Behind the scenes
The concept, winter vacation inside Glen Ridge High School, the cheerleaders hidden behind the Falcon, post-production, and the first cast screening.
Read the transcript →1998Special effects
The complete period explanation of blue screen, rotoscoping, mattes, fishing line, lighting, and the Millennium Falcon escape.
Read the transcript →1998Frequently Asked Questions
The first screening, the equipment, the opening crawl, favorite Star Wars movie, goofs, Coca-Cola, Shell Beach, and why Don fights like a wimp.
Read the transcript →1998Who’s Who
The original cast biographies, including the period details that fed the shorter then-and-now profiles on the restoration page.
Read the transcript →One more original
The screenplay survived too.
Michael M.’s “compellation” of William Shakespeare, George Lucas, and original connective material is available as a plain-text download.
Open the recovered screenplay