Originally posted by: Anchorhead
From the Official Star Wars Fan Club newsletter of May 1978;
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Based on the second of twelve stories in George Lucas’s Adventures of Luke Skywalker series, the first draft of the screenplay was written by Leigh Brackett."
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He claims to have started at episode number 4 of 6 - or - 4 of 9, depending on which interview he happened to give over the years. Yet, here in his official newsletter, it specifically states that Star Wars was number 1 of 12.
From the Official Star Wars Fan Club newsletter of May 1978;
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Based on the second of twelve stories in George Lucas’s Adventures of Luke Skywalker series, the first draft of the screenplay was written by Leigh Brackett."
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He claims to have started at episode number 4 of 6 - or - 4 of 9, depending on which interview he happened to give over the years. Yet, here in his official newsletter, it specifically states that Star Wars was number 1 of 12.
Star Wars was supposed to be inspired by Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, and other science fiction serials of the 1930's and 1940's. Lucas is really into serials, and if you watch the Indiana Jones series and have seen serials, many of the stunts and sequences come almost directly from serials. Most serials ran for 12 chapters, some 15, and a few for 13. Maybe that is what Lucas originally had in mind, to do a long serial, but quickly decided that this was not realistic and quickly went down to 9, or 6.