The Force is with them

28 MARCH 2006

World renowned film director and creator of Star Wars movies George Lucas has spread a bit of his Force into the Border region this month with official recognition to a special local family for their film Star Wars: Attack of the Webbs. Lucas, Tegan, Grace and Faith Webb, wrote and starred in the four-minute film with assistance from four of Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) Speech Pathology students and the editorial help of a final-year Albury High School student. The original story, loosely based on the Star Wars movies, includes cast interviews and comic out-takes. All the Webb children involved in the movie suffer from a rare genetic disease that affects their growth and they received the full red-carpet treatment last year at CSU for the world premiere of the movie. The Webb children received autographed awards from Lucas who stated that he enjoyed their movie very much. The signed statuettes of the Star Wars character Yoda were sent to the Webbs in recognition of the efforts of all involved in the movie’s production. Lucas said the Yoda figure was most appropriate, stating “it sounds like all of you are believers in Yoda’s words: ‘Do or do not – there is no try’.”

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