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...resort to using photographs of a grieving family and a body bag? Can't you trust the written story to bring the images to life? CATHY JAMES Indianapolis, Indiana...
...writing and directing Star Wars, which was his third feature and one he has described as unusually draining to make, Lucas stepped back to take an executive producer's role--albeit an unusually hands-on one--for Star Wars' almost as successful sequels. He did the same for the Indiana Jones trilogy. All told, he's responsible for four of the 20 highest-grossing movies in film history. Not that all his films have been smashes: Lucasfilm was responsible for the infamous Howard the Duck, as well as the more recent and not quite as spectacularly awful Radioland Murders...
...George is actually quite a small filmmaker," insists Rick McCallum, the producer of the Star Wars special editions as well as the prequels. "I think he's been kind of embarrassed by the huge success of both Indiana Jones and Star Wars." If so, he's an ingrate. Back in 1977, he used the clout he had gained from American Graffiti's unexpected success to renegotiate his contract with Fox for directing Star Wars--not for more money but for exclusive rights to sequels and licensing, evidence that he must have had some faith in the movie. And since licensing...
...takes seriously the notion that entertainers have an obligation to promote positive moral values in their work. He talks earnestly about what artists "teach" with their creations--and with a little prodding he even criticizes himself for the scene played for laughs in Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones drops his bullwhip and casually guns down an Arab swordsman. In fact, one of the changes to Star Wars modifies a gratuitously violent encounter in the cantina scene during which Han Solo shoots one of his creditors, a green anteater-like thing named Greedo. In the new version...
Princeton is beatable. So is Penn, which sports a losing record for the first time in recent memory. Just ask Indiana and North Carolina--both of which defeated Princeton--or Villanova, Arizona, and Maryland, all of which have gotten the better of Penn this men's basketball season...