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just how funny and silly some of the dialogue truly is. “They were B-movies for sure, and I grew up watching them,” explained Ross. “But loving them almost in spite of the Bmovie quality, perhaps even because of the B-movie quality. It’s just the whiny stuff that Luke Skywalker can’t shed. He is so perfectly himself and it’s the swash-buckly story of Star Wars. It was easy for a kid to love it unabashedly and I think I carried that into my childhood. There was still that little child inside of me that remembered how much I loved the stories. “I think the themes of the films endure and the characters are strong enough that they are the story,” he continued. “The story does drive the film. So, I focus on the story and obviously do the sound effects and the special effects in my own special way, just miming the crap out of them. I’m not worried about costumes Watch a clip Of Charles Ross In “One Man Star Wars” 2015 - ISSUE 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS 67