411: Candid Stories from the Star Wars sets with Alan Flyng


It is always exciting to speak with someone involved in the original Star Wars trilogy who can give us first-hand stories of what it was really like to work on these epic films. Alan Fying was a Stormtrooper, Snowtrooper, and a Hoth Soldier in The Empire Strikes Back, and an Imperial Officer in Return of the Jedi. He shares never-before-heard, knock-your-socks-off stories about the making of Star Wars. If you see him signing autographs at Boonta Eve on April 6th, think up a fun question - Alan will give you a fun answer! 

 

Thanks to Spencer Jawitz and Frank Rich for helping to set up our conversation with Alan. Thank you to Simon Wilkie (C-3P0) for the birthday message.

 

Read an article about Alan from author Eric Onkenhout.

 

On-Set Pictures with Alan Flyng:

 

"Bitch" pose
"Butch" pose
Two men on the back right carrying the case are Alan Flyng and Richard Bonehill
Fire extinguishers between Stormtrooper and Boba Fett were left in the shot!
Alan is the Snowtrooper to the left of Vader

 

Alan with his famous line in Return of the Jedi

 

The Mandalorian Press Roundtables on YouTube

 

We were invited to a Star Wars fan site Roundtable and were able to ask questions directly to Dave Filoni & Jon Favreau (showrunners), Rick Famuyiwa (directer, exec producer), and Katee Sackhoff (Bo-Katan). Watch here or head to our YouTube channel and join in the lively comments!

 

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