George Lucas,
Ralph McQuarrie,
Robert Clotworthy,
Harrison Ford,
Mark Hamill
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Filmmaker George Lucas struggled for years to bring the story of Star Wars to the big screen, and his efforts to remain independent of the studio while making the first trilogy changed the way movies ... read more
Directed by: Edith Becker, Kevin Burns (III)
Release Date: September 12, 2004
Stats: 1,154 reviews
Excellent documentary about the movie that nobody was interested in producing it. The incredible journey of George Lucas to take his story to the big screen, the problems during the 70's, the preproduction nightmare, the unconvinced cast. And the magnificent result. Two words for... read more
It was a pretty interesting documentary about how Star Wars came to be. However, if you're a fan of the series, you probably already know all the information given. It has a few facts I hadn't heard before, but it didn't dig all that deep into the film-making process which would'... read more
Really decent feature that does give you alot of info and insight. The only problem, like other things like this, they always spend loads of time on the first film and not as much time on Empire and Jedi, especially Jedi.
They miss things out which you wanna know more about cos ... read more
Interesting documentary if you're a true Star Wars geek, but if that's the case chances are you know most of what this documentary throws at you. Lots of cool archival footage though. I saw it once the trilogy came out on DVD (the first time) and haven't seen it since.
Good. Has lots of fascinating footage from the production of the original series and adds a new element to appreciating Star Wars - especially A New Hope. My only complaint is that in trying to cover the mammoth entity of Star Wars in one film, this doc ends up a little unbalance... read more
An interesting look behind the scenes of one of the greatest movie trillogies of all time.
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