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Do you fondly remember playing with a Chewbacca, Han Solo, Princess Leia, or Luke Skywalker action figure? Have you ever uttered the phrase, “May the Force Be With You”? Are you strongly in the camp of either Team R2D2 or Team C3PO?
For the vast majority of us, the answer to at least one of these questions would be a resounding YES.
When George Lucas brought “Star Wars” to movie theaters and drive-in screens in 1977, he did much more than share a great story… he literally changed the face of both filmmaking and merchandising. The impact of his ground-breaking ‘space Western’ is being felt to this day.
Join us for this out-of-world episode focused on the cultural phenomenon of “Star Wars.” From behind-the-scenes stories about the development of the space saga, to the reasoning behind the casting choices, to the technological innovations necessitated by the ambitious script, to the merchandising explosion that occurred after the movie’s release, we cover it all.
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#StarWars #MaytheFourthBeWithYou #Film #Movies #FollowingaThread #GeorgeLucas #HarrisonFord #CarrieFisher #MarkHamill #HanSolo #LukeSkywalker #PrincessLeia #TheForce
Show Notes for Episode 86!
Sources:
https://screenrant.com/star-wars-major-hollywood-blockbuster-franchise-trends-george-lucas-saga-started/#joseph-campbell-s-hero-s-journey
2004 Documentary: “Empire of Dreams: The Story of the ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy”
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/star-wars-40th-anniversary
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/89559/hottest-star-wars-toy-christmas-1977-was-empty-box
https://collider.com/star-wars-books-in-order-timeline-canon/
How Star Wars Reinvented Cinema
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-thread/id1281073227 (Looks like no new episodes since 2020)
“Inside Star Wars” Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/inside-star-wars/id1459899343
“SEAGULLS! (Stop It Now)” — A Bad Lip Reading of The Empire Strikes Back
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Ashley is an award-winning Independent Filmmaker from Northern Kentucky. Her first film, “No Lost Cause” is currently internationally distributed and was recently featured on TBN (Trinity Broadcasting Network). Her memoir recalling her experience creating a film on a micro budget, “The Why Not Philosophy or How We Learned to Let Go, Trust God and Defeat the Raptors,” was released February 2015 and is available on Amazon.com. Her second feature film, “The Hepburn Girls” was released on Amazon.com and Vimeo.com in the summer of 2016.
Ashley is also a long-time lover of all things theatre and in the spring of 2014, she helped found and became the Vice-President of the theatre company, “The Theatre Downstream.” Their first large scale summer musical, “Beauty and the Beast” was awarded Best Musical (Local), Best Actor in a Musical (Local), Best Actress in a Musical (Local), and Best Set Design by the BroadwayWorld Louisville awards in 2016, and their 2017 production of "Annie" sold over 2,100 tickets, a company record-breaking number!
No matter what the project, Ashley is happiest when she is able to bring talented people and their art together for the consumption and appreciation of the public. While her taste remains vintage, she is grateful for the technology of the modern world and the opportunity to share her thoughts, aspirations, and misadventures.
Her lofty dreams are to create things that people remember and to one day own an alpaca. Above all, she loves God, her family, her friends, her cats, and brownies.
External websites:
“No Lost Cause”- NoLostCausedvd.com
The Theatre Downstream- TheTheatreDownstream.com
“The Why Not Philosophy”- http://www.amazon.com/Why-Not-Philosophy-Learned-Raptors/dp/1508557004/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455555613&sr=8-1&keywords=ashley+raymer-brown
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