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EMPIRE
WEEKEND STAR WARS 20th ANNIVERSARY CLUB UK
CONVENTION
October 11th-12th 1997
There was a Star Wars
convention that took place in Central London.
Guests included Gary Kurtz (Producer), Garrick
Hagon (Biggs), Kenneth Colley (Piett), John
Hollis (Lobot), Admiral Ozzel, Shelagh Fraser
(Aunt Beru),Declan Mulholland (Original Jabba in
ANH) and others...
The convention held a great question and answer
with the guests where they mainly told of their
memories and experiences in filming the Star Wars
movies. In addition there was an autograph
session, a slide show of behind the scenes
production of the movies and on display were
original props and costumes which included actual
model Tie Fighters, masks of various 'Cantina'
Aliens, Luke Skywalker's severed arm from ESB and
more.(SEE BELOW)
 
There was collectable items to buy and rare tv
footage to watch, including a GREAT demonstration
of THX sound with a documentary of how sound is
added to movies, there was original footage where
you could hear David Prowse as the voice of Darth
Vader prior to the addition of James Earl Jones'
own.
 
During the convention I didn't really find out
any ground breaking news, I personally met all of
the guests present. The bloke who took care of
all the creature costume/outfit design in the
trilogy was there, he expressed his concern for
the future use of digital technology(that Lucas
intends to use in the prequels), he stressed that
computer generation will lose physical contact
between actors/creatures in the films and will
not look that effective. He vowed that he would
never be involved in any CG work at all.. to
which he was followed by a round of applause.
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