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5-Sep-2012, 5:32 PM

Article idea: the uncredited.

The netizens of imdb have been all over this for years, but we stumbled upon two Star Wars 1977 people who went uncredited for the first 20 years, then were given credits in the Special Edition laserdiscs, only to be removed again in the 2004/2011 releases.  One of them is an Oscar award winner.  (Ricard L. Anderson for Raiders sound)  This shows that LFL wants to remember some of these people.

The article could be a list those uncredited, explaining, for some, their contribution to the films.  With an appeal to Lucasfilm to add these people into all future release.  A list of who's uncredited can be found at:

SW: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/fullcredits
ESB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/fullcredits
RotJ: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086190/fullcredits
TPM: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120915/fullcredits
AotC: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121765/fullcredits
RotS: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0121766/fullcredits

Why this is a good time for this type of article is it can possibly influence the 3D releases credits which could become the defacto credits for the next 20+ years.  (there's a small window to influence the AotC and RotS 3D credits)  Although we've missed TPM, they did add many names related to the 3D conversion, (so they are making changes) but as they noted, 'See website for complete list'.  Which they didn't have up on opening day, but did put up after I asked the question.  Am not sure if they modified TPM's other sections.

When it comes to Star Wars, there are a variety of people from voice over actors, most of the cantina aliens, the SE Boba Fett actor, Wuher!, Dr. Evazan, many Stormtroopers, make up artists, film tech and crew, R2 designer, stunt performers, musicians, Stuart Freeborn, the list is lengthy and diverse.

So the problem is these new credits might be significantly longer, they'll have to expand the score selection.  Even if they added the names in a huge block as they do the 3D artists.

But the point is to see if these people's contributions can be officially recognized in future iterations of the film.