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My memory of Hollywood princess Carrie Fisher - Charles Lippincott, Star Wars' original marketer

on Dec 29, 2016 | 0 comments

By Stephen Lepitak

Upon hearing of the passing of actress Carrie Fisher, the marketer behind the promotion for the original Star Wars, Charles Lippincott posted his memories of his first meeting with her before filming and how her character fitted into the marketing of the original film in the 70s.

Bunny Alsup (assistant to the producer) and I had been at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) with Jim Nelson (sound editor and producer). As production was just starting up, we didn’t really have a Star Wars production office, per se. We were using temporary office space at ILM. We had Read full story ›

Source: The Drum