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The Empire Strikes Back wasn't written/directed by Lucas?!

post #1 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:01am
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I can't say how many times i've seen this movie. Was just watching it with my projector on my huge screen and for the first time ever I noticed that it wasn't written/directed by Lucas. It was truly a wtf moment for me, but then it all made sense. How could it have been?
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post #2 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:24am
not surprised at all.
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post #3 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:24am
Lucas actually tried to get David Lynch to direct TESB. It would have ended up a far different picture.
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post #4 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:32am
duh
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post #5 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:32am
You found the reason that it is by a wide margin the best Star Wars movie.
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post #6 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:46am
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Originally Posted by Helix View Post
You found the reason that it is by a wide margin the best Star Wars movie.

This.
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post #7 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:48am
seriously what clued you in? coherent story line and masterful directing? lack of endless fan dick sucking and product placement?
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post #8 of 15
1/4/10 at 4:49am
I knew this, but I don't know why. Anyone know the reason for this?
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post #9 of 15
1/4/10 at 5:18am
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Originally Posted by Teger View Post
seriously what clued you in? coherent story line and masterful directing? lack of endless fan dick sucking and product placement?

lack of furry and/or stubby little creatures?
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post #10 of 15
1/4/10 at 5:20am
Also my favorite of the three. But Lucas was obviously still heavily involved.
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post #11 of 15
1/4/10 at 6:36am
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Lucas actually tried to get David Lynch to direct TESB. It would have ended up a far different picture.
That was Return of The Jedi.
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post #12 of 15
1/4/10 at 8:11am
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I knew this, but I don't know why. Anyone know the reason for this?

I think it was either: lucas was busy, backers were like 'your script sucks dick and you're a fucking little faggot bitch so maybe you should back off and let real men do a good job instead of sucking dick 24/7 like you clearly want to do bitch'
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post #13 of 15
1/4/10 at 9:44am
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backers were like 'your script sucks dick and you're a fucking little faggot bitch so maybe you should back off and let real men do a good job instead of sucking dick 24/7 like you clearly want to do bitch'

I bet the conference call went down exactly like this, probably word-for-word. Teger, do you work for Lucasfilm?
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post #14 of 15
1/4/10 at 2:24pm
Laurence Kashdan.
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post #15 of 15
1/4/10 at 3:27pm
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Originally Posted by btlaxripper View Post
I knew this, but I don't know why. Anyone know the reason for this?

george lucas would have loved to take over all aspects of making the films both production and directing.

however, from his experience with A New Hope, he wanted someone to take over direction as that would make things more efficient in making the film within the time constraints.

Return of the Jedi, he also picked a director, but the director was not as competent in working with actors and having to account for computer graphics to be put in later so basically George lucas had to hand hold him.

Lucas made screenplay for all 3
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