LONDON (AP) - U.S. director
George
Lucas has given permission for the "Star Wars''
saga, which lasted for over 13 hours, to be shortened to a production of
just 20 minutes, officials from Britain's Reduced Shakespeare Company said
Tuesday
The company is famous for
staging the Bard's 37 plays in just 97 minutes and has also staged "The
complete history of America'' and "The Bible: the complete word of God,'' among
other abbreviated productions.
"This
is my boyhood dream, in the space of 20 minutes I'm going to be Jabba the Hutt,
Jar Jar Binks, Darth Vader
and Anakin
Skywalker,'' said the company's Adam Long, who will write and direct the
piece and star in it, with two other performers.
"Everyone loves Star Wars
but I love it more than anyone on the planet.''
Long has promised to
include every plot point from the Star Wars epic, from Anakin Skywalker's move
to the Dark Side, Princess Leia's rescue from the Empire and the construction
of the new Death Star.
Lucas' production company
Lucasfilm has approved the reduced comedy version, which will be broadcast in
Britain in the last week of August.
It will be filmed during a
one-off performance at London's Criterion Theatre on Aug. 17.
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