(Photo by Tina Mills. Courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd.)

Press:

Ain't It Cool News
2003 November 5th
"At the end they had an extremely funny theatrical production - The Star Wars Trilogy in 30 minutes. I think it played at Comic Con too. Patrick Gorman, the author, has basically done a reduced Shakespeare version of Eps IV- VI. Funny stuff, and a great way to end the presentation portion of the show. "

Good Day LA & Fox 11 Morning News Interview
2003 March 11
"The Star Wars Trilogy has undergone an amazing transformation."

Talkin' Broadway Review & Interview
2003 January 1
"The beauty in Patrick T. Gorman's adaptation is that it distills scenes, battles, and even entire characters, to their basic essence... SW30 packs three movies and a heck of a lot of laughs into a half-hour. It is fast-moving and detail-orientated. Blink and you'll miss a visual joke. Like the movies it lovingly mocks, it has its patrons lining up down the street (but, true to its spirit, only for 15 minutes). Join the line, you won't regret it. Or, to put it in appropriately condensed form: SW30 - funny as hell."

CNN
2002 December 28
CNN aired a piece on Mr. Gorman and the show several times on this date that had George Lucas with Steven Spielberg stating: "It's a wonderful show. It's a theatrical production where they do the entire trilogy in 30 minutes. It's pretty intense. It's very funny, extremely funny." The segment also included an interview with author/director Patrick T. Gorman.

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Movie Poop Shoot
2002 December 16
(from Chris Ryall's "One Hand Clapping")
"There may just be no better way to spend a half-hour than at Patrick's STAR WARS TRILOGY IN 30 MINUTES... The pace is blistering, and constantly hilarious. It's actually more like a classic SNL skit, with the exceptions being that it's not mocking and, if anything, you'd like it to run longer."

KROQ - Kevin & Bean Show
2002 October
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Lisa May of the top rated Kevin and Bean Show said about the play: "It was perfect. It's a great idea. It's very funny... You should go."

Los Angeles Sunday Times
2002 October 27
"I was quite impressed that they were able to find a way to make 'Star Wars' faster and more intense," says George Lucas, speaking from his Marin County headquarters. "I'm always happy that 'Star Wars' continues to be a source of creative inspiration, and I hope to see them perform again after Episode 3 comes out, when they can do all six 'Star Wars' in 60 minutes."

CNN
2002 October
"Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes" will make its U.S. premiere at the Coronet Theater in West Hollywood"

Yahoo
2002 October
"The half-hour play reduces the three original "Star Wars" films into a coherent comedy with all the famous lines intact"

PlayBill
2002 October
"Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes Oct. 25-Nov. 23 at Los Angeles' Coronet Theatre Upstairs, with the blessing of Lucasfilm and for the benefit of Festival Theatre USA"

Empire Online
2002 October
"Some enterprising soul (Patrick T Gorman) has managed to squeeze all the best bits of Lucas' terrific trilogy... into just one half hour... The concentration span of the MTV generation just gets smaller and smaller."

Ain't It Cool News
2002 October
"Gorman and a team of dedicated young actors do the entire original trilogy in memorable highlights in thirty minutes. I liked it a lot...The invention here is the extremely low-tech approach. The props are all household objects. The actors really put their hearts in it and make the absurd approach funny and believable...Seriously, check it out and tell them that I sent you."

Indianapolis Star
2002 May 20
"The Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes," added an extra Sunday performance to accommodate fans wanting to see the live stage show presented by the University of Southern California School of Theater. Writer-director Patrick T. Gorman created the compressed trilogy seven years ago. He took his cue from Tom Stoppard's play called 'The 15-Minute Hamlet.' "Our generation's 'Hamlet' is 'Star Wars.' We wanted to see if we could do something that is so cinematic and so full of special effects and turn it into a theater experience." It's basically the same play they were doing seven years ago with the blessing of Lucasfilm. If they book it on a college tour, buy a ticket. It's fast, frenetic, and funny.""

Reuters
2001 August 8
"The world record for completing the "Star Wars" trilogy currently stands at 29 minutes and 12 seconds -- but the guys are working on it... The crowd, huddled on chairs in a tiny community center, holler and cheer as Luke Skywalker, armed with a plastic light saber and his very own dodgy sound effects, conquers the sinister and heavily wheezing Darth Vader...The show, created by Patrick T. Gorman, has played to packed houses in Paris, Los Angeles and Edinburgh. "

Associated Press
2001 August 20
"It took George Lucas about seven hours to tell the story of the original "Star Wars" trilogy, but it takes only a half hour for Patrick Gorman to repeat it. Gorman wrote the play "Star Wars Trilogy in 30 Minutes," which has been playing to packed houses in Paris, Los Angeles and Edinburgh, Scotland. "