10 Things Nobody Wants To Admit About Star Wars

Filmmaking is a collaborative process, but there are so many individuals who deserve more recognition for their contributions to the actualisation of Star Wars. In fact, The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi were directed by Irvin Kershner and Richard Marquand respectively, and Lawrence Kasdan was responsible for writing the screenplay in both cases.

In fairness, George Lucas was responsible for kickstarting the first film, but its success can be attributed almost entirely to Gary Kurtz – a producer who took on several directing responsibilities, including instructing the actors in regards to their performances in the movie. John Dykstra also deserves an immense amount of credit, helping to realise the universe with his incredible practical effects, as do a great many others.

George Lucas is often credited with being “an ideas guy”, someone to motivate a project, throwing out concepts in order to stimulate the creative process. With that being said, many of his original concept were notoriously awful. After all, this was the guy who wanted C-3PO to be a devious, conniving salesperson, and was pushing for space politics even back in the 70’s.