What a hoot! Star Wars A New Hope auditions!
Over an hour of nervous readings with youthful wannabees like Kurt Russell no less and less-well known actors like William Katt, who went on to star in the cult horror movie House in 1985. Cindy Williams was already known as Shirley in the hit TV show Happy Days and Robby Benson, who I personally don't know at all.
Did George pick the right actors?
I have a theory, albeit a flimsy one, that Star Wars is basically Lord of the Rings in space.
The journey of Luke, under the tutelage of Obi Wan, battling with the forces of evil and ultimately finding triumph as a Jedi against The Empower is essentially the journey of Frodo, under Gandalf's wing, facing the powers of darkness until his ultimate victory against Sauron at the fires of Mount Doom.
OK, it leaks but here's my list of comparable characters. See what you think!
Luke - Frodo
Obi Wan - Gandalf
The Emperor - Sauron
Darth Vader - Sauron
Leia - Galadriel
Han Solo - Strider/ Aragorn
Chewie - Gimli
Can you think of any more?
Have you got a theory? Shall I just pack my lightsabre and leave for the Rebellion?
Does anyone know?
I didn't bag any Star Wars down today's boot sale, but I did get some nice stuff.
The plastic bell jar skeleton is from 1991, the cast Romans from 2000 and the two figures are Thunderbirds are Go 2015.
I dropped on with the Bandai Terrahawks for a fiver the two. The Snorkel tender will be fun to do up with parts from the plastic Teamsterz one. Similarly Ill clean up the Goofy car and Plymouth Gran Fury.
The two other die-casts are for my cabinet, a lovely gold Superkings Merc from 1974 and a fabulous black Toyota Crown from Universal Hobbies. This car has four passengers and all are either gangsters or FBI. This is my fave buy today, just 50p!
What do you like readers?
The Outer Realm have a cool gallery of some Star Wars knockoffs and general space toys riffing on the Lucas blockbuster.
Feel the force!
https://theouterrealmsw.com/5_and_dime_store_toys.html
