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Joe Johnston

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I've been slowly reading Rinzler's Making of Empire Strike Back and it's starting to occur to me that I've been a big Joe Johnston fan this whole time and didn't know it.

IT'S MY TRILOGY, AND I WANT IT NOW!

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Rewrite the Prequels!

 

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He's a pretty cool dude from what I've seen.

 

Plus, he directed Wilfred Brimley's scenes in Ewok 2, making this thread even more Star Wars-y

 

:D

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That's one I haven't heard before. Was there some reason the Wheat brothers didn't direct Brimely's scenes?

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Where were you in '77?

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From what I hear, apparently there was a problem between him and the directors, so the 2nd unit or something like that had to film all the scenes with Brimley in. Joe Johnson was heading up the 2nd unit.

 

To be honest, I heard about this from here.

It may or may not be true.

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Wow, can those guys go five minutes without using the F word? I don't think they have any real facts on the movie either.

I want those ninety minutes back. ;)

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Where were you in '77?

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I think he's cool as a creative guy but as a director he sucks. Jurassic Park III, never forget.

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