The more I think about it, the more I think that Lucas' story -- that he had the conception for all of these movies in 1977 -- is fraudulent. I'm not even sure that he had the second two movies in mind when he made the first.
That said, the historical parallel was always Rome, I thought. Lucas probably read "I Claudius" some time in the early 60s. Happy coincidence for Lucas that the formula applies to more than one republic these days.
"The more I think about it, the more I think that Lucas' story -- that he had the conception for all of these movies in 1977 -- is fraudulent."
It's not "fraudulent," but it's certainly true that working out the story for the original movie was a long-protracted process that went through numerous early versions that bear less resemblance to the final script than they often do to the final scripts for the other films, or something yet entirely different (I base this statement on, among other sources, the early versions of the scripts that have been posted on various script sites all over the web for years).
"I'm not even sure that he had the second two movies in mind when he made the first."
He says that all the time. "I thought it was going to be just the one film," and endless variants.
The more I think about it, the more I think that Lucas' story -- that he had the conception for all of these movies in 1977 -- is fraudulent. I'm not even sure that he had the second two movies in mind when he made the first.
That said, the historical parallel was always Rome, I thought. Lucas probably read "I Claudius" some time in the early 60s. Happy coincidence for Lucas that the formula applies to more than one republic these days.
Posted by text | Link to this comment | 05-17-05 5:08 PM
This is being discussed over at Timothy Burke's other Sith thread.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 05-17-05 9:28 PM
"The more I think about it, the more I think that Lucas' story -- that he had the conception for all of these movies in 1977 -- is fraudulent."
It's not "fraudulent," but it's certainly true that working out the story for the original movie was a long-protracted process that went through numerous early versions that bear less resemblance to the final script than they often do to the final scripts for the other films, or something yet entirely different (I base this statement on, among other sources, the early versions of the scripts that have been posted on various script sites all over the web for years).
"I'm not even sure that he had the second two movies in mind when he made the first."
He says that all the time. "I thought it was going to be just the one film," and endless variants.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 05-18-05 9:10 PM