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Who are your 25 most valuable people to the Star Wars films?

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Over the last three decades, thousands of people have contributed to six SW films. I thought it would be cool to see who everyone picks for their 25 most valuable Star Wars contributers. Here are my picks....

1. George Lucas
2. John Williams
3. Mark Hamill
4. Carrie Fisher
5. Harrison Ford
6. Alan Ladd Jr.
7. Ben Burtt
8. Dennis Muren
9. Gary Kurtz
10. Irvin Kershner
11. Frank Oz
12. Ralph Maquarie
13. Alec Guiness
14-16- Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch
17-Anthony Daniels
18-Kenny Baker
19-Stuart Freeborn
20-David Prowse
21-James Earl Jones
22-Ewan McGregor
23-Billy Dee Williams
24-Peter Mayhew
25-Hayden Christenson

I'm not sure about the order. This is just the order I thought of them in
George Lucas was seduced by the dark side. The OOT ceased to exist in his mind and became the Special Editions...." "They're more maching now than movies. Twisted and evil."
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1- The fans
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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Only two I would add are Lawrence Kasdan and Leigh Brackett.

Oh, and Spielberg and George Milius.
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eek! Why are you people so obsessed with movie stars? What positive input had Hayden Christensen? (he only ruined the series with his whiny Anakin) And with all respect: David Prowse only walked in the costume... better take Bob Anderson, who was the stunt (also fencing master) during Vader's fights.

OK, big plus for you for listing Ralph McQuarrie, but you could also mention people like Joe Johnston (provided the final designs for Yoda and Boba Fett) and Nilo Rodis-Jamero, who were also important in design process.
If Dennis Muren, then perhaps also John Dykstra, who designed and built the first computer-controlled motion control system for "Star Wars".
I saw the original theatrical release of the Old Trilogy on the big screen and I'm proud of it...
How did I accomplish that (considering my age) is my secret...
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Interesting question: "I thought it would be cool to see who everyone picks for their 25 most valuable Star Wars contributers."

Off the top of my head: (excluding ILM people)
1. George Lucas (of course)
2. John Williams (composer on all six of the films).
3. Gary Kurtz (producer of "Star Wars" and "Empire Strikes Back")
4. Alan Ladd Jr. (The Fox Studios exec who greenlit the first SW film).
5. Harrison Ford. (improvised lines, rewrote dialogue on the set. Created a classic character).
6. Irvin Kershner (director of "Empire").
7. Marcia Lucas (for her editing work on the original trilogy, particularly the first two films).
8. Richard Chew/Paul Hirsch: co-editors on "A New Hope." Hirsh also worked on "Empire."
9. Lawrence Kasdan: screenwriter on "Empire" and "Jedi."
10. Alec Guiness (brought a respectability to the first film).
11. Frank Oz (performing as Yoda. Particularly in "Empire" and "Sith.")
12. Ewan McGregor (excellent as young Obi-Wan throughout the prequels).
13. Ian McDiarmid (perfectly cast as the Chancellor/Emperor in 5 of the films).
14. Willard Huyck/Gloria Katz (helped polish the dialogue on "A New Hope")
15. Chris Neill (Dialogue coach on Episode III)
16. Steven Speilberg (helped w storyboards on several action sequences in "Sith")
17. Ben Burtt (sound design man on the entire saga).
18. Leigh Brackett (wrote the original screenplay for "Empire")
19. Tom Stoppard (polished the dialogue on "Sith").
20. Roger Barton (helped edit Episode III).
21. John Dykstra (invented many of the visual effects used in the original trilogy).
22. Dennis Murren (visual effects supervisor on the original trilogy & Ep I).
23. Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew (for their great chemistry on the 1st three films).
24. Hayden Christenson (for turning in a convincing Anakin/Darth Vader in Ep III)
25. The Star Wars fans: For not abandoning ship after "Jedi" and "The Phantom Menace." For waiting 16 years for Episode I to come out. For putting up with the constant changes and alterations to the original trilogy. Without them, they're wouldn't be a Star Wars phenomenon.

That sounded like an Oscar speech! Sorry...
I think Lucas should be on his knees thanking all the above mentioned people.....

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You think the fans are less important than HC? If it wasn't for us, the fans, SW would be a single, forgotten sci-fi film from the 1970s that would be spoofed in MST3K, and George Lucas would be directing PORN.
“Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.” — Nazi Reich Marshal Hermann Goering
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I can't believe I forgot John Dysktra, Lawrence Kasdan and Ian McDiarmid, who deserves to be on the list. I think I was rushing when I put my list together. I'm going to revise my list.
George Lucas was seduced by the dark side. The OOT ceased to exist in his mind and became the Special Editions...." "They're more maching now than movies. Twisted and evil."
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My new list

1. George Lucas
2. John Williams
3. Alan Ladd Jr.
4. Mark Hamill
5. Harrison Ford
6. Carrie Fisher
7. Ben Burtt
8. John Dykstra
9. Gary Kurtz
10. Irvin Kershner
11. Lawrence Kasdan
12. Dennis Muren
13. Alec Guiness
14-16- Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew and Paul Hirsch
17-Ralph Maquarie
18-Frank Oz
19-Stuart Freeborn
20-Ian McDiarmid
21-James Earl Jones
22-Ewan McGregor
23-Billy Dee Williams
24-Anthony Daniels
25-Hayden Christenson
George Lucas was seduced by the dark side. The OOT ceased to exist in his mind and became the Special Editions...." "They're more maching now than movies. Twisted and evil."
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
...and George Lucas would be directing PORN.

Many of you might have thought "Impossible!" at this point, but with all the lines like: "Look at the size of that thing!", "Rise, my friend.", "Size matters not. Judge me by size, do you?", "Luke, at that speed do you think you'll be able to pull out in time?", "Get in there you big furry oaf"... who knows, who knows...

I also can't believe that I forgot to mention Ian McDiarmid, he is a very strong link between old and new trilogy.
I saw the original theatrical release of the Old Trilogy on the big screen and I'm proud of it...
How did I accomplish that (considering my age) is my secret...
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1. J.R.R. Tolkien (The hobbit, the lord of the rings, the silmarillion)
2. E.E. "Doc' Smith (Lensman Novels, skylark of space novels)
3. Edgar Rice Burroughs ( Tarzan, and martian tales)
4. Frank Herbert (dune saga)
5. Isaac Asimov ( foundation trilogy, I robot, empire series )
6. Edmond Hamilton "the husband of leigh brackett"
7. Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon)
8. Joseph Campbell (The Hero with a thousand faces)
9. Hans Christian anderson
10. and the brothers grimm (fairy tales)
11. Gene Roddenberry ( creator of star trek) george lucas was a fan of the original series when at usc, a little known fact to all you star trek haters out there.
all of these writers are the most valuable considering lucas "borrowed" ideas from them, since i don't want to say steal because we would'nt want to be politically incorrect now would we. Without them star wars could not exist.

“Always loved Vader’s wordless self sacrifice. Another shitty, clueless, revision like Greedo and young Anakin’s ghost. What a fucking shame.” -Simon Pegg.