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Post #741884

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Alderaan
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General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread
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Date created
20-Dec-2014, 3:52 AM

On Thursday night in Los Angeles, Film Independent staged a live read performance of The Empire Strikes Back in front of 1,600 fans. Jason Reitman directed and provided the beeps for R2. The rest of the cast were:

Mark Hamill: The Emperor, Obi-Wan

Aaron Paul: Luke

J.K. Simmons: Vader

Ellen Page: Han

Jessica Alba: Leia

Rainn Wilson: Chewie

Stephen Merchant: C3PO

Dennis Haysbert: Lando

Kevin Pollack: Yoda

Some stories and pictures:

http://www.slashfilm.com/empire-strikes-back-live-read-recap/

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/12/19/photos-live-read-empire-strikes-back/

http://variety.com/2014/scene/news/star-wars-mark-hamill-live-read-empire-strikes-back-1201383345/

http://www.thewrap.com/jason-reitmans-live-read-of-the-empire-strikes-back-gets-a-surprise-guest-mark-hamill/