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Irvin Kershner (+6)
"Almost all [the screenplays I read], practically all of them, miss the point. They don't understand that science fiction is not just lots of rumbling around in space. The reason the Star Wars Trilogy has the power that it has is because George [Lucas] was clever enough to tie in to mythic storytelling. The mythic fairy tale element is what makes Star Wars unique. It reaches us in our unconscious mind. Almost all the screenplays I read are trying for conscious excitement: plenty of noise, the movement, action, violence. The Star Wars Trilogy has the action, but it has something more. It reaches us on an almost dream level that goes beneath the conscious, the social, the so called logical. Stories about fathers and sons, sisters and brothers, families&hellip;are very basic and make for emotional storytelling."

- Irvin Kershner, director of The Empire Strikes Back

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 * 1) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 04:16, April 20, 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Brandon Rhea (talk) 19:02, April 23, 2015 (UTC)
 * 3)  Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  03:14, April 30, 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:49, May 1, 2015 (UTC)
 * 5)  IFYLOFD  ( Talk ) 02:38, May 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * 6) JorrelWiki-shrinkable.pngFraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Star Wars Insider 29 (+4)
"A preliminary casting has begun for the Star Wars prequels. A search has begun for the young boy who will play Anakin Skywalker and also for a young girl who will portray the character now being referred to as the young Queen. The young characters are set to appear in the first prequel. As for who will play these characters as adults in the latter films rumors still abound and all of them are untrue."

- Star Wars Insider 29, Spring 1996

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 * 4) JorrelWiki-shrinkable.pngFraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Anthony Daniels (+4)
"Some people only got bits of the script they were in. When shooting ROJ, I spent part of the morning sharing a bacon roll with Mon Mothma (actually, we had one each, but you know what I mean) and explaining the facts of life to her, at least as far as the script went. Caroline Blackestone [sic] is a highly respected classical actress but, after rehearsals, admitted to me that she hadn't a clue what she was talking about in her speech to such an oddly assorted, partially rubberised audience. Without the full text, where did Endor fit in and what was a Bothan? And what terrible accident had happened to Ackbar to make him look like that? Even with a script I could only answer the first part. Anyway I filled her in. It was pretty brave of me. We could both have been shot."

- Anthony Daniels, recalling the security measures taken to keep the Return of the Jedi storyline a secret

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 * 4) JorrelWiki-shrinkable.pngFraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Rick McCallum (+4)
"It's the most adult. But I knew back in 1991 there was going to be a major storm over Episode I and II. George knew it. He said, 'I know I'm going to lose a lot of my hardcore fan base, but this is the story that I want to tell&mdash;it's the saga of a family and it has to start somewhere."

- Producer Rick McCallum, on why Revenge of the Sith is his favorite film of the prequel trilogy

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 * 4) JorrelWiki-shrinkable.pngFraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:37, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Anthony Daniels (+4)
"I picked up an abandoned helmet and put it on. What was the problem? It had more space than mine. Certainly enough room to swing an Ewok. But when I looked out of the eyes, I couldn't. No wonder they fell over. Swirls of inexpensive green plastic obscured the outside world with defocusing confusing. If you've ever looked down an empty green wine bottle you'll know how it is to be a stormtrooper. No wonder they never hit anyone with their blasters."

- Anthony Daniels recalls trying on a stormtrooper helmet on set

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 * 2)  Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  03:14, April 30, 2015 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Talk ) 02:38, May 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) Anthony Daniels is a national treasure. JorrelWiki-shrinkable.pngFraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

William Hootkins (+4)
"A lot of actors dream of being involved with a film at the end of their career that inspires people, and makes a lot of people happy. I got to start my career with a film like that."

- Actor William Hootkins, who played Jek Porkins in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope

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 * 2)  Exiled Jedi  Oldrepublic crest.svg (Greetings)  03:14, April 30, 2015 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Talk ) 02:38, May 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * 4) JorrelWiki-shrinkable.pngFraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Samuel L. Jackson (+4)
"I went to the first screening of Star Wars on 44th Street and Times Square in New York City and I was totally blown away. I was on drugs too. [He laughs, having talked openly before about his former chemical dependency in the days before he became a well known actor.] I was pretty herbed out and the screen started going&hellip; [he makes a wavy gesture with his hands] 'Oh, yes! This was going to be great!' I've seen it eight or nine times since. In fact I'm trying to find George Lucas now so I can be in his prequel."

- Samuel L. Jackson, interviewed in Star Wars Insider 32, January 1997

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 * 4) JorrelWiki-shrinkable.pngFraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Lawrence Kasdan (+1)
"It’s very hard to get into his head; I turned out to be able to get into his head a lot."

- Lawrence Kasdan, on working with George Lucas

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 * 1) Adamwankenobi (talk) 01:23, May 20, 2015 (UTC)

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The great battle (+3)
"Kanan believed. He had to believe. There was no other choice. But he was afraid. He sensed the tyranny of this Emperor was unlike that of any other despot history had ever recorded. His Empire would devour the whole galaxy if it wasn't stopped. This made the struggle Kanan and his friends were involved in the great battle not only of their lifetime, but of many, many lifetimes. Perhaps it was the greatest battle of all."

- Star Wars Rebels: The Rebellion Begins

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 * 1) As usual, the book is much better than the movie. Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 18:38, April 23, 2015 (UTC)
 * 2) Brandon Rhea (talk) 19:03, April 23, 2015 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Talk ) 02:38, May 4, 2015 (UTC)

The road to perdition (+3)
"A nightmare had begun for everyone, years earlier, and it continued in almost every way that mattered. The galaxy hadn't awoken from it yet, and maybe it never would. But Kanan had always been about going to perdition in style, and Ghost was a great way to get there. Particularly with the company."

- A New Dawn

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 * 2) Toprawa and Ralltiir (talk) 16:11, April 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * 3)  IFYLOFD  ( Talk ) 02:38, May 4, 2015 (UTC)

The Dark Lord (+5)
"Two meters tall. Bipedal. Flowing black robes trailing from the figure and a face forever masked by a functional if bizarre black metal breath screen&mdash;a Dark Lord of the Sith was an awesome, threatening shape as it strode through the corridors of the rebel ship."

- The Star Wars: A New Hope novelization's introduction of Darth Vader, written by Alan Dean Foster

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 * 3) ProfessorTofty (talk) 16:30, April 27, 2015 (UTC)
 * 4)  IFYLOFD  ( Talk ) 02:38, May 4, 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) <font color=#153E7E>JorrelWiki-shrinkable.png<font color=#153E7E>Fraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

The Empire Strikes Back novelization (+4)
"They needed no words in this moment. Luke knew that Leia's mind and heart were with Han, no matter where he was or what his fate might be. As to his own destiny, he was now more uncertain about himself than he had ever been&mdash;even before this simple farm boy on a distant world first learned of the intangible something called the Force. He only knew he had to return to Yoda and finish his training before he set off to rescue Han. Slowly he put his arm around Leia and together with Threepio and Artoo, they faced the heavens bravely, each of them gazing at the same crimson star."

- The finale of The Empire Strikes Back novelization, written by Donald F. Glut

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 * 4) <font color=#153E7E>JorrelWiki-shrinkable.png<font color=#153E7E>Fraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Cham's fire (+5)
"Cham stared at the screen as if he could pull his comrades through hyperspace by sheer force of will. Assuming they'd even been able to jump. The whole operation had been a huge risk, but Cham had thought it worthwhile to secure more heavy weapons and force the Empire to divert some resources away from Ryloth. Too, he'd wanted to make a stronger statement, send an unmistakable message that at least some of the Twi'leks of Ryloth would not quietly accept Imperial rule. He'd wanted to be the spark that started a fire across the galaxy."

- The motives of Cham Syndulla in Lords of the Sith

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 * 2) ProfessorTofty (talk) 01:49, May 1, 2015 (UTC)
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 * 4) <font color=#153E7E>JorrelWiki-shrinkable.png<font color=#153E7E>Fraajic 01:53, May 9, 2015 (UTC)
 * 5) ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:37, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

Lords of the Sith SPOILER (+4)
"Behind him, towering and dark, Vader ignited his lightsaber. Isval heard her death in the sizzle of its blade. The tears in her eyes dried, replaced by defiance, by anger, by hope kindled in the knowledge that Cham, at least, had escaped, that the fire of rebellion had not gone out because he carried it."

- Isval's final moments in Lords of the Sith

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 * 4) ProfessorTofty (talk) 02:37, May 9, 2015 (UTC)

The ultimate team (+2)
"Whether Obi-Wan's legendary cleverness might beat Anakin's raw power, straight up, no rules, is the subject of schoolyard fistfights, creche-pool wriggle-matches, and pod-chamber stinkwars across the Republic. These struggles always end, somehow, with the combatants on both sides admitting that it doesn't matter. Anakin and Obi-Wan would never fight each other. They couldn't. They're a team. They're the team. And both of them are sure they always will be."

- Description of the partnership of Anakin and Obi-Wan

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