imperialscum said:

slask said:

SilverWook said:

You can make the argument that Lucas co-directed Jedi, but not Empire.

Fair enough, we weren't arguing about Empire, but for Jedi Marquand was a mere executor.

Well if Marquand was a mere executor in Jedi, then Kershner was a mere executor in Empire.

SilverWook said:

Even then, Kershner was around to give his blessing. Altering a film whose credited director has been dead since 1987 is more of a gray area.

Well it is safe to say that allowing him to give "his blessing" was merely a nice gesture. I highly doubt Lucas would not proceed with the changes if he objected them.

He probably wouldn't want the bad publicity if Kershner objected, and tried to invoke an Alan Smithee either.

Lucas may have quit the DGA, but he was still working with the likes of Spielberg and Ron Howard on other Lucasfilm productions.