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Spielberg Denied Crack at Star Wars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hills-are-alive-with-amidalas-belly-button dept.

loonix_gangsta writes "The BBC is running a blurb on the disclosure of Star Wars helmsman George Lucas not allowing Spielberg to direct one of the Star Wars movies. According to Ananova Steven had actually begged George for the job."

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  1. Damn it! by papasui · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been waiting for about 12 years to see Yoda bitchslap E.T.

    1. Re:Damn it! by JPriest · · Score: 4, Funny

      E.T. on bike going past moon, Yoda using the force to throw racks at him. "Fall off the bike you must!"

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  2. Lucas... by mosch · · Score: 5, Funny
    Spielberg Denied Crack at Star Wars
    Lucas clearly already smoked it all, and somehow managed not to die. Look forward to episodes seven eight and nine!
  3. How the begging went by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    George, please look at the acting. The actors can't act worth crap. Please let me help the actors. You can do all the spaceship stuff. I just want to see a Star Wars movie where the actors seem like they aren't reading off cue cards!

    Please!

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  4. I liked the headline at fark better by dimator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "George Lucas adamant only he is allowed to make a mess of the Star Wars series. Told Speilberg to go make his money elsewhere."

    fark.com

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  5. After seeing AotC... by bopo · · Score: 5, Funny


    After seeing Attack of the Clones I almost contacted Lucas begging for the job... anything to stop that man... please stop... please...

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  6. Re:Bad idea by bopo · · Score: 5, Funny

    Everybody knows what the story in Episode III will be, we just want to see how the events play out and the final holes in the story get filled in.

    Well, Luke and Leia are evenually born, so you can probably figure out how one of the holes is filled...

    Did I just actually post that?

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  7. Re:Pick a side.... by Sloppy · · Score: 5, Funny
    sign Jet Li as the villan, and promise full frontal nude shots of Natalie Portman, but why? It probaly won't change much.

    Let's not be hasty. I think I want to see this Jet Li and nude Portman movie.

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  8. Re:At least Spielberg knows how to direct actors by Chris+Siegler · · Score: 4, Funny

    He has some top notch talent in his movies and unless they break free of the crap dialogue...

    Indeed. Even Robert De Niro couldn't say

    "I don't like the sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating--not like you. You're soft and smooth."
    and not look and sound like an idiot.
  9. Re:But a Star Wars with Ads in the background... by Carthis · · Score: 5, Funny

    I find your lack of taste disturbing. :)

  10. On the other hand... by apg · · Score: 5, Funny

    While it could hardly be worse than what we've already been subjected to, just think what Episode 3 would be like if all we ended up getting was Spielberg's incessant product pimping on top of crap actors like Hayden Christensen spewing Lucas's junior high love note pap:

    "I've thought of her every day for the last ten years, Jar Jar. Every handful of Reese's Pieces reminds me of her beautiful, dark eyes."

    "You'sa soundin' like you be needin' a Pepsi, Ani."

  11. CGI != Acting by tiltowait · · Score: 4, Funny

    Acting against a blue screen has got to be worse than dealing with another actor.

    Some quotes:
    Terence Stamp (Valorum): "When I arrived on set for Episode 1, George Lucas said, 'I've given Natalie the day off.' So, he pointed to a piece of paper on a post and said, 'Pretend that's her.' They couldn't afford me again."

    Thus proving this prediction...

    Mark Hamill: "I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George would do it." Early 1980s