C-3PO and R2-D2 explore the creation of the film that made them famous.C-3PO and R2-D2 explore the creation of the film that made them famous.C-3PO and R2-D2 explore the creation of the film that made them famous.
Don LaFontaine
- Narrator
- (voice)
Kenny Baker
- R2-D2
- (uncredited)
Peter Diamond
- Self - stunt coordinator
- (uncredited)
Garrick Hagon
- Self
- (uncredited)
James Earl Jones
- Darth Vader
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Peter Mayhew
- Self
- (uncredited)
David Prowse
- Darth Vader
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThis special was the first Star Wars material officially released to the growing home video market in 1979 by Magnetic Video Corporation. A later issue on the same label also features a trailer for "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980).
- GoofsAt about 22:23 minutes, Chewbacca can be seen on the TV monitor, and R2-D2 beeping. C-3PO asks "what did he say?", even when he is fluent in over six million forms of communication.
- Quotes
Narrator (original narration from 1977): In the modern world, success can't be confined to one medium - it spills over into every area of our lives. Star Wars has spawned more 'star wares' than anyone can count.
- Alternate versionsA video edition, released by Fox Video in 1995 as part of a mail-in offer with Kellogg's Cereals, replaces William Conrad's voice over narration with Don LaFontaine.
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Worth it for the interviews and behind the scenes footage.
C-3P0 and R2-D2 host this 50 minute long documentary about the making of A New Hope. I got it for Christmas in 1995, right around the last time the original trilogy was released on VHS. It is very informative; I particularly like watching how the spaceships were filmed. If you want the ultimate documentary about the making of Star Wars though, I would recommend the Empire of Dreams documentary. I have to admit I fast forward the short host segments with R2 and 3PO now. The main reason to get this is for the old interviews with Lucas, Ford, Hammill, Fisher, Guinness, and even Gary Kurtz. It's cool to see them when they were so young, and Lucas actually has a normal neck. There is also some rare behind the scenes footage. Did you know Guinness was only six feet off the ground when he shut down the tractor beam?
Die hard Star Wars fans will appreciate the footage of Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter talking on Tattooine. It is very brief though, only about five seconds, and you can't hear what they're saying. But this footage is very rare and can only be found in a few documentaries. I've found stills on some websites, but that's not the same.
On a side note, it's funny to hear Mark Hammill say "Princess Leia is a chump if she goes for Han Solo." We can forgive him, he didn't know. Most interesting is when George Lucas says "I will say Luke is more devoted to Princess Leia." It makes me wonder if he really had the whole story planned from the beginning.
Die hard Star Wars fans will appreciate the footage of Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter talking on Tattooine. It is very brief though, only about five seconds, and you can't hear what they're saying. But this footage is very rare and can only be found in a few documentaries. I've found stills on some websites, but that's not the same.
On a side note, it's funny to hear Mark Hammill say "Princess Leia is a chump if she goes for Han Solo." We can forgive him, he didn't know. Most interesting is when George Lucas says "I will say Luke is more devoted to Princess Leia." It makes me wonder if he really had the whole story planned from the beginning.
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- Jan 26, 2006
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