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Inside Star Wars

Wondery

Documentary, Film History, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Carrie Fisher auditions hairstyles and the “Buns of Navarone” are born. Star Wars begins shooting. Carrie is smitten by her handsome co-star, Harrison Ford. Greedo nearly suffocates during the Cantina sequence. George Lucas breaks the news to Alec Guinness that his character will be killed off - without a satisfying death scene, and Guinness is furious. Luke and Leia swing across a dangerous chasm, but first someone has to tape down Carrie Fisher’s breasts. Peter Cushing as Grand Moff Tarkin is a horror legend - where does he go on his bicycle every day during the shooting of Star Wars? Shooting nears its end and George Lucas falls into depression and despair. Strife with the studio continues, and now Lucas is suffering chest pains. Star Wars is literally going to kill him.

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0:00.0	Hey Prime members, you can listen to Inside Star Wars ad free on Amazon Music.
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0:07.0	The following may contain mature content.
0:19.0	From Wundry, I'm Mark Ramsey,
0:21.0	and this is Inside Star Wars for Carrie Fisher.
0:45.0	She stepped into Elstree Studios outside London.
0:50.0	It was 5 a.m.
0:52.0	London was sleeping. The Elstree was a beehive. She had just
0:58.7	spent the last four weeks at a fat farm in Texas.
1:03.0	Lose 10 pounds, they said.
1:05.0	Well, she wasn't 10 pounds lighter.
1:07.0	In fact, she wasn't any lighter at all.
1:09.0	Carrie Fisher for hair and wardrobe?
1:12.0	Somehow she emerged from that traumatic effort to lose weight with a heavy heart and a heavier face.
1:20.0	First up, trying new hair on for size. I'm a princess so that means that means
1:25.8	flowing tresses thick and wavy tumbling over my waist like like Rapunzel right?
1:31.0	The hairdresser sized her up.
1:33.4	Well, I'm sure they won't want you to wear anything
1:36.9	you don't like dear.
1:38.0	Those were famous last words.
1:41.3	Together, Carrie and her stylist would pre-test several hairdos and even more hairdoants.
1:47.0	What do you think about this one, dear?
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