I did a lot of praying about 3 years ago that somehow Lucas and Spielberg would arrange for Spielberg to direct Revenge of the Sith. Obviously that didn’t happen. But according to a new book entitled “The Making of Star Wars, Episide III – Revenge of the Sith”, Lucas did in fact get Spielbergs creativity involved.
The good folks at Monsters and Ctritics give us this:
As George explains in the book, he gave Spielberg a few scenes to play with at the animatics stage: a bit of the Mustafar duel, and Yoda’s duel with the Emperor, along with a couple of others. How much of Spielberg’s contribution made it to the final film, only Lucas or Spielberg could say, particularly as George revised and reinvented every scene in the film so extensively in editorial.
May 19th just can’t come fast enough folks. I’m counting the days.
Back to the original comments… The only reason why Spielberg didn’t direct this last installement of Star Wars is because he is part of the Directors Guild of America and Lucas is not (He quit after A New Hope). The guild specifies that a member cannot in any way (very few exceptions are made) work on a project made by a non-member.
Same thing happened with Sin City, but there Robert Rodriguez quit the Guild so he could work with Frank Miller.
Steven would never quit his beloved guild, nor would I. :)
— Saw Episode III last night and thought– WOW!!!! great job. Very moving and very dark.. i loved it!
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I dont mind being called a Star Wars freak. LOL
god, u ppl are freaks.
heh heh so am I
I was 6 when ESB hit theaters. I love that movie. I think the final duel is so amazing. I especially love the taunting dialogue from Vader. I missed that in Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan’s duel with Darth Maul and was hoping for just a tad more in AOTC with Count Dooku. From what I’ve read in the ROTS screenplay and novelization, the snippy dialogue in the saber duels has returned.
I was 10 when I saw Empire so saying that I was traumatised by that revelation from Vader was an understatement. I had nightmares of my own father being evil and stuff. And as a child of 10 I thought this is my favorite movie for the rest of my life, then life moved on since.
If “Revenge of the Sith” delivers to be the darkest of the saga and then being the best of it all, then maybe what you said was missing will be found.
I remember how I felt when I left the theater after “Empire.” I thought the whole world had come crashing down. Luke got his hand chopped off and Darth Vader was his father! Or was he?! Han was frozen! Nooooooo! I watched that movie over and over and over when it hit VHS. Or maybe it was BETA. Sadly, while “Return of the Jedi” hit the spot, I actually felt sleepy during my second viewing. That’s the test. The Sleepy Second Viewing Test. It happend to me during Phantom and Clones, too. Translation – something is missing! Egad!
“just maybe, we’ll get something wonderful, like “Empire Strikes Back,” which is my favorite by far”.
Well, we do have something in common, I am softening up a bit here now.
I know this is silly, but I have said it somewhere here before, that based on that trailer, it seems like I will dethrone “Empire Strikes Back” as my fave episode of the saga.
How long have we been bickering online? *laughs*
I think Attack of the Clones LOOKED better, but I thought the writing was terrible and actually a downgrade from the stiff writing in The Phantom Menance. Phantom just felt deeper to me, although I could do with out the Jar Jar overload and some bonerizing Jake Lloyd dialogue. But, as you say, perhaps the King of Flannel has finally put the pieces together and maybe, just maybe, we’ll get something wonderful, like “Empire Strikes Back,” which is my favorite by far.
Attack of the Clones made The Phantom Menace look a lot better. ergo, Revenge of the Sith (basing this on the trailer) will make Attack of the Clones look good.
Switching subjects, I think The Phantom Menance is better than Attack of the Clones. Any thoughts?
I have a strong feeling that it wont, but if it does, sure.
Okay, it’s a date! But if it sucks, you’re buying.
Fredo, why dont we talk again after May 19, it’s a date. *winks*
I should say my optimism is peaked for Revenge of the Sith. From what I’ve seen and read (the novelization, the screenplay), I think it has the potential to be really good. But, on the other hand, I said that about the other two prequels. Let’s cross our fingers, shall we. Sadly, no confirmation until May 19th!
It is his story and you’re right, I don’t have to go see it. I see the films because of nostalgia for the origial trilogy. All I’m saying is Lucas has proved that he is not a good writer or director. His “my way or the highway” stamp-of-approval iron fist I think has limited what he could have done. He justifies it as “his” money and “his” movie because that’s his only weapon against the truth, that “his” prequels have not been received well. Your defensiveness shows you feel the same, but can’t bear to malign The Flanneled One.
He can do whatever he wants, its HIS damn story, if youre not happy with it then dont buy the DVDs nor watch the movies, believe me he wont miss your money not queueing up in the cinema.
My facts are straight. You misunderstand. I know full well he didn’t direct 5 or 6, but he dicked with them for the special editions and the DVDs. Like McCallum says, George won’t finish screwing with Star Wars until he dies. Let’s face it – 4 and 5 are great, but with 6 the sporadic greatness takes hold and we’ve seen it play out in episode one and two. Moments of glory, but all-in-all, films that have a very one-sided vision. I fault Lucas for that.
Another troll present in our midst.
Dicking the film you say? He didnt direct Episodes 5 and 6, get your facts straight before ranting will you?
This is all BS. Lucas is dicking with the film just as he did with the two previous prequels and just as he did with 4,5 and 6. This all reminds me of someone standing in front of the mirror and re-combing their hair over and over and over again. I have to say, after seeing a story on deleted scenes in Episode III, reading the screenplay and the novelization, I’m not sure I have a clue which version we’ll see. But when you leave it in GL’s hands, bad things happen.
are you going to make a epesode 7,8,9
Have you guys seen the latest tv spots for Episode III? “Tragedy” is my favorite.
In fact, they made my childhood. So it was an ironic use of a lately common expression, Mrs Simone.
May 19, round the corner.
Two new trailers out. Check my blog for their links.
Rock on.
Peter! Raped your childhood? You’re one of those too? LOL
After watching the commentary “Empire of Dreams” in the Star Wars original trilogy and finding out that Spielberg could have directed one of the episodes but couldnt due to some legalities, I have indeed been thinking “oh no please make that happen somehow”, and this is indeed great news!
The FORCE is very strong indeed.
Seems quite obvious Lucas has taken Sith very seriously. And a little help from friends is always handy.
Hope Indiana Jones IV gets to be made… my hopes are high on that one too. These two directors raped my childhood LOL