#EMPIRE STRIKES BACK CAST MOVIE#
#EMPIRE STRIKES BACK CAST TV#

However, there were other things to worry about. (Photo by Lucasfilm/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images) Tragedy and a terrible winterДЄmerican actor Harrison Ford on the set of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner. вЂњGeorge didnвЂ™t want my voice,вЂќ Oz said later. Yes, he was brilliantly puppeteered by Frank Oz, but he wasnвЂ™t convinced initially that OzвЂ™s vocals was right. вЂњI thought people would go crazy when they saw him.вЂќ вЂњI always thought Yoda was our secret weapon,вЂќ Paul Hirsch says now. There were pioneering new characters to get to grips with too, such as a wizened Jedi master originally called Minch Yoda, whoвЂ™d lost his original first name as the screenplay evolved (Lucas had handed the gig to an up-and-comer called Lawrence Kasdan who was asked to sort out Empire before cracking on with another idea called Raiders of the Lost Ark). вЂњAs soon as anyone finished on Alien вЂ“ say on a Thursday morning вЂ“ by the afternoon they would over at Elstree working on Empire.вЂќ вЂњWe started The Empire Strikes Back in a hell of a rush,вЂќ said Brian Johnson.

#EMPIRE STRIKES BACK CAST MOVIE#

The British FX guys were rushed off their feet and trying to juggle Empire with a little horror movie called Alien, as the latter had gone over-schedule. (Photo by Lucasfilm/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images)Д«y this point however, things had already had plenty of time to get fraught. He had risked a vast part of his fortune on the making of the film, so he was carrying a heavy burdenвЂ¦ he didnвЂ™t smile all that much.вЂќДЄmerican actor Mark Hamill on the set of Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back directed by Irvin Kershner. вЂњThe picture went way over schedule and of course as a consequence way over budget. I remember George relaxing and smiling and having a good time.вЂќ It was a rare positive moment. вЂњWe were renting a little mews house in Hampstead and it was GeorgeвЂ™s birthday,вЂќ Hirsch recalls. Read more: How Empire Strikes Back became the elusive Star Wars film in the 80s In fact, when Paul Hirsch, who edited the film and had won an Oscar for doing the same on the first picture thinks back to his favourite memories from the project, itвЂ™s LucasвЂ™s frown turning upside down that pops into his head. He was coming off the back of the biggest movie ever, beloved by millions around the globe, but you might be surprised to hear that George Lucas wasnвЂ™t happy much during the making of The Empire Strikes Back. 1980s (Photo by Mondadori via Getty Images)

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Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.Portrait of American directors George Lucas, Irvin Kershner and Steven Spielberg.

If you donвЂ™t have tickets for the reading tonight, weвЂ™d reckon youвЂ™re out of luck, but the evening promises to be something special. Similarly, the nebbish Stephen Merchant is a perfect choice for the similarly bumbling C-3PO, and what weвЂ™d give to see JK Simmons as Darth Vader. SheвЂ™s a small human being who has the energy to fill Madison Square Garden.вЂќ We agree. вЂњIn casting Han, the most important thing is: who has the most interesting, ironic approach to life? And when I think of that, I think of Ellen Page. вЂњWith him, we feel like we have an ally in this, and it allows the viewer to get closer to Luke and Leia,вЂќ he added.

And within this world, weвЂ™re introduced to one human being who looks at it all with irony,вЂќ Reitman told Entertainment Weekly: вЂњHeвЂ™s the guy who doesnвЂ™t give a crap.вЂќ The heroes are heroes, and the villains are villains. We like the gender switch for Han Solo, because if anyone can equal Harrison FordвЂ™s sarcasm, itвЂ™s certainly Ellen Page.В вЂњThe Han Solo character is fascinating, in that the approach to every other character in вЂStar WarsвЂ™В is earnest and kind of sweet and old-fashioned.

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