As CBCnews.ca reports, UNB's librarian came across what appears to be an original shooting script for Star Wars.
Deep in the archives of the University of New Brunswick's library in Saint John, a famous movie script sat forgotten and collecting dust. It tells the tales of a galaxy far, far away — and no one knows how it got there.
Since February, Kristian Brown, a librarian, has been sifting through the library's extensive science fiction collection. "I was just looking actually for something else entirely and then I just found this unique looking item," Brown said.
The script is bound in blue paper, emblazoned with official Lucasfilm Industries stamps. The date of the fourth edition revised script, is March 15, 1976, which is well ahead of the film's 1977 theatrical release date.
Original Submission
(Score: 3, Insightful) by archfeld on Monday June 08 2015, @07:21PM
Who shot first ?!?!?!
For the NSA : Explosives, guns, assassination, conspiracy, primers, detonators, initiators, main charge, nuclear charge
(Score: 2) by GungnirSniper on Monday June 08 2015, @07:24PM
NCommander shot first, you whorish heathen!
The article is otherwise pretty light on details.
Tips for better submissions to help our site grow. [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 4, Funny) by bob_super on Monday June 08 2015, @07:34PM
C-3PO.
He was shooting Jar-Jar.
(Score: 4, Funny) by isostatic on Monday June 08 2015, @08:05PM
The cameraman
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2015, @09:21PM
"I'll tell you one thing, right now," Brown gleefully points out.
"Based on the script, I can tell you 100 per cent, Han shot first."
(Score: 3, Insightful) by ThG on Monday June 08 2015, @07:34PM
Please.. It's a rip-off of Dune... Want to know what results from a "real" script from George? Well, watch Star Wars I to III..
(Score: 5, Insightful) by ghost on Monday June 08 2015, @08:25PM
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Monday June 08 2015, @10:00PM
In the early drafts of the Star Wars script, you can see some shit before Marcia cut it. Because it sucked. It ended up in a New Hope.
Did you mean in "Phantom Menace"? Or something?
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by vux984 on Monday June 08 2015, @11:12PM
Never heard that before. I'd always heard it was a rip off of Hidden Fortress.
Whatever.
Alien is supposedly a rip off of "Planet of the Vampires" and "It! The Terror from Beyond Space"... And I still like Alien just fine.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 08 2015, @07:57PM
And nothing of value was found.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Monday June 08 2015, @08:16PM
If an original Apple 1 can fetch $200k, I'm pretty sure an original script of Episode IV is worth a pretty penny.
Value isn't always about usefulness or quality of the object.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday June 09 2015, @08:56AM
Except that an update to the original article now states that it was only a copy of the original script.
Maybe someone could update the summary to reflect this?