The One ‘Star Wars’ Documentary You Definitely Don’t Want to Miss
It’s turned out to be a Star Wars weekend. It started on Friday with R2-D2 as the latest in my series on Great Characters. It continued yesterday with a somewhat controversial review of SWI. And today we round things out with what looks to be an essential documentary for any SW fan. Many thanks to MovieFone for this:
Fans of Star Wars will be delighted to learn that there’s a new fan-made documentary floating around in 14 different parts on YouTube that’s probably one of the most comprehensive pieces of Star Wars geekery that we’ve ever seen. At two hours and 18 minutes, ‘Star Wars Begins’ is an unofficial documentary pieced together by Jambe Davdar, who, in 2007, set out to make “the ultimate audio/visual commentary” for ‘Star Wars’ and finally completed it in January of this year. Quite simply, if you’re a Star Wars fan of any kind, this thing is an absolute blast to watch. Davdar took ridiculous care in unearthing old interviews with everyone from George Lucas and Harrison Ford to Maurice Murphy, a principal trumpet in the orchestra that first played the iconic music for the opening crawl.
This thing is packed with alternate takes, behind-the-scenes footage, concept art we’ve never seen before, an early edit of ‘Star Wars’ that’s silent and in black and white, and so much more. Seriously, it’s like diving into a pool of awesome.