http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Article-Kershner-Would-Have-Directed-One-of-the-Prequels/post/453493/

Allow myself to requote myself.

skyjedi:

Unfortunately for Kersh the only good mainstream flick he ever made was Empire. Robocop 2 and Never say never again were awful.

xhonzi:

It's true. We tend to put Kersh up on this pedestal like he's God's gift to film directing, or to Star Wars at least...

But what else did he do that's worth a darn?

SilverWook:

The old "you're only as good as your last movie" argument, eh? ;)

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xhonzi:
Nah... I didn't really mean that. What I meant was: Name one other thing that's in the same ballpark as good as ESB that Kersh had ANYTHING to do with. If he'd made 10 awesome movies, and then one stinker, then I would be dropping the "as good as your last" argument. I was more making a "if he was able to wrest ESB from Lucas and actually make it a good movie, he should also have a deep history of other awesome work" but I've never seen it.

I think we're all maybe suffering more from the "Anyone but George" argument. Not that Kersh didn't do a great job... but maybe he doesn't deserve as much credit for ESB as we all want to give him.

SilverWook:

The late Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan deserve some kudos for crafting a great script to begin with.

Gary Kurtz for being a good producer and not a yes man.

Mark, Carrie, and Harrison, who in spite of their personal problems public and private at the time, gave it 110%, and didn't phone it in.

Frank Oz, for making us believe a little green rubber puppet was a living creature.

And the rest of a great cast, who made you believe in those characters even if you never saw their faces or heard their real voices.

This could potentially be a really long list. Just watch the closing credits of the film instead. ;)

xhonzi:
100% agreed.