Star Wars: Empire Of Dreams (2004)

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.

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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