zombie84 said:

Wow, this was cool since I was under the impression that she had dropped off the radar and was basically MIA (i.e., doesn't want to be pestered by Star Wars nerds). I had heard that she was in softcore pornography, which only added to her mystery ("softcore porn" I think carries more of a stigma today though, whereas acting in a soft porn/erotic films in the early and mid 70s was more respectable since there was a lot of mainstream crossover). It is very interesting to hear about the Fisher casting bluff, since I don't believe that anecdote has been told anywhere else. Her description of Lucas and Kurtz seems pretty consistent with other people, even if she says both Lucas Kurtz were Quakers (Lucas isn't but Kurtz is; the fact that she assumed they both were is a telling indication of why the two worked together frequently, as conservatism such as that is rare in Hollywood).

George's father was a staunch Methodist and a conservative Republican. Lucas is a Buddhist and a liberal Democrat, which probably was in the beginning done out of Rebellion against his upbringing.

Lucas considered himself a fiscal conservative and social liberal when Skywalking was written. Maybe in the beginning he was a moderate but politically he has now since the prequel films were made gone far to the left.