Although it’s not as if Lucas relinquished control to his directors and screenwriters entirely. He learned his lesson after The Star Wars Holiday Special, where he took a hands off approach and let the TV people have their way. Ouch.
He kept a tighter hand on Return Of The Jedi than on The Empire Strikes Back, and it shows. The third movie is that much closer to the first. Kershner had much freer reign, and his influence is sorely missed in Jedi. But still, things had to follow Lucas’ basic vision.
Yet he made much more of it up as he went along than he likes to tell. Darth Vader was not Luke’s father until the second draft of Empire.
Although it’s not as if Lucas relinquished control to his directors and screenwriters entirely. He learned his lesson after The Star Wars Holiday Special, where he took a hands off approach and let the TV people have their way. Ouch.
He kept a tighter hand on Return Of The Jedi than on The Empire Strikes Back, and it shows. The third movie is that much closer to the first. Kershner had much freer reign, and his influence is sorely missed in Jedi. But still, things had to follow Lucas’ basic vision.
Yet he made much more of it up as he went along than he likes to tell. Darth Vader was not Luke’s father until the second draft of Empire.