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Arena: The Force is With Us: Mark Hamill and Gary Kurtz talk droids

Mark Newbold
By Mark Newbold
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Take a dip back into the past – 25th January 1978 to be precise – as Mark Hamill and Gary Kurtz look at the making of Star Wars on an episode of Arena, specifically the droids of the galaxy who quickly became far more than motors and coverings to the cast and audiences of the day.

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Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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Take a dip back into the past – 25th January 1978 to be precise – as Mark Hamill and Gary Kurtz look at the making of Star Wars on an episode of Arena, specifically the droids of the galaxy who quickly became far more than motors and coverings to the cast and audiences of the day.

SourceThe Prop Den
Mark Newbold
Mark Newbold
Exploring the galaxy since 1978, Mark wrote his first fan fiction in '81 and been a presence online since his first webpage Fanta War in 1996. He currently contributes to ILM.com and SkywalkerSound.com, having previously written for Star Wars Insider, StarWars.com, Star Wars Encyclopedia, Build The Millennium Falcon, Starburst Magazine, Geeky Monkey, TV Film Memorabilia and Model and Collectors Mart. He is a four-time Star Wars Celebration Stage host (the only podcaster to have appeared on every Celebration podcast stage since it began in 2015), the Daily Content Manager of Fantha Tracks and the co-host of Making Tracks, Canon Fodder and Start Your Engines on Fantha Tracks Radio.
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