{"id":3974,"date":"2010-08-09T06:45:14","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T10:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/?p=3974"},"modified":"2010-08-08T23:09:43","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T03:09:43","slug":"empire-strikes-back-remake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/empire-strikes-back-remake\/","title":{"rendered":"Empire Strikes Back was a remake?!?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Holy Crud!\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t realize <em>Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back<\/em> was a remake of an old 1950s 3-D film!\u00a0 Who knew?!?!?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Pre-make\" src=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/images\/starwars_empire_pre-make.jpg\" alt=\"Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Pre-make\" width=\"600\" height=\"336\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out the trailer below for the original.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><code><object width=\"640\" height=\"505\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/KmTpOQrqoO0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><\/object><\/code><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you can&#8217;t see the embedded video above, <a title=\"Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back pre-make\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KmTpOQrqoO0\" target=\"_blank\">please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thanks to my good friend Billy Penn for sending this my way.\u00a0 For details on Ivan Guererro&#8217;s production of this &#8220;pre-make&#8221; trailer, <a title=\"Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back pre-make\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KmTpOQrqoO0\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Tell the world about ONCE UPON A GEEK:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-3974\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/empire-strikes-back-remake\/?share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-3974\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/empire-strikes-back-remake\/?share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/empire-strikes-back-remake\/?share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-reddit sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/empire-strikes-back-remake\/?share=reddit\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Reddit\"><span>Reddit<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-3974\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/onceuponageek.com\/wordpress\/2010\/08\/09\/empire-strikes-back-remake\/?share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Crud!\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t realize Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back was a remake of an old 1950s 3-D film!\u00a0 Who knew?!?!? 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