Star wars
on the big screen and
DVD rental
Star wars is a film phenomenon
which has spanned not one but more than three generations of
children growing up. The film was thought of a produced by
George Lucas, the first film which was released on 25 May 1977
was called Star Wars, the film was such a box office success
that two sequels where released in quick succession. The first
of them was called the Empire Strikes Back, was released on 21
May 1981 and again was a box office success which characters
such as R2D2, C3PO and Luke Skywalker becoming household
names.
R2D2, C3PO and Luke Skywalker along
with Princess Lea, Chewbacca are the good guys. Yoda is the
teacher of the jedi and wise master of the force. Darf Vada is
the bad guy and the main character they are battling against
through the film. Star wars Episode IV was the next film to be
released on 25 May 1983 and is probably better known to fans
for being called the Return of the Jedi. These films were
played over and over on British television and at the time of
their released sparked buying hysteria with regard to
merchandise. Most children for Christmas received something to
do with Star wars whether it an annual or a plastic character
from the films.
The actors who took major parts in
the first three films all went on to different things, Mark
Hamill who played Luke Skywalker in the film went on to do a
lot of voice over work, he was the one who did Jokers laugh in
the bat man films. Carrie Fisher went on to star in many other
films such as The Blues Brothers, Austin Powers, Scream 3 and
has made her name as an author of books. Peter Cushing was
known all over the world for his portrayal of different
characters not only in Star Wars but in Dracula and The Curse
of Frankenstein. Harrison Ford went on to the big screen and
became a box office and household name with films such as
Raiders of the lost Arch, The Fugitive, Clear and Present
Danger, What Lies Beneath and many more films.
Films such as Star Wars can be
bought or rented on DVD. There are many online video and DVD
shops which offer DVD rental (DVD Verleih) and mailing DVDs (DVD Versand), which means you can choose a
video or DVD and these can be mailed out to you, you just
post them back after, as simple as that.
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