Add Your Memories To Star Wars Now!

How would you like to be immortalized as part of the Star Wars galaxy? LucasFilm has partnered up with Target to do just that! Together they have created ShareTheForce.

ShareTheForce is an ever expanding database full of Star Wars fan memories that are uploaded by individuals. They can be a combination of images, phrases, or both. You can use one of the provided templates for text, or delete it and put your own message. Character space is limited so keep your message short or a part of it will get cut off.

Depending on what key words you use, the site will place you in a specific star system within the galaxy. For example, if you use phrases like "Darth" or variations of "Imperial" or "Empire", you might get placed in the Galactic Empire or Darth Vader systems. Using phrases like "Jedi" or "Force" might get you into the Yoda system, and so on.

The systems include Yoda, C3P0, R2D2, Jabba, Dueling Sabers, X-Wings/TIE Fighters, Darth Vader, Stormtoopers, Boba Fett & more!

Although your memory may be placed in one system, you are free to roam other systems and view other people's memories across the galaxy.

Each memory gets it's own specific set of coordinates that you can enter to revisit any time. Once you upload a memory, you will have the option to download a coordinates certificate. The coordinates make it easier to revisit your memories, otherwise you'll have to hunt them down, which is not that bad as you'll get to see others along the way.You can also share those coordinates with friends all over social media!

I've already placed some of my memories to share with you. Most of mine ended up in the Galactic Empire system, while a couple of them made it into the main Star Wars System.

Click HERE to go to the galaxy hub and then enter either of the following coordinates to see my memories. While there, you can click on other memories that are located nearby.

Coordinates:
X:218 Y:840 Z:786

X:661 Y:108 Z:793

X:661 Y: 81  Z:797

From the same galaxy hub, you can click the "+" button to add your own memories! There is no limit as to how many uploads you can have!


ONCE ALL ENTRIES ARE SUBMITTED, LUCASFILM WILL ARCHIVE THEM ALL AND MAKE THEM ACCESSIBLE TO EVERYONE! 

THERE IS NO DEADLINE CURRENTLY SET, BUT I'M SURE THAT WILL CHANGE. SO IF I WERE YOU I WOULDN'T WAIT!

Check out the video & pictures below:

The main Galaxy hub with coordinate input field & new memory button.

Just outside the Imperial system. Other systems can be seen in the distance.

My memory, along with other fan memories nearby. You can visit them
by clicking the white way point on each memory.

My memory. When you zoom in, it will show whatever I have
written as well as the coordinates and a share button.

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Source:Adage

Star Wars Then & Now: The Original Trilogy

"Han Shot First! No, Greedo Shot First! No, Han was the ONLY one who shot!"

Sound familiar? This is the quintessential argument that spawns on Facebook posts day in and day out. Why? Simple...George Lucas has screwed around with the original versions of the trilogy so many times, that it's now become a perpetual argument. Younger fans who have never seen the original theatrical release think the older fans are crazy, and vice versa.

My opinion? I hold the theatrical releases as the true films, but I do enjoy watching the remastered scenes simply for the improved graphics and effects, plus I like the extended Jabba cut from  A New Hope...well, at least the original scene that was cut from the theatrical release entirely and the 2011 version. I'm not so keen on the cartoony 1997 edit.

Courtesy of YouTube user Marcello Zuniga, We have for you 4 comparison videos (ranging from 12 to 15 min. each) that show all the changes made over the years to the original trilogy. You will notice that Episode IV was the one that was most heavily altered.

There are many obvious changes and a few subtle ones. Makes you think that Lucas must have been really bored at some point.

Grab some popcorn and enjoy the show. Be sure to stop by our Facebook page & give us a like. We also have a 24k member strong Facebook group as well. Join up for more fun!

By the way, Han was the only one who shot. Greedo never even got the chance to pull the trigger. That's my story and I'm sticking to it!

EP. IV: A NEW HOPE (2 PARTS)

EP. V: EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

EP. VI: RETURN OF THE JEDI

Source: YouTube

6 Things You May Not Have Known About Boba Fett... According to Boba Fett

When you mention Boba Fett nowadays, many fans automatically think of Temura Morrison. He portrayed Jango, the original man from whom all the clones, including Boba, were created. However us old timers know someone else. The real Boba Fett. Jeremy Bulloch.

May 21st marked the 35th anniversary of The Empire Strikes Back. To celebrate the occasion, The Huffington Post reached out to Jeremy Bulloch to share some on-set stories. He shared some things about his experiences that perhaps not many others know.

• Boba Fett's demeanor was inspired by Clint Eastwood's character in the classic Sergio Leone spaghetti western,  "A Fist Full of Dollars".

A huge fan of westerns, Bulloch said Boba Fett's cape reminded him of Clint Eastwood's cloak. So he decided to emulate the gunslinger's behavior. Walking around slowly,  watching  people around him very carefully, and waiting.

• George Lucas initially thought Boba Fett would be a small role, never anticipating the impact the character would have for decades to come.

Bulloch (Left) got the roll thanks to his half brother Robert Watts (Right), who was an associate producer on the film. Jeremy was acting in theater at the time Watts offered him this "small" role. He initially balked, but then accepted the offer when it became apparent that the schedules would not affect his theater commitments. When Jeremy met George, he was greeted with "Welcome aboard. Well, it's not a big role, but welcome". 

• In addition to donning the infamous Mandalorian armor, Jeremy Bulloch also had a second roll in the same film as Lieutenant Sheckil, the Imperial officer in charge of the capture of our heroes.

          ...who was later captured himself.

• Boba Fett & Darth Vader once bumped into each other on the carbon freezing chamber set, and were both floundering on the floor unable to get up.

• The Boba Fett costume was a near perfect fit on Jeremy Bulloch when he first tried it on, as if it was made to his measurements. As Vader would put it "It is your Destiny".

When Jeremy showed up on the first day, the suite was already built and they had him try it on for alteration. As it turned out, it fit him perfectly, right down to the boots. They were a size 10, and it just so happened that Jeremy's shoe size was also 10. 

     

      The suit still fits to this day.

• Visibility through the visor was worse than through the Stormtrooper helmets

"Imagine a pair of sunglasses covering the whole of your face, but a deep sort of color". That's how Bulloch described the experience of having the helmet on. He had to rehearse counting how many steps it took to get to his marks during scenes, since he could not see a thing in front of him. This was doubly important, as just like David Prowse, during filming he also had to say his lines, and every time he spoke, the lens would fog up.

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Source: The Huffington Post