Empire of Dreams: The Story of the 'Star Wars' Trilogy (2004) (TV)

Directors:

Edith Becker
Kevin Burns

Writer:

Ed Singer (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | History

Plot:

This documentary chronicles the making of the original Star Wars trilogy from start to finish. We get...

Plot Keywords:

Making Of | Audition | Behind The Scenes | Screen Test | Out Take

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win

Cast

Robert Clotworthy	...	Narrator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kenny Baker	...	Himself - 'R2-D2'
Jim Bloom	...	Himself - Production Supervisor
Leo Braudy	...	Himself - Professor and Cultural Historian
Ben Burtt	...	Himself - Sound Designer
Jimmy Carter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Richard Chew	...	Himself - Film Editor
Walter Cronkite	...	Himself - Journalist
Anthony Daniels	...	Himself - 'C-3PO'
Warwick Davis	...	Himself - 'Wicket the Ewok'
Peter Diamond	...	Himself - Stunt Coordinator
John Dykstra	...	Himself - Visual Effects Supervisor
Richard Edlund	...	Himself - Cameraman, Miniature and Optical Effects
Carrie Fisher	...	Herself - 'Princess Leia Organa'
Betty Ford	...	Herself (archive footage)
Gerald Ford	...	Himself (archive footage)
Harrison Ford	...	Himself - 'Han Solo'
Stuart Freeborn	...	Himself - Makeup and Special Creature Design
Sidney Ganis	...	Himself - Former Marketing Director, Lucasfilm (as Sid Ganis)
Steve Gawley	...	Himself - Model Maker
Alec Guinness	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Hamill	...	Himself - 'Luke Skywalker'
Paul Hirsch	...	Himself - Film Editor
Paul Huston	...	Himself - Model Maker
Joe Johnston	...	Himself - Visual Effects Art Director
James Earl Jones	...	Himself - Voice of 'Darth Vader'
Lawrence Kasdan	...	Himself - Writer
William Katt	...	Himself (archive footage)
Howard G. Kazanjian	...	Himself - Producer (as Howard Kazanjian)
Irvin Kershner	...	Himself - Director
Perry King	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gary Kurtz	...	Himself - Producer
Alan Ladd Jr.	...	Himself - Former Studio Chief, 20th Century Fox
George Lucas	...	Himself - Filmmaker
Richard Marquand	...	Himself (archive footage)
Peter Mayhew	...	Himself - 'Chewbacca'
Ralph McQuarrie	...	Himself - Conceptual Artist
Bill Moyers	...	Himself - Journalist
Dennis Muren	...	Himself - Visual Effects
Richard Nixon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Terri Nunn	...	Herself (archive footage)
Frank Oz	...	Himself - 'Yoda'
Lorne Peterson	...	Himself - Model Maker
David Prowse	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ken Ralston	...	Himself - Visual Effects
Norman Reynolds	...	Himself - Art Director and Production Designer
Kurt Russell	...	Himself (archive footage)
Steven Spielberg	...	Himself - Filmmaker
Angela Staines	...	Herself - Senni Tonnika (archive footage)
Gilbert Taylor	...	Himself (archive footage)
Phil Tippett	...	Himself - Stop-Motion Animator
Robert Watts	...	Himself - Production Supervisor
Charles Weber	...	Himself - Former President, Lucasfilm
Gareth Wigan	...	Himself - Former Production Executive, 20th Century Fox
Billy Dee Williams	...	Himself - 'Lando Calrissian'
Cindy Williams	...	Herself (archive footage)
John Williams	...	Himself - Composer

Runtime:

151 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG | New Zealand:PG | UK:PG (DVD rating)

Company:

Prometheus Entertainment

Trivia:

This feature-length documentary is featured on the 4-Disc Star Wars Trilogy DVD set, released in September of 2004.

Quotes:

George Lucas: I think we were, like, two weeks overschedule. At that point the board of directors, at Fox, started to panic, and tell Allen Ladd Jr. that he had to shut that film down; regardless. And so he came to me and said, listen, you've got to finish in the next week, 'caus I've got another board meeting, and I can't go in there and say we're still shooting.

Movie Connections:

References Death Wish (1974)

Star Wars: Empire Of Dreams By First Class Reviews

Star Wars: Empire Of Dreams Review By First Class Reviews: Some Documentary's are so informative that you think you are reading a dictionary. And well Star Wars: Empire Of Dreams isn't one of them, you cannnot find a better source of information on the original Star Wars trilogy than this one. Filled with lots of information, set photos,actor interviews and anything else that has to do with star wars. But it doesn't have too much that just makes you sit there with a sigh and have other things on your mind. And i think that more documentary's should be like this. It's just real fresh to see a good documentary like this, well i guess it's fresh to just see a documentary.

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