Originally posted by:Fang ZeiAccording to Empire of Dreams, Lucas had no choice but to get a non-American director for Return of the Jedi due to his departure from the Director's Guild of America. They had excessively fined him for The Empire Strikes Back's absence of any opening credits, and because he didn't want Irvin Kershner paying those DGA fines himself, he covered for him. He knew it would only happen again if he got an American to make ROTJ, and was so impressed by "Eye of the Needle" that he asked Marquand to direct.

Now that I think about it, Lucas's departure from the DGA might have a lot to do with why he decided to direct the prequels himself.

I say to anyone who watches the EOD Documentary on the '04 DVD, watch out cause there is alot of revisionism. I NEVER heard of Spielberg once ever possibly directing ROTJ, and I was shocked when I heard that. Now is it true, I don't know.

But Spielberg did ask Lucas to direct the PT movies, and Lucas said and I quote, "No, Star Wars is my baby." I remember reading that back in 1998 before the PT started, and that is why I question whether this Spielberg directing ROTJ is just a new myth of the revisionism by Lucas yet again.

Lucas said before the PT he was going to direct Episode I, and then let someone else direct Episode II & III, and well the rest is history. Now Lucas has a right to direct his movies, but don't deny ever saying it, and that is what he does. I think he took so much crap from his fans with TPM and Jar Jar, he felt he had to redeem himself with Episode II, and when the same fans said this is just as crappy, there was no way he was going to pass on Episode III when that was the real red meat of the story. I think Lucas ego got in the way of letting someone else step in and direct and also write the screenplay, while he developed the story.