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"Rune Jensen" <:fjern:blaze@esenet.dk> wrote in message
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> "Rasmus Wulff Jensen" <wulff-jensen@mobilixnet.dk> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:b6ff42$28a8$1@jarjarbinks.mobilixnet.dk...
> > VEd godt at dette nok kunne findes på en eller anden hjemmeside, men i
> > dovenskab spørger jeg lige her....
> >
> > Hvorfor blev de originale Star Wars film egentlig kaldt IV, V og
VI.......
> > ??
> >
> > Var det et reklame-stunt, eller var Lucas 100% sikker på at han ville få
> lov
> > til at lave 1,2 og 3?
> >
> > /Rasmus
> >
> >
>
> Kan der her hjælpe???
>
> Gad ikke oversætte, så her er noget copy-paste til dig...
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> Although it is often claimed by George Lucas that Star Wars was always
> intended as part of a series (originally nine parts, later six), producer
> Gary Kurtz claimed differently in a interview in 1999. According to Kurtz,
> Star Wars was meant to be a standalone film. It was only after the film's
> incredible success that he and Lucas got together to consider sequels.
They
> came up with the idea that Star Wars was the fourth story of a nine-part
> series and penned rough outlines for each episode. After releasing the
> "fifth" episode (The Empire Strikes Back (1980)), Lucas made Raiders of
the
> Lost Ark (1981) with Steven Spielberg. The success of this film convinced
> Lucas to increase the emphasis on action in the "sixth" Star Wars episode.
> According to Kurtz, the Emperor was not originally going to make an
> appearance until episode 9. Luke and Leia were not brother and sister.
There
> was no Death Star II. The search for Han Solo was the main plot of the
film,
> during which Luke would have furthered his Jedi training. Solo was going
to
> die in the final battle. Luke was going to go off to complete/continue his
> Jedi training and Leia was going to resume her position as Queen of her
> people, separating the major characters in a "downer" ending similar to
that
> of Episode 5. Kurtz strongly objected to Lucas' changes and insisted they
> should stay with the story they had originally planned. Lucas just as
> strongly disagreed and the two parted company. (Kurtz left to make Dark
> Crystal, The (1982) with Jim Henson and hasn't worked with Lucas since.)
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