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Critics beware The force is with you
ByL.R.BcrtParrish
Star Ware critics beware. The Empire
Strikes Back is here and is a far better
film than the original. The use of state-of-the-art
technology and a genuine plot,
combined with loveable robots and mup
pets, make this film a viable product.
It is hard to imagine that not every
one has seen the original Star Wars, but
it isn't necessary to have seen it to enjoy
The Empire Strikes Back.
As do the science fiction serials of the
1930's, the film starts with the story up
to now printed and rolling off into space.
The good guys have defeated the bad,
but the bad guys are back stronger and
more determined than ever.
The Empire Strikes Back opens with
Darth Vader sending troops and unique
walking tanks to planet Hoth to oust the
rebels, who are the good guys.
Princess Leia, Chewbacca, Han Solo,
R2D2 and C3PO all escape in the Mil
lenium Falcon, only to discover that this
model T-like space ship will not go into
"hyperspace." This becomes a running
gag throughout the film, as humorous as
the banter between R2D2 and C3PO.
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They flee through an asteroid field
and land at what they hope is temporary
safety in the hands of Lando Calrissian,
from whom Han Solo got the Millenium
Falcon.
While this is happening, Luke has
landed on the planet Dagobah to seek
Yoda, a small creature created and
played by Frank Oz of Muppet fame.
Yoda is a Jedi Master. The Jedi knights
were the former rulers of the empire be
fore it collapsed at the hands of a corrupt
government.
Yoda has been training the Jedi
knights for generations in the use of "the
force." He tells Luke that the force is nei
ther good nor eviL Here the movie enters
a Zen setting, with training similar to the
old Kung-Fu television series. Luke en
ters a cave and beheads an imaginary
Darth Vader, only to find his own face
under the mask. With training, the force
can read one's mind and help one to see
the future and the past.
Luke is an impatient youth, and be
fore Yoda is through with his training he
leaves. He has seen a vision of his friends
in pain and feels compelled to help.
He is right, for Darth Vader had made
his way to the city in the clouds and has
captured Han and the rest of our heroes.
Luke and Darth Vader have one last
light-sabre duel.
During the duel, Darth Vader tells
Luke something that will surprise audi
ences and leave them wondering, and
waiting for "Star Wars HI."
Special effects abounded in Star Wars
and there are more and better effects in
The Empire Strikes Back. Lucas spent
millions forming his own special effects
studio. The scene in which the Millenium
Falcon travels through the asteriod Held
requires a device called a quad projector.
This $500,000 computer-driven machine
synchronizes four projectors. The special
effects are so well done it is hard to be
lieve that they are so complex.
If you have delayed seeing the film be
cause you feared a long line, relax. The
Friday night 7 and 9:30 pjn. shows both
had tickets available at show time.
The Empire Strikes Back is playing at
the Stuart Theater, 13 and P Streets, and
probably will be there a long time.
Pops director wants more contemporary tunes Educator pubUshe8 b00ks
John Williams, the new director of the
Boston Pops Orchestra, said he plans to
broaden the use of 20th century music to
include more comtemporary British and
American music.
In a nationally broadcast, closed-circuit
television press conference held at
the Nebraska Educational Television
Commission and Network, Williams said
that directing the Boston Pops Orchestra
is a "refreshing change" from the work he
had been doing.
Williams has composed scores and
acted as musical director for about 50
films, including The Poseidon Adventure,
The Towering Inferno, Earthquake,
Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third
Kind, Star Wars and The Empire Strikes
Back.
Williams was named conductor of the
Boston Pops Orchestra in January. He is
the 19th conductor in the orchestra's 95
year history , succeeding the late Arthur
Fiedler, who conducted the orchestra for
50 years.
Paying tribute to Fiedler's legacy, Wil
liams said, "To follow Arthur Fiedler is
somewhat impossible. He is a phenome
non and quite irreplaceable in the field of
music."
The winner of two Emmy Awards for
Best Musical Composition from the Na
tional Academy of Television Arts and
Sciences, Williams also has received 13
Academy Award nominations and won
Oscars for the scores to Fiddler on the
Roof, Star Wars and Jaws.
Williams said, however, that compos
ing music for films can restrict creativity
and the flow of the music.
"The music is shaped by the editorial
configuration of the film. It's not as natu
ral." A musical director becomes involved
with a film after it has been edited so
that the the composer can catch the over
all theme of the film, as well as the mu
sical needs for each scene.
"Every scene has a tempo. If the hero
ine is hanging over a cliff the music must
conform."
Williams said that American popular
music is one of our great cultural herit
ages and most sought after exports.
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"A lot of what we have in pop music
now is just the beginning of a very
healthy future," Williams said.
Williams and the Boston Pops Orches
tra will appear in Nebraska on NETV
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Thomas F. Green, an education spe
cialist who received his bachelor's and
master's degrees from UNL, has pub
lished a book examining the structure
and dynamics of the educational system.
Green, a member of the Syracuse
(New York) University facult since 1964,
this month published "Predicting the Be
havior of the Educational System." The
second book in the two-volume set will
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