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Hi!,

Some of you may know about my website StarWarsInterviews.
This site focuses on the stories cast & crew from the Star Wars movies have to tell.
Since 2005 I have done over 210 interviews, which are also collected in a 5-volume book series.

Two years ago I semi-retired but recently did an interview with Michael Pangrazio, who worked at ILM during the days of the original trilogy and was responsible for several famous scenes (including the legendary warehouse shot from Raiders)
https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-crew/michael-pangrazio-industrial-light-magic/

I hope you enjoy it!
Dennis

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Great interviews. I especially love seeing some love for the Prequels. It’s rare to learn anything about the behind the scenes on a personal level. Thank you for the work you do. May the Force be with you!

“Heroes come in all sizes, and you don’t have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It’s just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibility for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people - these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.” - George Lucas

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Thank you for sharing!

“Always in motion is the future” 🌌

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Thanks for the great compliments!

Last week I did 7 new interviews!
Five are already online, the other two will follow soon.

Lucy Autrey Wilson, Lucasfilms Director of publishing during the “George Lucas years” (she left before Disney took over)
https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-crew/lucy-autrey-wilson-lucasfilm-director-of-publishing/

Blair Bess, a LONG interview with the voice of Even Piell in the Clone Wars series
https://starwarsinterviews.com/animated-series/star-wars-the-clone-wars/blair-bess-even-piell/

Howie Hammermann, retired ILM veteran who did the burps of Jabba and the Sarlacc
https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-crew/howie-hammermann-lucasfilm/

Willie Coppen, who played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi (and also starred in Willow and The NeverEnding Story)
https://starwarsinterviews.com/original-trilogy/episode-vi-return-of-the-jedi/willie-coppen-ewok/

Terrence Masson, who was responsible for several digital FX in the SE’s and TPM
https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-crew/terrence-masson-industrial-light-magic/

I hope you like 'em!

Best,
Dennis

Edit: I forgot one I did 3 months ago… Time Winters, the actor who played the Twi’lek BOC in the cutscenes of the Dark Forces: Jedi Knight videogame.
https://starwarsinterviews.com/various/expanded-universe/time-winters-boc/

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Amazing interviews on your website. I also loved the interviews above, the personal stories and the anecdotes. Lucy Autrey Wilson must have some interesting stories from her time at Lucasfilm from the very start through to 2010!
 

I laughed hard on Time Winters answer to the Dark Forces II question of What is your own view on the game?: “What amazed me was that over the years so many people have proudly come up to me and said how many times they killed me in that game. Must be hundreds of thousands of times by now . . .”

😄

The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

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I did 4 more and published them in the last couple of days.

RICHARD BELLIS; the composer of the Star Tours music!
Thrilled to have him “on my site” and imho a nice interview
https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-crew/richard-bellis-composer-star-tours/

JOHN WHITMAN, author of the Galaxy of Fear books!
https://starwarsinterviews.com/various/authors/john-whitman/

WILLIAM C. DIETZ, author of the Dark Forces Trilogy!
https://starwarsinterviews.com/various/authors/william-c-dietz-author/

And a short one with TERRY MADDEN; Assistant Director of A NEW HOPE. Unfortunately he didn’t remember a lot what happened 45 years ago, so it’s a short one.
https://starwarsinterviews.com/star-wars-crew/terry-madden-assistant-director-a-new-hope/

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That is sad to read. I hope that your website will be online for many years to come!

(But I also hope the 40th Anniversary of ROTJ, and 50th Anniversary in 2027, may see you change your mind and do more interviews with people from the OT era?)

Thank you for all your efforts.
 

Do you have links to your 5 books?

The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear.

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That is sad to read. I hope that your website will be online for many years to come!

(But I also hope the 40th Anniversary of ROTJ, and 50th Anniversary in 2027, may see you change your mind and do more interviews with people from the OT era?)

Thank you for all your efforts.
 

Do you have links to your 5 books?

Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it.

My books are on Amazon but they’re OOP. Perhaps some 3rd party sellers have 'em? I’ve also seen them on eBay and the site of Walmart.
Search for my name on those sites or simply the titles.

Star Wars Interviews: Volume 1 – The Original Trilogy and Expanded Universe (Pulp Hero Press)
Star Wars Interviews: Volume 2 – The Original Trilogy and Expanded Universe (Pulp Hero Press)
Star Wars Interviews: Volume 3 – The Prequel Trilogy and Expanded Universe (Pulp Hero Press)
Star Wars Interviews: Volume 4 – The Force Awakens, Rogue One and Expanded Universe (Pulp Hero Press)
Star Wars Interviews: Volume 5 – The Lucas Saga, The Mandalorian and Expanded Universe (self published)

As for the website: unfortunately it’s a matter of months, not years.

Regarding more interviews: the “OT era pond has run out of fishes…and the fishes that are still in it won’t bite”.
Besides the actors I met at events, over the last 17.5 years I’ve asked a LOT of actors to do an interview.
Just name 'em and there’s a good chance I tried. No replies, not interested… even cases where they were willing to do an interview only to back out later.

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Good & bad news.

Bad: my website is offline

Good: all my books are available again! Volume 1-4 went OOP last year and are now available on Lulu.com
Volume 5 got re-released as well, as an updated and expanded edition.

https://www.lulu.com/search?contributor=Dennis+Pellegrom&adult_audience_rating=00&page=1&pageSize=10

On that site you can check each volume and see which interviews are included.

Here’s the cover of the last book in this 5-volume series: