Saving Star Wars

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name=Saving Star Wars


director=Gary Wood
writer=Gary Wood
producer= Justin Escue
Josh Shanks
starring=Joe Urban
Jim Peterson
David Prowse
Lee Ann Millen
George Starkey
distributor=Woodworks Films
released=June 9, 2004
runtime=117 minutes
language=English
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imdb_id=0387563 |

"Saving Star Wars" is a 2004 independent film by Woodworks Films. The title is a play on the title of the World War II movie "Saving Private Ryan" and "Star Wars".

Though a "Star Wars" fan as a child, life holds no magic or adventure for Woody Garrison (Joe Urban). Divorced and working two jobs to pay medical bills for his terminally ill son, "Star Wars" is now just a movie. Only at the request of his son (Scott Heffern II) does he set off with his childhood buddy, Hank (Jim Peterson), on a quest to find filmmaker George Lucas (George Starkey) and convince him to continue making "Star Wars" movies. Through a series of mishaps, Woody and Hank accidentally kidnap Lucas and allow the script for "" to fall into the hands of an unbalanced fan (Scott C. Sendelweck), a murderous producer, and a certain Dark Lord-portraying actor (Dave Prowse). To his surprise, Woody finds himself in the middle of an adventure with the fate of the "Star Wars" movie-making empire hanging in the balance.

Trivia

* David Prowse is better known as the actor who played Darth Vader in the original "Star Wars" trilogy.
* The film was shot in central Indiana.
* The film was shown at Celebration III in 2005 in a nearby IMAX theater.
* The original concept poster was designed by Associate Producer Josh Shanks and Travis Bow.

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*imdb title|id=0387563|title=Saving Star Wars