I love Jackson, Wyoming. Always have, always will. But, I have to admit that I had forgotten what Jackson used to be like before it became popular with the rich and famous until I came across a home movie from 1970.
In honor of Star Wars Day, here's an incredible story about the man who played Han Solo.
When Harrison Ford was a part-time Wyoming resident, he would often volunteer with the local search and rescue team in the Jackson area.
When word got out about Ford’s efforts, it presented a new problem...
Wyoming is spectacular, but it is the people who make it great. We wanted to find the people with the biggest impact on the state from each county in Wyoming.
Long before she gained fame at Princess Leia in Star Wars, Carrie Fisher was part of an infamous Hollywood scandal that would eventually bring her to Wyoming on several occasions.
When she was only two years old, her father, actor Eddie Fisher, left her mother Debbie Reynolds and married Elizabeth Taylor...
Back in June of last year, Harrison Ford was injured on the set of Star Wars: The Force Awakens when the door of the Millennium Falcon fell, dislocating his ankle and breaking his leg in two places. The production was put on hold for six months while Ford recuperated and director J.J. Abrams would later say of the incident, “Once we knew that Harrison was going to be okay, we all realized this was this greatest gift to the movie.” Abrams, and his bosses at Lucasfilm and Disney, may be disagreeing with that sentiment today as officials in London have brought four criminal charges against the Star Wars: The Force Awakens production company.