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on April 26
Eric Walker
Posted project update #7BOOK FINAL UPDATE!
Post CommentYesterday I got the books from the self publisher. Good News is I LOVED the cover but there is problems with quite a few of the pages and how they printed them. So they are going back in the mail today to them and I have to push the release date back at least a month. To be safe I am setting it for June19th in case there are any more problems. Other Good News is I am now getting a discount so the money that is being credited is going to Charity.
For Fun I would like all the backers this time to submit a charity for consideration. I will post them on my website ericwalker.net and we can do a poll. The winning charity will receive the extra cash. Also in case you have not heard, I have reopened the extras and pledging on my site using paypal. This was because there were a lot of people who missed this kickstarter project and emailed me asking if it could be done, so your wish has happened. So go over to my website and click the banner if you still want to be a part of it. I will close it at the end of May so there is still a lot of time to become a part of it, so if you have friends that missed this opportunity, spread the word!
O.M.
Eric
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on April 14
Eric Walker
commented on a projectThanks for asking Phil. My goal is to have it to all the backers by or before the Star Wars Holiday, May the 4th be with you. If it should change I will update everyone. It is coming along nicely and is full of stories that a lot of people may not have heard. As I had an inside ear and talk about stuff I heard at LFL on even other projects that were going on at the time. O.M.
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on December 24
Eric Walker
Posted project update #6Ewok CD-ROM and Making of Teaser
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on November 27
Eric Walker
Posted project update #5Final Review and Off To Be Published!
I recently got an excited email from one of the backers and I wanted to give everyone an update. The book is in the final review with the editor so it has taken slightly longer than I would have liked. Yet, we are still moving farther along and it is turning out better than I had hoped. It is truly turning into a real behind the scenes story and includes a day by day breakdown which includes the dates we filmed most of the scenes and what went down each day. Just like any movie making experience stuff happens that is magical and sometimes drama filled.
Should it take longer for the book to come back from the editor and the small publishing run and we are not able to get out by the Xmas holidays. I have decided to release some of the extras like the Making of DVD, the behind the scenes pictures including a digital copy of the book via electronic delivery on the internet so everyone will have something to enjoy for the holiday until the book is able to be shipped with the extras. I will keep everyone posted and Thanks Eddie for your excitement!
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Eddie van der Heijden on November 28
You're welcome, Eric!!! And you bet that I am excited!!! This will be the first book detailing the events surrounding the making of the Ewok movies!!!! Great you'd like to make some of the stuff available through the Internet if the Holidays date is not met, but I won't use that resource: there's nothing like getting a package and holding the actual book! My wife already knows that when it arrives, I will turn in early that night and read it from cover to cover!!!
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Siddique Hussain on November 28
Thanks for update Eric. Don't worry too much about the delay - even the large projects have some slippage I'm just so pleased that you've had the perseverance to see this self published book through to the end. Really admire that, and yet sure I'm looking forward to reading it. I recently bought the 2 DVD set for a nephew of mine who is also a big SW fan. As a 12 yr old he'd never seen or even heard of the Ewok movies. I'll definately let him read the book when it arrives. Best wishes.
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on November 27
Eric Walker
commented on a projectHi Eddie. Thanks for asking and for your excitement! I was just about to post an update on the progress for all the backers. The book is in the final review with the editor so it has taken slightly longer than I would have liked. Yet, we are still moving farther along and it is turning out better than I had hope. It is truly turning into a real behind the scenes story and includes a day by day breakdown which includes the dates we filmed most of the scenes and what went down each day. Just like any movie making experience stuff happens that is magical and sometimes drama filled. Should it take longer for the book to come back from the editor and the small publishing run that we are doing and we are not able to still get out by the Xmas holidays. I have decided to release some of the extras like the Making of DVD, the behind the scenes pictures including the digital copy of the book via electronic delivery on the internet so everyone will have something to enjoy for the holiday until the book is able to be shipped with the extras.
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on September 8, 2011
Eric Walker
Posted project update #4Progress Update!
Hi Everyone. I wanted to do an update to all the backers on the progress of the project. I have been hard at work not only getting the book's final draft done. But I went back into my archives recently and discovered a lot of exciting gems. They include not only more pictures but also newspaper reviews, magazine clippings, screening tickets, cast and crew shirts and more all scanned and put on the cd-rom portion of the project.
The DVD will have actual commercials that ran on ABC television before it was released in 1984 and I will also include my original audition monologue that I did which got me the part of Mace Towani after Mr. Lucas saw it.
I am still on schedule for a release in late November or early December so everyone can enjoy it for the holidays. The release party is still being scheduled and one backer suggested we have it at Celebration VI. Not sure that is possible but let's try to make it happen! I will keep those backers posted on it and let you all know as soon as I do if that is possible.
Thanks,
O.M.
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Brian Cameron on November 22, 2011
Any progress updates, excited to see the final product before the holidays.
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on August 7, 2011
Eric Walker
commented on a projectThanks Brain and John. I am looking forward to getting this experience out there for all the SW fans!
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on August 6, 2011Funded!
Eric Walker's Memoir by Eric Walker
Long Ago, in a Galaxy Not Far Away, my story begins here on earth in a place called Skywalker Ranch.
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on July 11, 2011
Eric Walker
commented on a projectWe should have an official announcement coming soon. The original thought was to have it at the Universal Hilton, but some backers have made the suggestion to have it at Celebration VI in Orlando. I will keep everyone posted.
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on July 1, 2011
Eric Walker
Posted project update #3NEWS FLASH! WE ARE A GO!!!
It's official! The project is a go and we are currently at 102%. Thank you to everyone who has given a pledge. For those who haven't already had the chance don't worry as you can still pledge to get the collectible items listed as rewards up until August 5th.
The more that comes in will help us just make it a nicer looking book with a more beautiful book cover. I also plan on taking any extra money left over and donating it to charity. I already have charities I donate to with the extra money I have left over from Conventions after expenses in the past as some of you know. Because I am there to meet and greet fans! But I want it this time to come from your suggestions. So in the coming weeks we will ask for suggestions from those who have pledged. The Force is with this project for sure!
A special thank you to Chris Wyman, Jay Shepard, JMac and Jason at the ForceCast.Net, Mr. Sansweet, and Justin and Bryan and the NSFW crew. Also to anyone spreading the word who are nameless but cared enough to contribute without the glory. The Star Wars Fans have spoken!
O.M. (Original Mace) aka Star Wars 1st Mace.
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Derek Meluzio on July 5, 2011
So excited to see the project get the green light. Can't wait to read it Eric, thanks go to you for doing this for us fans and friends.
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Eric Walker’s career began in the early eighties in acting. He is most well known for the two movies he starred in as Mace Towani for George Lucas in the Star Wars spin off known as The Ewok Adventures. He attended the Los Angeles High School for ... view more
I'm refreshing this Jan. 13th comment from the "comments" tab over here - I must've put it in the wrong place!
Hello Eric! Thanks for the updates about the book and CD-ROM's progress. I regret to say that due to the holidays I'm just now getting to e-mails from three weeks ago, including your latest update with a link to the teaser folder; unfortunately that link is no longer active; is there another way for me to access that? Thanks so much, - Damon
Any new updates for us Eric? Been about two months since the last one and we're all really anxious to hear what's going on! --Jay