Basically, the Gary Kurtz quote shows that I was wrong. Lucas did NOT merge Vader and Anakin until Empire (ESB), and it was with Empire, not Jedi (ROTJ) that he did this. The earlier ‘father Vader twist’ idea that Lucas had during the writing stage/pre-production of SW (ANH) was dropped before the final version of the script was done.
Post #1655999
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- Tosche Station
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- George was telling the truth about the Father Vader twist going back to ANH, but so was Kurtz:
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- 12-Jul-2025, 12:39 AM