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Available at fine retailers everywhere or call 8O0°877°4778insid inside Features < eer 8 StarWars World Premiere 64 SWCCG World Tournament Finally, after 20 years, Star Wars gets the gaia What happens when Decipher invites the best ‘opening it deserves. Scott Chemoff and the Star Wars Customizable Card Game players in the Insider were there, world ta duke it out? Jan Bradley Snyder reports, 54 Wampa Attack! 66 Meco and other Galactic Funk Athens Portilla digs deep into the snow to dis: What's the man who made Star Wars disco up to ‘cover the secrets of the ice creature. these days? The insider gets down with Meco Monardo. 60 Interview with Phil Tippett Jamie Painter finds that the former ILM-er who made the tauntauns trot and the AT-ATs wallcis. busier than ever, ix vacates are ceeDepartments 4 Rebel Rumblings George Lucas addresses the Greedo Incident, 6 Prequel Update No Sleep til Episode One. Reports. 13. Inthe Star Wars Universe Lobot speaks! 16 The New Wonder Column Anthony Daniels in the Jundland Wastes. 7° Straight From The Horse’s Mouth New Star Wars comic created in four cities on two continents 73 Scouting the Galaxy Steve Sansweet talks Errata ‘Apalogles opto StephenSehaeternthe midst of crunch timelaet kase hi name was misspelled Sehoeler ia renowned entertainment writer based in NC and hho mado a tentfic contibution te aur 220th Anniversary piece in #32 editor's Star Wars:Triumphant ‘yas dang 2 taping for Foe Navi back in December, when | heard the erst- ‘hile sitar Wf Eorerteinmens Weeks ‘Star viorecower story, who was alsa be: lng Interviewed, declare she Star Wars ‘Spaeia/ Eation to keane ofthe biggest gambles of 1907 Ithoughttomyzeli“s he mats?*Right then iW Stor Wors hast been a sages, would Nave bboughtia arse Hwvavithave Seta It Laut tered loudly"The SpacialEditiontzaboutastlsky ag betting the sun will ae” Bat unfortunately ray riko wine turned of 2 the tsk of sounding clairvoyant. must tay that the bo office suecens ofthe Stay Yas Trilogy Speciation dice surprise me one bit, ng tobe smug. Trent gaing to ‘89°10 you So" ver and aver agala tell the emvanquiched doubtereoutthere.itsjust that Tye never once, in the ast twenty years Fost faithin Stor ar! skilty to mere people. When | was in callege in the late eighties and early nineties, sometimes Siar Wars would come unin conversation nt very eftem, and | was always stunned at how people had com: pletely forgotten just how populsrit had been ‘the first ene around remembered it permeat ng absolutely EVERYTHING coehers had recalled ‘being about as sgrifieant as the Love Boat or Leo Sayer [Notthateitherof mese clturalicans drt make the contributions, other story. bagan 10 wonder ft was 2 little In 1981 I dida mesper 12 page nerox zine thatlhanded out teriends called Rept From he Str Hears Generarion Theseactionsgattrant my pals confirmed my deepest suspicions the Star vias phenomenon hadaower ray anced, I was just a sleeping glant waiting to be awoken, ow Stor Wars is euerymbere once again, Mainstream media seems aenuinely shocked, that’s an itled by this. A January article in ewsmeek even blamed the burgeoning pens! amnyom “cut“of fans (Publlacoacase!) ve alza eed ahalf dozen hy percritial newereview that sllhave a vaguely defensive tone in entiziog the wpria's mast pomular mavie— wnich leads sme to believe they weve all mitten by erbit- tered baby boomars.attemoting to protecttheir ‘generation's cultural supremacy. tm sorry {iiends, bur the tng Chill |b ever Some people Just cant seem to"pet” Stor Wars popularity. Is unnecessary te intellectualize over itu Now, after the Seer Wore Tilogy Special Fb. tian, ne one generation can lay claim ta Star Wans,Star Ws fandom isa Big Tent new encoere ppascing evoryone.thore are morenow StarHlsrs fons, and more new readers of this magazine than ever before. knove it may sometimas bw annoying te longtime fans allthis media sate: raion and the inflieofhew enthusiasts aut take ide, Soonthe mada willbe moving on te the next ig thing and roai Sx ars fan wil stl be here,just lke they'vealways been, Fr brand-new fans my advice is find an fold vet to teach you the ways of being a Siar ‘irs far, You can learn the difference betwesn ‘Wedge A ‘Comert@ and aon Calamari Cmlter, Oantooine aad Tatooine. Its a big universe thet just Heep geting bigger We've got only twa years let until the ‘new Starrs fims.and the Star Warsdasierhas sore material to covee than ever Before. We hope your stay with us te 1999 and beyond, ‘when Siar Wors surpstses people all aver agai. 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Ut ersten tins fe four stun Cala subcripions en eign espinal ee rau Gg pot pal aes Onaga. lee ties se wee sernee mae and umber Postustesentadeen.ehargeetostrirm PO tse nea Aur cO en 2 ork pn teas a rips reco. rhetes capyrgh ‘vsgy can he sored gra: pratutien in we tn parse sro, A Star Wars insider mura ss Waa es ele Please send your comments to: Rebel Rumblings POBox 111006, Aurora, COBO? eaters gy be ete for cartyand space consideratians. The Star Wars Insider isnot responsible far any unsolicited material vecei New Star Wars Fans (es: Rebel Rumings Like ary ater Starts feak esthere ro seeStarifarsnthe irs doyitopened.Beingenly 15a my st tire. 1 say was Great Fim going ta sae at lens 0 roe teres. The spocllefocts wareperfect.But thats note ea sate this Hetero Startins isbacoming reocommercst Dani gecmo wrang.idon' mind ‘now Store fr-comingin but | den feelshey lavethewordtharGeoege Lucas ceatedas mich 25 Ido Many of us Starrs lover have been srcurdioroorsbefore they deidedtodothe Stor Wars Tangy Seca Eaton To many of the Tee gs Sear arsisjustamavi.ta me fs way of fe ihanthe Star ars trend goes wrey the new auys" have frgottenL andniany othe Stor Wars feeoks wll sti be reading ths booksmass- ‘eekandardring the colecibes. a wantyau auysto bnorryovte doing 9 great job, while | ust 3t my Bookstore geting rove Sars alnleboy andhstather came inthe bay coulde't been more thanfourHecameinhaleing histaher’s hare The boydappedhistathershand and ran towards the Star Wars espa ‘thot wos ot. As wis siting there wile ted wosshowing mealitiechien’ Siar Worrbooktthouaht tormpslStar Winsis never going to die Heis the new (genetation of Starwars" As stared to ‘walk to pny for my things a ney turned tome andsaid"Wel, Starviors is back"! Just smd and sla“) wart sare it Jefe" hrdto me it will never fenve Thai youlorkeepingit ave in so manyofus #5. flesotllustherearegaing so bo enkodes 7. ane “Joseph Ander Rosales Chino ill. ‘Monks Joseph Mbik everyone will ‘think fploglazed your eterfor ey eat aka eg. Everyone ere te Inside, eve cen ang the oficial Lucas magazine for 11 years cwuthearny agrees with you that Star Wars never lef About eptudes 74, ane Geerge cucos hos retratedrecenty in publ hos he hos incur. ‘ent plant to produce thems Wiebe get tadet hia f= ah 1. 2.and Sse 385, Dak Found! Dear ir Ser Ivead your Rebel Reunion article inthe Stor Worsnsidermagazine and really enjoyed it: For 18015 my friends and T have quoted those 3e- tars lines with reverent respect, Geing eo lege teacher, am amazed at how popular the fils wn! these characters are with people ten yas my younger “Atthe endif the article youstated thatyou were having trove locating Joh Mceten, the actor wha played Dak. | read.an acele fram the Asseciated Press on 2/17/57 wich featured an leorementen 929276)F d 2 4 pm . \ ee Fossil commemcrates the classic epic saga Star Wars with the eee en ete eee eae tre RR eee ue ae eee me rte Re aS ee isthe ogee Tae Sen eee Ce Re Ren Kee tects ic 5 ee ee ‘ Beieeay ers SNe) : 3 Roca eI) S Reese eer ed reupdate WITH RICK MeCALLUM New Filmmakin for a New Trilogy In our continuing series of updates with Producer Rick McCallum, we go behind the scenes to bring you the latest news Fick hastherasponsetothespecial ditions ‘taken youand George by surprise? Yer. nane of us at Lurssira mere expecting ot satiiparing sything quite as bigs this Wet ad secret ambitions BUAIthinktheywereconsersa tive compared to whachas 2etually happened 1s ealy gle thr logs not the grosses but the number ef people whore going 1928 the fil that find so exciting H's iene dite Thad documentary crew shoatingtheday the mow- es opened and iti just laatasic to see the demographics and hen they are jus spliright down the middla:kids whe have newer seen i beforfari its jest fancacsiel -sand people avor 35 cojoying it What, for you, s the most satisfying thing about seeing thesefilms besa successful? think the most casielying thing fs the reali mation of how stroag and powerful Georges ‘origina vision ofall three lms wore chink the testament and thelegacy ofthe lms is tht the a tees Gn fealie une on the Star Wars prequels! worldhe' created hac sod the esteftimeand its almast reached a paint where it's immartal egsingta be here for so long. People have for gotten what itwas, nat only in terms of the ex perience theyhad when theysaa the maiafor the fest time, but they had forgotten wating of mavie irwas:how muchfunituas,howrnuch bumor was in iat also believe thatthe issue” of special effects and the “elockbuster* martalty of Hollywood \ss0 ar away roenshesefins they becarne that, but they are nota part ofthe same gerne that people tay to enily classy the Star Wors flns into.The mestimpestant thingisthat people are ectually having sa much fu seeing therm. The evento seeingthemsalmastasbig asthehins themselves. think the same thing Is gaing to bemirored in Europe and thes ofthe world Thoreisjust a hunger forthese movies andppro ple are really excited about seeing thera on the tig screen, Are youtaking any time to saver this success rare you jumping rightintathe prequelsat Leavesden Studlo: No the ealy savoring tin daing isha very, very proud ofall the pesple ot IlMand Pac Title and 20th Century Fex and Tori Christopher et haven't ally ida enoment tosavor anything because Ive been an the fad nos-stop since the mavies opened. ut Mt wras 2 real honor to BY DAN MADSEN work with all thace people in sucha eellabors tive may so pleased for all of those people who havereally put samuch tineand etl into these mavies ove the last three years had heard that Lucastilm was tweaking the final sound mix of thefila right upto the nal days before Star Wars opened? ts that true? Accuslyt was ight up 1 the might before it opened Were there any changes made between the film prints viewed in the preview sereaning the weok before and the prints finally ro= leased? If so, what were they? ‘We had a screening with Gearge the week be fore the mavie opened In Los Angeles Mostly the soundirack vas changed. There mere some small changes that we were able ta accommo: cate rencethat George had said atthe press car levin Kershner was being consulted and shaven The Empire Stites Back Special Edi- ton before it was released What was levin's reaction tot? Since hewas the diectaraf the flmhe needed toe consulted andicwalved It wes areal slews- une fori taseeitbecause there weresemany things that frustrated him and George when they were making the movin, To soe mast ofPisavel a Peee those things fined and repaired and new things ‘dele, ke tha naw, ciynamic shots coming inte loud city, was a real thrill to him. He was real pleased tofinaly get some ofthe things helhad sriginally wanted. ‘We're building sets fast and furiously, we have Is really beyond stare-ef-the-art I's pushing the envelope in anow way, expecially of character animation and virtual set vech= nolagy. Those two areas are really being pushed heavily. Sut also we-want ta have the right amount of time to explore and continue the way in which we did The Young Indiana Jones Cheoniefes.The production template for Usis that we shat in a very nor-linear form. ‘[...] the effects technology that we are trying to utilize is really beyond state-of-the-art. It’s pushing the enve- lope in a new way, especially in terms of character animation and virtual set technology.” two sets done already and were just Bul ice min Obviously, the prequ films in t Much longer than that - about a year and a hall-Thar' partially because some ef the ef- fects technology that we are trying toutlize We thont the bulk af the film, then we edit, then George ravirites and we go back and reshoos, then we roedle, rewrite and reshoot again. We keep.on doing that-fixiagand place ing all the bits of the purzie right up to the ‘very last mament that the picture is being 4 leased, pect to see any of the popular vehicles Davie Tattersall is the- Director of Photography ‘on the prequels. WWe have Trisha Biggar who is eur eostumedesigner she did all the Young indy shows. Peter Russell Is ur art director. Almost ‘everyeategory has been fled We'teswarkingean hiring the editor as well as some otter positions rightrowr, happening with casting George was in London last week and we were casting all week, None of the main roles have been eastyet, ‘yratave the frst draft ofthe completescriptand ‘wot ina totalgo" mod. We are building sets and were sched uled:e start shooting sometime In August but we wllbedoing someblue screen ‘work before then and some second unit work, Wis allcoming together nowt It's a voryexcting time! 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Goorge Lucas arc Maen end Carre Fisher led a juggernaut of Stor Wersall-stars that ranged fam such behind she-scenes heroes as director Irvin Heeshner (The Emate Stns Bact, sean efforts mansime on Burt, and iL visual effects vsionasy Clennis Muren to such en-sereen pone housesasChewwasea, Sea “Threepia,Artoo-Detoo,Boba Fat ‘and the Loid ofthesith himself, DDarthvader Hollwoed also turned out in Foxe, with Snarom ‘tone and ether celebrities supplying plorty of extra glaen= ‘suche a postpremiere press conference the next day unleashed yet mere informstion an the wpeaming Str Wore Broquals, And! as usual the insider was there, too—cavering the celebration and celebrating the coverage. ‘Surprisingly the star-studded event itself was agrnuch 3: Stor ies est astas the by-neefarilar Jaen smi amio of Mostislay."We didnt haveapremicre the frst oop at a World Premiere timedeelared the star af the frst Star ars logy, Mark Hamil"aut beter lat than newer!" “Of course Forte fans—mast of whom were rand ely elected membersaf The Official Sear Wort Fan Chub—itho ‘rowed into the bleachers before the mavie the peertiere wrapetIate atl giving them the eppemunity to seethe movie gary. t would be almost two meek hetore the Sor ars Special altion would open nationwide and the lucky ‘eagerfans who had received thor tickets inthe mailto ith Conary Fox just daysearber did nat take heir good fortume ighth They ined up aseatlyasS ar for agood s231,but they needn't have worrkecceveryone gotin, and the stonm clouds that had blanketed L.A.for days parted to makeroom fara spectacularly sunay-d3y. The Stars Arrive is deal etre thee beg tari would be aday long rememibered, When the Drsider showed Tel Tt ar the remesere St Norscurewer steady Mann fom ood pears throughout Vestwoad Misti a tes ee ae Upon thee foeoding yet mate marae! oa Viloge onthe inch oly emblconed ath the Sr vr og nary of een tame er There wenpeabieh ofeacementestbebip moment aporoscecand the UCLA Meeting and stuck pena dot acct tr mee rs oon tac Ener tt comer of ich ok Thores Dally "SheDlnded MeWah Seence"MeBS2eLone Shctnaclout ay teterence ta Jabba palace KansasCarryen My agua Soe meseaga awl ..ar Anakin, andeven ‘ecaumith’s"Lowe nan Elevator t'l lowe that one ane The rt celebrity te march dovwn the red espet was rend sta Davi Schusimeney, who showed up agood hhout before ary of his lion celeb ities tnclcing Fens «co-star Matt LeBlanc to ensure is safe passoge into the ‘theatesHardeovean Schemes told tie crowd that he had watched the ceiginal Stor Mars just the night bere “Tye been studying ua"he sae excited, Other star paying hamage tothe Speciation ‘included Magic Johnsan.Andy Gores, Robert Townsend, Gary Busey, Kevin Polack, director Bian DePalma, Hugh Hafner, 2rd Lucas longtime friend /cobaborator Steven Spielberg wha happily elalmed some respansibilty for ‘geting his ef pal back inthe director's chal forthe frst, Soy Wars prequel” just nagged him and mage en of him unto had to go hack t0 work, “the director joked {othe crows, ut fan excitement ran hahesof course forthe stars of Star Wars, and the qathered fathfulalnost exploded when Lucas himsel touched dawn an the red carpeelad in sual bumen dau thet ang sport coat lashing relased and genuinely py about the whole event (Once Lucas started o Fell his patel the rod carpet wasnt long befare he feunehimwelf suroundecty isawrsionary creations Chenbacca asthe fst to sxrhvw.Thogalany’smast famous Woakive stepped out fis Ti the the movi tare sane wave tai acoing Fong, wh oared thee approval ‘Thacentrance was easly topped by Figen Oran ane the Modal sede. the aedakmed house bind of the Mas Filey contna. who arive din true rock tr fashion in 40 fast lencusine complete with jocuzs in kack emerging wth models deified asthe Galactic Go-Go Gilson thelr arms. Hot sinc te eay days af the Rolin Stones had {ockand ll decederca been so bapiing, ‘Tabane was flowed by theirenginnes Acemy Aaaed-nsening sound efits designer Ben But the min behind Aros beep and Chew graft aright Fishes ring Ss Burt eves ang Tm ate ‘weary As Burt spoke. wo Gomonean Gur worked the crm with brutshapionts Buralleyes were on ahe oop ko vehi tre feaced bounty bunéer Bobs Fet.whoh the red carpet wth date Greeata.a new characer fam the tera ofthe ‘el Speci Ftion The dua immediate igrited specu tion sha the feared mercenary had Fall founl love but Fett wouid neither conten nox dw any new romance, prefaring bask nthe low of his all new cameo inthe Star Wors Specit Ean, which Filly makes his logy appearancescornplete. ‘nother e}ramie dua fais Fer en Princess LUiargana herself Carrie Fisher appeared to the cheers of tated fara areineam with pal Shar Stoo proudly cleclaredTin 2 big Princess La fant Asked by @KLOS personality she was“ivolvedin any ofthe new scenes” Fluherloked "There's lt af pacigr now, and tn involved inthat? “The srs kept pouring ins etm othe Se stabs ied in Poe eos te age Lees Cee Fine ot omens ‘end eee sethogva astern Aerbantn erat Eeetabeemevettes! ‘Sst at asa? se oparecingetee ‘niece Saitama naetia‘Nien Nunb and Admiral Ackbar anvoeto show support far their Cpitedet ealleogues—as i Eripre Stakes Back directa vin Kershner hose attendance masa special surprise Kershner was followed by LM special efecs guns Dennis Muren, whore stalldown the red carpet was receded by afleet of skiff guards. Soundrack composer John Wiliams was alsa sported covorting among the \Wookiees dids and Tusten Raiders—who seemed perfectly sthome struting downthe red camper despite a total dearth of sand. Fang and prost alike chested the aeival ofthe Jet Knight himself Mark Hari, who brought his entire arn to experience Stay Wurs an the big sereen with him, The rman whe was Luke Skywalker admitted hefad a new hope forthe Star Wars Speciation, “I hope they've digitally redone my hairstyte."Homil quipped Two of StarlWarr biggest stan: nevermatis i own the red carpet, Besieged by paparazsi,C-3PO and R2-D2 sh Sitar Wisp: fui sence as ida have ta go.amywhere,for the photographers came to tem, Seon, the dynamic droid duo was flanked by-Chewie, Hamill Fistes,an! Lucas forthe interstellar phate-appertu nity of te millenium. Lucas, Kamil and Fisher then Jenned the rest ofthe audience inthe theater an sat dow 1g enjoy the frstcver promiowe of the movie they made tagether taxa decades befare. ut moments before the sereening was scheduled to begin. the Dark Lord ofthe Sith, Darth Vater, descended upon WWestwaod Village trailed bya full battalion of Stormtroopers, Imperial qusrds.and Imperial oticers, ‘Casting aforeboding shadows over the galactic laueefes: [fier parading down the red carpet Mader invadad the Mana Village's Ig, making one final sweep theoUgl the suditarium a¢ his trademark heavy breathing could be heard Uwwoughoutthe theater in allits THX glory. Lec ‘he fallen 224i chase to shaw metey en the assembled! audience, and he left the theater in disgust, allowing the show to-g0.0n without incident As azanaaNseer loft lights clmeed, andthe Star ors SpectalBftion began. A ot af unaculzerated electric ity suiged through the audience asthe fara Fax fanfare ‘pened the flim, and the legendary words"A long time 302 le agalanpfae far saay.."appenredon the big srecn, Hf Star Wars had gatten the weeld premiera it deserved fv 1977, the audience would probubly have reacted lat he the audiancedid atthis screening where everyone was Blown anay by both the eye-popping brealthroughsin visual affects they were witrensing fer the fies time, and alse by the timeless power of the mavie’ story and ts characters.‘The nw Jnhiba the Hutt scone was well-received bythe ausdience farts deft combination ofthese two key elements, hile all the new shots of the ICwingsand the Milan aan Folcan eScinad ausienge “bats and“allhs"thanks solely us the newlovel towhich Indust ight & Magic had taken them, But therestared Baggs scene just before Luke old frend ipshot dawn on the Death Star mission featured ne nevevisual effects yet riveted the audience nonotheless, When the movie ended itwashard for some to beliewe that theyid have to wait another tam weeks to take ivan again. There was both loud cheers and reverent applause as thenew end credits ralled, ard audience members steamed out af the theaters smiling secure in the knowledge that Sear Was, at last, was bac, The Press Conference The next morning, Lucas and Burtt converged! fora tworhour presscanference with Special Edition andl prequels producer Rick McCallum and visual effects supervisor Dave Corson acne 20th Century Fost’ state- of-the-art Zanuck Theater. Among the sesslon's many highlights MeCallum revealed that Anakin Skywalkor will wee in Episode 2 ofthe StarWorseaga,and alto charactor. ind the ewerineraasing need for storage space on comput 1825 the biggest technical challenge af the prequels Burt hese work on Star tars was hulled ay ala rmarkachleverneat in the medium of sound design and wha has since dlorcos the IMA hit Special fects, remembered that, "The Inet tims Ivioe in thizsam, about 212 years ago,| carne in to play sorne sound, and | was standing back by the console with the mivers that were there. | reached totauc something and thay slapped my hand and said'No, youre not allowed! 10 do tha ‘This time, here was no stopping BurtLashe built up to Lucas arrival by showing the lucky members ofthe press the speeder bike chase froc Aeturmof the Jed ist ‘it oked—and sounded in. 1983, and then with its ‘nen, 1987 sound mix, finished justtwe nights before The diflerence wasastounding Sound, ef course(s 99 percent of the experience,” urtt daadpanned. Raising an eyebrow, McCallum added. “Lucasfilm strongly believes sound is at least $0 percent ofthe exporience”| ‘Garson concurred admitting “Sornetinnes we finish shot ot Mand sy Gee, hone they put #areat sound fn thie” Noting that Lucas was always a htleembarrassed ‘by the campromises he had to make" the original ‘musical number from Jabba’ palace,MeCallum then presenteda work in progress" the latest cut of the new Jee rmusical muraber he said Lucas called ed Rockit ‘ras the fist public showing of the new numbe which ‘replaces te late lamented “LaptiNek" and integrates ‘riginalfaotage, all-new shots of Goa (Femi Taylor) and computer generated «haracters, ‘Carson, manning 2 compute, ran through the step by-step process of remaking the Jabba scene inthe Stor Wars Specie Editi. Fascinating footage revesled a gimpre into the production a the Special Edition, asthe loige screen displayed a lettesaaxike stip, containing the Zabba scene, across the center of the screen, framed by strips ofthe video conferance between George Lucas {toviring above the film on the top strip ofthe screen) and the ILM artists working on the scene displayedion Fang Pag ei ram pt Seen spony snscroatrarrim ntrstt Aad Ft Aeanpanin ns tennosper hegane the bostom srip.in one lighthearted mament af she fy behing:the-scenescipwhen a member ofCarsons team ‘NePerwtiere Mien ‘sks Lucas i abbu reaetion te Han stepping Om MSTA seugner pr ane we ver-the-tap, Lacas tesponds,"Mo, no,you €an't go (pe Sie Bac te at ‘ever the top inthis movie” “{iaaoa | al Ser Word Paulo’ 2Lae gh Benin teres eb Coe ae rea “+¢ Stor Wows Ineliler penne: Asked about tbe prequels MkCaftur sal "Obe cushy theres going to bean encimausamaunt of special effects bout ie Starters, though sa wey complicated special effets morc.issuch abasic sory. Epzade Oneal the proquelsit-very rile tothe wery fist SterWes—its usta fantastic sony. great journey ef characters set against thebackground ofwemderful welds andinteractin with etraniinary creatures “achieving those reswras ae going tabeaur biggest technolagical eallenga "McCallum continued, becouse hat nee really nevestecin a the neat phase af ILM ‘develaprmem ons whattha files areabuut ischaracter That's the tal at That's the challenge that we face—human beings interacting wih alien eveatures fina yl tats totaly realsticand bel evable, Asstorage gets ‘aster—that ou pari problem inf ight now—that ‘technology wilget to an [acuancedl sate" However, the produnercatsgercallyactied that aman zeta reel aot ‘worry about thetjob prospects "We net nteresed in creating shvtic ators, he sai Were more interested in ‘creping our own characters ike thealien creatures ‘Connecting the prequel the cums Special Editions McCallum said"Wo will have to make surethat they. si dovetalliep each othet.because tis one lerge saga. the step faily starts with Darth Vader at ayeung boy and we followrhim We see him ger marie we ee hem have hide se0 Wht appens ois Wd we sae the choices hate mabesand then of course we see his redemption. So i ultimately willbe one 12-hour fen.” Lucas cuted eniseses 12nd 3 ihe this"Epsede ‘On, we ntocuce the charac Episode TA alsin ave Episee Throe Araki" He sn suggested the tary would go nauther than 12 hours patting te hikes ent suggestions he auld wee the eft-um red third wilogy of Episodes 7 Sand afer he cornpletes the prequels, Explainingthat hisoriginal script for Stor Hors featured the base story of whathas since cometa be kncun ag Epiuace: Cne through Six, Lucat sad thatalthougl he choce peancentate solely an Epfsade Four A Neve lope, far the he Lurnpetedthe presueltiey early en"And said "everybedy ai Wal youre going toda sequels? And sa, "Nell, [could do tinsel what happens later anut that was really an afterthoughs. Idan ave ‘1p dont haveany-sion The only nation on that ones, ‘woul ite func get all ihe actors to come back when theyee 60 and 70 yearsald and rmake tees mere that are about them a4 old people? Sa that's about asfarss that ‘one gone solar The fest siewil ge finished an willbe the en, ae do Sequel of hi ls be 70,50 en ‘ot sure that’ going iahappen: Asked which character inthe Stor Nos sagahammost identified wah Luces responded. "Irelse allot the ‘characters cviausly beeause | rested them du af ale ‘than probably elaternave to Luke Possibly, naw that im ‘eving on, might begin torelate ore to Baath Wace ‘because ten tli his sty" Discussing sorne af the changasin tho SpecialEstions, {Lucas revealed "twas always meant that Greed fred frst” In hiregefromtstion with Han Selo inthacantinaand inthe ‘original ira you det get chat toc wall in torns oF Hans ‘chorecter cid He the fac thet he was introduced and ‘the fiat thing he dic was qun smrabody down in cold Lolood. 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