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Star Wars Fact: Harrison Ford was
definitely not Lucas's first choice for the character Han Solo. Burt Reynolds signed on to be Solo but backed out before filming
began. There have also been rumors that Nick Nolte and Christopher Walken were considered for the role.
Did You Mean "Star Wars" as in...
Movies
| About SciFi - Star Wars Original Trilogy Articles - From Julia Houston, About.com Guide to Science Fiction. These features are articles dealing with the original
Star Wars Trilogy. About SciFi also has a lot of other great information about the Star Wars Franchise. |
Episode I - Starwars.com - Directly from the source, learn more about this first film in the series, the fourth to be filmed, The Phantom
Menace. Meet Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Queen Amidala/Padme, Anakin Skywalker, Senator Palpatine, and Jar Jar Binks. |
Episode II - Starwars.com - From the official Star Wars web site, discover Episode II, Attack of the Clones, the fifth film to be made. Learn
about old friends and new acquaintances; Count Dooku, Mace Windu, Yoda, Supreme Chancellor Palpatine, Shmi Skywalker, Jango
Fett, and Senator Bail Organa. |
Episode IV - Starwars.com - The folks at Lucas Film provide some excellent information at the official Star Wars web site on this first film
released in the epic Star Wars series, A New Hope. Remember when we first met Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo,
Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi, C-3PO, R2-D2, and the evil Darth Vader |
Episode V - Starwars.com - The Empire Strikes Back sequel to the first Star Wars release can be discovered here at the official Star Wars
web site. Lando Calrissian, Yoda, and Boba Fett entered the picture. |
Books
| About SciFi - Star Wars Book Reviews - Julia Houston, Science Fiction Guide for About.com reviews the best and worst of the Expanded Universe of Star
Wars. |
DelRay Books - From the publishers Random House, the DelRay division produces many great Star Wars books each year. Check here
for the latest information. |
Rebel Books - For trilogies or anthologies, this is a great place. It's a starting point if you want to begin reading Star
Wars books. Browse the list of books and check out the reviews. |
Amazon Books - From the "World's Largest Bookstore," you'll find a complete list of all their inventory of Star Wars books. |
Collectibles
| About Collectibles - Star Wars Collectibles - Barbara Crews, About.com Guide to Collectibles, provides some great information on Star Wars toys and collectibles. |
Star Wars Collecting - Starwars.com - Straight from the proverbial horse's mouth comes information on collecting Star Wars mechandise, including a
browsable database. From Apparel to Video, find it all here. |
Hasbro - From the official toy company for Star Wars products, this site will provide everything you wanted to know about
Hasbro Star Wars toys. |
Toys R Gus - Launched in 1994, the Star Wars Collectors Archive was the first Star Wars collecting site on the Internet. Discover
the "Power of Collecting." |
Master Replicas - Master Replicas is the authorized source for Star Wars movie prop replicas. Learn what it's like to own items
like the ones used in the actual movies. |
News, Trivia, and Myths
| About SciFi - Star Wars News - From Julia Houston, About.com Guide to Science Fiction. These features are archived news items from her weekly
newsletter, Hailing Frequencies. |
Star Wars Today - From the official site for Lucas Film, Starwars.com, read the latest news releases on the Star Wars scene. |
The Force.Net - From The Force.net, your daily dose of Star Wars. News and rumors concerning the Star Wars movies, books, comics,
toys and collectibles. |
About SciFi - Star Wars Trivia - From Julia Houston, About.com Guide to Science Fiction. Trivia about the Star Wars world, from bloopers and cut
scenes to producation and special effects. |
Star Wars.com Database - Discover everything you always wanted to know about Star Wars but didn't know whom to ask. |
Strategic Defense Initiative
| Ronald Reagan Presidential Library - Speech 3/23/83 - From the library bearing his name, here's the "Address to the Nation on Defense and National Security," given
March 23, 1983, to announce the proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, called Star Wars by some. |
Infoplease - Strategic Defense Initiative - From the Information Please Encyclopedia comes this article about the U.S. government program responsible for
research and development of a space-based system to defend the nation from attack by strategic ballistic missiles, SDI. |
PBS - Star Wars - The Sequel - Transcript: The hot defense project of the Reagan era, the SDI, a missile defense system, has been reborn by
Congressional Republicans as the Defend America Act. Here is a transcript for an Elizabeth Farnsworth moderated debate on
the issue between Senators Jon Kyl (R) and Carl Levin (D). |
Bartleby.com - SDI - From the Columbia Encyclopedia comes this article concerning the background of the Strategic Defense Initiative. |
Global Security.org - SDI - GlobalSecurity.org is focused on innovative approaches to the emerging security challenges of the new millennium.
This Executive Summary by LCDR Michael P. Kompanik is titled: The Strategic Defense Initiative; "Star Wars" Becoming A Reality.
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