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    George Lucas Talks Self-Funding ‘The Empire Strikes Again’ to Hold Possession of It at TCM Traditional Movie Pageant

    David GroveBy David GroveApril 25, 20255 Mins Read
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    George Lucas Talks Self-Funding ‘The Empire Strikes Again’ to Hold Possession of It at TCM Traditional Movie Pageant
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    The sixteenth annual TCM Traditional Movie Pageant obtained off to a roaring begin Thursday night time, screening one of many best motion pictures ever made in one of many best venues within the nation with one of the crucial influential filmmakers of all time in attendance.

    The film: the 1980 sci-fi basic “The Empire Strikes Again.” The venue: the fantastic TCL Chinese language Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard. The filmmaker: George Lucas, showing for a uncommon pre-show Q&A to debate the making of his “Star Wars” sequel and why he felt monetary — however not inventive — strain following up what was then probably the most commercially profitable movie in historical past.

    In a dialog with Turner Traditional Films host Ben Mankiewicz, Lucas defined that he by no means felt intimidated by the prospect of failing to stay as much as “Star Wars,” as a result of he had written the story for “Empire” lengthy earlier than the primary movie turned an sudden hit. “After I write, it’s like a blueprint — there’s not nice deal of element in it,” Lucas mentioned. “Because it turned out, once I obtained the ‘Star Wars’ script finished, there have been 180 pages. So I lower it into three elements and mentioned I’ll concentrate on the primary one, as a result of we’d by no means get sufficient cash to make the entire thing.”

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    Lucas credited Fox government Alan Ladd Jr. with giving “Star Wars” the inexperienced mild at a time when nobody — together with Lucas himself — knew precisely what the film was going to be. Ladd simply wished to be in enterprise with the man who had directed “American Graffiti,” which Lucas mentioned was probably the most worthwhile film ever made at that time in relation to its value. “It value $700,000 and it revamped 100 million. Alan Ladd mentioned, ‘You’re actually gifted. I wish to make a film with you.’ This by no means occurs.”

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    Lucas was decided to make all three of his “Star Wars” tales it doesn’t matter what, and negotiated a deal wherein he saved the sequel rights in order that he might produce “The Empire Strikes Again” and “Return of the Jedi” elsewhere if the primary film wasn’t profitable or Fox simply wasn’t occupied with persevering with the sequence. Lucas took a decrease payment than he would ordinarily have gotten as a filmmaker coming off of an enormous hit in change for the sequel and merchandising rights — a raffle that not solely allowed him to make the sequels on his personal phrases, however in the end made him a billionaire.

    “I mentioned, ‘I would like the rights for this stuff as a result of I’m going to make these motion pictures it doesn’t matter what occurs,’” Lucas mentioned. “‘And in addition to that, I would like the licensing.’ They mentioned, ‘What’s licensing?’” Lucas’ concept was to make use of merchandising to assist promote the films, with youngsters carrying “Star Wars” shirts that will assist unfold the phrase. “Fox was shocked when on the primary day the strains have been throughout the block. ‘The place’d these folks come from?’ As a result of they hadn’t actually run a marketing campaign.”

    Certainly, amazingly sufficient, nobody on the studio however Ladd actually believed within the film, which Lucas mentioned wasn’t uncommon for “Star Wars,” which even his buddies thought was an odd movie for him to be making. “I definitely didn’t suppose it was going to make any cash,” Lucas mentioned, however he added that when it did become profitable it put him in an uncommon place sustaining possession of the sequels. “I mentioned, I’m going to do it myself. I’m going to go to the financial institution, I’m going to get the cash.”

    Lucas self-financed “Empire,” with Fox staying on as a distributor, and that’s the place the true threat got here in — he wasn’t apprehensive concerning the film measuring as much as “Star Wars” creatively, however had it bombed financially he would have been ruined.

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    Fortunately, “The Empire Strikes Again” was an enormous hit in addition to an inventive success, one of many few sequels to a basic movie that’s generally agreed upon to be nearly as good as if not superior to its predecessor. The movie’s energy was on full show on the Chinese language Thursday night time, with a packed crowd (one which included a lot of Lucas’ directing friends, like his USC classmate Randal Kleiser, Joe Dante, John Landis, Ernest Dickerson, and Alexander Payne) enthralled by the spectacle, and audibly entertained by the sequel’s new characters like Yoda and Lando Calrissian.

    Mankiewicz wrapped the dialogue up by asking Lucas why Yoda “talks backwards,” and Lucas had a easy reply. “Yoda had a really distinctive method of talking, and that was finished purposely,” Lucas mentioned. “For those who’re talking common English, folks don’t pay attention that a lot. But when it’s exhausting to know what somebody is saying, folks concentrate on it. Yoda was principally the thinker of the film, and I had to determine a technique to get folks to truly pay attention to those lengthy speaking scenes, particularly 12-year olds.”

    Lucas concluded by speaking about how troublesome writing is, and what his pal and mentor Francis Coppola taught him concerning the significance of screenplay. “He mentioned, ‘Look, the primary draft’s gonna be horrible. You’re gonna wish to commit suicide. The second draft can be dangerous. The key to doing script is to rewrite, rewrite, rewrite. Don’t cease and say it’s ok. As a result of there’s nothing that’s ok.”

    The TCM Traditional Movie Pageant continues via Sunday with extra in-person appearances, together with Michelle Pfeiffer with “The Fabulous Baker Boys,” Rob Reiner with “Distress” and “The American President,” and Al Pacino and Michael Mann with “Warmth.”



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