Saturday 3 March 2012

STAR WARS AT 35: CANTINA AFTERMATH!


Killing two alien thugs in the blink of an eye with his lightsaber, Obi-Wan Kenobi proves himself as a person not to be trifled with, as he's surveyed with awe and mystery by the numerous astonished onlookers of the Mos Eisley Cantina, in this terrific, and now legendary, scene from STAR WARS.

Darth Vader makes an appearance at the Cantina for the 2012 Volkswagen commercial.

Though there was no sign of the Modal Nodes band, many of the STAR WARS creatures from the original Cantina sequence were lovingly resurrected- some specially recreated, some brought out of mothballs from the LUCASFILM ARCHIVES- for this years Volkswagen 2012 commercial, also starring a cameo from Darth Vader, which premiered with the US Superbowl TV spectacular a few months back. For completeism, here's the link to the commercial and the Making of...

Check out some image grabs from the commercial's filming here: VOLKSWAGEN SUPERBOWL AD 2012 -INSIDE THE CANTINA

And some behind the scenes:  The Making Of: The Dog Strikes Back Commercial - YouTube and The new ‘Star Wars’ themed Volkswagon Superbowl ad - The Movie Blog

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