He left, flunked out of the Space Academy, and then met some kind of Ernest Hemingway character, a very powerful trader in the galaxy who took Han under his wing until they had a falling out. As stated in The Annotated Screenplays by Laurent Bouzereau, ‘Han is an orphan and was raised by Wookiees on their planet. It was during Lucas & Brackett’s early story meetings that Han Solo‘s backstory was fleshed out by Lucas. While this was something Lucas fought against during production, it was a battle he would eventually lose as director Irvin Kershner‘s style won out with substance trumping spectacle. While this idea does translate to the final film we all know and love, ultimately the movie’s slower dramatic character development is what made it such a critical success and gave it the clout to be now regarded as one of the greatest cinematic stories of all time.
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In keeping with the Flash Gordon style serials Lucas grew up with as a kid, Empire was to be a very fast-paced movie with the heroes in a constant state of peril throughout. The two began having meetings in late 1977 to discuss the story and it was in these meetings that the skeleton for Empire was constructed. Lucas (who hated writing) hired writer Leigh Brackett to pen the Star Wars sequel. Towards the end of 1977 Lucas and his producing partner, Gary Kurtz were already working on a big-budget follow-up to their smash hit film and knew that it had to be just as good as – if not better than – the original. It was set on a jungle planet and would be a low cost sequel to the first film.Īfter the success of Star Wars Splinter was scrapped as the sequel and released the following year (1978) as a novel only and promoted as part of the The Further Adventures of Luke Skywalker. It was a novel titled ‘ Splinter of the Mind’s Eye‘ and was a stripped down story that focused on Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Darth Vader. Lucas hired author Alan Dean Foster to write a follow-up story to Star Wars. Star Wars was the most successful movie of all time and by the end of the summer that year everyone wanted to know – when was the next Star Wars movie coming out? Creator George Lucas had plans in place before the original Star Wars was even released to make a low budget sequel as no one (himself included) thought Star Wars was going to do anywhere near as well as it did. (left to right) Director Irvin Kershner, Producer Gary Kurtz, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford What follows is some fascinating facts about the movie’s production, quotes from the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes photos of the greatest motion picture of all time. A tall order considering Star Wars not only broke all box office records but also created a cultural phenomenon that hadn’t been seen since The Beatles.
Released in 1980, Empire was the sequel to Star Wars and had a lot of pressure to be as good or better than its predecessor. Today celebrates 38 years since the release of what I consider to be the greatest film ever made: The Empire Strikes Back.
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