Star Wars Myths blasted

[johnmiic]

Gary Kurtz talks about alternate ROTJ story ideas, why Han Solo wasn't killed off in ROTJ and how the Holiday Special turned out so bad.

http://mashable.com/2014/09/27/star-wars-myths-gary-kurtz/

[Hedji]

I don't relish the idea of any of the principals being killed off. I do however, recognize a texture absent from the series after Kurtz left that I missed. It's a bit unfortunate how the fan community seems to have for the most part neglected Kurtz. He's an interesting figure to be sure.

[YoungOnce]

That is a great read. Lots of stuff I didn't know and it was good to read a behind-the-scenes view of what was going on.

[Werewolf]

It was a good article and further helps debunk the Lucas had everything all planned out from the beginning.

I don't relish the idea of any of the principals being killed off.

Me neither. I do agree with Lucas on that. I wouldn't have liked Jedi ending on a down note or killing off Han Solo.

[alex]

Good read !!

[huedell]

It's pretty misleading. Probably just due to the journalist who put together the piece. On first glance, it seems like a fresh perspective, but after closer examination, it's ultimately a "Kurtz"-view of basically everything Lucas has already said. i'd call it biased, but that'd imply that Lucas' words have contradicted Kutz's ---and it doesn't quite appear that way (on the whole).

[MIB41]

That was an enjoyable interview. I'm glad Kurtz officially debunked the whole "chapter" myth. I never believed Lucas had written nine chapters of this grand universe (especially after the prequels). It just sounded too much like a marketing tool to push the movies in the spirit of the old Flash Gordan serials. Every movie beat to a different drum and Empire was by far my favorite in the series. Star Wars always felt like an ensemble piece with lots of people bringing ideas to the table. Empire felt like a very strong, well, written, well acted script with some strong ideas on where it was going for the last installment. But when Jedi came out, there was a definite changing of the guard in terms of tone and competence in craft. In retrospect you could tell Lucas had obtained enough wealth and power to influence a more personal view of the film instead of what worked best. I do agree killing off any of the characters might have been a big downer, but Jedi was in direct contrast to Empire. You never felt as if any of the characters were in harm's way. That and Vader was completely castrated as a villain. In Empire he didn't give a moments hesitation to cutting his son's arm off. In Jedi he was a whiny puppy acting conflicted about his relationship with his son while Luke had grown this unexplained tough exterior which was the very antithesis of his character at the end of Empire. It's as if we had missed a movie and all of these characters had somehow changed positions. It will be interesting to see what the new age of Star Wars films adopts (in terms of tone) without Lucas at the controls.

[johnmiic]

That was an enjoyable interview. I'm glad Kurtz officially debunked the whole "chapter" myth. I never believed Lucas had written nine chapters of this grand universe (especially after the prequels).

I have always felt the prequels were written the night before filming started.Much like how I did term papers in High School.

[jwyblejr]

My guess is Lucas had one too many cans of Red Bull.