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Made for IE Forum's Episode III theme month - May 2005.
Made for IE Forum's Episode III theme month - May 2005.
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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
Han also shoots first at Vader on cloud city...
ironically when he's never bumped into the man before in his life....
better change that Lucas...
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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
Han also shoots first at Vader on cloud city...
ironically when he's never bumped into the man before in his life....
better change that Lucas...
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Some gems from the FilmFax article:
Lenny Ripps, Co-Author, Original Script (Holiday Special)-
FAX: Did Lucasfilm present you with a story?
RIPPS: Yes, Pat and I spent a day with George Lucas in which he took a piece of paper and said "How long is a TV movie?" He put that number down and said "Now let's write what we're going to do every minute." It was the only day of my life that I forgot to have lunch! At that time I was a 310 pound man who didn't think about food for the entire day! Now I'm a couple hundred pounds lighter but, at that time, I was an eating machine who forgot to eat. It was fascinating! He had a vision of what it was going to be. The original director was a protegé of his. I don't know why he got replaced. He was a good guy, a good director, but the vision changed. It became more of a musical comedy.
FAX: What was George Lucas's original vision?
RIPPS: I think he wanted to make a sweet and sentimental vision of a holiday season and I think it evolved into something marginal which was not what I thought his vision was. Now I don't mean to speak for him, but my inclination was that it got kind of sappy.
FAX: It was an eclectic combination of elements: drama, space fantasy, and musical variety.
RIPPS: To me it didn't come together. The ideas were all right but I'm not sure that they belonged in the same room.
What was interesting was to me was that Lucas started talking about Star Wars as if was a real world. He said things like "Well, you know Han Solo is married to a Wookie, but we can't say that." Now that was 20 years ago, so my memory may be wrong. [As outrageous as Ripp's recollection sounds, there is evidence supporting it. Pat Proft corroborates it and an early draft of the Star Wars script (January 28, 1975) has Han Solo living with a furry female creature who he kisses. Proft also remembers learning that Han Solo was raised by Wookies, which is verified on pages 46 & 131 of Laurent Bouzereau's Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays.] This is a world that the audience only knew a little bit about. It was like he was showing pieces of history; however, he knew the whole world, a world that we may never know. It was almost like he had discovered the Sphinx and was only showing parts of it, but he had it all.
He creates not just a biography but history and context. It was remarkable. I hope that as a writer, I learned from that. When you look at a character it's not just who they are on the page but who they were before you created them. He was one of the most interesting people that I ever spent time with because he has so much focus and passion. I subsequently re-wrote a movie for Steven Spielberg [Casper} and spend a day with him, and he was the same way: passionate and focused. He knew what it was about even though it wasn't done yet. By the same token, both men were totally open to ideas. There was no egotism at all.
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Taken from "The Annotated Screenplays"' interviews with Laurent Bouzerou:
Lucas on Han Solo:
"His character is basically a cynical loner who realises the importance of being part of a group and helping for the common good...compromising and sacrificing his own welfare for those of others. I had a list of about thirty five themes that I wanted to explore in the film, and giving up your own personal gratification for the good of others was one of them.
The idea was that Han Solo was an orphan. He was raised by wookies, befriended Chewbacca, and they went off."
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Pat Proft corroborates it and an early draft of the Star Wars script (January 28, 1975) has Han Solo living with a furry female creature who he kisses.
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Originally posted by: ricarleiteQuote
Pat Proft corroborates it and an early draft of the Star Wars script (January 28, 1975) has Han Solo living with a furry female creature who he kisses.
In the words of King Arthut in Monty Python and the Holy Grail: JESUS CHRIST!
A-Are you suggesting Solo and Chewbacca... no, it's too sick to think about.
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Originally posted by: ricarleiteQuote
Pat Proft corroborates it and an early draft of the Star Wars script (January 28, 1975) has Han Solo living with a furry female creature who he kisses.
A-Are you suggesting Solo and Chewbacca... no, it's too sick to think about.
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Originally posted by: Regicidal_Maniac
What? No, they're just 'good friends'.