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"Star Wars" Filming 50th Anniversary Marked

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Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day that filming began on a little film by then 31-year-old director George Lucas known as “Star Wars”. To celebate the occasion, the official StarWars.com site has posted a lengthy article retrospective going into the assorted difficulties faced by the production. The third film for Lucas following the failure of “THX 1138” and the smash hit “American Graffiti,” the shoot began in the middle of a salt fla…
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"Star Wars" Filming 50th Anniversary Marked

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the day that filming began on a little film by then 31-year-old director George Lucas known as “Star Wars”. To celebate the occasion, the official StarWars.com site has posted a lengthy article retrospective going into the assorted difficulties faced by the production. The third film for Lucas following the failure of “THX 1138” and the smash hit “American Graffiti,” the shoot began in the middle of a salt fla…

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