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Richard LeParmentier (July 16, 1946 – April 15, 2013) was an American actor who lived and worked primarily in the United Kingdom, best known for his role as Admiral Motti in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) and the acerbic police officer Lt. Santino in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988). He is credited under several variations of his name ...
—George Lucas, 1977 Since commencing the writing process in January 1973, Lucas wrote four different screenplays for Star Wars, searching for "just the right ingredients, characters and storyline." By May 1974, he had expanded the original treatment into a full, 132-page rough draft, which included elements such as the Sith, the Death Star, and a general named Annikin Starkiller. : 14 He ...
Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977, and first subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in the 1979 book The Art of Star Wars. [54] The film's success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial. [55] With the backstory he created for the sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy of trilogies. [56]
Frederic Charles Willard (September 18, 1933 [a] – May 15, 2020) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his work with Christopher Guest in his films This Is Spinal Tap (1984), Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016).
Funny Quotes. “My friends tell me I have an intimacy problem. But they don’t really know me.”. — Garry Shandling. “People can’t drive you crazy if you don’t give them the keys ...
James Earl Jones, the legendary actor whose powerful voice and commanding presence left an indelible mark on film and stage, died Monday.He was 93. Best known for his voice work as Darth Vader in ...
Corellia. Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a supporting character portrayed by Denis Lawson in the original Star Wars trilogy, and voiced by David Ankrum in Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and Rogue One (2016). [1] He is also featured in the Star Wars expanded universe, most notably as the lead ...
The original Star Wars trilogy, formerly marketed as the Star Wars Trilogy (and colloquially referred to as the ' original trilogy '), is the first set of three films produced in the Star Wars franchise, an American space opera created by George Lucas. It was produced by Lucasfilm and distributed by 20th Century Fox, and consists of Star Wars ...