Comments on: True Incredible Star Wars Secrets from Carrie Fisher’s Memoir

By: tyrantking

tyrantking — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:44:00 +0000

Thank you for declaring Rock Band 2 the winner. My wife likes the visuals in GHWT better. I can’t fathom singing 50% of the songs in GHWT. It’s just not a good band game. It’s great as a guitar game.

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By: eduardojencarelli

eduardojencarelli — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:17:16 +0000

The Dianoga song isn’t exactly news. Carrie Fisher mentioned it back in 2004, on the Star Wars DVD commentary, during the trash compactor scene. She even mimicked Mark’s voice and attempted to sing that line.

I only wish she appeared more during that commentary track. All of her tidbits were priceless, including her uncanny story about why Leia looked so happy and cheerful during Cloud City.

By: Kemper

Kemper — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 14:17:05 +0000

@Church: How long until Lucas releases the special edition digitally enhanced version of that?

By: Church

Church — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:22:18 +0000

@Kemper: Luke shot first. Bada-bing!

By: Kemper

Kemper — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:34:44 +0000

Deleted page from Carrie Fisher’s book:
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During the scene in Empiere where I try to make Han jealous by kissing Luke, I argued that Leia would never do something so juvinile like trying to make someone jealous by kissing his friend and that it might cause later probelms between Luke and Leia.
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George responded, “Carrie, I’ve spent years of my life planning every movement that these characters make, and every single event that will ever happen to them. I’ve even planned out the backstory in three awesome movies that will never be shot because the technology will never exist to fully capture my incredible vision. I can tell you with one hundred percent certainty that Leia would have no reason whatsover to hesitate about kissing Luke. And there’s certainly no reason that they would ever regret or feel awkward about that kiss.
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So my nickname on the Return of Jedi set was ‘Brother Kisser’….

By: dennitzio

dennitzio — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:10:12 +0000

“More intense,” that pretty much sums it up. Though do we need any more evidence of how good a director Lucas is? We already have Episodes 1-4 and Howard the Duck.

By: meredith81

meredith81 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:01:39 +0000

Great…now I’ve got Chattanooga Choo-Choo stuck in my head. Thanks, Lev.

By: meredith81

meredith81 — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:56:14 +0000

Sounds like a good read; she’s pretty funny when she talks about growing up in Hollywood and I always love more SW stories.

By: Church

Church — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:16:16 +0000

Early on the fans didn’t know what the official name for the compactor creature was (or if there even was one.) A group at a con in Boston noticed “scrod” on the menu. They were unfamiliar with the fish (must have been from out of town,) and decided it was the perfect name. IIRC, Starlog picked up that story, and the name stuck until the official one was revealed.