imperialscum said:
It also does not have much weight coming from Kurtz (who was being fired during ESB for incompetence and had nothing to do with ROTJ and Prowse (who seemed to have be acting as jerk for years before he eventually got banned from LF events).Do you have a reliable source for your claim re: Kurtz? I’ve never read or seen anything to suggest he was fired for incompetence, only that he left post-ESB due to creative differences.
The film went two times over schedule and two times over budget. I think in film business, that is pretty much the most obvious evidence of producer’s incompetence you can get. Even big studies freak out at even one of those conditions, let alone a newly founded independent studio. Even though this is widely-known information, for reliable source you can refer to Making of ESB by Rinzler.
Even Lucas has never suggested that, despite the clear acrimony between them.
Lucas always seemed to try his best to keep everything private regarding conflicts during OT.