Word: jedi
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...back to the beginning, before these characters were born, and make what he calls a "prequel," another trilogy that would explain how the Republic fell. Only after that?and certainly not before the 1990s?would he do the sequel and show what happens to the Star Wars trio after Jedi. But at the moment the only words he likes to think about are The End. "I look upon the three Star Wars films as chapters in one book," he says. "Now the book is finished, and I have put it on the shelf...
...generation of children. What Walt Disney was to the children of the '30s, '40s and '50s, Lucas is to those of the late '70s and '80s. "George has been able to hook into some very basic universal images," says Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote the Jedi script with him. "Tying into these images isn't always conscious, and part of George's gift is his being able to use everything he has ever experienced or been exposed to. He is able to draw on the feelings he may have had when he was twelve...
...things like better sound systems for movie theaters, and it is pioneering the art of film far more than any of the Hollywood studios. Even after generous profit deals for his stars and associates (Mark Hamill, for instance, will receive 1.5% of the profits of Return of the Jedi), Lucas has kept enough for himself, roughly $20 million, to provide the ordinary domestic comforts...
First of all, he is tired, still groggy from jet lag. He has just returned from Sri Lanka, where he was working on Indiana Jones: The Temple of Doom, the sequel to Raiders. Second of all, he is worried about the reception of Jedi. "What if we have finally got to the end of the shaggy-dog story," he asks, "and everybody says, 'That's it?' Technically and logistically, this was the hardest of the three films to make, and all I see is the mistakes and the stuff that doesn't work." Only...
...look and tone from the existing trilogy, says Lucas. They will be more melodramatic, showing the political intrigue and Machiavellian plotting that led to the downfall of the once noble Republic. They will have only enough outward action to keep the plot moving. Obi-Wan Kenobi, the elderly Jedi who was played by Alec Guinness in the Star Wars series, and Darth Vader will be seen as younger men, while Luke Skywalker may make a brief appearance as a baby in Episode...