Before The Force Awakens, read the Star Wars FAQ! VIDEO INTERVIEW - Mr. Media Interviews by Bob Ande

Today's Guest: Writer Mark Clark, author of Star Wars FAQ, Star Trek FAQ and Star Trek FAQ 2.0.
 

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Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience full of unused characters from the first six movies, cartoons and comic books, hoping for one more shot at the silver screen… in the NEW new media capital of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida!

If there is nothing else in life I have to brag about, it’s that I was in attendance at the Loews Astor Plaza Cinema in Manhattan for the red carpet, world premiere of Star Wars in 1977.

My buddy Bob Pinaha and I took a Suburban Bus in from New Brunswick, New Jersey, that evening – classy, huh? – and it was one of the single most amazing filmgoing experiences of my lifetime.

Unlike today, when the Internet over-prepares us for every twist and turn that lies ahead in new movies, we had no idea what this “Star Wars” was about or even why we were invited.
MARK CLARK podcast excerpt: "There were blockbuster hits before 'Star Wars' and that were films that had lots of merchandising around them, like the Disney movies, for example. But 'Star Wars' was just next level. It was box office like the industry had never seen. The scale of the merchandising revenues was unprecedented. The way impacted the fate of different toy companies! The other studios wanted to get into this business of coming up with a franchise with built-in marketing bonanza potential; that still drives the superhero movies made today."
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And if we realized it would be as grand a night as it was, I suspect we would have been better dressed!

I, for one, had never been in a movie theater with escalators. Or 70 mm prints. And they gave out free popcorn and programs to all. (And yes, I still have the