Star Wars: Empire Of Dreams (2004)

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Written by Ed Singer

Directed by Edith Becker, Kevin Burns

Production Year: 2004

Rating: PG Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Made for TV

This documentary chronicles the making of the original Star Wars trilogy from start to finish. There is some background on George Lucas' start in the business and then it continues with the making of Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi.

The visual/special effects and financial problems are explained as well as casting, editing, scoring and releasing the films with tons of archival footage and interviews with plenty of cast and crew members.

Cast

	Robert Clotworthy		Narrator
	George Lucas		Himself - Filmmaker
	Steven Spielberg		Himself - Filmmaker
	Mark Hamill		Himself - 'Luke Skywalker'
	Harrison Ford		Himself - 'Han Solo'
	Carrie Fisher		Herself - 'Princess Leia Organa'
	James Earl Jones		Himself - Voice of 'Darth Vader'
	Frank Oz		Himself - 'Yoda'
	David Prowse		Himself
	Anthony Daniels		Himself - 'C-3PO'
	Kenny Baker		Himself - 'R2-D2'
	Billy Dee Williams		Himself - 'Lando Calrissian'
	Jim Bloom		Himself - Production Supervisor
	Leo Braudy		Himself - Professor and Cultural Historian
	Ben Burtt		Himself - Sound Designer
	Jimmy Carter		Himself
	Richard Chew		Himself - Film Editor
	Walter Cronkite		Himself - Journalist
	Warwick Davis		Himself - 'Wicket the Ewok'
	Peter Diamond		Himself - Stunt Coordinator
	John Dykstra		Himself - Visual Effects Supervisor
	Richard Edlund		Himself - Cameraman Miniature and Optical Effects
	Betty Ford		Herself
	Gerald Ford		Himself
	Stuart Freeborn		Himself - Makeup and Special Creature Design
	Sidney Ganis		Himself - Former Marketing Director Lucasfilm
	Steve Gawley		Himself - Model Maker
	Alec Guinness		Himself
	Paul Hirsch		Himself - Film Editor
	Paul Huston		Himself - Model Maker
	Joe Johnston		Himself - Visual Effects Art Director
	Lawrence Kasdan		Himself - Writer
	William Katt		Himself
	Howard G. Kazanjian		Himself - Producer
	Irvin Kershner		Himself - Director
	Perry King		Himself
	Gary Kurtz		Himself - Producer
	Alan Ladd Jr.		Himself - Former Studio Chief 20th Century Fox
	Richard Marquand		Himself
	Peter Mayhew		Himself - 'Chewbacca'
	Ralph McQuarrie		Himself - Conceptual Artist
	Bill Moyers		Himself - Journalist
	Dennis Muren		Himself - Visual Effects
	Richard Nixon		Himself
	Terri Nunn		Herself
	Lorne Peterson		Himself - Model Maker
	Ken Ralston		Himself - Visual Effects
	Norman Reynolds		Himself - Art Director and Production Designer
	Kurt Russell		Himself
	Gilbert Taylor		Himself
	Phil Tippett		Himself - Stop-Motion Animator
	Robert Watts		Himself - Production Supervisor
	Charles Weber		Himself - Former President Lucasfilm
	Gareth Wigan		Himself - Former Production Executive 20th Century Fox
	Cindy Williams		Herself
	John Williams		Himself - Composer