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Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Cast, crew and experts detail the secret histories of the most iconic film and television series of all time.

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Self - Pop Culture Journalist

Victoria Cheri Bennett

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Jeffrey Sneider

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Artist - Spider-Man

Self - Entertainment Writer

Self - Former UA Executive

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John Richardson

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Peter MacDonald

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C. Thomas Howell

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Self - Concept Designer

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Jeffrey Henderson

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Robert Greenberger

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Billy Dee Williams

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Ashley E. Miller

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J. Michael Straczynski

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Graham McTavish

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Christopher DeFaria

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Craig Lieberman

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Michael E. Uslan

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Michael Barnathan

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Peter Swords King

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Lars P. Winther

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Constantine Nasr

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Angelique Jackson

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Leigh Folsom Boyd

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Barrie M. Osborne

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Lisa C. Satriano

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Howard G. Kazanjian

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Daniel M. Kimmel

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Meredith Jordan

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Steven Jay Rubin

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Warren Drummond

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Martin Campbell

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Christophe Le Chanu

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Lydia Bottegoni

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Margaret Loesch

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Andreas Wisniewski

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Gary Scott Thompson

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Norman Wanstall

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Steven P. Saeta

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Michael Pennington

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Self

Maria Jose Tenuto

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Self - Former MGM Executive

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Darrin Denlinger

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Shepherd Frankel

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John Henry Semcken

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Sylvester McCoy

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Serena Scott Thomas

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Anthony Daniels

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Carolyn 'Cal' Loucks

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John Caglione Jr.

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Doug Claybourne

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Scott P. Murphy

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Ricardo Del Río

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J.C. Brotherhood

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David West Reynolds

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Self - Actor - Miles

Curtis Armstrong

Self - Actor - Iris

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Michael Frost Beckner

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Self - Actor - Lt. Weinberg

Self - Special Effects Supervisor

Self - Assistant Director

Self - Makeup Artist

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Self - Navy Technical Advisor

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Gabriel Hardman

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Janet Brennan Croft

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Producer

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Bronson Pinchot

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Patrick Cosgrove

Self - Racer X

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Trampas Thompson

Self - Actor - Sean Boswell

Self - Stunt Coordinator

Self - Casting Director

Kimberly Hardin

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Clayton J. Barber

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Self - Actor - Thumper

Self - Supervising Art Director

Self - Actor - Glenn

Self - Tauriel Stunt Double

Self - Actor - Oin

Self - Animator

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Samuel Hubinette

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Daniel Kleinman

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Jeff Habberstad

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Musician

Tip 'T.I.' Harris

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Mark Cunningham

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Nicholas Hooper

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James R. McAllister

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Richard Francis-Bruce

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Stephen Regelous

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Christopher Young

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Self - Actor - James Montgomery Falsworth

Self - Actor - Nancy

Catherine Schell

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Barry Wilkinson

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Peter McCaffrey

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Self - Co-Founder New World Pictures

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Stephen Goldblatt

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Terence Mountain

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Haris Zambarloukos

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Deborah L. Scott

Self - The Emperor

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John Kenneth Muir

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Jennifer Howell

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Harrison Ellenshaw

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Self - Casting Director

Risa Bramon Garcia

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Frosty

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Elliot Goldenthal

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Jeri Habberstad

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Gerald R. Molen

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Frank Capra III

Self - Associate Producer

Self - Casting Director

Self - Assistant Film Editor

Self - Actor - Viper

Self - Actor - Detective Ramirez

Monique Gabriela Curnen

Self - Actor - Dawson

Wolfgang Bodison

Self - The Lord of the Rings Fan & Scholar

Self - Set Decorator

Roger Christian

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Dominique Julienne

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Charlie McClellan

Self - Casting

Self - Sculptor & FX Artist

Self - Line Producer - Brazil

Fernando Serzedelo

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Self - Aerial Cinematographer

Self - Editor

Self - Sports Agent

Leigh Steinberg

Self - Stunt Driver

Self - 1st AD

Nicolas Hippisley-Coxe

Self - Assistant Director

Scott Robertson

Self - Art Director

Stephen J. Lineweaver

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Self - Tangerine Dream

Johannes Schmölling

Self - Stunt Coordinator

Self - Art Director - Thor

Maya Shimoguchi

Self - Actor - Ray Boyd

Jonathan Lipnicki

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Self - Assistant Director

Self - #1 Bart Simpson Fan

Travis 'Bart' McNall

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Self - Costume Designer

Self - Director of Photography - Ant-Man

Russell Carpenter

Self - Comic Artist - Howard the Duck

Self - Costume Designer

Self - Memorabilia Collector

Self - Puppeteer - Howard the Duck

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Timothy Burgard

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But George Lucas
always planned to include - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But George Lucas always planned to include

So I got hyper excited.
I was this apparently innocuous, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

So I got hyper excited. I was this apparently innocuous,

Anthony Daniels - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Anthony Daniels

- Oops.
- I was genuinely... - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

- Oops. - I was genuinely...

- And you should be, too.
- C-3PO wasn't the - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

- And you should be, too. - C-3PO wasn't the

He used to say, you know, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

He used to say, you know,

Possibly the biggest - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Possibly the biggest

It wasn't as straight-forward - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

It wasn't as straight-forward

George needed to find an actor - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

George needed to find an actor

So the part went to Broadway
performer Ahmed Best. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

So the part went to Broadway performer Ahmed Best.

Casting Director Robin Gurland
went to see - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Casting Director Robin Gurland went to see

It's 1997. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

The stars are now involved. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

The stars are now involved.

But with a new cast... - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But with a new cast...

Just put my name down." - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Just put my name down."

So can you start?
Would you do it?" - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

So can you start? Would you do it?"

Back to Vancouver.
I'll do this mix." - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Back to Vancouver. I'll do this mix."

We're gonna leave the room.
Make a decision." - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

We're gonna leave the room. Make a decision."

He just was like beside himself
that no one knew where we shot. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

He just was like beside himself that no one knew where we sh...

It seems George didn't realize - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

It seems George didn't realize

With a tight shooting schedule - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

With a tight shooting schedule

An offer to become
an archivist at LucasFilm. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

An offer to become an archivist at LucasFilm.

However, 20 years later, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

However, 20 years later,

We wouldn't have angles
where you wouldn't see - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

We wouldn't have angles where you wouldn't see

But they'd also be shooting, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But they'd also be shooting,

This is the first major
digital effects film from Lucas. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

This is the first major digital effects film from Lucas.

Rick McCallum said,
"There is more blue screen - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Rick McCallum said, "There is more blue screen

You're asking
an awful lot of your actors. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

You're asking an awful lot of your actors.

But George had a
whole other list of priorities. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But George had a whole other list of priorities.

You know, everything
will be exactly as I want it." - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

You know, everything will be exactly as I want it."

- But while shooting
- Digitally gave George - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

- But while shooting - Digitally gave George

With only 12 weeks
to shoot the film, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

With only 12 weeks to shoot the film,

God damn! This is so heavy!" - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

God damn! This is so heavy!"

Though no one could - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Though no one could

After creating - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Of course ultimately I go
back in and I put the voice - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Of course ultimately I go back in and I put the voice

They didn't care about
how I would feel about that. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

They didn't care about how I would feel about that.

is walking in a weird way." - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

is walking in a weird way."

It's 1997.
Filming of The Phantom Menace - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

It's 1997. Filming of The Phantom Menace

Well, not every one. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Well, not every one.

People are like,
"He is hysterical." - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

People are like, "He is hysterical."

He was happy. George really felt - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

He was happy. George really felt

While a hype around
Jar Jar was building on set, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

While a hype around Jar Jar was building on set,

There was... As if
a guided missile had suddenly - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

There was... As if a guided missile had suddenly

But once
filming started in Tunisia, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But once filming started in Tunisia,

Wipe them out... all of them. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Wipe them out... all of them.

Pods were smashed.
The costume department, make up, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Pods were smashed. The costume department, make up,

It was down to that.
Rick just got everybody going. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

It was down to that. Rick just got everybody going.

Was he, though? - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Was he, though?

And people close to George
have told me that. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

And people close to George have told me that.

Howard Kazanjian,
just adorable... - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Howard Kazanjian, just adorable...

He's not someone who, uh, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

He's not someone who, uh,

But as the saying goes, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But as the saying goes,

In August the Tunisians
themselves locally - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

In August the Tunisians themselves locally

She was going to school
I think full time - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

She was going to school I think full time

And to make
a bad situation even worse... - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

And to make a bad situation even worse...

With the Tunisia
shoot about to wrap, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

With the Tunisia shoot about to wrap,

I have to go back to the Ranch.
We're under such pressure. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

I have to go back to the Ranch. We're under such pressu...

This is the most complex film
we've ever handled - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

This is the most complex film we've ever handled

And just like that - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

And just like that

Well,
for VFX supervisor John Knoll - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Well, for VFX supervisor John Knoll

Every shot had a digital effect - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Every shot had a digital effect

And George's - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But George did have an ally. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But George did have an ally.

George's galaxy
was coming back to life. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

George's galaxy was coming back to life.

So much depends
on the reaction to this trailer. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

So much depends on the reaction to this trailer.

But while making the trailer, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But while making the trailer,

He had a huge decision to make. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

He had a huge decision to make.

Or are we gonna make
the trailer for the movie - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Or are we gonna make the trailer for the movie

- The question was,
- Would fans see through - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

- The question was, - Would fans see through

People are going to the theater,
buying tickets, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

People are going to the theater, buying tickets,

And then come back
for the second screening - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

And then come back for the second screening

I just hope that people
would forgive us for that - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

I just hope that people would forgive us for that

We were trying to show them
that somebody here - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

We were trying to show them that somebody here

David's misgivings
over the quality of the film - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

David's misgivings over the quality of the film

This gave George the confidence - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

This gave George the confidence

Those who have seen
the private screenings - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Those who have seen the private screenings

But Lucas was, at heart, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But Lucas was, at heart,

Sets,
so you know where you're at... - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Sets, so you know where you're at...

But visual effects
only when you need them." - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

But visual effects only when you need them."

Fan appetites proved insatiable. - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Fan appetites proved insatiable.

On May the 19th, 1999 - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

On May the 19th, 1999

Unfortunately,
the immediate reaction - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

Unfortunately, the immediate reaction

I'm sitting there
and I'm thinking, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

I'm sitting there and I'm thinking,

People who saw the film
as young people, children, - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

People who saw the film as young people, children,

And it wasn't
just the old-school fans - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

And it wasn't just the old-school fans

I actually left
during the credits - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

I actually left during the credits

After I saw the movie
I went out and I sat in my car - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

After I saw the movie I went out and I sat in my car

That his vision for the prequels - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

That his vision for the prequels

I mean,
there were Chinese men... - Icons Unearthed: Star Wars

I mean, there were Chinese men...

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Cast, crew and experts detail the secret histories of the most iconic film and television series of all time.

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Year: 2022

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Released: 12 Jul 2022

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