The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film is a 2007 book detailing the making of Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The book is...
The Making of Star Wars is a television special produced by Gary Kurtz and released by 20th Century Fox, which originally aired on the ABC Television Network...
"Owen is strong like his father: pragmatic and certain of his ways, grateful for simple joys and for his life on the moisture farm." - Shmi Skywalker Lars Owen...
"Aunt Beru always brought a good idea and a cool drink out when she came to visit her men. And when they became frustrated, she had words of encouragement that...
"I can't abide those Jawas! Disgusting creatures!" - C-3PO Jawas were typically short humanoid natives of Tatooine. They were often scavengers, seeking out...
"…the greatest swap meet in the Galaxy." - Mammon Hoole Haggleday, or the Great swap meet, was a festival observed by the Jawa species, and the most...
The Massassi Temple, or the Great Temple, was built on Yavin 4 by the Massassi to worship Naga Sadow, a Sith Lord who had enslaved and mutated the Massassi...
"This will be a day long remembered. It has seen the end of Kenobi; it will soon see the end of the Rebellion." - Darth Vader The Battle of Yavin, also known...
"Great events happened here on Yavin 4. You can get a real sense of history." - Hoggon Yavin 4 was one of only three habitable moons orbiting the gas giant ...
"Yavin is one of those gas giants that looks like it missed out on starhood by a very slim margin." - Suz Tanwa Yavin Prime, also known as Yavin (Yavin...
"Stand-by alert. Death Star approaching. Estimated time to firing range, fifteen minutes." - Intercom broadcast in the War Room The Strategy Center, formerly...
"What a desolate place this is." - C-3PO The Dune Sea was a desert made of sand that stretched across Tatooine's wastes. In the Tatooine navigation system, it...
"Baby banthas are quite cute…" - Darth Vectivus Banthas were a sturdy and easily domesticated beast of burden that was mysteriously found all over the...
The Medal of Bravery was an award presented by the Alliance to Restore the Republic to members of its organization who had displayed a great feat of bravery in...
"They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally, they became heroes." - Leia Organa The Alliance to Restore the Republic (also known as Rebel...
The Evil Empire lurks on a quiet street in Gilbert. Inside a house that flies a skull-and-crossbones flag, members of the Dark Side work methodically piecing...
He's small in size. His sentences have a confusing but immediately recognisable structure. And he's constantly dispensing pearls of wisdom. Yes, Yoda talking...
Elegance, ability and a touch of rebellion. That pretty much sums up the character of Master Qui-Gon Jinn, a noble and important Jedi who lived during the Old...
More than 25 years after starring in The Empire Strikes Back, Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams is still a force to be reckoned with when it comes to luring...
The fourth edition of "Great to Be Nominated," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' screening series honoring the film from each awards year that...
FREMONT: Apparently they were not fans of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker or R2-D2. Nearly 70 collectible Star Wars action figures were strewn about the Glenmoor...
WASHINGTON April 19 (UPI) -- Jedi master Yoda has a slight edge, he does, over Darth Vader, as voters across the United States weigh in on America's favorite...
Chris Marquette, who co-stars in the upcoming Star Wars-themed comedy Fanboys, told SCI FI Wire that the movie has been delayed to add a cameo with Kevin Smith...
A cloak worn by Sir Alec Guinness in Star Wars, which went missing for 30 years, has been sold for £54,000 at an auction of cinema and TV outfits. Estimates...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 16 (UPI) -- Grand Rapids, Mich., is now the home to two U.S. Postal Service mailboxes painted to look like R2- D2, the little droid...
DARTH Vader has metamorphosed from an innocent boy to one of cinema's quintessential symbols of evil. But now he's getting back to his roots - in Japan. A...
London, April 12 (ANI): The cast of the original 'Star Wars' films may reunite for a 'Channel 4' special. According to reports, British comic Justin Lee will...
Michele Trader has been a fan of "Star Wars" since she was no taller than R2-D2. Now, at age 29, the North Hills resident is public relations officer for the...
MONROE -- A little red-headed boy sat quietly toward the back of the room, diligently scrawling the word "super" on a pink piece of paper, until he realized he...