...Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The franchise depicts a galaxy described as "far, far away" in the distant past, and portrays Jedi as a representation of good, in conflict with the Sith, their evil counterpart. Their weapon of choice, the lightsaber, is commonly recognized in popular culture. The franchise's storylines contain many themes, with influences from philosophy and religion. The first film in the series, Star Wars, was released on May 25, 1977 by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon. It was followed by two sequels, released in 1980 and 1983. A prequel trilogy of films were later released between 1999 and 2005. Reaction to the original trilogy was largely positive, while the prequel trilogy received a more mixed reaction from critics and fans. All six films were nominated for or won Academy Awards, and all were box office successes; the overall box office revenue generated totals $4.38 billion,[3] making Star Wars the fifth-highest-grossing film series.[4] The series has spawned an extensive media franchise – the Expanded Universe – including books, television series, computer and video games, and comic books, resulting in significant development of the series's fictional universe. In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and announced three new Star Wars films, with the first film, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, planned for release in December...
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...I was very surprised at how many people and time it took to make just 1 minute of film for Star Wars Episode III. I have seen all of the star wars movies and I knew that they involved a lot of work, but I truly was taken aback by the actual number of people that the movie required for one 60 second scene. I heard in the clip that this was one of the most important scenes from this film, but still could not believe what it took put it together. The amount of people working on the shot where the camera is watching the lava flow through the mountainous landscape on the planet Mustafar was amazing. There were 47 “practical modelers” who worked on building the set for that one shot. They had to find a good material, carve it down to look the way that George Lucas envisioned it, paint it, and figure out a way to have lava flow over it to make it look perfect. They built the set on a large platform that could be tilted in order to control the speed of the lava flow, which was very smart. They also not only had to decide what to use as lava, which they used Methacil for because of its color and viscosity; but then how to make it light up to match the ominous glow that real lava has. After they had finished the shot and disassembled the set, George Lucas looked at the footage and was not happy with what he saw. He envisioned the shot going against the flow of the lava, and up the landscape of Mustafar. This in turn took even more manpower to figure out how to fix this problem. It went...
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...Episode IV: A New Hope Far off in a distant galaxy, the starship belonging to Princess Leia, a young member of the Imperial Senate, is intercepted in the course of a secret mission by a massive Imperial Star Destroyer. An imperial boarding party blasts its way onto the captured vessel, and after a fierce firefight the crew of Leia’s ship is subdued. The dark, forbidding figure of Darth Vader appears, brutally interrogating the crew and ordering his stormtroopers to search the ship for the secret documents he believes it is carrying: the technical readouts for the Empire’s mightiest weapon—a planet-sized battle station called the Death Star. In the confusion, Princess Leia slips away and hides the secret documents, as well as a recorded plea for help, in the memory of R2-D2, a maintenance droid (robot). Leia is taken prisoner, but R2 gets away in an escape pod, along with his best friend, the protocol droid C-3PO. After crash-landing on the planet below, a barren, desert world called Tatooine, the droids set off in search of civilization but soon quarrel over the way to go. R2 insists that he has a mission to perform, but C-3PO wants no part of such an adventure. The two droids go their separate ways but are soon reunited when they are both captured by Jawas, child-sized scavengers who trade in droids and technological scraps. The Jawas sell the droids to Owen Lars, a moisture farmer on a remote homestead. Owen’s nephew, young Luke Skywalker, cleans the droids and, as he does...
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...Star Wars, Before The Awakening by Greg Rucka is a three stories in one book. The first story is about FN-218 (Finn), second story is about Rey and the third about Poe. I’ll will be doing FN-218 (Finn) because I find his story really good. This book tells you about the new heroes of Star Wars and what there did before the movie Star Wars: the force awakens. Number of Pages: The book has 240 pages. Plot of the story: The book starts off by saying “there are four in a firing team”. The firing teams leader is FN-218. His nick name is Finn but, he gets this name in the movie that is based on the movie. The second leader is Nines, then Zero and there is also Slip. These are the five main characters in Finns story. The book starts right...
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...There have been several theories surrounding the Star Wars: The Force Awakens villain Supreme Leader Snoke, including one where he is actually the infamous Darth Plagueis who was mentioned in the prequels. After much speculation, Andy Serkis, who plays the mysterious character in Episode VII, has just revealed the truth about Snoke's identity! Entertainment Weekly has just released two new images from The Force Awakens which features the film's performance capture characters, Lupita Nyong'o's diminutive Maz Kanata as well as Serkis' gigantic baddie. In addition to that, Serkis has finally confirmed the truth about Snoke being simply ... Snoke. That's right; Snoke might look ancient enough (and he certainly seems evil enough) to be the fabled...
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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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...Musical Themes in the Original Star Wars Trilogy The music in the Star Wars series is one of the most widely known themes in cinematic history. The scores enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scenes. The composer for the Star Wars films, John Williams, has many different themes that are carried on throughout the series. The themes give the viewer hints as to what the approaching scene entails. A main theme is the Rebel Fanfare. It first appears in Episode IV during the Main Titles/Rebel Blockade Runner scene. It is used to represent the Rebel Alliance. The theme is played by a brass section. It appears in the closing credits of every movie. Written in minor key, the melody is often misinterpreted as a theme for...
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...It is the grand reopening of the Disney store in the mall. I am overly excited as the new store is undoubtedly going to have the new Star Wars toys. I rush over to the half scale Darth Vader statue standing on top of a circular shelving unit filled with numerous amounts of Star Wars plushes. I want the 3 ½ inch action figures not the plush Chewbacca staring me down with its huge black eyes. These aren’t the toys I’m looking for, I move along. Then I spot them hanging from racks on a shelf behind the circular unit. I grab one of the new Star Wars Rebels figures and look in disappointment as I notice it only has 5 points of articulation (its head, arms, and legs), made of cheap plastic and the paint applications are way off especially on the face. The figure is giving me a cross eyed look as it hopes I put it out of its misery. Is this what happens when Disney buys out Star Wars? Is this what they do with the beloved toy line? They replace them with McDonald’s toys? As an avid Star Wars collector with over three hundred figures plus much more memorabilia I am very disappointed with how Disney is handling the toy franchises they have taken over. They do offer a higher quality toy line for both Marvel and Star Wars toys but they cost way more than they used to. I was able to buy a high quality Star Wars action figure for less than $10 before Disney bought Lucas Films out. Now $10 will get you a figure that mirrors a figure from the 70’s only without the charm the vintage ones...
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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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...What movie fan hasn’t searched for a Darth Vader costume or the leather armor worn by Russell Crowe in "Gladiator?" These and other prop replicas are among the items that fans look for when they start a collection of movie props. These prop replicas make excellent additions to any collection. What are movie props? These are items like guns, furniture, whiskey glasses, knives, helmets, fake money, teacups, fake food, and other items that movie makers use on set. The word is short for "properties." Prop replicas of these items were made for mass production. These types of memorabilia allow fans to collect key props inspired by their favorite films. How can I get a property replica from Star Wars? For Star Wars fans, the opportunity to...
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...Alfredo Sigala Conspiracy Theory Death Star Attack Introduction We’ve all heard the Death Star attack. We all know about Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance and how they were able to steal the plans of the Death star to find its weakness. Then mounted a foolhardy attack on the most powerful, well-defended battle station ever built. And we’ve all seen the video of the one-in-a-million shot that resulted in a massive chain reaction that not just damaged, but completely obliterated that massive technological wonder. Like many, I believed what i saw during the attack. But as I watched the video again, I began to realize that all was not as it seemed. And the more I questioned the official story, the more clear it became. Like many citizens, I have many questions that I would like answered: was the mighty Imperial government really too incompetent to prevent a handful of a ragtag team of rebels from destroying one of their most prized assets? Or are they hiding something from us? Who was really behind the attack? Why did they want the Death Star destroyed? No matter what the answers, we have a problem. We all heard the story of the rebels stealing the plans for the Death Star. Darth Vader chasing down Princess Leia for stealing the plans. The chase was stop at Tatooine when Darth Vader Star Destroyer was able to blast Leias cruiser. Princess Leia was then captured by Darth Vader on her ship, Tantive IV. But before getting captured by Vader she was able to give the plans...
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...The game starts like many other Star Wars games and movies with the famous introduction, “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away”. However, just the namesake of Star Wars and the unique introduction to this game don’t make the game good. Usually it’s the quality of the game that makes it fun to play and great to enjoy, and throughout the game Star Wars: The Old Republic, one will be constantly amazed by the witty dialogue, the immersive gameplay, and the incredible storyline that can suck hundreds of hours out of the player’s life in just one playthrough. The dialogue in this game is absolutely amazing. From witty remarks from both the player’s companion (who is a computer-controlled character in the game that assists the player throughout...
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...the Second Cold War which saw a deliberate attempt to undermine the forces of communism. * Reagan’s actions/policies were described as a militarised counter-revolution. They were much more aggressive than those of Carter including extensive re-arming and providing convert help to those fighting against communist forces or governments. Action | Aim | Key Features | 1. Increasing Nuclear Arms | * Regain American military supremacy * Cripple the USSR financially – to compete they would face bankruptcy * Supremacy in arms would therefore grant the USA strength in all areas & force the Soviet leadership to make concessions | * An unprecedented increase in military spending – defence spending was increased by 13% in 1982 and over 8% in each of the following two years * New methods of deploying nuclear missiles developed e.g. Stealth bomber & Trident submarines * Strategic Defense Initiative – SDI – or ‘Star Wars’ est. 1983. The deployment of anti-ballistic missile systems in space | Source A – The SDI Concept Online Explanation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B62n953nQ4o * Advantages of SDI… * Disadvantages of SDI… Source A David Painter, The Cold War: An International History, 1999 SDI was a technologically ambitious and extremely expensive plan to develop a nationwide ballistic-missile defense system that would deploy weapons in outer space to destroy enemy missiles in flight. Popularly known as Star Wars, SDI threatened...
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..."Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is only days away from its theater release. As such, fans are excited and can't help but want to find out more about the film's plot, characters, and secrets. It is a fact that the film is set to introduce new villain Kylo Ren (Adam Driver). However, some curious details about the character have only been revealed recently, via Games Radar. According to the recent report, Ren isn't a Sith despite his devotion to the Dark Side. Director JJ Abrams said the following about the villain's background: "He is a character who came to the name of Kylo Ren when he joined a group called the Knights Of Ren." In the "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" trailer, Ren appeared to be extremely devoted to Darth Vader's memory...
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...Conflict within families has been present in human societies since the beginning of humans themselves and has remained extremely pertinent wherever families may exist; in fact, you could say that familial conflicts began a long time ago and could even exist in a galaxy far, far away. Even in the midst of a galactic civil war, it is possible to identify interpersonal problems within families and examine how different methods of communication could provide remedies for the conflicts. In this essay, we are going to be discussing the hit 1977 blockbuster Star Wars--later retitled Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope--and how our study of interpersonal communication in family relationships can be exemplified in the film. In particular, we will analyze...
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