Star Wars' Roots
| Convention skit | |
|---|---|
| Title | Star Wars' Roots |
| Fandom(s) | Star Wars |
| Author(s) | written by Alexis A. Gilliland, sponsored by The Washington Science Fiction Association |
| Troupe | The WSFA KaWookie Players |
| Date(s) | 1978 |
 | |
| Related articles on Fanlore. | |
Star Wars' Roots is a 24-page Star Wars parody skit by Alexis A. Gilliland.
Despite this description from Fancyclopedia: "A mad pastiche of Star Wars combined with Roots written and directed by Alexis Gilliland and performed at Disclave 22 in 1978. It revealed the Awful Truth about the Intergalactic Postal Union." [1], the skit has nothing at all to do with the Roots miniseries.
From a con report by Jim French in Locus: "On Saturday evening, the WSFA KaWOOKIE PLAYERS performed Alexis Gilliland's satirical lay "Star Wars Roots" to a packed house. Although staged very simply, it was a brightly comedic treatment of characters and events leading up to "Star Wars" (including the parentage of Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia)." [2]
From the print zine:
- In a far, far Galaxy
- A long, long time ago...
- Minus twenty—five years And counting...
- We dig up
- STAR WARS' ROOTS!
The Cast
The cast included Alexis Gilliland, George Andrews, William Berg, Dan Joy, Bill Mayhew, David Hastie, Joe Mayhew, Alan Huff, Tom Schaad, Avedon Carol, Somtow Sucharitkul, Judy Fetter, Lee Smoire, Charles Gilliland, Regina Cohen, Dolly Gilliland, Ted Rosenburg, Jack Kechner, Wayne Dionne, Joe Haldeman, Mike Riley, Elizabeth Rosenberg, Jake Rosenberg, Bob Tucker, Avery Davis, and Scott Dennis.
It was first performed May 27, 1978.
Inside the Print Zine Script
back cover
From the Playbill
The original 4-page playbill as a PDF.
References
- ^ Fancyoclopedia
- ^ from Locus #212 (July 1978)