George Lucas Quotables - Currently : "When 'Star Wars' first came out, I didn't know where it was going either. "

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/05/george-lucas-lost.html

George Lucas sends letter to 'Lost'

George Lucas sent a letter to the producers of "Lost" where he finally admits he didn't plan "Star Wars" in advance. The letter was read aloud at a series finale-related party Thursday night. Here's the text:

  Congratulations on pulling off an amazing show. Don't tell anyone ... but when 'Star Wars' first came out, I didn't know where it was going either. The trick is to pretend you've planned the whole thing out in advance. Throw in some father issues and references to other stories -- let's call them homages -- and you've got a series.

 

Ah, good ol' George Lucas. 

No way.

I know unabashed Lucas-hate is the order of the day, but is it possible that he was being tongue in cheek to his peers? He's not above a little self-deprecating humor now and then.

TheBoost said:

I know unabashed Lucas-hate is the order of the day, but is it possible that he was being tongue in cheek to his peers? He's not above a little self-deprecating humor now and then.

 Exactly, other things that come to mind that Lucas is messing with the fans:

-Lucas said about a year ago, "We all know that Empire Strikes Back is the worst Star Wars film!"

-And Lucas wearing a 'Han Shoots First' T-Shirt on the set of Indy IV.

I actually think Lucas is a pretty funny guy when he doesn't take SW too seriously.  He has that dry sense of humor, and many take it the wrong way because they don't know if he is joking or not.

^ My new catchphrase.

I can't find the source in the link, so just a question to throw out there... is the source reliable? Because from the sounds of it, it sounds way too much like some duck a jokester or GL hater could've written.. you know... it's just way too convenient. Might aswell have added "oh and yea, I intentionally created Jar Jar Binks as shitty, and added all the changes in the DVD to annoy the fans, those annoying buggers! But, hey, psss, don't tell anyone, heh? [it's IRONIC, you know, cus now it's OUT THERE, and I didn't want anyone to know! Now I'm pwnd, you got it, GL is PWNNNED!!!]".

... you know... although writing this to the Lost authors, known for constantly making fun of themselves and their show (at least towards the end), isn't beyond reason and logic. But that means... CLEVER DUCK, IS CLEVER!!!

Hey, doesn't Jorge or someone else "admit" directly in the ANH commentary that, for instance, the Emperor was conceived as a weak marionette of sorts back then? And all that was "pre-planned" was basically just the general story about Anakin falling into the lava or whatever?

timdiggerm said:

ANH? Luke's father and Darth Vader weren't even the same person.

I was talking about the Emperor. Smart alec.

That, and his own apprentice, Darth Bro, was responsible!!!

twooffour said:

I can't find the source in the link, so just a question to throw out there... is the source reliable? Because from the sounds of it, it sounds way too much like some duck a jokester or GL hater could've written.. you know... it's just way too convenient.

It's legit. It was even read aloud to the audience by Lost's producer. Lucas gives the "always planned" spiel only about half the time, depending on the audience. Sometimes the homey, flying by the seat-of-the-pants, making it up as we go- version suits the situation better.

Thanks.

Well, just kinda fits into the general image of Lucas not putting particularly much thought into any of this ;)