399“My only hope: Star Wars Celebration V, August 15, 2010.
399“There were certain underlying ideas: Kerry O’Quinn, Starlog, no. 47 (June 1981).
400“My whole love of space: Bobak Ferdowsi, GeekExchange.com, May 28, 2013.
400“I never got into: Will Wei, “Neil deGrasse Tyson Tells Us Why ‘Star Trek’ Is So Much Better Than ‘Star Wars,’” Business Insider, May 14, 2013.
401“We’ve got lots of Star Wars: Chris Lewicki, author interview, June 11, 2013.
401“That was a great, great way: Parazynski in NASA transcript of shuttle mission STS-120, http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/audio/shuttle/sts-120/transcript/fd12.txt.
402“The very existence of these discoveries: Quoted in Charles Q. Choi, “Planet Like ‘Star Wars’ Tatooine Discovered Orbiting 2 Suns,” Space.com, September 15, 2011.
404Trust members “hate us”: “3 Vie to Build Culture Center in the Presidio,” New York Times, September 15, 2013.
404“Plus the idea: Lucas to Presidio Trust, recorded and transcribed by the author, September 23, 2013.
404“somewhere in the park.”: Craig Middleton, Presidio Trust, recorded and transcribed by the author, February 3, 2014.
406“We’re just going to let: Disney spokesperson to the author.
407“Every time we find someone’s: “Star Wars Actor Richard LeParmentier Dies at 66,” Thompson Reuters, April 17, 2013.
407“It’s not uncommon for someone: Alan Horn, April 17, 2013, transcribed by the author.
409“Ralph’s designs are as real: Behind-the-scenes video shown at Star Wars Celebration Europe II, July 27, 2013.
409“Imagination drives innovation,”: Kathleen Kennedy, Celebration Europe II.
410“He wrote more of the Star Wars: Steve Sansweet, appearance at Books Inc., Opera Plaza, San Francisco, October 5, 2010.
411“I can reveal exclusively,”: Pablo Hidalgo, recorded and transcribed by the author, August 10, 2013.
414“It’s a complicated cultural icon,”: Access Hollywood, June 14, 2013.
INDEX
1:42:08–A Man and His Car (film), 49
6.18.67 (film), 54
21–87 (film), 43–44, 57
501st Legion, 28–35, 255, 257, 396, 401, 409
633 Squadron (film), 16
2001: A Space Odyssey (film), 93, 96, 97, 99
Abrams, David, 277
Abrams, J. J., 354n, 356, 392, 394, 400, 405
The Abyss (film), 298
Acomba, David, 224
Across the Zodiac (Greg), 3
The Adventures of Captain Marvel (movie serial), 24, 47
Ainsworth, Andrew, 36–39
Alderaan, 117, 120, 121, 127, 140, 142
Aldiss, Brian, 9n
Alien (film), 214, 215
Allen, Woody, 77
Allnutt, Frank, 60
Alphaville: A Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution (film), 52
Alsup, Bunny, 88, 114
Amazing Stories (magazine), 6–7
American Graffiti (film), 1n, 13, 84, 85, 87–91, 103, 108, 109, 214n
American Zoetrope, 77, 79, 82
Amidala, Queen Padmé, 303–305, 333, 335, 340, 341, 344, 361, 381
Amis, Martin, 212–213
Anderson, Bob, 268
Anselmi, Guido, 334
Antilles, Captain, 177
Anyone Lived in a Pretty [How] Town (film), 53
Apocalypse Now (film), 79, 80, 81, 88, 89, 124–125, 210, 242
Apogee Productions, Inc., 221
The Approaching Storm (Foster), 295
Arden, Dale, 8, 9, 24
Argo (film), 217
Arkyd, 401
“Armageddon 2419 AD” (Nowlan), 7
Arndt, Michael, 388–389, 405
Arnold, Alan, 243
Arnold, Edwin Lester, 3
Arnold, Gary, 281
Aronica, Lou, 288–290
Artoo Detoo. See R2-D2
Asher-Perrin, Emily, 360
Asimov, Isaac, 87, 221
Astromechs, 350–351
AT-ATs, 236, 247n, 297
Atkinson, Michael, 337
Attack of the Clones. See Episode II: Attack of the Clones
AWOL Sports Car Competition Club, 44
Bach, Steven, 213, 219–220
Baez, Joan, 99
Baker, Kenny, 150
Bald (film), 20
Ballantine Del Rey, 159, 293
Bantam Books, 288, 289
Bantha Tracks (newsletter), 283, 326
Barbot, 353
Barks, Carl, 22
Barry, John, 149, 212–213
Barryte, Michael, 362–364
Bart, Peter, 14
Bartlett, Chris, 347–349, 386
Barwood, Hal, 76, 94, 96, 100, 111, 114, 119, 177, 239, 259, 383, 399
Bass, Saul, 55
Bateman, Paul, 143
Batman comics, 20
Battle Beyond the Stars (film), 216
Battle for Endor (film), 276
Battlestar Galactica TV show, 220–222, 374
Bay, Jane, 61n, 193, 274
Bechtle, Nancy, 403–404
Berg, Jeff, 88, 94, 107
Besson, Luc, 98n
Best, Ahmed, 306, 320
Bester, Alfred, 99
Beth (Chris Giunta’s girlfriend), 323, 326, 327
Bies, Don, 352
Big Rock Ranch, 338, 370
Binks, Jar Jar, 303–304, 306, 366, 374, 379
Biskind, Peter, 99
Black Falcon Ltd., 202, 210, 241
The Black Hole (film), 213, 214
Blacker, Irwin, 46
Blade Runner (film), 215–216, 315
Blasters, 142, 202
Blessed, Brian, 219
Bloch, Alain, 64–67, 69–70
Bogan force, 115, 116, 117, 122, 144, 236, 364
Bond, James, 218
Borgnine, Ernest, 213
Boudreaux, Mark, 201, 280
Bowman, Frank, 96
Brackett, Leigh, 6, 230–231, 234–235, 238, 240, 263, 288
Brandywine Productions, 214–215
Briggs, Austin, 11
Brooks, Mel, 135
Brooks, Terry, 368
Brown, Jeffrey, 138
Bulloch, Jeremy, 253–255
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 4–6, 110
Burton, Bonnie, 350, 389
Burtt, Ben, 144–145, 173, 175, 322, 406, 411
Bush, George W., 342
C-3PO (Threepio), 115–118, 121–122, 173, 175, 176, 178, 235, 304, 340, 348
Calrissian, Lando, 235, 236, 242, 246, 288
Cameron, James, 173, 216, 298, 306, 317n
Campbell, Jean, 278
Campbell, Joseph, 18, 63, 126, 237, 277–279
Canby, Vincent, 250
Cannes Film Festival, 85
Captain EO (film), 279
Carauddo, Matthew, 65–67
Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure (film), 276
Carpenter, John, 93, 97, 214
Carr, Pat, 152
Carrasco, Michael, 255–257
Carroll, Diahann, 225
Carter, Captain John, 4
Castaneda, Carlos, 123
Catmull, Ed, 370, 385
Cellini, Mel, 18, 19–20, 26, 42
Centives (blog), 130, 132, 141
Cetin, Ates, 395–397
CGI. See computer-generated imagery
Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager (film), 137
Chaplin magazine, interview with Lucas, 111
Chapter II Company, 210
Chau, Micheline, 371
Chee, Leland, 339, 389, 393, 409
Chew, Richard, 174
Chewbacca, 113, 116–119, 124, 174, 181, 202, 222–224, 235, 262, 294, 340
A Child’s Guide to the Cosmos (film), 94
Christensen, Hayden, 336, 344, 345, 367
The Cinema of George Lucas (Hearn), 299
Clarke, Arthur C., 96
Clean Cut Cinema Club, 47
Clerks (film), 133–134
Clone Troopers, 31, 334, 340, 412
Clone Wars, 122, 124, 231, 280, 288, 291–292, 302, 338, 340, 376
The Clone Wars (film), 377–378
The Clone Wars TV show, 373–380, 408
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (film), 100, 154, 213
Club Jade, 291, 293
Cocks, Jay, 170, 187
Coleman, Rob, 354
Comic books, Star Wars, 160, 279, 280–281, 288, 292, 317
Computer-generated imagery (CGI), 136, 297–298, 309, 311, 312n, 314, 317, 320, 328, 338, 375, 378, 409
The Conversation (film), 81
Coppola, Eleanor, 85
Coppola, Francis Ford, 18, 20, 51, 55–57, 73, 76–85, 109, 111, 119, 124, 191, 210, 242, 273, 277, 279, 326, 343
Coppola, Gian-Carlo, 125
Coppola, Roman, 125
Coppola, Sofia, 85
Corliss, Richard, 375
Corman, Roger, 55, 96, 216
Coronet Theater, 162, 164, 323–326, 370
Coruscant, 129, 304, 322, 373
Counting Down, 324, 325
Course of the Force relay race, 70–71
The Courtship of Princess Leia (Wolverton), 293
Crabbe, Larry “Buster,” 10, 11, 24
“Crash Course in the Force,” 410–413
Crews, Tom, 27–29
Crichton, Michael, 298
Crittenden, Diane, 145
Crockett, Davy, 196–197
Cronkite, Walter, 187, 188
Crowder, Khari “Krazy K,” 324
Cukor, George, 199
Cummings, E. E., 53
Curtis, Bryan, 381
Daffy Duck, 74
Dali, Salvador, 98
The Dam Busters (film), 16
Daniels, Anthony, 96, 120, 150, 152, 173, 179, 252, 330, 386
Darabont, Frank, 319
Dark Empire comics, 292
Dark Horse Comics, 293, 294
Dark Star (film), 97, 98, 214
Darklighter, Biggs, 179–180
Darth Plagueis (Luceno), 368
Darth Vader and Son (Brown), 138
DaSilva, Ed, 34
Davies, Russell, 374
Davis, Warwick, 285
De Bartolo, Dick, 135
De Laurentiis, Dino, 219, 264
De Palma, Brian, 98, 170, 179
Death Star, 29, 58, 117, 118, 120, 127, 140–142, 150, 155, 174, 261–262, 266, 270–271, 371, 396, 407
Death Star White House petition, 130–133
Deering, Wilma, 7
Del Rey, Judy-Lynn, 159
Del Rey Books, 225, 287
The Demolished Man (Bester), 99
Den of Geek website, 358
DePriest, Derryl, 205, 206
Dewbacks, 312
Dia Noga, 310
Dick, Philip K., 99, 215
Disney (The Walt Disney Company), 18, 107, 166n, 202–203, 213, 217–218, 279, 371, 384–385, 389–394, 406, 407, 410
Dolan, Anthony, 282
Dolby stereo sound, 189–190
Dooku, Count, 333, 336
Douglas, Kirk, 212–213
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 5
Dreyfuss, Richard, 90, 91
Drucker, Mort, 135
Duel of the Fates, 329
Duncan, Jody, 332
Duncan, Tracy, 293
Dune (film), 214, 264–265
Dune (Herbert), 95, 105
Dune Messiah (Herbert), 95
Dunham, Duwayne, 270
Duvall, Robert, 78
Dykstra, John, 122, 147–148, 154–155, 172, 209, 221
Dykstraflex, 148, 154, 172–173, 213, 221
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls (Biskind), 99
Ebert, Roger, 136, 214, 331, 378
EC Comics, 21
Edison, Thomas, 2n
Edlund, Richard, 173
The Egg Company, 233, 260
Eisner, Michael, 279, 384
Ellenshaw, Harrison, 218
Ellison, Harlan, 221
Emanuel, Rahm, 404
The Emperor (film), 53
Empire of Dreams (film), 362n
The Empire Strikes Back. See Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
The Empire Strikes Out (film), 135
Engler, Hib, 66
Enron, 339–340
Episode I: The Phantom Menace
3-D version of, 382
cast-and-crew screening of, 326–327
draft of, 303–305
fan reaction to, 327
financial success of, 331
first screening of, 321–322
London, filming in, 319–320
Lucas’s opinion of, 331–332
release of, 328–329
reviews of, 331
secrecy surrounding, 319–321
writing of, 296–297, 300–307
Episode II: Attack of the Clones
3-D version of, 382
release of, 337
reviews of, 337–338
secrecy surrounding, 336
writing of, 332–336
Episode III: Revenge of the Sith 501st Legion in, 31
success of, 372
writing of, 340–344
Episode IV: A New Hope. See Star Wars
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
draft of, 236
financing of, 241–242
New York Times review of, 250
novelization of, 47n, 238
plot twist in, 228–230, 236–238, 248–249
post-release scenes, addition of, 251
release of, 251
Special Edition of, 316, 317
success of, 250, 259
writing of, 231–232, 234–236
Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
conferences about, 265–267
London, filming in, 268
novelization of, 272
rerelease of, 316–317
success of, 272
title change, 271
writing of, 262–264
Episode VII
Abrams as director of, 394
Chewbacca in, 294n
fan reaction to, 406
Lucas’s comments on, 345, 381–382
R2-D2 in, 354n
release date of, 406–408
secrecy about, 405–406
special effects in, 409
writing of, 382, 388, 394
Escape from Tatooine (film), 137
The Essential Reader’s Guide to the “Star Wars’” Universe (Hidalgo), 390, 411
Evans, Todd, 176, 324, 326, 327
Everett, Dave, 350
Ewoks, 261–262, 276
Expanded Universe, 286, 309, 317
Family Guy TV show, 139
Fanboys (film), 355–356
Fancher, Hampton, 215
Fans, Star Wars
camping out for tickets, 323–326, 372
demand for Episodes I, II, and III, 299–300
“despecialized editions” by, 316
fan films, 136
fan-made ephemera, 203–204
fanzines, 186
Lars homestead, restoration of in Tunisia, 397
official Star Wars fan club, 186, 272, 283, 330
Official Star Wars Fan Film Awards, 136
prequels, reaction to, 327, 355–357
reediting by, 359–360
501st Legion, 28–35, 255, 257, 396, 401, 409
Star Wars Celebrations, 35, 330, 345, 350, 352, 397, 409
Wookiepedia, 339
FAO Schwartz, 329
Fardardo, Gerard, 351
Fawcett, Farah, 191, 212
Feige, Kevin, 385
Fellini, Frederico, 83, 219
Ferdowski, Bobak (Mohawk Guy), 400
Fett, Boba, 225, 226, 253–255, 311, 341
Fett, Jango, 334
Fields, Verna, 51, 91, 104
Fierlinger, Philip, 175–176
The Fifth Element (film), 98
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sp; The Film Director as Superstar (Gelmis), 104
The Films of Akira Kurosawa (Ritchie), 104
Filoni, Dave, 376, 379–380, 408, 409
The First Men in the Moon (Wells), 2
Fisher, Carrie, 140, 145–146, 153, 177, 188, 206, 225–226, 246–247, 252, 267, 287, 388
Flash Gordon (comic strip, movie serial), 8–11, 22–25, 46, 83, 86, 87, 110
Flash Gordon (film), 219
Flesh Gordon (film), 84n
Forbidden Planet (film), 26, 95, 99
The Force, 57–60, 69–71, 112, 115, 116, 132, 142, 164, 187, 189, 237, 264, 267, 290, 339, 341, 369, 375, 407
The Force of Star Wars (Allnutt), 60
Ford, Harrison, 90, 146, 215, 245–246, 252, 262, 268, 311, 388
Ford, John, 50
Fordham, Crickette, 33
Fordham, Mark, 32–33
Fosselius, Ernie, 134, 317
Foster, Alan Dean, 159, 181, 209, 218, 263, 267, 286–287, 295
Frankenstein, George, 18
Fraternal Order of Bounty Hunters, 323
Frazer, James George, 109
Frazetta, Frank, 5
Freeborn, Stuart, 153, 240, 398
Frees, Paul, 134
Freiheit (film), 49
Friedkin, William, 211–212
From the Earth to the Moon (Verne), 2
Frost, Nick, 356
Gaines, William, 21
Ganis, Sid, 250
Garcia, Jerry, 77
Garrett, Maureen, 186
Geller, Barry, 217
Gelmis, Joseph, 104
George Lucas in Love (film), 136
GI Joe, 280, 284
Giger, H. R., 98, 214
Giler, David, 215
Gilmore, Henry, 376
Gingrich, Newt, 300
Girls, appeal of Star Wars to, 203n, 377, 380, 397
Giunta, Chris, 323–327, 358
Glenville, Peter, 179
Gleiberman, Owen, 378
Glut, Don, 24, 46–47, 159, 179, 238, 279
“Go-motion,” 247n, 297
Godard, Jean-Luc, 47, 49, 52, 158
The Godfather (film), 82
Gods of Mars (Burroughs), 5
The Golden Bough (Frazer), 109, 114
Golden Gate Knights, 64–67, 69–70
Golding, Paul, 49
Goldman, Carrie, 203n
Goodwin, Sean, 130–132
Gordon, Flash. See Flash Gordon
Gossett, Christian, 183, 318
Grace, Topher, 360
Graffiti Productions, 84n
Grant, Allen, 41
The Great Movie Serials (Glut), 24
Greber, Bob, 275
Greedo, 310, 312–313
Green, Seth, 139–141
Grievous, General, 335, 375
Guinness, Alec, 147, 150–153, 197, 232, 321
Guinness, Merula, 150
Gungans, 303, 304, 322
Gunray, Nute, 303
Gupta, Anjan, 130–132
Gurland, Robin, 318
Hadfield, Chris, 400
Hailey, Oliver, 73
Hale, Lynne, 391, 405
Hales, Jonathan, 320, 332, 336
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