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| Directed by | Gary Wood |
| Written by | Gary Wood |
| Produced by | Gary Wood Justin Escue |
| Starring | Joe Urban Jim Peterson David Prowse Lee Ann Millen George Starkey |
| Distributed by | Woodworks Films |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Language | English |
Saving Star Wars is a 2004independent film by Woodworks Films that was written and produced byGary Wood.[1] The title is a play on the titles of theWorld War II movieSaving Private Ryan andStar Wars. The first preview of the film was at a film festival called Reel Competition, where it was rated highly by the film-goers.[2] It featuresDavid Prowse, the actor who playedDarth Vader in the Star Wars trilogy.
The film was shot in centralIndiana, and shown at theStar Wars Celebration III convention in 2005 in a nearbyIMAX theater. The original concept poster was designed by Associate Producer Josh Shanks and Travis Bow.
Though aStar 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, he now seesStar Wars as 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 filmmakerGeorge Lucas (George Starkey) and convince him to continue makingStar Wars movies. Through a series of mishaps, Woody and Hank accidentally kidnap Lucas and allow the script forEpisode III to fall into the hands of an unbalanced fan (Scott C. Sendelweck), a murderous producer, and a certain Dark Lord-portraying actor (David Prowse). To his surprise, Woody finds himself in the middle of an adventure with the fate of theStar Wars movie-making empire hanging in the balance.
