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Star Wars, the Lost Interviews

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-should-get-screenwriter-credits-this-time dept.

smooth wombat writes "Coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the Release of Star Wars, Ballantine Books is publishing J.W. Rinzler's "The Making of Star Wars", which bills itself as "The Definitive Story Behind the Original Film." The book is the result of Rinzler's discovery of interviews that Charles Lippincott, Lucasfilm's VP marketing and merchandising in the mid-'70s, conducted with the film's principals between 1975 and 1978."

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  1. Re:Which Version Will They Show by dakwatson · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I don't think Star Wars was ever considered by anyone, George Lucas included, to be real science fiction. It's chief influences (westerns, space operas, Akira Kurosawa's The Hidden Fortress) aren't sf. It is an adventure story, it's roots in Joseph Campbell's ideas about mythology, and should be judged as such. It shouldn't be criticized for not being something it's not supposed to be.

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