2001, in the first major public sign of trouble, Enron announces a huge third-quarter loss of $618 million. • On October 22, 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) begins an inquiry into Enron’s accounting practices. • On December 2, 2001, Enron files for bankruptcy. : Oct – Dec 2001 Regulatory Oversight of Enron SEC Auditors Arthur Anderson Audit Committee (Directors) ...
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...edu/tesfatsi/ Last Revised: 3 April 2011 The Enron Scandal and Moral Hazard • Enron, the 7th largest U.S. company in 2001, filed for bankruptcy in December 2001. • Enron investors and retirees were left with worthless stock. • Enron was charged with securities fraud (fraudulent manipulation of publicly reported financial results, lying to SEC,…) • QUESTION: In what ways are security market moral hazard problems at the heart of the Enron bankruptcy scandal? Brief Time-Line of the Enron Scandal • Enron was a Houston-based natural gas pipeline company formed by merger in 1985. • By early 2001, Enron had morphed into the 7th largest U.S. company, and the largest U.S. buyer/seller of natural gas and electricity. • Enron was heavily involved in energy brokering, electronic energy trading, global commodity and options trading, etc. Brief Time-Line of the Enron Scandal…Continued • On October 16, 2001, in the first major public sign of trouble, Enron announces a huge third-quarter loss of $618 million. • On October 22, 2001, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) begins an inquiry into Enron’s accounting practices. • On December 2, 2001, Enron files for bankruptcy. : Oct – Dec 2001 Regulatory Oversight of Enron Auditors Arthur Anderson Audit Committee (Directors) SEC Company Report Shareholders Enron Board of Directors Enron Investigative Findings 1993-2001: Enron used complex dubious energy trading schemes Example: “Death Star” Energy Trading...
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...So, I’m going to have to do to this one what I did to the first one, and again, I fully acknowledge the Plinkett reviews as a source for me to draw from. The big difference here is that while I was more than willing to give a little leeway to The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones gets no such love. Plain and simple: this movie was terrible. The Direction First and foremost, we need to remember one big thing about the first 3 movies: only one was directed by George Lucas. The other 2 were done by directors Lucas respected (Kershner and Marquand). These movies are 100% Lucas and, in the case of Clones, he elected to direct a movie that was nearly entirely filmed against a green screen. This allowed him to do filming of characters against a blank canvas while allowing him to basically design whatever world he wanted around them. Green screens had long been used for special effects and matte fills, but hadn’t been used this heavily at this time. While Episode II wasn’t a full “digital backlot” film, there were tons and tons of shots that had actors doing their thing with nothing around them but green cloth. The upside here is that digital backlots can save a lot of money in film production since you don’t have to build sets that are either very complicated (aka “expensive”) or utterly impossible. The downside is that if your director isn’t, you know… an actor’s director, the actors all end up like they’re acting in front of a bunch of green cloth because they have nothing...
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...Structures Can the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU) live on as Legend? As Michelle Lawhorn tries to explain in her editorial “Star Wars: Is the EU Really Gone?” (Lawhorn, 2014) Michelle reminds readers that George Lucas didn’t put his official stamp on any novel, comic, or game saying that is truly what happens in the Star Wars universe. The EU is a collection of authors that had continued to further tell the stories of Star Wars after Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (ROTJ) in the absence of any more movies by George Lucas. Fans fell in love with these stories and believed them to be cannon and official Star Wars storyline. Then George Lucas sells Star Wars to Walt Disney and Disney announces that the EU is considered non-cannon in future films and novels and fan were extremely upset. Michelle does a great job explaining that the Star Wars history has not been erased in any way and that all novels, comics, and games will be rebranded Legends. Many fans of the EU thought that many of their beloved characters would disappear and be forgotten. Michelle reassures the readers that this is not the case “See, here’s the thing: the EU was never canon to begin with. George Lucas never signed off on any novel, game, or comic to be official canon…Basically, the EU was unofficial “official” fan fiction.” (Lawhorn, 2014) George Lucas basically let different departments within Lucas Film continue creating products for Star Wars in order to further the brand. As the Star Wars brand continued...
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