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Genre
  
Documentary

Composer(s)
  
John Williams

Initial release
  
12 September 2004

Initial DVD release
  
21 September 2004 (USA)

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Written by
  
Ed Singer

Country of origin
  
United States

Directors
  
Kevin Burns, Edith Becker

Screenplay
  
Ed Singer

Directed by
  
Kevin Burns Edith Becker

Starring
  
George Lucas Mark Hamill Robert Clotworthy (narrator)

Distributed by
  
20th Television (Original), Disney–ABC Domestic Television (Current)

Cast
  
George Lucas, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Robert Clotworthy

Similar
  
Star Wars: The Legacy R, From Star Wars to Jedi: The, The Making of Star Wars, SP FX: The Empire Strikes B, Star Wars Holiday Special

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy is a 2004 documentary film directed by Kevin Burns and narrated by Robert Clotworthy. It documents the making of the original Star Wars trilogy: Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), and Return of the Jedi (1983) and their impact on popular culture.

Contents

The two-and-a-half-hour-long documentary was made for the bonus disc of the DVD boxset of the Star Wars Trilogy, released on September 21, 2004. A shortened version of the documentary premiered on the A&E Network later that fall. The TV version ran at around ninety minutes, cutting out nearly an hour of content.

Empire of dreams the story of the star wars trilogy


Content

The documentary is strictly chronological, divided into five parts, from the beginning of George Lucas' career as a filmmaker, to the complicated production of Star Wars in 1976, to the impact the film, and its sequels, have made on the world today. It features interviews with George Lucas and major cast and crew members. The documentary puts Star Wars into a sociological and political perspective by using interviews with spectators such as Walter Cronkite.

The film was shot in 1.78:1 aspect ratio.

People interviewed are:

  • George Lucas (filmmaker, creator of Star Wars)
  • Walter Cronkite (journalist)
  • Steven Spielberg (filmmaker)
  • Irvin Kershner (director of The Empire Strikes Back)
  • Howard Kazanjian (producer of Return of the Jedi)
  • Gary Kurtz (producer of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back)
  • Leo Braudy (professor and cultural historian at USC)
  • Bill Moyers (journalist)
  • Carrie Fisher ("Princess Leia Organa")
  • Gareth Wigan (former production executive for 20th Century Fox)
  • Alan Ladd, Jr. (former studio chief for 20th Century Fox)
  • Ralph McQuarrie (conceptual artist for original Star Wars trilogy)
  • Richard Edlund (cameraman, miniature and optical effects for ILM)
  • Steve Gawley (model maker for ILM)
  • John Dykstra (visual effects supervisor for ILM)
  • Paul Huston (model maker for ILM)
  • Joe Johnston (visual effects art director for ILM)
  • Lorne Peterson (model maker for ILM)
  • Dennis Muren (visual effects for ILM)
  • Mark Hamill ("Luke Skywalker")
  • Harrison Ford ("Han Solo")
  • Peter Mayhew ("Chewbacca")
  • Kenny Baker ("R2-D2")
  • Anthony Daniels ("C-3PO")
  • Norman Reynolds (art director and production designer)
  • Robert Watts (production supervisor)
  • Peter Diamond (stunt coordinator)
  • Richard Chew (film editor)
  • Paul Hirsch (film editor)
  • Ken Ralston (visual effects)
  • Ben Burtt (sound designer)
  • James Earl Jones (voice of "Darth Vader")
  • Phil Tippett (stop-motion animator)
  • John Williams (composer)
  • Sid Ganis (former marketing director for Lucasfilm)
  • Lawrence Kasdan (writer)
  • Billy Dee Williams ("Lando Calrissian")
  • Stuart Freeborn (makeup and special creature design)
  • Frank Oz ("Yoda")
  • Charles Weber (former president at Lucasfilm)
  • Jim Bloom (production supervisor)
  • Warwick Davis ("Wicket W. Warwick")

    • Actors featured in archive footage, except:

  • William Katt (auditioned for Luke Skywalker)
  • Kurt Russell (auditioned for Han Solo)
  • Perry King (auditioned for Han Solo)
  • Terri Nunn (auditioned for Princess Leia Organa)
  • Cindy Williams (auditioned for Princess Leia Organa)
  • Sir Alec Guinness ("Obi-Wan Kenobi")
  • David Prowse (Darth Vader in costume)
  • Peter Cushing ("Governor Tarkin")
  • Richard Marquand (director of Return of the Jedi)

    • Reception

    The documentary was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing (Non-fiction).

    References

    Empire of Dreams Wikipedia
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