Anne Kirkbride Memorial

A Memorial Service took place for Anne Kirkbride who Played Deidre Barlow from 1972-2014.

There were her family and friends, present and former coronation street stars.

Speeches were from:

William Roache - Ken Barlow, Deidre's on-screen husband
Elle Mulveny - Amy Barlow, Deirdre's on-screen granddaughter
Beverly Callard - Liz McDonald, Deirdre's on-screen best friend
Anne's husband.

Empire Magazine's best star wars characters

Empire Magazine are Star Wars lovers. Last year the magazine did a poll to see which films would be the top 500. Star Wars film were:
The Phantom Menace: -
Attack of the Clones: -
Revenge of the Sith: 232nd
A New Hope: 6th
The Empire Strikes Back: 1st
Return of the Jedi: 36th

Now this year the readers of Empire Magazine were asked to vote on their favourite Star Wars film characters. The results were the following:

22. Wicket the Ewok
21. Mace Windu
20. Count Dooku
19. Admiral Ackbar
18. Padmé Amidala 
17. C 3P0
16. Qui Gwon Jinn
15. Greedo
14. Anakin Skywalker
13. Lando Calrissian
12. Darth Sidious
11. Obi Wan "Ben" Kenobi
10. Jabba the Hutt
9. Princess Leia
8. Darth Maul
6. Yoda
7. Luke Skywalker
5. Chewbacca
4. R2 D2
3. Boba Fett
2. Darth Vader
1. Han Solo

Behind the Scenes Jobs in Star Wars

George Lucas

Story:
1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3 .Revenge of the Sith
4. A New Hope
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Return of the Jedi
7. The Force Awakens
8. The Holiday Special
9. Caravan of Courage
10. Battle for Endor
11. Ewoks
12. The Clone Wars

Screenplay:
1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. A New Hope
5. Return of the Jedi

Director:
1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. A New Hope

Executive Producer:

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. A New Hope
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Return of the Jedi
7. Caravan of Courage
8. Battle for Endor
9. The Great Heep
10. The Clone Wars (film)
11. Droids
12. Ewoks
13. Clone Wars
14. The Clone Wars (film)

Producer:

1. A New Hope

Editor:

1. Attack of the Clones
2. A New Hope
3. The Empire Strikes Back
4. Return of the Jedi

Creative Consultant:

1. The Force Awakens

Assistant Director:

1. Return of the Jedi

Music Producer:

1. A New Hope
2. The Empire Strikes Back
3. Return of the Jedi

Actor:

1. Revenge of the Sith

Dave Filoni

Supervising Director:

1. The Clone Wars (tv series)
2. Rebels

Director:

1. The Clone Wars (film)
2. The Clone Wars (tv series)
3. Rebels

Storyboard Artist:

1. The Clone Wars (tv series)
2. Rebels

Story:

1. The Clone Wars (tv series)
2. Rebels

Screenplay:

1. The Clone Wars (tv series)

Voice Actor:

1. The Clone Wars (tv series)

Executive Producer:

1. Rebels (tv series)

Henry Gilroy

Story:

1. Clone Wars
2. The Clone Wars (film)
3. The Clone Wars (tv series)
4. Rebels

Screenplay:

1. The Clone Wars (film)
2. The Clone Wars (tv series)
3. Rebels

Head Writer:

1. The Clone Wars (tv series)

Mathew Wood

Sound Editor:

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. The Clone Wars (film)
5. The Clone Wars (tv series)
6. Rebels
7. The Force Awakens

Voice Actor:

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. The Clone Wars (film)
5. The Clone Wars (tv series)
6. Rebels

Lawrence Kasden

Story:

1. The Force Awakens

Screenplay:

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Return of the Jedi
3. The Force Awakens

Producer:

1. The Force Awakens

Creative Consultant:

1. The Force Awakens

Ben Burtt

Sound Effects:

1. A New Hope

Sound Effects Editor:

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. The Empire Strikes Back

Sound Designer: 

1. Attack of the Clones
2. The Phantom Menace
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Return of the Jedi
6. The Force Awakens

Story Editor:

1. Droids

Editor:

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Attack of the Clones
3. Revenge of the Sith

Story/Screenplay:

1. The Great Heep
2. Droids

Actor:

1. The Phantom Menace
2. Return of the Jedi

Musical Writer:

1. Return of the Jedi

Associate Producer:

1. Droids

Differences in the Drafts and Real Things

Please note I don't include Deleted Scenes. 

A New Hope

• Luke's surname is Starkiller
• Han Solo is a Lizard
• C 3P0 and R2 D2 are called C3 and R2
• Wedge is called Chewie, this later becomes the nick name of Chewbacca.
• The Planet Luke lives on at the beginning is called Utapua. 
• Instead of Tatooine - Death Star - Yavin. The story goes Utapua - Space Station - Imperial Prison - Yavin.
• The Imperial Station is located above Alderaan, the Imperial Capital. The idea of A Cloud City later appeared in The Empire Strikes Back. 
• Luke and the team are rescued from the Imperial Prison by Rogue Squadron
• Obi Wan would survive all the way through, this was changed because George Lucas thought that Obi Wan was too important just to wait on Yavin during the Death Star Assault and he was too old to be a pilot.
• At the End it is Leia's uncle Bail Organa who gives the medels

The Empire Strikes Back

• Wampas and the ability to freeze people with touch.
• Yoda is known as Minch
• Piett dies
• Han Solo tries to recruit is Step Father to the Rebel Cause
• Lando Calrissian leads a group of Clones from the Clone Wars.

Return of the Jedi

• Ewoks are Wookies
• There are two Death Stars
• No Yoda (alive) or Piett
• Obi Wan and Yoda would have come to help Luke battle the Emperor as Force Spirits.
• Moff Jerjerodd would have been a Grand Moff and a big rival to Darth Vader.
• The opening would have seen Leia and Wedge discover the Death Stars.
• Luke would have put on Darth Vader's helmet and say "Now I am Vader"
• The location of the Emperor and Luke would have occurred on Heb Addoban now known as Coruscont.
• A Scene in which Boba Fett escapes the Salaarc. 
• General Veers lead the attack on Endor.

The Phantom Menace

• Qui Gwon Jinn does not appear until the arrival on Coruscont.
• Darth Maul had more dialog 
• Jar Jar Binks was more mature and less clumsy. 
• Anakin was going to be 12 not 9.
• Padmé asks Anakin to join the space flight instead of it being an accident.
• C 3P0 is mute and never leaves the house.
• Naboo is known as Utapua.

Attack of the Clones

• Count Dooku was to be a Asajj Ventress.
• Occurs 12 years after the Phantom Menace, not ten.
• Jango Fett is Ambu Fett
• The Jedi all have multiple colours which were: Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple and Grey.
• R4 P17 was to die in this film. 

Revenge of the Sith

• Han Solo was to be on Kashyyyk as a young boy.

Longest Running Characters

1. Ken Barlow = December 1960-April 2013, August 2014-
2. Emily Bishop = January 1961-December 1961, June 1962-February 1966, January 1967-
3. Rita Sullivan = December 1964, January 1972-October 2009, March 2010-
4. Deidre Barlow = November 1972, March 1973-December 1993, May 1994-October 2014
5. Betty Williams = June 1969-November 1987, February 1988-May 2011
6. Gail Rodwell  = July 1974-August 1974, November 1974, February 1975-
7. Audrey Roberts = April 1979, November 1979-December 1979, May 1980-June 1980, September 1980-January 1981, September 1981-November 1981, April 1982, July 1984, October 1984, April 1985, September 1985- 
8. Vera Duckworth = August 1974, July 1976, December 1976-January 1977, April 1977-June 1977, October 1977-January 1978, April 1978-July 1978, December 1978-January 2008
9. Kevin Webster = October 1983, February 1984-February 2013, March 2014-April 2014, September 2014-
10. Alf Roberts = February 1961-April 1961, June 1961-October 1961, October 1862, January 1963-February 1963, August 1963-November 1963, March 1967, July 1967, February 1971, May 1971-March 1997, November 1977-March 1997, November 1997-February 1998, July 1998-September 1998, December 1998-January 1999
11. Mike Baldwin = October 1976-April 2006
12. Jack Duckworth = November 1979-December 1979, May 1981, August 1981-September 1981, April 1982-June 1982, September 1982-May 1983, August 1983-November 2010

Coronation Street Fire

The fire started by Tracy as she attempted to kill Carla, however she did not know that her daughter, Amy was in the building. Kal Nazir and Leanne Battersby went to rescue Amy resulting in Kal's death.

Meanwhile Maddie found out that Jenny was planning to kidnap Kevin's son Jack. On the way to tell Kevin the news Maddie was caught in the explosion and is now fighting for her life.

In the next time trailer we see the return of Kylie.

Star Wars Episode VII Story

Caution Contains Spoilers

  

Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Characters

The Vicar

Poe Dameron

BB-8

Finn

Kylo Ren

Rey

The General

Captain Phsama

Han Solo

Chewbacca

Maz Kanta

Kor Sella

Uber

Queen Leia

Admiral Ackbar

C 3P0
Luke Skywalker

R2 D2

Plot

• Luke's  lightsaber from A New Hope and the Empire Strikes Back and Anakin's from Revenge of the Sith tumbles from space to Jakku.
• This lightsaber is retrieved by a former imperial admiral who thought in the Battle of Jakku and is now none as "The Vicar".
• The Vicar contacts the Resistance and Poe Dameron and BB-8 arrive.
• Then the First Order arrives also.
• Poe Dameron gives the lightsaber to BB-8 and tells him to run.
• The Stormtroopers arrive (with Finn being one of them) and start burning the village and Poe Dameron's X Wing.
• Finn lets some of the villages go through compassion.
• One of Finn's friends is killed in the fight.
• Then Kylo Ren arrives with his three bladed lightsaber.
• Kylo Ren kills the Vicar and Poe Dameron is captured and taken to the Star Destroyer.
• Kylo Ren senses weakness in Finn which is bad news for Finn.
• Rey, a space scavenger goes around a destroyed star destroyer to find things, then she decided to go home.
• Kylo Ren tortures Poe Dameron who eventually reveals that the lightsaber is with BB-8
• Kylo Ren tells his superior the General about this information.
• Finn decides to escape but can't fly so releases Poe and they escape in a TIE Fighter.
• The TIE Fighter is shot down and Finn manages to escape the TIE fighter before the crash, Poe however does not but we know he survives.
• Finn wakes up on the Desert world Jakku.
• Kylo Ren and the General talk to Captain Phsama. Kylo tells her that Finn is not important and that she should find BB-8 instead.
• Rey eats in her AT-AT. She hears a noise outside, it's BB-8.
• Rey takes BB-8 to sell him but changes her mind and keeps it.
• Rey is later confronted by a new race called Ruffians.
• Finn sees her and goes to help her but Rey manages to get out the situation fine.
• TIE Fighters appear from above and Finn, Rey and BB-8 run to the nearest ship, which is the Millennium Falcon.
• Rey pilots the Falcon through a Super Star Destroyer with TIE Fighters chasing.
• Kylo Ren is sitting in his room talking about the currents events with Darth Vader's damaged helmet.
• We return to the Falcon who have lost the TIE Fighters. However by tractor beam they had been followed by a large scavenger ship. 
• The Scavenger Ship teleports the Falcon onto it. Inside is Han Solo and Chewbacca and Han tells them to get off his ship.
• Then some Ruffians arrive and attack. Han Solo and Chewbacca have lost their excellent fighting skills and it is Finn and Rey or save them, earning Captain Solo's trust.
• BB-8 then shows Han Solo the lightsaber and Han recognizes it. 
• Han suggest they go to see Her (Maz Kanta) on Yavin.
• Maz Kanta leaves in a castle on Yavin full of different aliens. 
• Maz reveals that she has the force and recognizes the lightsaber also.
• Maz Kanta tells Han Solo and Rey that Rey is Han's long lost daughter and that it is Rey's destiny to become a Jedi.
• Rey runs off into the jungle.
• The crew then realize they have been listened to. The person listening in is Kor Sella, an agent of Queen Leia, leader of the Resistance. 
• BB-8 finds Rey but they have been tracked and are found by Captain Phasma, BB-8 flees.
• Kylo Ren is in his ship and contacts Uber (played by Andy Serkis the voice of the first trailer). Uber orders the new weapon the "Catapult" to be fired at the Castle.
• Kylo Ren has trouble firing the Catapult and realizes that he has a connection with one of the people inside.
• The castle however is destroyed but the characters escape par Kor Sella who dies.
• Queen Leia and Admiral Ackbar receive infromation about what has happened and are worried.
• The crew go to the Resistance base located on the other side of Yavin.
• Queen Leia tells Maz Kanta that Luke has been missing for a long time. Finn tells her the name of the Planet in which the First Order is on. Maz Kanta then tells Finn about Kylo Ren's past and that he is the son of Han Solo.
• The Resistance prepare plans to attack the planet.
• Rey is interrogated on the First Order planet by Kylo Ren. Rey tells her that he will never be as powerful as Darth Vader. This upsets Kylo Ren and he leaves.
• Kylo Ren and Uber talk to one another about how the lightsaber will help them find Luke Skywalker.
• Rey uses force powers to distract the stormtroopers and she escapes. 
• Han, Chewbacca and Finn make their way to the Snowy Planet.
• They arrive and tell Rey they came to rescue her and she is pleases they came.
• Han comes up with a plan to destroy the super weapon.
• Kylo Ren then walks into the Falcon and is interested in Han Solo.
• The Resistance arrive commanded by Poe Dameron and seem to be winning the battle.
• The General orders his men to use the Catapult but the men refuse as it will kill their own mean. The General then kills the officers and uses it himself. 
• Many of the ships are exploded but Poe escapes and the rest retreat.
• Han and the gang put charges around the Catapult.
• Kylo Ren arrives and Han Solo goes to kill him but then Kylo Ren kills him. Chewbacca roars in anger and they escape.
• The charges explode destroying the Catapult but Kylo Ren escapes.
• Finn and Rey follow Kylo Ren into the forest.
• Finn takes Luke's lightsaber out and fights Kylo Ren but Kylo beats him easily.
• Chewbacca arrives piloting the Falcon alone and fires and Kylo Ren who runs off. Finn and Rey enter the falcon.
• Kylo Ren discusses with Uber there next move.
• Meanwhile BB-8 and C 3P0 are trying to decode a puzzle of some kind that will help find Luke.
• Leia meets with the crew and learns of Han Solo's death.
• Rey  boards the Falcon to find Luke.
• Then on a rocky island a old man is living there with a camp fire next to R2 D2. He looks up and it's Luke.