⚔️ Join the creative team behind Star Wars – Maul: Shadow Lord including Brad Rau (Executive Producer/Supervising Director), Matt Michnovetz (Executive Producer/Writer) & Athena Yvette Portillo (Executive Producer) for some extended answers to interview questions.
The first two episodes of Star Wars – Maul: Shadow Lord debut on April 6th on Disney+, with two additional episodes every week through to May 4th. ⚔️
In this rare opportunity, Darryl J James speaks with the man who served as a cornerstone of the company for decades. Howard Roffman didn’t just witness the expansion of the Star Wars saga; he spearheaded the merchandising and licensing strategies that transformed Lucasfilm into a multi-billion-dollar global powerhouse.
As the long-standing President of Lucas Licensing, Howard was the primary architect behind the global explosion of Star Wars consumer products. He provides an unparalleled “insider” perspective on the commercial heart of the company and the immense legacy he left behind upon his retirement.
A central highlight of this interview—and the heart of the Star Wars 100 Interviews project—is the discovery of Howard’s own on-screen contribution. Howard recounts the story of his film cameo, detailing the experience of filming at the legendary ILM (Industrial Light & Magic) Kerner facility in San Rafael, California.
This video features:
Howard’s pivotal role as President of Lucas Licensing and his career at LFL.
The expansion of the Star Wars merchandising empire.
First-hand accounts of the production environment at the San Rafael facilities.
The story behind his “blink and you’ll miss it” film appearance in The Phantom Menace.
This conversation, filmed at Celebration Anaheim in 2015, is a rare archival moment to hear from one of the highest-ranking executives in Lucasfilm history
For Sci Fi Central Australia, Darryl James (author of Trigger World: Elite) interviewed Darth Vader helmet sculptor Brian Muir. Here, the Sculptor talks Vader’s Secret Thumb.
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For three seasons, we followed along with Star Wars: The Clone Wars spinoff THE BAD BATCH and all of their adventures. Among the troopers was the young clone Omega, who quickly emerged as one of the most likeable Star Wars characters to come along in quite a while. Joining us “In The Cantina” for the very first time is Omega herself, Michelle Ang, who shares stories from behind-the-scenes at THE BAD BATCH along with how she relates to Omega and more. You will find Michelle as likeable as Omega, probably more.
Ashley Eckstein is back on RFR! As the voice of Ahsoka on The Clone Wars, Ashley developed the character from the ground up alongside George Lucas himself. We dig deep into the evolution of Ahsoka from The Clone Wars to Rebels and Ashley bravely opens up about being denied the opportunity to bring the character to life in live-action. In this must-hear conversation, Ashley gets deep about her connection to Ahsoka and the Star Wars fanbase.
Darryl James interviewed Star Wars OT Producer Robert Watts in Florida. He was one of the most personable and nice guys we’ve ever met on the convention circuit and very giving of his time with all fans. We talk here about his Producing SW & Cameo Appearance.
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In this un-aired interview with Star Wars Producer Rick McCullum, he talks openly about the pre-production of Star Wars Underworld. It was to be George Lucas’s ambitious TV series that already had many scripts written, concept art made, and test footage was filmed by Stargate Studios.
In this rare footage from The Ranch, he talks to Darryl J James; author of Trigger World: Elite, about the production already being booked in studios to film, as far back as 2007.
Here’s something truly incredible – a heretofore undiscovered interview of the three main stars of Star Wars, given a scant 23 days after the film’s release on May 25th 1977! [note: due to concerns of reposting, an extra timecode has been added to the video along with our usual watermark]
It provides an early look into the “Star Wars” phenomenon as spotlighted by Lee Phillip on her self-titled daytime show on WBBM Channel 2. The three stars – Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker; his surname misspelled “Hammil” on the lower-third super), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia) and Harrison Ford (Han Solo) – are questioned by members of the Star Trek Revival Club – S.T.A.R. (Star Trek Association for Revival – specifically STAR Northbrook) after Lee has her turn with them.
Special thanks to John Lavalie, Alan Morton, Jeff Wargo, and Chuck Swan.
Includes:
Station ID / promo for Dinah! with today’s guest Erma Bombeck (voiceover by Jerry Harper)
Show open, with Lee discussing the film’s impact (as became evident upon release), and introducing her guests and their to-be inquisitors, then introduces Catherine Keefer’s newscast [edited out – will be posted separately – I thought it best to keep just the Star Wars related stuff here]
Lee asking Mark his views on why “Star Wars” is such a success (referring to C-3PO and R2-D2 as “a mechanical Laurel & Hardy”), then asks Carrie about why people keep going back to see it again, then has Harrison preview the backstory before a clip is shown [mostly edited out to avoid copyright blockage]
Commercials for:
American Egg Board – “The Incredible, Edible Egg”
Six Flags amusement park
Robert Hall Village – Father’s Day Sale
Segment 2 starts within the audience, with Tris(?) Hoffman of Star Trek club asking the three what it was like working with actors “dressed as weird aliens,” another fan asking Mark how the light saber scene was staged, yet another asking him if there were any difficulties in filming the garbage compactor scene, another fan asking Carrie about the climate and other conditions during filming, Leslie Sawyer asking Harrison if he enjoyed making the film and what was his favorite part in it, and Stuart Weiss (founder of the local chapter of STAR) asking Carrie who “gets” Leia at the end; then Lee asking more questions to them about their pre-“Star Wars” status
Commercials for:
ScotTissue
Recipe Beef Chunks Dinner for dogs
Macleans Fluoride toothpaste – “To Your Health, Teeth”
Canfield’s Draft Root Beer
Segment 3: From the audience, Barry Waterman asks Mark about plans for a sequel, John Tadman (?) asks what cut scenes were missed by the actors, Bill Goodmanson (?) asks how many aliens were in the barroom sequence (Mark mentions mask maker Stuart Freeborn and Ron Cobb), Kyler Buchwalter (?) asks what it was like for the stars to see the movie for the first time, Chuck Swan asks them if any own stock in 20th Century-Fox, and Ed Feinman (?) follows up on Kyler’s question; Lee shows a photo of a Stormtrooper and relates a question from her son Bill, then she asks Carrie more about her famous parents and brings up a photo of C-3PO and R2-D2, with Mark discussing them
Commercials for:
Jewel Food Stores – “Father’s Day Meal” (another version of this ad was aired in 1978 and can be seen here: • Jewel Food Stores / Jewel Grand Bazaa… )
Levelor Riviera Blinds
KitchenAid dishwashing machines (ending voiceover by Jerry Harper)
Piper’s Carpet Warehouse – “Biggest Carpet Sale”
Lee thanks her guests and the audience, then closes show with another clip, accompanied by ending credits:
The Lee Phillip Show
Produced by Pam Whitfield
Directed by Chris Erskine
Channel 2 News Written and Produced by James Touhy
Technical Director – Art Kambs
Audio – George Paul
Stage Manager – Al Burns
Lighting – Bernard Klein
Minicam Crew – Wade Parmelee, Dick Shapiro, Wayne Thing
Interior Decorations by Richard Himmel, A.I.D.
Furniture by Interior Crafts
Lee’s Dresses by Saks Fifth Avenue
(recording cuts out during the beginning of an ad for TV Guide as “MANIPULATING” is shown on screen)
” ‘Star Wars’ is a whole new idea in filmmaking today . . . ”
This aired on local Chicago TV on Friday, June 17th 1977 during the 12:00pm to 12:30pm timeframe.
About The Museum of Classic Chicago Television:
The MCCTv (FuzzyMemoriesTV) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit whose primary mission is the preservation and display of off-air, early home videotape recordings (70s to early 80s, mostly) recorded off of TV (in Chicago or other cities now too); things which would likely be lost if not sought out and preserved digitally. If you have any old 1970s videotapes recorded off of TV please email: tapes@fuzzy.tv We preserve the entire broadcasts in our archives – the complete programs with breaks (or however much is present on the tape), for historical preservation. For information on how to help in our mission, to donate or lend tapes to be converted to digital, please e-mail tapes@fuzzy.tv Thank you for your help
The co-production designers on the series explore bucolic At Attin, the bustling pirate port of Borgo, and the Onyx Cinder, an all-new Star Wars spaceship.
By Kristin Baver
The very idea of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew — an adventure told from the perspective of four young travelers seeing the wider world for the first time — invites the design of new worlds in rich color palettes, transfixing the characters and fans at home with all the splendor and danger the galaxy far, far away has to offer.
Behind the scenes, co-production designers Doug Chiang and Oliver Scholl tackled the job with more than half a century of filmmaking experience between them. “One of the joys of working with Oli is that it’s a terrific collaboration, because he brings a very distinct perspective to it,” says Chiang, Lucasfilm’s Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director. “I love those kinds of collaborations because we get fresh ideas. He may suggest something that I hadn’t thought of before, and it’s a terrific way of world building. It feels more authentic, and I think that’s one of the things that’s so important for Star Wars, is that we want this to feel authentic.” …
The artwork of the Brothers Hildebrandt was featured on some of the earliest STAR WARS film posters and merchandise and is some of the most famously recognizable art ever created for the saga. Artist Greg Hildebrandt joined us In The Cantina to share behind-the-scenes stories about creating the iconic artwork with his brother Tim, along with the background and history of their well-known images. R.I.P. Greg Hildebrandt!
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Darryl J James (D.J.) from Star Wars 100 Interviews talks with David Stone. He is an English performer who played Wioslea (and others) in Star Wars: A New Hope.
Before Dave Filoni was ultra-famous with Star Wars fans, Darryl J James got lucky enough to get some ‘Dialog with Dave’ for Star Wars 100 Interviews. The meeting took place in Japan at that countries first SW Celebration and Dave talks about The George Lucas Way (of filmmaking
Smooth many people say of his character Lando Calrissian and DJ (Darryl James – Trigger World: Elite author) got to interview the actor in both Sydney and Los Angeles. Billy recalls fondly his times with George Lucas and being a part of the Original Trilogy.
These interviews were filmed at a SW Celebration in 2007 and recently rediscovered, edited and uploaded to YouTube in 2020.
With Ep 2 and Ep 3 filming in Sydney, Australia…one of the countries acting legends was called in to play the part of Tion Medon. DJ got to speak to him in Sydney and in L.A. and this chat features Bruce talking about his working relationship with George Lucas, and at the time, the near commencement of the first ever live action Star Wars TV series featuring…well, him.
This interview was filmed at a SW Celebration and recently rediscovered , edited and uploaded to YouTube in 2020
In the era of the Original Trilogy, not too many women were named, or barely even present. Perhaps this was just George Lucas’ way of putting the spotlight on Princess Leia. In the comments below, please note down any other female characters from the movies that we might be able to seek out and interview.
Here, during our Celebration 4 chat in L.A., Bib Fortuna actor MICHAEL CARTER reveals a story about his time with the then, ‘un-named’ female character from Jabba’s court.
This interview was filmed in 2007, cast aside in favor of other content but then rediscovered, edited and uploaded to YouTube in 2020.
This man was INSIDE Jabba the Hutt. In this pre-Disney ownership interview, puppeteer Toby Philpott tells Sci Fi Central Australia all about bringing the best version of Jabba to the screen in ROTJ.
Mike worked in 2 SW films: In TESB, he played an Ugnaught and he returned for ROTJ where he had another 2 roles. He operated Jabba’s tail from the inside and he also played Logray the Ewok. He talks about it being tough for the Ewok performers right here with DJ, as they became Falling and Fainting Ewoks.
Jango Fett was portrayed by kiwi actor Temuera Morrison. In this interview, New Zealander meets New Zealander as DJ talks with the accommodating actor. And it was during this 2007 interview where Tem clicked to the notion of the clones doing the haka before each battle.
(The haka is a tribal war dance used by the Maori people of NZ).
Imperial Admiral Piett was a cunning survivor for two films in the Original Trilogy. Here, he is interviewed about avoiding Vader’s wrath, as Ken Colley talks with Trigger World: Elite author Darryl J James in L.A.
A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes but discovers the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.
First episode date: 4 June 2024 (USA)
Also known as: Star Wars: The Acolyte
Based on: Star Wars; by George Lucas
Cinematography: James Friend; Chris Teague
Composer: Michael Abels
Editor: Miikka Leskinen
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A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes but discovers the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.
First episode date: 4 June 2024 (USA)
Also known as: Star Wars: The Acolyte
Based on: Star Wars; by George Lucas
Cinematography: James Friend; Chris Teague
Composer: Michael Abels
Editor: Miikka Leskinen
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For decades, the performer behind Yakface in Return of the Jedi was very reclusive but with the help of fellow Star Wars supporting castmates Tim Dry and Pam Rose, we managed to draw him out and interview him in London. Here, he talks briefly about being Inside Rubber Suits.
One of the often spoken about deleted scenes from Return of the Jedi is some sort of fight between Yakface vs Ree Yees aboard Jabba’s sail barge. Here, we hear directly from the man who filmed it and was in the Yakface costume. Have a listen to British performer Sean Crawford speaking with DJ.
