Saving Star Wars
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| Saving Star Wars | |
|---|---|
| Director(s) |
Gary Wood |
| Producer(s) |
Gary Wood |
| Writer(s) |
Gary Wood |
| Starring |
Joe Urban |
| Distributor |
Woodworks Films |
| Released | |
Saving Star Wars is a 2004 independent film by Woodworks Films. The title is a play on the title of the World War II movie Saving Private Ryan and Star Wars.
[edit] Plot
Though a Star Wars fan as a child, life holds no magic or adventure for Woody Garrison (Joe Urban). Divorced and working two jobs to pay medical bills for his terminally ill son, Star Wars is now just a movie. Only at the request of his son (Scott Heffern II) does he set off with his childhood buddy, Hank (Jim Peterson), on a quest to find filmmaker George Lucas (George Starkey) and convince him to continue making Star Wars movies. Through a series of mishaps, Woody and Hank accidentally kidnap Lucas and allow the script for Episode III to fall into the hands of an unbalanced fan (Scott C. Sendelweck), a murderous producer and a certain Dark Lord-portraying actor (David Prowse). To his surprise, Woody finds himself in the middle of a great adventure with the fate of the Star Wars movie-making empire hanging in the balance.
[edit] Trivia
- David Prowse is better known as the actor who played Darth Vader in the original trilogy.
- The film was shot in central Indiana.
- The film was shown at the Star Wars convention Celebration III in an IMAX theater.
