{"id":1935,"date":"2017-09-03T18:00:56","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T18:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/09\/03\/star-wars-qa-from-1976-is-a-reminder-of-a-time-long-ago-when-blockbusters-didnt-yet-rule-the-galaxy-watch\/"},"modified":"2017-09-03T18:00:56","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T18:00:56","slug":"star-wars-qa-from-1976-is-a-reminder-of-a-time-long-ago-when-blockbusters-didnt-yet-rule-the-galaxy-watch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/09\/03\/star-wars-qa-from-1976-is-a-reminder-of-a-time-long-ago-when-blockbusters-didnt-yet-rule-the-galaxy-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Star Wars\u2019 Q&amp;A From 1976 Is a Reminder of a Time Long Ago When Blockbusters Didn\u2019t Yet Rule the Galaxy \u2014 Watch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Though it&#8217;s synonymous with blockbusters now, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/star-wars\/\" id=\"auto-tag_star-wars\">Star Wars<\/a>&#8221; was far from a guaranteed success. Anyone who\u2019s ever doubted that would do well to avail themselves of a half-hour Q&amp;A session about \u201cStar Wars\u201d between <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/mark-hamill\/\" id=\"auto-tag_mark-hamill\">Mark Hamill<\/a>, producer Gary Kurtz, and marketing director Charles Lippincott held six months before George Lucas\u2019 space opera changed movies forever. Watch the full conversation below.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/08\/star-wars-spinoff-obi-wan-kenobi-film-1201867517\/\" title=\"\u2018Star Wars\u2019 Spinoff: Obi-Wan Kenobi Film In Works, Stephen Daldry in Talks to Direct \u2014 Report\">\u2018Star Wars\u2019 Spinoff: Obi-Wan Kenobi Film In Works, Stephen Daldry in Talks to Direct \u2014 Report<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It took place at MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention, which was held in Kansas City in 1976. Among the topics of discussion: the idea of model-makers and other special-effects technicians going the way of the dodo \u2014 there wasn\u2019t much work for them at the time, says Kurtz, and so some of them \u201cmay get out and become encyclopedia salesman.\u201d Suffice to say they were wrong about which career ended up lasting much longer, which \u201cStar Wars\u201d obviously had a huge part in.<\/span><\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/08\/princess-leia-phd-star-wars-carrie-fisher-1201864015\/\" title=\"Princess Leia Had a PhD, and \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Fans Are Wondering Why She Didn\u2019t Get More Respect\">Princess Leia Had a PhD, and \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Fans Are Wondering Why She Didn\u2019t Get More Respect<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>More than 40 years later, the franchise continues with this year&#8217;s &#8220;The Last Jedi&#8221; and the upcoming Han Solo\/Obi-Wan spinoffs.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though it&#8217;s synonymous with blockbusters now, &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; was far from a guaranteed success. 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