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Originally posted by: Cetera
When did Lucas actually get divorced? I think that episode, coupled with looking at life differently now that he has kids, may have also changed his views a lot. Spielburg has also mellowed a lot with age, and he makes different movies now.

I honestly think that George is not a good director. I think ANH is the lowest quality film of the OT, and not because the effects were more dated or anything. I just don't think George can direct. He's got a decent vision, but he needs someone else to bring it out of the actors, out of the sets, and out of the editing. The best movie of the OT is Empire, and that is because of the director. He was able to adjust, to get what he wanted, to get the best take even if it wasn't what he wanted, to allow the characters to evolve.

In my opinion, the best scene in Empire is Han being put into Carbon freeze. Leia yells to him that she loves him, and Han just looks back at her stoicly, and answers with his brief, "I know." That wasn't in the script. That was Harrison being irritated at having to redo the same take so many times, and yet still being in character, being pissy, and ad libbing something Han would actually say, and in doing so, advancing his character so much with just two words.
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Acording to the docu on the Indy DVD, Lucas was going through a divorce when the were making Temple of doom, hense the reason why it's so dark.

As for the Carbon freezing scene, one, it's one of my faves too, and two, it was more of a case of Ford and Kershner redoing the whole scene, from what Fett says to what Lando says and Vader etc. According to the Making of Empire novel can't remeber what it#'s called even though I own a copy) they needed to justify why Han was in chains, and what he would say to Lando..blah blah.
Actuall this months copy of Empire magazine (nothing to do with SW, just a film mag for the UK) has a whole load of pages quoting the exact converstion between the actors and director regaing that scene. Makes great reading.

ps...I'm so wasted so forgive me if it's full of typos, and makes no sense whatssoever