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Noriyoshi Ohrai (Japanese: 生頼 範義, Hepburn: Ōrai Noriyoshi, November 17, 1935 – October 27, 2015) was a Japanese illustrator. He is famous for illustrating the international version of The Empire Strikes Back poster [1] [2] and several Godzilla film posters during the political Heisei period.
"Jabba's alphabet" from a Star Wars-themed Pizza Hut box. A language based on the Quechuan languages, [23] Huttese is a lingua franca in the Star Wars universe. It is spoken by many groups and species, on Nal Hutta, Nar Shaddaa, Tatooine and other worlds in and around Hutt Space, the region of the galaxy under the Hutts' sphere of influence.
J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 The Hobbit and 1954–55 The Lord of the Rings novels inspired George Lucas's creation of Star Wars in 1977. An early draft for the 1977 Star Wars film is said to have included an exchange of dialogue between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker taken directly from the conversation between Gandalf and Bilbo in Chapter 1 of The Hobbit, where Bilbo/Luke says "Good morning!"
Star Wars was released on May 25, 1977, and first subtitled Episode IV: A New Hope in the 1979 book The Art of Star Wars. [54] The film's success led Lucas to make it the basis of an elaborate film serial. [55] With the backstory he created for the sequel, Lucas decided that the series would be a trilogy of trilogies. [56]
Because of his actions, he saved his classmates' lives. A profile written by the New York Times following his death read, "He was also a deep scholar of Star Wars, amassing a legion of Jedi action figures with his brother Ted, 14.” Lucasfilm reached out to his family and promised that he would be honored in the Star Wars universe.
His breakthrough performance was the dubbing voice of Darth Vader in the Star Wars series. He reprised this role for Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith and a crossover appearance in Soulcalibur IV - notable because the game was originally in Japanese, meaning that Ōhira was Vader's "original" voice in the game, unlike with the films.
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Sorayama is known for his fine art, illustration, and industrial design. Of the distinction between the first two, Soryama commented in an interview: "Unlike art, illustration is not a matter of emotion or hatreds, but an experience that comes naturally through logical thinking." [1] Sorayama began drawing erotic art of gynoid robots in 1983. [5]