star wars questions

1. Who owns Lucasfilm? Walt Disney
2. Who formed Lucasfilm? George Lucas
3. What year was Lucasfilm formed? 1971
4. Who is the president of Lucasfilm? Kathleen Kennedy
5. What other major films have they worked on? Indiana Jones,  the pixar story, the land before time
6. How much was Lucasfilm sold for? $4.05 billion
7. Who wrote Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
8. Who directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens? JJ Abrams
9. What other major films is the director responsible for? Star trek, mission impossible, super 8
10. How many Star Wars films have there been so far (list them)? 7, 1977 A New Hope 
11. 1980 The Empire Strikes Back 
    1983 Return of The Jedi 
    1984 Ewoks Caravan of Courage 
    1985 Ewoks The Battle for Endor 
    1999 The Phantom Menace 
    2002 Attack of The Clones 
    2005 Revenge of The Sith, 2015 the force awakens
12.  What studio was used to film a large portion of the film?                                                  
13. Where is the studio? Skellig Michael, County Kerry, Iceland  
14. What major franchise is famously filmed at this studio?
15. How does said franchise link to Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
16. Who was the inspiration for the character Maz Kanata? JJ Abrams
17. What technology was used to create Maz Kanata? CGI
18. Who played Maz Kanata & what other roles is she famous for? Lupita Nyong'o, famous for being the first Maxican and Kenyan actress
19. Who played General Snoke? Andy Serkis
20. What is he renowned for in the movie business?
21. Where was the final scene filmed? Ahch - To, lonely island
22. How many Star Wars films have there been so far (list them)? 1977 A New Hope 
23. How much money have they all made at the global box office? $2.066 billion 
24. When was the first Star Wars film released? December 27 1997
25. What does ILM stand for? industrial Light & Magic 
26. What do ILM do? people send movie scenes to the company for CG effects 
27. Who created ILM? George Lucas
28. Why did they create ILM? George Lucas wanted special effects that know has ever seen in films before but the 20th century fox special effects department wasn't operating so Lucas and a small team set up ILM.
29. What do casting directors do? these organize and facilitate the casting of actors for all the roles in a film. This involves working closely with the director and producer to understand their requirements, and suggesting ideal artists for each role, as well as arranging and conducting interviews and auditions.
30. Where were the first scenes for Star Wars: The Force Awakens filmed? Abu Dhabi 
31. What format was Star Wars: The Force Awakens shot on? Film
32. What types of camera were used to film Star Wars: The Force Awakens?
33. Who composed the film score? John Williams was the composer for not just the force awakens but for them all.
34. How many Star wars films have he composed the music for? He has composed for all the films, which at the moment is 7 films
35. What other famous films has he created the music for? John Williams has also composed music for all 7 films
36. How many times did John Boyega audition for the film (according to JJ Abrams)? John Boyega auditioned for the film 9 times
37. Over what period of time did these auditions occur? The auditions process lasted 7 months long
38. How many people operated B-B8? There was 1 person controlling him manually on one model, then in other remote control models there was 3 people operating the different parts.
39. What type of technology was the main version of B-B8? The manual version is the main version
40. What colour suit did the B-B8 operator wear? Blue
41. Why did he have to wear such a suit? As it is like a green screen, they use this suit so you cant see the person controlling the droid
42. What type of special effects (SFX) were employed on Star Wars: The Force Awakens? CGI was used a bit but most of it was real props or sets because JJ Abrams wanted to keep the effects like the original films.
43. How many people were behind the monitor watching the scene when Han and Chewie returned to the Millenium Falcon? 100-200 people were watching because it was such a monumental moment.
44. Why was Simon Pegg thanked in the credits for Star Wars: The Force Awakens? Simon Pegg helped the film in general by being part of the cast, helping with the screenplay and for some of the resons below: “[Pegg] was a sounding board. He would drop by the set because he wanted to, and when he could, he would help… We could talk about things, and he was a perfect combination of incredibly smart screenwriter, fan of the series, critical fan of the series, and friend of mine – but not just blindly supportive. He was an honest, critical friend. And he wasn’t so close to it that he became immune to things. He would come in with fresh eyes and very smart ideas. He’s one of a handful of people along the way that has been really priceless.”
45. JJ Abrams shot part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in IMAX. What is IMAX? IMAX a technique of widescreen cinematography which produces an image approximately ten times larger than that from standard 35 mm film. JJ Abrams most likely used this because it is a most prestige way of filming a film and he thought star wars was the right film to do it on as star wars is so popular in western and now global culture.
46. How many IMAX screens was the film available on?
47. What was the age rating of the film in the UK? The certificate for the film was a 12.
48. How much money did the UK government contribute to the production of Star Wars: The Force Awakens? (Express this figure as a percentage of the total cost and as a figure in pounds). £31.6 million out of the £235 million which was in total spent. This is around 7% of the total figure.
49. How much was Harrison Ford paid to reprise his role of Han Solo? $20 million 
50. How much were Daisy Ridley and John Boyega paid? £300,000 each, 76 times less than harrison ford