STAR WARS INSIDER MAGAZINE #95 (Newsstand Cover Edition) 2007 Titan Magazines

A long time ago a sci-fi legend was born. And, more recently, Star Wars Insider was created in its honor. From the first film to all of Star Wars' modern guises, Star Wars Insider is the ultimate old-school fan resource: as vital to all true fans as the Mos Eisley Cantina is to all the scum and villainy of the galaxy.

Fighting The Clone Wars

Fresh from appearing to ecstatic Star Wars fans, The Clone Wars CGI animated TV series producer Catherine Winder and supervising director Dave Filoni sat down with Star Wars Insider. Winder said: "We are not just doing stand-alone episodes; we are producing epic two- and three-part stories. There is one four-parter!"

May The Facts Be With You Part II

In this issue you’ll find 50 top facts about A New Hope. Here’s just one of them: TUNING FORKS - The function of the Millennium Falcon's front prongs is often forgotten (they’ve never been used in the Expanded Universe), but they’re designed for big loads. Recalling the Falcon’s creation, George Lucas said, "We won’t make it like a flying saucer, we’ll make it like a flying hamburger. Then we’ll put two big forks on the end of it so that it can pick up things, like it’s a freighter. The idea was to make it look as unusual as possible."

Pirates Of The Boards

We examine Joe Johnston's early Star Wars storyboards, as notated by effects photographer Richard Edlund. In 1975, George Lucas worked closely with both: he wrote detailed descriptions of shots in his fourth draft screenplay, Johnston drew them, and Edlund planned how to film them. Edlund’s notes reveal that a pilot named "Chewie" in the third draft has been divided into two characters: the well-known Wedge, who would survive the attack, and the mysterious John D., the almost unknown Rebel pilot who would NOT survive.

Taylor Made

While many of the cast and crew working on the first Star Wars movie may have thought they were involved with an intergalactic turkey, veteran cinematographer Gil Taylor always suspected it was going to be a hit, despite the difficulties he encountered while working on the project. "They had the biggest shock in the world when the premiere went like it did," the now 93-year-old Taylor remembers. "I knew it would be a hit because it was so different." Taylor talks about his experiences and his difficulties on the film.