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Star Wars: 65 Great Behind-The-Scenes Photos
We look forward to Star Wars Episode VII, by taking a look back at how they made the previous six films

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Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace Lucas poses with Jake Lloyd and Artoo Deetoo. Casting director Robin Gurland auditioned around 3000 kids for Anakin. In the end it came down to three: Devon Michael, Michael Angarano (who went onto Red State and Haywire) and Lloyd whom Gurland first met when he was five and kept in mind for over two years. "There's a very intuitive gut feeling you get about that's the one," said Lucas in 1999. "With Jake, I just got that feeling."

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