What did Lucas originally plan to do?
Anthony Marcarelli
> release of the first Star Wars movie?
>
> Did he really want to do nine episodes even before Star Wars released?
From what I can gather, he did plan to do all nine episodes. But I don't
think he planned it before the release of Star Wars.
> If yes, why he made episode IV first? why didn't he make espode I first and
> then II, III...... etc.?
Well, I think when he developed the background story for Ep. IV he thought
it was so good that he should make another bunch of movies out of it.
> Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
I don't know why he didn't direct Ep. V and VI, but I do know that he
directed Ep. I and will direct Ep. II
> So many questions!!
Glad to help.
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Dante Scott
>> Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
>
> I don't know why he didn't direct Ep. V and VI, but I do know that he
>directed Ep. I and will direct Ep. II
...I think he said something along the lines of there being so much
for him to do after the success of Star Wars that it was easier for
him to move up to an Executive Producer position so he could oversee
all of it, so he handed off the directing chores to someone else for
Ep.'s V and VI.
Dante
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Wes Hutchings
accurate info later.
He has discussed it as a nine episode series for as long as I can remember.
Why he chose 4 as the first is for him to answer. My guess is that given the
technology available for Special Effects he thought that this film would be
his best starting point. He perhaps felt comfortable doing a more small
scale piece to begin with. Ep 1 couldn't possible have had the grand scenes
you see without a budget bigger then what Cleopatra or any of the older BIG
films spent, figuring the adjustments in the dollar it would have cost
billions and still would have seemed off.
Maybe that was why he decided to wait.
As to directing. dealing with all the crap from the studio heads really
burned him out.
wes
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In article <7eliua$n3v$1...@imsp009a.netvigator.com>, "Skylimit"
<skyl...@dbzmail.com> wrote:
>I would like to ask that what did George Lucas originally plan to do at the
>release of the first Star Wars movie?
>
> Did he really want to do nine episodes even before Star Wars released?
>
>If yes, why he made episode IV first? why didn't he make espode I first and
>then II, III...... etc.?
>
>Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
>
>So many questions!!
>
>
>
>
Thomas
Skylimit wrote in message <7eliua$n3v$1...@imsp009a.netvigator.com>...
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>Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
>
GL had a falling out with the Directors' Guild of America. He didn't want
to put any credits at the beginning of SW. He was fined for this and then
quit the guild in disgust.
Neil Sarver
> I would like to ask that what did George Lucas originally plan to do at the
> release of the first Star Wars movie?
> Did he really want to do nine episodes even before Star Wars released?
> If yes, why he made episode IV first? why didn't he make espode I first and
> then II, III...... etc.?
Basically, it seems he wanted to do one movie that seems to have
encompassed the material from ANH and ROTJ (little if anything from
ESB), but when the script became to long and complex he decided to
simplify it by merely telling a barebones version, although I suspect
the idea of a series probably entered the picture around this period.
As he tells it, the prequel trilogy entered the picture because he
developed such an interesting and complex backstory and the sequels were
basically just, like most sequels, just to showcase the characters
during a later time period.
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John Donchig
>
> I would like to ask that what did George Lucas originally plan to do at the
> release of the first Star Wars movie?
>
> Did he really want to do nine episodes even before Star Wars released?
As far as I know, he really never wanted--meaning intended--to do 9. He
began writing a story; it turned out that that story would make three
movies (ANH, ESB, and ROTJ). In the process of writing the first movies
he had to write a back story, which ended up being large enough that it
would make three more movies. Lucas, cinematic animal that he is, also
figured that he should make a concluding three--hence the statements
that there would be nine movies. However, he never had a real idea for
7-9; it was a nebulous thing that he never wrote down.
> If yes, why he made episode IV first?
That's the way it turned out when he was writing. He wanted to tell the
story we had in ANH, ESB, and ROTJ; as it just happened, those ended up
being the later stories.
> Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
I don't remember for sure what happened, but I know he had health
problems after ANH. I believe it was a stress attack or something like
that. Anyway, he decided he could get more done as the Exec. Producer
of all things Lucasfilm, rather than direct.
> So many questions!!
S'okay =)
John D.
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Skylimit
release of the first Star Wars movie?
Did he really want to do nine episodes even before Star Wars released?
If yes, why he made episode IV first? why didn't he make espode I first and
then II, III...... etc.?
Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
So many questions!!
Capt. Yeager
John Donchig <wol...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:370EEF...@earthlink.net...
> Skylimit wrote:
> >
> > I would like to ask that what did George Lucas originally plan to do at
the
> > release of the first Star Wars movie?
> >
> > Did he really want to do nine episodes even before Star Wars released?
>
> began writing a story; it turned out that that story would make three
> movies (ANH, ESB, and ROTJ). In the process of writing the first movies
> he had to write a back story, which ended up being large enough that it
> would make three more movies. Lucas, cinematic animal that he is, also
> figured that he should make a concluding three--hence the statements
> that there would be nine movies. However, he never had a real idea for
> 7-9; it was a nebulous thing that he never wrote down.
>
>
> story we had in ANH, ESB, and ROTJ; as it just happened, those ended up
> being the later stories.
>
>
> problems after ANH. I believe it was a stress attack or something like
> that. Anyway, he decided he could get more done as the Exec. Producer
> of all things Lucasfilm, rather than direct.
>
> > So many questions!!
>
> S'okay =)
>
> John D.
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>
According to the 60 min. interview, he had to live out his personal life.
After his divorce, he was crushed for a while. Then he had the task of
raising kids on his own.
Whoa. Something just occurred to me. Could it be that it's Marsha Lucas's
fault that we had to wait 16 years for more SW? I mean, if she hadn't left
GL for another man, she could have shared the childing raising tasks and GL
might have had enough time to do more with SW. What a bitch!
S'ybll
<wol...@earthlink.net> decided we would all benefit from this wisdom:
>Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
According to the interview on "60 Minutes," that was soon after his
divorce, and the adoption of his children. Directing took him away
from his children, and he's a family guy. That interview made him
look like Mr. Mom.
~ S'YBLL ~
Shapeshifter, MindWitch,
Friend of the Rebel Alliance
Mark Spiering
[snip]
> Did he really want to do nine episodes even before Star Wars released?
According to _The Creative Impulse_ book that came with the Star Wars:
Definitive Collection laserdisc box set, Lucas' original intention was
to do one, long, whopping film. But he quickly realized that it would
be just too much for typical audiences, so he cut his story into three
parts and continued to refine them as individual films. After further
writing and editing, he cut each portion down again into three
"chapters" each, which became the episodes in his trilogies.
As to why he started with Episode IV, my guess is that it was the most
self contained (meaning it had a firm resolution at the end of the film)
portion to make into the break-through film he needed at the time to
solidify his reputation as a film maker. He had great success with
"American Grafitti" but studios were still reluctant about his sci-fi
space epic. He has stated that "Star Wars" was an all-or-nothing,
make-or-break situation for him. Fortunately, he pulled it off in
spades and was pretty much given free reign over his film making
endevors.
[snip]
> Finally, why didn't he direct again after Star Wars?
Lucas has stated that after all the problems with making "Star Wars", he
knew that the sequels would be ruined if he didn't go "front office" and
exert his control via producing. It was a very logical move for him
especially with his very broad vision of film making. It allowed him
more control over more aspects of the film making process besides
directing. It also gave his fledgling Lucasfilm a more solid platform
(namely his producing talent) for other projects (ie. Indiana Jones
trilogy, etc.) and other directors (ie. Steven Spielberg).
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