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23-01-16, 09:53
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Very futuristic! And the stormtroopers used modified Sterling SMG's, IIRC
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23-01-16, 11:33
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Derwent
And doesn't the light wand or light sabre or whatever it's called use a part from a R-R Derwent engine?
EDIT: Yes it was! http://www.starwars.com/news/from-wo...ars-the-meteor
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23-01-16, 12:12
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Incidentally, I went to see Star Wars VII last night. The boys are Star Wars fans, I'm not, but seeing this in imax 3D is astounding. Very well made and very enjoyable movie
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24-01-16, 04:12
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Some of the British and German weapons used from the original movie in '77. One of the light sabers was based on the Number 3 British rifle grenade.
Before they remastered the films and cleaned them up, you could see empty brass casings all over the place from firefights. They used blank adapted weapons so the special effects people knew when someone fires and where to add laser bursts. Enfield rifles, Lewis guns, German MG15s and MG34s, and Sterling's in these shots.
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24-01-16, 20:53
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The original was build by an acquaintance in the UK many, many years ago.
I have some pictures of it here...somewhere but they are on film so I have to scan them to post a picture of it and other items used in the movie. Does that ever bring back memories. Also, the Star Trooper "carbines" were made from blank firing Thompsons and I almost sh*t when I was looking at them and realized one of the Storm Trooper Carbines was made from an original 1921 Thompson. The Holy Grail of the T gun collectors. As bit of useless info, and I also have the photo....I had a chance to visit the bar that was used in the movie. The underground bar is/was still in existence just outside Tozeur, Tunisia. Not far from the Kasserine Pass of Rommel fame. Only found one 25 pounder casing there....... The Arab scrap pickers had done their job well.
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25-01-16, 03:22
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Did anyone have the same thought as I did during the one scene with stormtroopers it looked exactly like one of the Nazi rallies at Nuremburg. Cheers Brian
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