Posted 06 July 2007 - 02:13 PM
its a good post, but one thing is missing. "star wars" b.k.a. "a new hope", was great & complete without needing prequels/sequels, etc. because at the time, circa 1977, lucas wasnt really sure that the star wars saga was going to take off in being the next best thing since sliced bread.
pretty much all the actors involved thought the entire production was just plain silly, such remarks are voiced by kenny baker and harrison ford, as well as others. no one really thought this silly space opera would take off to enormous proportions and became an international smash hit.
so, being that lucas' money was limited, he said to himself,..if i can only make just one film out of this entire saga,.i want to choose the best part of the entire saga, and put that segment to film.
so thus, star wars/a new hope was born. and lucas, at the time, knowing that his film may have become a loss at the box office, at least wanted to see what he thought was the best part of the whole saga put to film.
so the points being made by the original poster about star wars being the absolute best film out of all 6 of them are in fact valid, because likewise they were lucas' exact intentions at the time as well. lucas knew the basic synopsis for how each story went, but chose to present us with the best chapter.
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