The shoot itself began in June 1976, and was far from smooth. The film fell behind schedule on location in Tunisia, thanks to storms and unexpected Libyan interest in the Jawa Sandcrawler. “It's true about the border,” Lucas said at the time. “They had to come and inspect the Sandcrawler to verify that it was not a secret weapon.”
When the production then moved to Elstree Studios outside London Lucas often clashed with the British crew, and eventually ran two weeks late. Faced with increasing studio pressure, Lucas was diagnosed with hypertension.
There was scant comfort from the cast, who were less than impressed with the script. “We’d come into a scene and we’re faced with dialogue straight from Buck Rogers” Harrison Ford told a radio show after filming had wrapped. “I mean, I used to threaten George with tying him up and making him repeat his own dialogue.”
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Hadouken76
Sep 1st 2011, 16:39
Thanks to Lucas' misguided insistance on p"issin on his own legacy, its easy to forget how streamline the original Star Wars was. The narrative was classic fairytale: Farmboy meets a wizard and a pirate, rescues the princess from the evil fortress and battles the evil hordes at the end, Medals all round. (Not for wookies apparently). Simple. Then Lucas ruined tthe prequels with boring stuff about taxes and trade embargo's (for the kids yeah? YEAH? Because Kids go crazy for economic reform! Grind those accounting books!), Comparing women to sand and making the iconic and feared Darth Vader sound like he wet himself ..nooooo indeed. Oh and Lucas insults everyones intelligence by assuming no-one will tell the difference in the Special Editions. Sorry but in 100 yrs time, everyone will STILL know Han shot first and Jabba's meeting with him looks less convincing than Pete's Dragon. I'm not a geek, I just hate when things are messed with, even by thier own creators to the point that it cheapens the experience.
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ChrisWootton
Sep 1st 2011, 16:45
Perfectly put.
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Hadouken76
Sep 1st 2011, 18:27
Thanks ChrisWooton, some things just cook my noodle. I'll probably feel the same about Total Rehash and The Thing 'prequel'. Lucas and these new directors don't realise that people loved the old effects, models and sets because they were tangible. Watching American Werewolf in London You're thinking, 'He's turning into a werewolf' not 'Thats some bad CGI."
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MrScary
Sep 1st 2011, 18:47
“I’m not a good writer,” he admits. “This is the story of Mace Windy, a revered Jedi-Bendu of Opuchi, as related to us by C.J. Thorpe, padawaan learner to the famed Jedi.” Obviously. But hey, they guy is a bazillionaire, so he's doing something right.
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