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Happy Birthday, 'Star Wars'!

by Terrence O'Brien on April 23, 2007 at 04:40 PM

Happy Birthday, Star Wars!It's hard to believe that it's been 30 years since Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie and the droids first crossed intergalactic paths in 'Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope,' the first film in George Lucas's epic space opera.

Though May 25th marks the actual 30-year anniversary, Lucas and company are kicking off the celebration tonight with a screening of the original film in Los Angeles. (No word if it's going to be the original pressing, or the gussied-up 2005 version in which Lucas added some CGI as well as some entire scenes.)

To get you in the 'Star Wars' frame of mind, Wired has posted this incredible gallery of behind-the-scenes photos and concept art from the original film. Though, perhaps what's most incredible is seeing how kind or unkind time has been to some of the movie's stars.

From Wired


Tags: gallery, Lucas, Star wars, StarWars, wired

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