The cultural influence ofStar Warsis impossible to overstate.
(And, many would argue, helping to destroy the serious-minded, filmmaker-driven cinema of the 1970s.
Lets just say you should at least also blameHeavens Gate.)
Del Rey Books
Ahead ofThe Rise of Skywalkers Dec. 20 release, heres a guide to five greatStar Warspop-cultural oddities.
Hardware Wars
Star Warsparodies are practically a franchise unto themselves, fromMel BrooksSpaceballstoFamily Guys trilogy of spoofs.
LikeStar Warsitself,Hardware Warswas something of an unexpected phenomenon.
Star Wars Uncut
Star Wars Uncut: Director’s CutfromCasey PughonVimeo.
The result was perhaps the ultimateStar Warsfan film,Star Wars Uncut, released online in August 2010.
(Call it pre-revenge for Cloud City.)
Its like a miraculously obtained relic from an alternate universe where Lucas weird little movie never became a phenomenon.
(Lets all imagine that universe for a moment.
Would Disney ownStar Trekinstead?)
And it affects my work.)
