Romancing Star Wars

Romance and love in the Star Wars Universe three love birds bringing heart to a scifi saga!

Padme + Anakin

Anakin

Don't be afraid.

Padme

I'm not afraid to die. I've been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life.

Anakin

What are you talking about?

Padme

I love you.

Anakin

You love me? I thought we had decided not to fall in love. That we'd be forced to live a lie and that it would destroy our lives.

Padme

I think our lives are about to be destroyed anyway. I truly... deeply... love you and before we die I want you to know.

A lovely couple with a tragic end that gives birth to a renewed hope. We wouldn't have the twins, Luke and Leia if it wasn't for their union.

Poor Ani turned to the dark side in his misguided attempts to save Padme. Ani never foresaw in his visions that it was he who kills her not just with the force choke but also with the betrayal of the Republic and the Jedis.

"There is still good in him," Padme's words before death, leaving hope for Ani's redemption and a final balance to the Force.

Leia + Han

The Princess and the Scoundrel meet for the first time during her rescue in the Death Star, their love sparks up after escaping Imperial destroyers attacking the Rebel base on the planet Hoth. The relationship matures when Leia rescues Han from Jabba's Palace. In the novels, Leia and Han eventually marry and have kids.

Princess Leia and Han Solo shared many interesting conversations here's a sample:

(a tremor knocks Leia into Solo's arms)

Princess Leia

Let go.

Han Solo

Shh.

Princess Leia

Let go, please.

Han Solo

Don't get excited.

Princess Leia

Captain, being held by you isn't quite enough to get me excited.

Han Solo

Sorry sweetheart. I haven't got time for anything else.

Han Solo

Well Princess, it looks like you managed to keep me here a while longer.

Princess Leia

I had nothing to do with it. General Rieekan thinks it's dangerous for anyone to leave the system until they've activated the energy shield.

Han Solo

That's a good story. I think you just can't bear to let a gorgeous guy like me out of your sight.

Princess Leia

I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain.

(Chewbacca laughs)

Han Solo

Laugh it up, fuzzball.

Han Solo

Hey, Your Worship, I'm only trying to help.

Princess Leia

Would you please stop calling me that?

Han Solo

Sure, Leia.

Princess Leia

You make it so difficult sometimes.

Han Solo

I do, I really do. You could be a little nicer, though. Come on, admit it. Sometimes you think I'm all right.

Princess Leia

Occasionally, maybe... when you aren't acting like a scoundrel.

Han Solo

Scoundrel? Scoundrel? I like the sound of that.

(Han starts to massage Leia's hand)

Princess Leia

Stop that.

Han Solo

Stop what?

Princess Leia

(timidly) Stop that. My hands are dirty.

Han Solo

My hands are dirty, too. What are you afraid of?

Princess Leia

Afraid?

Han Solo

You're trembling.

Princess Leia

I'm not trembling.

(Han moves in closer)

Han Solo

You like me because I'm a scoundrel. There aren't enough scoundrels in your life.

Princess Leia

I happen to like nice men.

Han Solo

I'm a nice man.

Princess Leia

No, you're not. You're...

(they kiss)

They're in love, they know.

Mara + Luke

High assassin for the Emperor, as the Emperor's Hand, Mara carried out his orders with skill and efficiency, after Palpatine's death Mara turned to a life of smuggling. She bided her time, plotting to kill Luke for the death of the Emperor but Luke explains to her what happened in the Death Star that it was Vader who killed Palpatine. They bump into each other on numerous adventures in the novels. Forced to team up in tight spots realizing how well they work together, their love blooms and eventually they marry.

Some Mara Jade Quotes from various Star Wars novels:

"Let me tell you something, Skywalker. I've wanted to kill you for a long time. I dreamed about your death every night for most of that first year. Dreamed it, plotted it- I must have run through a thousand scenarios , trying to find exactly the right way to do it. You can call it a cloud on my judgement if you want to: I'm used to it by now. It's the closest thing I've got to a permanent companion."
    ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker


    "The other reason I came in person, is that occasionally - for some unknown reason - I almost look forward to seeing you, Skywalker. Not often....... but there are times."
    ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker


    "For a relationship that started with me trying to kill you, this has become more than I could have imagined. I have never felt more complete than now, knowing we will be together, for eternity."
    ―Mara Jade to Luke Skywalker

Queen and Padawan, Princess and Scoundrel, Assassin and Paladin their union brought
more than just action and adventure but heart to a SciFi saga.

Star Wars Blogathon 2010

Welcome to the ScifiDrive Star Wars Blogathon! Here's a list of blogs participating with articles on all things Star Wars. Click on the image to visit, leave a comment if you will and 
may the Force be with you!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angie and Chantale from CinemaObsessed sent their Star Wars caricature-Vader and Threepio!

33 Years of a Beloved Saga - Star Wars!

My most liked picture is the Star Wars Saga Poster, created in 2007 for the 30th anniversary of A New Hope. In 2015 I can still easily run into that poster anywhere on the net. This picture, also featured in Guinness World Records 2016 Edition, was used to create the world’s largest LEGO mosaic image at an event organized by Dorling Kindersley Publishing, London.

Poster by SimonZ

Singing & Grooving in SciFi Movies

Singing and grooving to the music, here's a look at some SciFi movie scenes with a touch of song and dance.

Metropolis (1927) Yoshiwara

Yoshiwara's House of Sin from Fritz Lang's "Metropolis" - a place of illicit activity, beautiful showgirls, and a hangout for the power class. The robot Maria performs a salome style dance and mesmerizes the panting, clubgoers into a lustful frenzy.

The evil robot's seduction triggers a revolt among the workers a portent of things to come at the end of the dance when she sits on a multi-headed dragon/beast, a symbol on the Bible's Revelation' Whore of Babylon. Metropolis' lower levels are flooded to quash the riot leaving the city in destruction.

A Clockwork Orange (1971) Singing in the Rain 
Stanley Kubrick's Dystopian film follows the life of an adolescent boy, Alex DeLarge and his gang, the Droogs. They invade a secluded writer's home beating him and raping his wife while Alex DeLarge belts out his irreverent version of "Singing in the Rain".

Young Frankenstein (1974) Puttin' on the Ritz   
Mel Brooks hilarious satire on the Frankenstein films. Victor Frankenstein played by Gene Wilder trains the Monster (Peter Boyle) for an upcoming press conference- in order to convince the locals that the Monster is "safe". At the conference, they do a song and dance number to the tune of Irving Berlin's, "Puttin' on the Ritz". Dressed in tuxedo and cane mimicking Fred Astaire's "Man about Town", the duo do a tap dance routine and gets a positive response from the audience. The Monster's fear of fire interrupts the act, going on a rampage, destroying Dr. Frankenstein's hopes for the Monster's acceptance by the populace.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) The Time Warp

The longest running film release (thirty-three years) "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is a musical parody of scifi and horror movies. Stuck with a flat tire, Brad Majors (Barry Bostwick) and Janet Weiss (Susan Sarandon) seek help from a nearby castle inhabited by strange and outlandish costumed people holding an annual Transylvanian convention. The couple watch as the Transylvanians dance "The Time Warp".

Movie audiences get a blast re-enacting live the scenes from the movie. "The Time Warp" the most popular song, comes with instructions on how to do the dance while watching the scene.

Doing The Time Warp:

It's just a jump to the left. And then a step to the right. With your hands on your hips. You bring your knees in tight. But it's the pelvic thrust That really drives you insane. Let's do the time-warp again.

Turn around and repeat the steps

Xanadu (1980) Whenever You're Away from Me

Musical Fantasy starring Gene Kelly, Michael Beck and Olivia Newton-John. Belonging to a family of muses and goddesses Kira (Olivia Newton-John), the Olympian Muse of Dance, descends to Earth as Gene Kelly's inspiration. Gene Kelly's character, Danny McGuire, a former band leader dreams of opening a night club, Kira inspires Danny in a song and dance "Whenever You're Away from Me".

Return of the Jedi (1983)  Lapti Nek + Jedi Rocks

The Max Rebo Band , an eclectic group of alien musicians and singers plays gigs at Jabba the Hutt's palace on Tatooine. "Lapti Nek" was sung by the group in the film's original edition. The band's performance was accompanied by Jabba's two slave Dancers, the Twi'lek Oola and the six-breasted Askajian Yarna d'al' Gargan. The performance is interrupted when Jabba feeds Oola to his pet rancor. In the special edition the song was replaced by "Jedi Rocks" sung by Joh Yowza and Sy Snootles.

Lapti Nek

Jedi Rocks

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) Anything Goes

Kate Capshaw's character, Willie Scott performs the film's opening sequence singing Cole Porter's "Anything Goes" in Mandarin.

Together with chorus girls, they do a Busby Berkley-style number with glitter and legs at the Club Obi Wan.

Back to the Future (1985) Johnny Be Goode

Time-travel comedy by Robert Zemeckis . Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) plays his version of Chuck Berry's "Johnny Be Goode" at a high school dance in 1955. McFly adds some Van Halen and Pete Townshend inspired riffs and moves to the song way before heavy metal rock was born and before Berry wrote the song.

Beetlejuice (1988) Day-O (Banana Boat Song) Dinner Party Scene.

Tim Burton feared the "Day-O" sequence wouldn't go over well, since in his opinion it wasn't very funny. He turned out to be wrong: audiences loved it and think of it as one of the film's most iconic scenes.

Big (1988) Playing the Piano Scene

According to Robert Loggia, on the day they filmed the famous keyboard scene at FAO Schwarz, he and Tom Hanks noticed that doubles dressed like them were on hand just in case the two could not do the dance moves correctly. It became their goal to do the entire keyboard number without the aid of the doubles. They succeeded.

The "Walking Piano" used in the film's trademark scene was created by Italian inventor Remo Saraceni. His many musical inventions grace children's organizations worldwide. As of 2008, his famous Walking Piano was being implemented into a piano instructional game called "Piano Wizard" made by Allegro Multimedia.

The Mask (1994) Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You

The Mask drops by the Congo Bongo Club watches Tina Carlyle (Cameron Diaz) perform a sexy rendition of "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You" (Susan Boyd dubs).

The Fifth Element (1997) The Diva Dance

Tall and all blue Diva Plavalaguna (Maïwenn Le Besco) performs at the Spaceliner, Fhloston Paradise singing an aria from Gaetano Donizetti's Opera, "Lucia di Lammermoor" (voiced by Inva Mula-Tchako). Later the Diva shifts tempo singing and dancing to a pop beat cutting into another scene with the Fifth Element- Leeloo doing a ballet - choreograph fight scene with the Mangalores.

The Diva's vocalization was electronically altered to achieve the extreme tonal range.

Star Trek Insurrection (1998) A British Tar

Captain Jean Luc Picard attempting to disarm a renegade Data distracts him by singing "A British Tar" from Gilbert and Sullivan's "H.M.S. Pinafore".

Dark City (1998) Sway

Alex Proyas' SciFi Film-Noir features Jennifer Connelly as Emma Murdoch singing a sultry version of "Sway" in a local night club. "Sway" was dubbed by singer Anita Kelsey.

Mission to Mars (2000) Dance the Night Away

The Mars crew takes a break and do some zero gravity dancing to Van Halen's song, "Dance the Night Away". Woody with no talent for dancing, takes advantage of the zero gravity environment to fulfill his wife Terri's wishes for a dance.

13 Going on 30 (2004) The Thriller Dance 
In "13 Going on 30", Garner’s character Jenna — a teen who is suddenly transported into an adult woman’s body — re-creates the choreography from Michael Jackson’s 1983 music video for "Thriller" at an event for the magazine where she works.

Learn the "Thriller Dance"

Upside Down (2012) Tango Scene
Kirsten Dunst doing the tango in a dance hall with upside down floors.

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Dancing Groot
Groot regrows, dances to Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back”

Battlestar Galactica (1978) The Man with Nine Lives

Acceding requests from his grandchildren to appear on their favorite television show, Fred Astaire asked his agent to get him a role in Battlestar Galactica. Fred Astaire made a guest appearance in the episode, "The Man with Nine Lives" as Chameleon, a con man on the run pretending to be Starbuck's long lost father. One of the memorable episodes of the classic Battlestar Galactica series.

SciFi movies with a touch of song and dance, a musical interlude enhances the film's entertainment value plus a creative advantage for fantastic sceneries. Movie audiences love films (in any genre) spiced up with some singin' and groovin'. It's a beautiful way to liven up the plot or give the audience some side entertainment and becoming the film's memorable moment.

Hope you enjoyed the show and drop by Ferdy on Films, etc for more great posts on the Dance-Movie Blogathon.