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Post #222758

Author
Guy Caballero
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Remember when everyone hated Return of the Jedi?
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Date created
28-Jun-2006, 3:21 PM
I'm super-pissed at Lucas these days, but I'm going to defend him a little with regard to Jedi. I also wish Kershner/Kurtz had done it of course, but Jedi was a much bigger story than the intimate Empire. If it had gone out of control like Empire did, it could have been in huge financial trouble, like career-damaging Coppola trouble. Empire was not universally loved and Raiders and E.T. were more successful and more well-liked. Jedi had to be cheap and HAD to have broad appeal. It's a shame but that's how it goes if you're putting 30 million dollars of your own money into something. That's 30 mil in 80s money. And you're about to have a very expensive divorce on top of that! I would crap my pants. I think it's amazing Jedi is as good as it is.