Ok, I realize some of the scripts were co-written, etc, but I recently was a part of an argument where someone stated that he bought the rights to the Star Wars story and then made the movies claiming all of the credit for himself. This seems absolutely silly to me, considering that in the 30 years that I have been following the Saga I have ever heard of this.
If you can answer definitively one way or the other please cite a reputable web source i can quote to counter this. Thank you!
2007-04-21 06:06:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Yes. He was alone. Actually, he was sitting on the toilet at the time! Okay not really...lol
He did not buy the rights to do Star Wars. It was his original idea. He wanted to do a 'simple' movie like the sci-fi movies he watched as a kid at the afternoon matinees. In contrast to what your friend says, George actually gave up the profits to the original Star Wars in exchange for the rights to merchandising and any sequels that might follow (which of course 5 sequels did follow).
You should check out the bonus features on the original for lots of info and there's also a 2 hour special that plays on cable quiet often that explains everything Star Wars. Tell your friend to quit being jealous of the success of Star Wars...lol
2007-04-21 06:19:12 · answer #1 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually he planned for it to be more than a trilogy. The reason he started with IV is that he knew audience's would not be interested in a slow building outer space story. So he decided to start in the middle of the action. I'm not sure if he knew it would take three movies to finish his saga. I can't find any links online for this information. But it's been repeated many times on all the star wars specials on tv. He didn't have a backup plan to continue the story if it wasn't successful (why bother?). Even if he wanted to continue the story, he had so much trouble selling "A New Hope" to any studio (I believe he pitched Hope twice to 20th Century Fox ), that to get anyone to even listen about a sequel would have been impossible. TV at that time would have never been able to make Star Wars look more than a cheesy show.
2016-05-20 03:38:36 · answer #2 · answered by shira 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would check out www.imdb.com There are all kinds of items on the Trivia sections for the movies that explain where Lucas got his inspiration for many things in the movies. For example, he based Han Solo on his friend, Francis Ford Coppola and Chewbacca was based on his dog, Indiana (also used in the Indiana Jones series.)
The person you were arguing with is probably thinking of the fact that Lucas took the rights to the merchandising and a percentage of the films' revenue instead of a regular director's salary. You can see this stuff by either searching under his name and reading his Trivia page, or by looking at the individual movies' pages. Good luck, and I'd love to be there to see this person being proved wrong!
2007-04-22 13:27:02 · answer #3 · answered by Mommy2myangelMark 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Star Wars, at least the very first Star Wars movie, was 100% his baby. However, he was inspired by many other works before that. The link below has a info under the section titled: Cinematic and literary allusions.
2007-04-21 06:44:04 · answer #4 · answered by tg t 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No websource but check out the book Skywalking it details how Lucas got the ideas for Star Wars. It was all Lucas as many elements of Star Wars coincide with events from his youth.
2007-04-21 06:30:03 · answer #5 · answered by sprydle 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think he wrote all of the first 3, but the last 3 I dont now.
2007-04-23 13:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
dunno
2007-04-29 04:59:14 · answer #7 · answered by Reeses [: 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋