Check out this fascinating bit of history:
MidAmeriCon (1976) Worldcon - Preview of Star Wars
MidAmeriCon (1976) Worldcon - Star Wars Q&A
Imagine being lucky enough to have been one of the few to attend back then!
Jedit: Click here to jump to someone who sounds an awful lot like some of the posters here. =P
Bragging rights for life!
That was great! Thanks for sharing. š
What can you get a Wookiee forĀ (Life Day) Christmas when he already owns a comb?
I think that was the con where fans could invest in what was then called The Star Wars Coporation, an opportunity a regular Starlog magazine writer lamented ten years later that they had passed on.
Where were you in '77?
Having watched a zillion SW clips, I didnāt think Iād go for this - but it was absolutely mesmerising! Thank you! This reminded me of a time when Star Wars was Star Wars. I get the same feeling watching the unaltered version of the film and (excuse the digression here) this only fuels my contempt for the unavailability of that film.
Loved the reference to ā300 Wookieesā. I also loved how Gary described Leiaās royal influence over several planets. It kind of gave credence to his later claim of her ruling āwhat was left of her peopleā in a discarded iteration of Revenge of the Jedi.
āNovel written by George Lucasā¦ā - nice one!
Itās a shame the clip cuts off before Kurtz gets to explain how theyāre struggling to get extra funding for some additional rocks in the Tatooine R2D2 scene. Maybe thatāll surface somedayā¦
On a side note Iād love for Gary Kurtz to do a commentary track for Despecialised or the SSE/4K. Does anyone here have his email address?
Thatās an interesting idea! Would Gary want to record one for posterity and to preserve his side of the story? With itty bitty digital recorders you wouldnāt even need a studio for such an endeavor.
Where were you in '77?
LOL, what a bunch of geeks in that Q&A. š
And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.
Thatās an interesting idea! Would Gary want to record one for posterity and to preserve his side of the story? With itty bitty digital recorders you wouldnāt even need a studio for such an endeavor.
The thing is it wouldnāt have to be a bitchy anti-Lucas thing (nor would we want it to be). I just think Gary would do a great commentary given how involved he was with every aspect of the filmās creation. He clearly understood the mythology and was deeply immersed in the nuts and bolts of the entire production. The bonus would be the fact that, unlike George, Gary actually likes the films as they were!
This is quite the find. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
Really, really cool. Thanks for the share.
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Iām planning to buy this jacket https://imgur.com/r7vMYjn as a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. Any suggestionā¦??
Iām planning to buy this jacket (insert ink here) as a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. Any suggestionā¦??
Are you taking her back to 1976 to see the MidAmeriCon too? š
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Though, unfortunately Iām not too sure about some membersā fashion sense on hereā¦ š
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What a fantastic series of videos! This is why I love this site š
The whole Q&A is a must watch. There is some really interesting bits about THX 1138 at the end.
Gary Kurtz pronounces it as Thex and not saying the letters T-H-X. I think in the movie they say Thex as well.
Warner Brothers pulled the film shortly after release due to issues with Coppolaās Zoetrope and Kurtz says THX was making money at the box office. I never knew this.
35mm prints of THX were almost non-existent in 76 and you could only get 16 mm prints for screening.
Great stuff!
LOL, what a bunch of geeks in that Q&A. š
Haha yeah. This was great, thanks for posting.
THXās roomate LUH indeed calls him Thex. Movies did not open on huge numbers of screens back then, not even Star Wars, so not as many prints unless a film became a huge hit. Warners was in a state of flux with new corporate overlords so a dumb decision like that seems inevitable.
Where were you in '77?
Iām planning to buy this jacket (insert ink here) as a Christmas gift for my girlfriend. Any suggestionā¦??
Are you taking her back to 1976 to see the MidAmeriCon too? š
ĀWelcome to the site - please take the time to look around - and find some topics of interest - I think there are a couple of Star Wars merchandise thread around somewhere too.
Though, unfortunately Iām not too sure about some membersā fashion sense on hereā¦ š
Yeah, kind ofā¦š