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Star Wars: The Force Awakens Questions

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Who owns Lucasfilm? The Walt Disney Company.

Who formed Lucasfilm? George Lucas.
What year was Lucasfilm formed? 1971.
Who is the president of Lucasfilm? Kathleen Kennedy.
What other major films have they worked on? The Indiana
Jones series.
6. How much was Lucasfilm sold for? $4.05 billion.
7. Who wrote Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Lawrence Kasdan
and J.J. Abrams.
8. Who directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens? J.J. Abrams.
9. What other major films is the director responsible for? Star
Trek and Super 8.
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How many Star Wars films have there been so far? 7:
The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, A
New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force
Awakens.
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How much money have they all made at the global box
office? The total money that all seven movies have made
altogether is $6,484,876,440.
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When was the first Star Wars film released? 1977.
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What does ILM stand for? Industrial light and magic.
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What do ILM do? They help create the visual effects for
certain movies. They helped create visual effects for the Star Wars
movies, Jurassic Park, E.T., Ghostbusters, The Marvel Cinematic
Universe and Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Who created ILM? ILM was founded in May 1975 by George
Lucas.
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Why did they create ILM? It was created when George
Lucas began work on the first Star Wars. He wanted the film to
include visual effects that had never been seen before.
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What do casting directors do? Casting directors organise
the casting of actors for all of the roles in a film.
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Where were the first scenes for Star Wars: The Force
Awakens filmed? Abu Dhabi.
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What format was Star Wars: The Force Awakens shot
on? It was shot on film.
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What types of camera were used to film Star Wars: The
Force Awakens? Panavision cameras and IMAX cameras.
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What studio was used to film a large portion of the
film? Pinewood studios.
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Where is the studio? Buckinghamshire.
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What major franchise is famously filmed at this studio?
James Bond Franchise.
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How does said franchise link to Star Wars: The Force
Awakens? Daniel Craig, who plays James Bond, cameoed as a
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Who was the inspiration for the character Maz Kanata?
One of J.J. Abrams teachers at school.
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What technology was used to create Maz Kanata?
Motion capture technology.
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Who played Maz Kanata and what other roles is she
famous for? Maz Kanata was played by Lupita Nyongo. She is
famous for her role in 12 Years a Slave.
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Who played General Snoke? Andy Serkis played General
Snoke.
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What is he renowned for in the movie business? He is
known for playing motion capture characters. He played Gollum in
Lord of the Rings and Caesar in the new Planet of the Apes films.
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Where was the final scene filmed? On the Skellig Islands
off the coast of Ireland.
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Who composed the film score? John Williams composed
the film score.
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How many Star Wars films has he composed the music
for? He composed the music for all 7 of the films.
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What other famous films has he composed the music
for? John Williams has composed the music for Indiana Jones, Harry
Potter, Jurassic Park, E.T., Jaws, Home Alone and Superman.
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How many times did John Boyega audition for the film
(according to J.J. Abrams)? John Boyega auditioned for the role of
Finn 9 times according to J.J. Abrams.
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Over what period of time did these auditions occur? The
auditions took place over a period of seven months.
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How many people operated BB-8? 2 people operated BB8. One controlled the ball body and one controlled the head.
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What type of technology was the main version of BB-8?
The main version of BB-8 was remote controlled.
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What colour suit did the BB-8 operator wear? The BB-8
operator wore a green coloured suit.
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Why did he have to wear such a suit? He wore this suit so
he could be removed digitally using green screen technology.
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What type of special effects (SFX) were employed on
Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Both practical effects and CGI
were used to create the film.
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How many people were behind the monitor watching
the scene when Han and Chewie returned to the Millenium
Falcon? 200 cast and crew members watched the scene as it was
being filmed.
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Why was Simon Pegg thanked in the credits for Star
Wars: The Force Awakens? He was thanked for playing the role of
Unkar Plutt in the film.
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J.J. Abrams shot part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
in IMAX. What is IMAX? IMAX is a technique of widescreen

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larger than standard 35mm film.
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How many IMAX screens was the film available on? It
was shown on 1,000 IMAX screens worldwide.
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What is the age rating of the film in the UK? The film is
rated 12A in the UK.
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How much money did the UK government contribute to
the production of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? They
contributed 31.6 million to the production of the film.
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How much was Harrison Ford paid to reprise his role of
Han Solo? He was paid $20 million dollars for playing Han Solo in
Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
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How much were Daisy Ridley and John Boyega paid?
They got paid 300,000 each for their roles.