Saving Star Wars

Saving Star Wars
Directed by	Gary Wood
Produced by	Justin Escue Josh Shanks
Written by	Gary Wood
Starring	Joe Urban Jim Peterson David Prowse Lee Ann Millen George Starkey
Distributed by	Woodworks Films
Release date(s)	June 9, 2004
Running time	117 minutes
Language	English
IMDb profile

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 Episode III 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 during the 2005 Star Wars convention Celebration III in a nearby IMAX theater.
• The original concept poster was designed by Associate Producer Josh Shanks and Travis Bow.

External links

• Saving Star Wars at the Internet Movie Database