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Star Wars at MidAmeriCon (1976)

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That was great! Thanks for sharing. šŸ˜ƒ

What can you get a Wookiee forĀ (Life Day) Christmas when he already owns a comb?

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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.

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Having watched a zillion SW clips, I didnā€™t think Iā€™d 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 ā€˜300 Wookieesā€™. I also loved how Gary described Leiaā€™s royal influence over several planets. It kind of gave credence to his later claim of her ruling ā€˜what was left of her peopleā€™ in a discarded iteration of Revenge of the Jedi.

ā€˜Novel written by George Lucasā€¦ā€™ - nice one!

Itā€™s a shame the clip cuts off before Kurtz gets to explain how theyā€™re struggling to get extra funding for some additional rocks in the Tatooine R2D2 scene. Maybe thatā€™ll surface somedayā€¦

On a side note Iā€™d love for Gary Kurtz to do a commentary track for Despecialised or the SSE/4K. Does anyone here have his email address?

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Thatā€™s 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 wouldnā€™t even need a studio for such an endeavor.

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LOL, what a bunch of geeks in that Q&A. šŸ˜„

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SilverWook said:

Thatā€™s 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 wouldnā€™t even need a studio for such an endeavor.

The thing is it wouldnā€™t 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 filmā€™s 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!

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This is quite the find. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

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Really, really cool. Thanks for the share.

ā€œAlways in motion is the futureā€ šŸŒŒ

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michaeljack said:

Iā€™m 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? šŸ˜‰
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Though, unfortunately Iā€™m not too sure about some membersā€™ fashion sense on hereā€¦ šŸ˜‰

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What a fantastic series of videos! This is why I love this site šŸ˜ƒ

The whole Q&A is a must watch. There is some really interesting bits about THX 1138 at the end.

  1. Gary Kurtz pronounces it as Thex and not saying the letters T-H-X. I think in the movie they say Thex as well.

  2. Warner Brothers pulled the film shortly after release due to issues with Coppolaā€™s Zoetrope and Kurtz says THX was making money at the box office. I never knew this.

  3. 35mm prints of THX were almost non-existent in 76 and you could only get 16 mm prints for screening.

Great stuff!

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LexX said:

LOL, what a bunch of geeks in that Q&A. šŸ˜„

Haha yeah. This was great, thanks for posting.

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THXā€™s 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.

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michaeljack said:

Iā€™m 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? šŸ˜‰
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Welcome 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 Iā€™m not too sure about some membersā€™ fashion sense on hereā€¦ šŸ˜‰

Yeah, kind ofā€¦šŸ˜ƒ