Star Wars Day in Hollywood - 1977 Movie Premier Location / Original Handprints & Walk of Fame Stars
A visit to Hollywood Blvd for Star Wars Day on May Th Fourth 2020. Stopped off at the Chinese Theatre where the 1977 movie premier took place as well as the surround areas of the Walk of Fame.
Transcript
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my original plan for the day was to step
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into galaxy's edge over there at
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Disneyland and spend as the recording of
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this may the fourth Star Wars day for
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the first time ever would have been and
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blocks by outpost it would be happening
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but not this year so I'm taking my
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appropriate bag full of goodies up to
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Hollywood Boulevard for a little history
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of the film
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welcome everyone Adam Wu here sporting
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this particular t-shirt for the occasion
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I thought it would be fun to just wander
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around and look at some of the stars
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that are placed along the ground from
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the actors from the original trilogy as
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well as where the movie premiered back
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in 1977 which is just right here one
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block up and the handprints that are in
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front as well I'm inviting you to join
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me and there's some good stuff in this
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bag I'm gonna utilize shall you one
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thing that's really cool about this area
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is you never know what's gonna pop up in
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the form of artistic renderings Carrie
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Fisher has been drawing painted I should
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say on the side of this electrical box
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this is really
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really neat
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the walk of Dames is a collaboration
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between a Hollywood Arts Council and
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local artist John Casey Harris
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he's the creator of this now naturally
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during these times it might make it an
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unusual situation in order to get a
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really close view of some of these here
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in the concrete because I cannot cross
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this particular gate however
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I'll figure something out I'll figure it
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out
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there goes a classic vehicle which is
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interesting because this retro photo
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also shows some from that era as well
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whoo Chris on the skateboard just kind
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of startled me he got a little close hey
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hit right by me close proximity they
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have built on quite a bit since 77 here
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to the right
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yep quite a bit but the feet are still
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there across the left-hand side of the
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structure there used to be a marquee
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right above that little archway as
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portrayed right here in this photograph
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you can tell where it used to be saying
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ah nope no episodes just Star Wars
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here's another really good one look at
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that crowd for the opening goodness
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gracious lining it up with its
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modern-day counterpart notice the
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Roosevelt Hotel signage there top-left
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corner above the herd of people that
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angle would have been right about here
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and another one of those billboards this
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place right up there with the sprawl
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going across
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and there was a sea of horse
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right here waiting patiently that must
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have been very exciting to witness to be
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there on the day I'll step back over
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here momentarily but I just kind of kind
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of cruise the perimeter and show off
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some of these items that are on the
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ground pertaining the Walk of Fame which
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at this moment is relatively barren of
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tourists and locals only a few it just
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so happens that the actor that played
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Luke Skywalker and the actor that played
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Han Solo on the same side of the road
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next to the El Capitan Theatre in that
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area
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and I brought a little something for the
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occasion now I know it is not what some
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people refer to as new hope Luke this is
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Empire but it still from the original
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trilogy I do not own the 77 edition but
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I have placed him at least his
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characters representation in his
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favorite mode of transportation from the
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first few moments well into the
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beginning portions of the first movie
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right there
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nailed it and yes I know he has done a
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heck of a lot of other work voice-acting
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other characters fictional pieces that
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he has done throughout the course of his
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career but for the sake of this subject
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matter and this video
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Luke was played by mark hamil
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and that's the star I might be incorrect
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and my first assumption when I stated
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that Harrison was also on this side of
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the street I believe he is right over
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there near footlocker only one way to
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find out but before crossing over there
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I see a droid down here that might not
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be the Droid I'm looking for but it
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still still looks like a a droid from
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the series boy I am just way off it's
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not even down there I did the second
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round did figure out it's on this side
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directly across from his co-star is the
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actor that played Han Solo mr. Harrison
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Ford and fret not old school character
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placement will be happening on that star
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as well I can't even begin to name off
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the laundry list of acting jobs
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this gentleman has has displayed that I
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love but for the sake of this subject
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matter just gonna stick with solo for
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now and I think it's fairly safe to say
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no matter who you are you love that role
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I know as of current day Carrie Fisher
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does not have a star but I was reading
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that by 2021
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there will be availability so it's
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possible it's possible
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and speaking of Carrie there was a nice
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placard a few years ago that was placed
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by the doors over there to the entrance
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to the theater as far as I know she does
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not have handprints here however that
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plaque is located right over there above
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her mom's foot and hand press
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you can kind of see it it's the silvery
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item at the base of that lion or a tiger
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oh my yeah you can see it there right
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there at the base next to those
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stanchions and that bird just flew right
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over the top of it this is the next best
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thing just to show you what it looks
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like
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December 14th of 2017 is when it was
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placed there says dedicated to carry by
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the TCL Chinese Theatre for Star Wars
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home since 1977 he loved by fans
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worldwide that's cool
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she'll also show this one that's Darth
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Vader and Threepio putting their feet
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into the concrete that was back in 77
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August of 77 I believe they actually put
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their feet hitting the concrete right in
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front of the theater
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I'll show you where and it is easily
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visible even with these gates that are
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placed up here you can see right down
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there
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of course it is obscured just a tiny bit
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you know by the shadows of these
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stanchions but the date stamp here says
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August 3rd of 77 and our to our twos
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prints are also down there so you got
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r2d2 and in the c-3po suit was mr.
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Anthony Daniels himself which I believe
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I don't believe Prowse was in the Vader
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suit but Anthony Daniels according to
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this was and Kenny Baker
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I don't believe was in the r2 that could
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be wrong on that but I think I think
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that's the only one of the actors that
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were in the suit but the characters were
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here documenting this for posterity and
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right above those is George Lucas here
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on the left next to his pal Steven
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Spielberg and that was back on 516 84
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I got I kind of lucked out that they are
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all clustered here near the front so I'm
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able to see them and Harrison's hand and
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feet prints are here as well
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dated 1992 so of the three of this
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grouping this is the the eldest would be
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the seventy-seven one year at the very
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front right next to the stars themselves
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it might be tough to see them from here
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but I got my Vader figure there on the
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right in the middle
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Threepio and r2 on their corresponding
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footprints they're just hanging out here
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on the boulevard enjoying the sights and
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the sounds that's a little bit of
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traffic that's cruising by
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celebrating the day good to see you guys
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I see you have constructed a plastic
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lightsaber well done
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seems like it's kind of like almost
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looks like it's melting I was not here
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during that premiere but oh what a
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moment it must have been it wasn't even
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called New Hope yet they just had the
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original maintenance all anyone knew it
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has no episodes no new hope old
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and how often can you stand in the
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middle of the boulevard to get this
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angle not too often and all honestly
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this is turning out to be a pretty good
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day for this historic festive occasion
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may the fourth as a recording of this is
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anyway really is just so much history at
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this place can't even count everything
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that's happened there I did also bring
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along original Leia figure as well
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with that very iconic hairstyle of
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course also in the same neighborhood as
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the scum and villainy cantina which is
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all closed off at the moment well it
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looks as if an employee's just kind of
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kind of ducking in there should better
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be careful though there's a grito might
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be in there oh no no we're good
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he's already exited he's not allowed
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you're not allowed in there greet up
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currently during these situations you're
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not allowed to be inside the cantina I
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know you want to be you just got to be
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patient got to be patient
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I know you are definitely a
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controversial subject when it comes to
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whether you were the one who who fired
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first or not that is a pretty neat place
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when they're normal whoa what that it is
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tagging along he's like hoisted there on
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my shoulder get up on my shoulder Greedo
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didn't fight you
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woo I think I lost him he was a tough
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one to shake but he didn't realize that
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the walk of fame is not only on
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Hollywood Boulevard but also on Vine
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Street so I took a hard took a hard turn
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and that's where I am now looking for
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the last star I guess it wouldn't hurt
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to just look over here on the other side
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and to be honest I was not even thinking
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about Billy Dee I was going with the
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first movie but there you go got Lando
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okay I'm looking for obi-wan
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he's around here somewhere I have found
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Sir Alec Guinness quite the resume of
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what he has done but for the sake of
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this obi-wan Kenobi
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also another fun fact is you could see
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how you can see how some of them have
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the face mask that is for a theater and
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then some of them have a record that is
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for radio but most well I would say a
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good percentage of them have the movie
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camera
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for example Alec Guinness here
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he has a old-school movie camera on his
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and that was house his star is dedicated
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for his work there are some iconic names
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that just off the top of my head I was
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thinking would definitely I was proved
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wrong I thought they would definitely be
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placed here in the sidewalk John
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Williams James Earl Jones nowhere to be
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found yet I nod right
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drove over to Forest Lawn that satellite
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you see up there on the top of the
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mountain just over that other peak would
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be the iconic Hollywood sign
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I really can't reiterate enough how many
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different roles any one that I've shown
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throughout the course of this episode
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has done but there are certain certain
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ones of those that the performances or
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you know part of part of their resume
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that stick with you something that
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you've seen multiple times and you can
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feel as if maybe you don't know the
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person but you know that character so
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taking your way is taking yourself away
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from the character from the person I
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don't want to stress enough that they do
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so much more than just that one role but
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most of us will remember her as Princess
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Leia television and movies the way
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they're presented and the long lasting
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effect from watching them some for 30 40
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years on a regular basis it holds a
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special place in your heart
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it just goes without saying it in all
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reality if you had to pick top five top
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three top two dare I say top one when it
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comes to a huge congregation pop culture
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fandom the Star Wars trilogy naima
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trilogy the universe that it has become
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the expanded universe the original three
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plus the sequels the prequels the Disney
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versions there's just so much to sink
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your teeth into there really is nothing
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the magnitude and the size there are
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there are other there are other
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franchises that are massive and they're
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expansiveness but I think this is
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probably the number one if you had to
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say if I was supposed to say this would
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be the number one
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see you guys in the next video the blog
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also sidetrack for a second think about
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it
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may the force be with you the only
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reason anyone is celebrating it is
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because it rhymes with may the force be
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with you got a lot the vlog just wanted
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to show this one last time
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next year next year we'll be in galaxies
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that celebrating celebrating together
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that's what I originally was gonna do
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but this worked out great I'm glad I did
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this the blog is over