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Originally posted by: D0CT0R_W40
Do you have any idea where you saw it, or a rough guess at when it was published?
On further thought, I now remember that it was on IGN.com. Also, it was with Gary Kurtz, not Kershner. Kurtz was the producer on the first 2 films, but left because he wasn't happy with what Lucas wanted to do with Jedi.
You have to pick through it (because Kurtz is talking about his personal career independant of SW as well), but there are some really juicy bits in there.
Heres the link, and I think it points out how *lucky* Lucas was to have talent around him for the first 2 films, and explains in part what happened to his creation when the talent started leaving or getting dropped from the production, and Lucas started totally controlling things:
http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/376/376873p1.html
I think this article clearly shows that the success of the original Star Wars went so much above and beyond Lucas's involvement.
GPK.