About this episode

Peter and Daniel recount their experience at Skywalker Ranch, including an interview with Ben Burtt and a special screening of his director's cut of Attack of the Hawkmen.

THIS SEASON FINALE ADVENTURE Peter and Daniel recount their epic journey to SKYWALKER RANCH. In December, Peter and Daniel were kindly invited to a special screening of the Director's Cut of "Attack of the Hawkmen" by the legendary Ben Burtt. Ben cleared his entire day for us. While at the Ranch, we filmed our interview with Ben for our documentary George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age. We also spent hours in his office — a working space that doubles as his private museum of film history — watching never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage from Young Indiana Jones, including second unit reels, blooper reels featuring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Daniel Craig, and test footage shot by George Lucas himself on a handheld camcorder. Then, in the evening, Ben screened his personal director’s cut of Attack of the Hawkmen — running over two hours and including a significant amount of never-before-seen footage — for an audience of Lucasfilm employees, family and friends. Almost certainly the first time the episode has ever screened in a full-size theater.But perhaps the most extraordinary thing we saw was Ben’s first cut of Beersheba, Palestine 1917 — the episode that would…

People in this episode

Hosts: Peter, Daniel

Guest: Ben Burtt

Topics covered

• Skywalker Ranch
• film history
• behind-the-scenes footage
• documentary
• director's cut
• interview

Keywords

• Skywalker Ranch
• Ben Burtt
• Attack of the Hawkmen
• Young Indiana Jones
• documentary
• film history
• Lucasfilm

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lucasfilm

Books & works: Attack of the Hawkmen, George Lucas: The Lost Golden Age, Young Indiana Jones, Beersheba, Palestine 1917, Daredevils of the Desert

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