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STAR WARS:
1980 Empire Strikes Back w/o/c Comp - includes a w/o/c episode of Good Morning America with the cast of Empire Strikes Back (Frank Oz, Carrie Fisher, Harrison Ford, Mark Hammell) and it's all mostly about Empire, but also has a Gene Shallot review of the Shining (he hated it) on the same disc are some odds and ends and two complete 1980 episodes of Sneak Previews with Siskel and Ebert, one episode is their "sci-fi" tribute and includes stuff on Empire.
2/26/1984 CBS Special - W/O/C. _First network airing of Star Wars. The opening and ending report given by Mark Hamill has been nicknamed the "Star Wars Wrap Around" it included an exclusive look at the behind the scenes of the movie. He also talks about what the Trilogy has meant to him. Before each commercial break, famous people talk about what Star Wars meant to them. Very good video quality. Audio volume a bit low. From WNEV-Boston (later renamed to WHDH) Mastered from my personal VHS collection.
Casting Auditions - an hour long
collection of black and white auditions, you cant believe some of the people you
see in this that tried out for star wars roles, classic stuff
Deleted Magic - over 2 hours, absolutely packed with unseen footage, out
takes, interviews, etc. great stuff.
Droids: The Complete Series - Animated 80s
Star Wars cartoon focusing on the adventures of R2-D2 and C-3P0 before they
joined Luke Skywalker. Complete Series (1 DVD)
Holiday Special - The special George Lucas doesn't want you to see! With
Toy Commercials and Muppet Special
Making of a Trilogy (2 DVDs) -
Disc 1 - over 2 hours - The MAKING OF STAR WARS as told by C3PO and R2D2-
1 hour. and then another show; SPECIAL FX- THE Empire Strikes Back, also 1 hour.
then “connections” a short film with r2 and c3po talking about all 6 movies.
Disc 2 - first CLASSIC CREATURES: Return of the Jedi with Carrie Fisher and
Billie D, 1 hour. and the; FROM STAR WARS TO JEDI: The Making of a Saga w Mark
Hamill, also 1 hour.
Mythology of Star Wars - with Bill Moyer & George Lucas (an hour long
presentation going deeper into the creation of star wars and influences of
Lucas, like the writings of people like Joseph Campbell (i also have a disc of
Bill Moyers interviewing Joseph Campbell at Lucas’ ranch about star wars,
mythology and religion in general, its a 6 hour long disc on the list below)
Rarities (2 DVDs) -
Disc 1- (with 11 rare specials, commercials and interviews) 4 hours!!! of stuff
here, so much stuff on this one, Siskel and Ebert reviewing star wars, the full
length special edition “Hardware Wars”, THE DONNIE AND MARIE SHOW GO STAR WARS!
(never would have believed it w/out seeing it), Conan O'Brian stuff, more
commercials and promos, etc etc etc.
Disc 2- (with 19 more rare specials, interviews, commercials and
sketches) over 2 more hours of seriously rare stuff. includes the forgotten
scenes disc, with stills of deleted scenes, then a lot of fan film type stuff
like action figure theatre, trooper clerks (a take on the movie clerks), a skit
from the Richard Pryor show! Richard is the bartender at the star wars cantina.
a south park short called Park Wars. Mark Hamill on saturday night live, carrie
fisher on SNL. Natalie Portman on David Letterman before she was in star wars, a
60 minutes special with George Lucas, and a bunch of other rare things.
Star Tours - This is a great collection of rare material from the Disney Star Tours ride, including the Star Tours News Kit. I wanted to make sure this disc got out there, because it appears I may have the only working copy of this disc left. There are some great as well as groan-worthy moments on this disc, including some things like the really cheesey opening ceremony and C-3PO rapping. Yes, you heard right
Star War III: Back Stroke Of The West - Hard to explain, but hilarious. Check out this site: http://winterson.com/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html
Star Wars – airing from 2/26/84 on WNEV Boston, hosted by Mark Hammel, features lots of behind the scenes footage, etc, w/o/c
Star Wars 1997 Special Edition Media Coverage - various news and television clips from 1997 about the special edition re-releases
Star Wars: Droids On Sesame Street - Workprint footage from R2D2 & C3PO's appearance on Sesame Street
Star Wars Episode 1 Media Coverage - various
news and television clips from when Episode 1 first came out
TROOPS - Mark Hamill on the SNL type show “FRIDAYS”, Kenner
Toy Commercials (a full hour of commercials! all star wars rare toy
commercials), Troops (troops is a comedy based on the show “cops” but instead
the cameras follow imperial stormtroopers around the galaxy as they patrol,
pretty funny stuff, from the official release not a download and it also has a
directors commentary) and Mark Hamill on the TV show Fridays. 2 hour disc.