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Special showing of ‘Star Wars’

By Susan King
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Want tickets? May the force be with you.

“Star Wars” will celebrate its 30th anniversary with a special screening April 23 at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

The evening kicks off the academy’s fourth annual “Great to Be Nominated” series, which showcases best picture Oscar nominees that garnered the most nominations in a particular year but didn’t win in the top category. “Star Wars” was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won six, plus a special achievement award, but lost the best picture Oscar to Woody Allen’s comedy “Annie Hall.”

George Lucas and others involved in the film are scheduled to be on hand for a post-film panel discussion. Tickets go on sale April 9. Information: (310) 247-3600 or www.oscars.org.

-- Susan King

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Susan King

Susan King is a former entertainment writer at the Los Angeles Times who specialized in Classic Hollywood stories. She also wrote about independent, foreign and studio movies and occasionally TV and theater stories. Born in East Orange, N.J., she received her master’s degree in film history and criticism at USC. She worked for 10 years at the L.A. Herald Examiner and came to work at The Times in January 1990. She left in 2016.

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