George lucas has 150 books on goodreads with 140722 ratings. Inside george lucas amazing and very different early scripts luke might have been a woman. George lucas reveals what he would have done with star. George lucass idea for star wars 79 is worse than you can. Sep 04, 2018 george lucas had no original plans for episodes 7 through 9 any more than he had an original plan for episodes at all. Episodes viiix were being developed by george lucas a year before he sold lucasfilm to disney, according to his son jett lucas. My little star wars boy 8 years old loves this book read through the whole thing in a week. Many derivative star wars works have been produced in conjunction with. George lucas original plan for the star wars sequels revealed. George lucas wasnt happy when the star wars creator found out disney wasnt using his script outlines for the latest trilogy to follow the skywalker storyline. Created by george lucas and presented to the world in 1977, star wars has become one of the most beloved movie franchises and ebay has all you need to bring this galaxy to your home. A brief history of george lucas star wars sequel trilogy. George lucas and the origin story behind star wars in an era of dark, dystopian sciencefiction drama, lucas was determined to make a different kind of scifi.
What if george lucas ideas had been used for the star. The script was begun in the winter of 1973 as an expansion of the original the star wars. A new hope was followed by the empire strikes back in 1980, and return of the jedi came after in 1983 to complete the original star wars trilogy. However recently george lucas went over his original plans for his. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed areas. For me, this book is the book that started my love to read. First draft, it was considerably rewritten into the adventures of the starkiller, episode i. When the original star wars movie broke box office records and received.
George lucas reveals more details about his plans for star wars episode 7, 8, and 9, including the fact that fans probably would have hated what he wanted to do. Most of lucas ideas for a new trilogy were abandoned when disney bought the franchise. Of course, following the original trilogy, lucas wrote and directed the. Star wars the original trilogy stories 9781484792063. The next three star wars films were going to get into a microbiotic world, lucas said. From the adventures of luke skywalker is the original title of the. The last jedi because the films plot was basically his story for episode vii. Jun 14, 2018 ever since george lucas revealed that star wars was not the first chapter of a saga, but the fourth part of a ninepart story, people have speculated over where the filmmaker was going to take the. Jun 18, 2018 if george lucas hadnt sold star wars and lucasfilm back in 2012, episode 7 9 would have focused more on midichlorians. George lucass star wars was the best of the bunch which surprised me, given the braindead and cheesy dialogue he gave his characters to spout in the prequel trilogy.
According to the art book, lucas sat in on the first creative meetings for episode vii, which took. Episode vii the force awakens is a american space opera film produced, cowritten and. George lucas reveals more details about his plans for star wars episode 7, 8. The filmmaker behind the franchise explained that he made suggestions for the film, but. Jan 22, 2015 it seems star wars mastermind george lucas wont have much influence over star wars. Over the course of several rereleases and special editions, new additions were added to the 1977 classic such as enhanced cgi, altered dialogue, previously deleted scenes, and of course, the infamous han shot first debacle. Rough draft was written as a full rough draft by george lucas in may 1974. One plotline that remained from lucas original vision for episode ix is a final, decisive showdown with emperor palpatine. Jun, 2018 george lucas admits fans would have hated his ideas for star wars sequel trilogy article. Weve previously chronicled the many changes writer and director george lucas had made to star wars. The stories for star wars episodes seven, eight and nine, which george lucas has outlined and the walt disney company will produce and. The force awakens script used luke very differently.
Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise created by george lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide popculture phenomenon. George lucas has made it clear hes fairly unhappy with the direction of the disney sequel trilogy as he had his own outline he expected to be followed. George lucas and the origin story behind star wars. From 1977 to 2005, he served as cowriter and executive producer of all six star wars films, as well as director for four of the films. Jun, 2018 george lucas reveals more details about his plans for star wars episode 7, 8, and 9, including the fact that fans probably would have hated what he wanted to do.
He shared with the crowd about meeting lucas, leaving the star wars films and the original plans for the entire saga. Will we ever learn george lucas original plan for star wars. Star wars creator george lucas wasnt a fan of star wars. His father was a stationery store owner and he had. Nov 30, 2019 george lucas last star wars films were the prequels and while those films are viewed a bit more favorably nowadays and were the star wars films for an entire generation of fans, the perception. George lucas was planning to release star wars episode 7 and then sell lucasfilm. Episodes ivi the phantom menace, attack of the clones, revenge of the sith, a new hope, the empire strikes back, and return of the jedi star wars.
Dec 19, 2019 star wars producer gary kurtz told ign in 2002 that, while working on the original trilogy in the 70s and 80s, lucas had enough material for three earlier films and three later films, to. George lucas star wars sequel trilogy story revealed. A lot of fans have been wondering what geroge lucas vision for star wars. Its widely known now that at the time that lucas sold lucasfilm to disney, the creator of the franchise handed over outlines for star wars. George lucass most popular book is a new hope star wars. Star wars is an american epic space opera franchise, created by george lucas and centered around a film series that began with the eponymous 1977 movie. Star wars is an american epic spaceopera media franchise, centered on a film series created by george lucas that includes star wars 1977, the empire strikes back 1980, and return of the jedi 1983. George lucas reveals what he would have done with star wars. Jun, 2018 star wars creator george lucas has a long history of making statements about plans for future star wars films that do not pan out. The 1976 star wars novelization may say by george lucas on the cover, but its fairly common knowledge now that it was ghostwritten. Lucas has peddled a fiction for many years that the star wars saga was planned in totality before anything was filmed, and that.
Well, we know that, whatever the plot of episode 7, george lucas wont. Jun, 2018 however recently george lucas went over his original plans for his sequel trilogy with james cameron. From a galaxy far, far away comes one of the most epic, captivating and memorable stories of all time. George lucas disappointed with lack of originality in. Now with star wars episode 9 by jj abrams set to film soon we will see how it all ends. He went over the general idea for star wars episode 7, star wars episode 8 and star wars. George lucas crazy ideas for star wars episodes 79.
On december 18th, 2015 star wars episode vii the force awakens. In the immediate wake of the original star wars landmark success, time magazine casually tossed off a significant detail in the fourth paragraph of a 1978 profile of george lucas. The force awakens when he first saw it, disney ceo bob iger claims in his new book, the ride of. Before disney bought lucasfilm, george lucas had a story treatment for how he wanted this new. But privately he was there to talk to original trilogy stars mark hamill and carrie fisher. The book was written by foster and based upon lucass screenplay for the first star wars film. I believe there was a sort of council or committee of authors who decided what happened in the next star wars novel and if anything major were to occur george lucas said yay or nay to its incl. Every star wars fan has a dream of owning a rare piece of star wars history.
But according to bruce handys new vanity fair cover story on the creation of episode vii, lucas at one point did have a vision for the story that the new star wars film would tell. Jan 18, 2018 some of them, yes, as benjamin johnson has stated. The following is everything currently known about george lucas plan for star wars episode vii, circa 2012. George lucas reveals his plan for star wars 7 through 9. Back in the early 70s, kurtz was looking to use the new technoscope technology in an upcoming film. Dec 10, 2019 the skywalker saga is about to come to an end with j. The paperback book was first published in the us as star wars. George lucas reveals what he would have done with star wars episodes 7 to 9. Many derivative star wars works have been produced in conjunction with, between, and after. In the book, the art of the force awakens, one of the characters.
There had been rumors that george lucas was developing. As diehard star wars fans may know, george lucas earliest drafts for the original movies script involved a higher order of beings known as the whills. Episode vii resembles story elements used in rian johnsons star wars. George lucas last star wars films were the prequels and while those films are viewed a bit more favorably nowadays and were the star wars films for an entire generation of fans, the perception. Though he was not scheduled to attend, series creator george lucas was there. But before it does, we look back at george lucas own vision for the star wars sequel trilogy. Mark hamill spills the beans on george lucas original plans for the star wars. George lucas vision for the star wars sequel trilogy. Episode ix will end the skywalker saga when it premieres this december, but how different could things have been if george lucas initial vision came to pass.
Forget the first order or porgs, forget bb8 and poe dameron. If george lucas hadnt sold star wars and lucasfilm back in 2012, episode 79 would have focused more on midichlorians. The last jedi via slashfilm, johnsons movie used many of the concepts lucas first had in mind for. Perhaps the most egregious changes were to the 1977 original itself, which, because of lucass prequel plans, would later be relabeled as star wars episode iv. The first book to include the expanded star wars universe however was fosters.
In 2015, lucas told usa today his original plan was to make and release his own version of star wars. The first star wars book to emerge was a novel released in 1976 named star wars, it was ghostwritten by alan dean foster and credited to lucas. George lucas books list of books by author george lucas. Gluts the im a big fan of the star wars films but these novelisations. It was revealed in a recent interview that george lucas, the father of the star wars movies, had originally planned to make episode 7 before disney purchased lucasfilm. Mark hamill reveals george lucas original star wars.
Jun, 2018 in the book, george lucas is quoted about what his vision was for the sequel trilogy. The star wars the second draft over the summer and. But before it does, we look back at george lucas own vision for. Dec 12, 2017 star wars 8 legend mark hamill has revealed there was a very different original story plan and he is not happy with some of the changes. Oct 21, 2019 george lucas and the origin story behind star wars in an era of dark, dystopian sciencefiction drama, lucas was determined to make a different kind of scifi movie something fun, aimed at. As for whether lucas original treatment will ever see the light of day, i imagine therell eventually be a giant the making of the force awakens book, like j. George lucas vision for the star wars sequel trilogy revealed.
I accepted the offer to meet with george, and did so at industrial light and. Star wars producer gary kurtz told ign in 2002 that, while working on. What were george lucass ideas for star wars episode vii. Francis ford coppola hooked him up with george lucas who had recently filmed txh18 with technoscope. In 2012, lucas sold lucasfilm and all its assets to the walt disney company and handed over his story treatments for the star wars sequel trilogy.
May 07, 2015 but according to bruce handys new vanity fair cover story on the creation of episode vii, lucas at one point did have a vision for the story that the new star wars film would tell. Star wars creator george lucas has a long history of making statements about plans for future star wars films that do not pan out. At various times since 1977 he has said that his space fantasy. Ever since george lucas revealed that star wars was not the first chapter of a saga, but the fourth part of a ninepart story, people have speculated over where the filmmaker was going to take the. Everything george lucas has said about his theoretical star wars sequel trilogy. George lucass idea for star wars 79 is worse than you. I am a fan who loves to read book after book, which is at a whopping 114 star wars novels, filling my brain with a huge amount of information surrounding the star wars universe. Has george lucas ever read any of the star wars expanded. Publicly, he was just there to make a surprise appearance during the panel for the animated the clone wars tv show. Aug 31, 2019 the 1976 star wars novelization may say by george lucas on the cover, but its fairly common knowledge now that it was ghostwritten by prolific scifi writer and novelizer, alan dean foster.
The series depicts the adventures of various characters a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. What if george lucas ideas had been used for the star wars. George lucas reveals his original sequel trilogy plans. Ever since george lucas revealed that star wars was not the first chapter of a.
George lucas felt betrayed and upset by the star wars. The franchise has been expanded into various films and other media, including television series, video games, novels, comic books, theme park attractions, and themed. George lucas crazy ideas for star wars episodes 79 revealed. George lucas admits fans would have hated his ideas for star wars sequel trilogy article.
How george lucas episode vii outline became the last. Bob iger reveals george lucas felt betrayed by disneys star wars plans september 24, 2019 12. George lucas star wars sequel trilogy would have been. But theres this world of creatures that operate differently than we do. From 1977 to 2005, he served as cowriter and executive producer of all six star wars films, as well as director for four. The skywalker saga is about to come to an end with j. Original star wars storyboards in pictures film the. First draft, it was considerably rewritten into the adventures. According to vanity fair, lucass episode vii would have revolved around very young characters teenagers. Why finding the original 1977 star wars verges on the. George lucas star wars sequel trilogy would have been about.
He is best known as creator of the epic star wars saga and the archaeologistadventurer character indiana jones. The last jedi, we have our first and only look at some of the designs that were created for him and his vision for the films. George lucas has remained fairly silent when it comes to the disneyreleased star wars sequel trilogy. While fans werent thrilled that disney would be in. What happened in george lucas version of star wars. Through various interviews and the art of books, details have slipped out. If disney is buying lucasfilm, how will that affect star wars. Jan 01, 2018 the following is everything currently known about george lucas plan for star wars episode vii, circa 2012. Accompanying this message was news about george lucas plans for star wars episodes 79, and my god would they have sucked.