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George Lucas' 'Star Wars': a modern-day fairy tale
By KAREN LATHAM
Not so long ago (about six years) in his home not so
far away (just outside San Franciso) an incredible
adventure began for a young film-maker named George
Lucas.
It was then and there that he began his first draft of
"Star Wars" which is fast becoming one of the biggest
box-office hits of all time.
"Star Wars" follows the adventures of young Luke
Skywalker (Mark Hamill) as he travels through strange
new worlds to rescue the Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher).
Leia has been kidnapped by the evil Governor Tarkin
(Peter Cushing) of the Galactic Empire. Aided by the
Dark Lord Darth Vader Tarkin is determined to destroy
the rebellion and extend the Empire's control to the
entire galaxy.
Luke's effort to help the rebels is aided by old Ben
Kenobi (Alec Guiness) the last of the Jedi Knights
guardians of peace and justice in the pre-Empire days.
Also on Luke's side are Han Solo (Harrison Ford) a
seemingly mercenary and cynical starship captain; his
first mate Chewbacca the Wookie; and two droids
See-Threepio (C-3PO) and Artoo-Detoo (R2-D2).
Luke and his cohorts pilot the ship Millenium Falcon
to a showdown with the Empire's ultimate weapon
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Death Star ... and that's only the plot.
Equally as interesting is the production itself which
took Lucas and his producer Gary Kurtz three years and
$8 million to complete.
The 340000 feet of live-action footage was shot on
location in Tunisia (the desert planet Tatooine) and on
Even with this fabulous accompaniment the
dynamic effects unbelievable costumes and adequate
dramatics the foremost reason for the success of "Star
Wars" is the story.
Writer and director Lucas saw a whole generation
growing up without fairy tales and resolved to remedy
the situation. His "Star Wan" is an absolute fantasy set
in an alien galaxy bearing no resemblance to our own.
In his own words he is showing audiences that
"there is more to life than garbage and killing ... that
you could still sit and dream about exotic lands and
strange creatures."
For those of you interested in a behind-the-scenes
view of the making of "Star Wars" ABC is showing an
45 sets spread over 1 1 sound stages in England. It was hour-long documentary tonight at 7. It promises to be
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Next is added a majesUc sound track which
incidentally has already sold more than four million
copies. The music was composed and conducted by
Academy Award winner (for "Jaws") John Williams.
Performed by the London Symphony Orchestra the
music is breathtaking and perfectly complimentary to
the action.
The Force be with you.
WESTGATE CINEMA I: "Fire Sale" PG. II: "Cross of
Iron" PG. WESTWOOD I: "Star Wan" held over for
the 12th week! PG. II: "One on One" PG.
PARAMOUNT: "Bound for Glory" PG. THE
MOVIES I: "The Last Tycoon" PG. II: "Rabid" R.
Ill: "Fellini's Casanova". R. RADFORD HILLS
CINEMA 1: "MacArthur ." PG. II: "House of Wax."
Life isn't always what we would really like it to be
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By JOSHUA and CALEB
She stomped into the house and past her parents.
With motherly insight came Mom's query "Is
something the matter Dear?"
"Everything! I spent so much time doing my
homework that I had to rush to get to Suzy's house
and all the lights were red. She wasn't ready as usual.
When we finally got to the class the teacher told us we
were too late and he wouldn't let us in. I was counting
on that class so I could meet Jim Turner. It's just not
fair!"
And she sat down defeated. Father's advice came
after concealing his amusement "If you'd just realize
how hard life is it would be much easier for you."
We all think that we are important don't we? We
plan our world and carry out the plans expecting that
everyone and everything will play right into our
well-constructed schedules and make us happy and
rich.
We think that we are deserving of "fair" treatment
from life. We are angered by trie chair which sticks on
the floor when we want it to slide; we get anxious at
the red light which refuses to turn green; we even
become upset with God at those times when we find
ourselves buried by our own bad planning.
What it boils down to is that we expect life to be
easy and predictable when really it is not.
The advice is simple and to the point. Life will
always be hard for us because we are human and not
God.
There are too many of us for the world to revolve
around any one of us. And none of us are wise enough
to be entrusted with all the planning.
It's good that we can't cope with life in that way
because the situation forces us to turn to a better
guide. It's healthier too for it saves us the waste of
frustration and anger by making us more tolerant of
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change and adversity which in its turn makes us
stronger.
Sure life isn't easy and predictable for us but it
can be full and much more enjoyable when we leam
that God not us has the responsibility to make it go
right.
RECORD REVIEW - Heavy Weather by Weather
Report.
Zawinul - Oberheim Polyphonic ARP 2600
pianos guitar
Pastorius Bass mandecello drums.
Shorter - Soprano and tenor sax.
Acuna Drums percussion
Badrena - Percussion vocals.
Heavy Weather rates as one of the best productions
of the year. With the exception of Rumba Mama every
tune is extremely listenable.
Rumba Mama consists of vocal improvisations of
Latin consonants with a cluttering of Latin percussion
instruments.
This is also the only live tune on the album
complete with frenzied screams from both the band and
audience.
Bintland is the most commercial tune on the album
but it is also the best. Shorter's light sax passages are
contrasted by passages from Pastorius' bass and
powerful chords from Zawinul's keyboard. Pastorius
exhibits his mastery of the high bass harmonics with an
opening solo statement
Zawinul's beautiful ballad A Remcrk You Made is
the showcase for Shorter's lyrical sax. He is joined on
the melody by Pastorius' liquid-sounding bass with
harmonics making the band sound much bigger than it
really is.
Teen Talk written by Pastorius naturally features
Pastorius on lightning-quick passages. His mastery of the
instrument is demonstrated by the clarity and precision
of his phrases at which he is the best
Zawinul fronts this band with all the egotism he can
muster which is quite a bit. But he is such an
accomplished musician that he knows when to take a
back seat to his sidemen as they solo. This is the tightest
band Zawinul has had in his association with Weather
Report.
Each of his members is a master on his intrument
and is equally proficient in listening to the other players
and knowing when and what to play with great
sensitivity. Weather Report is the hottest band around
today and Heavy Weather is the epitome of their
artistry.
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