Star Wars Appreciation

TheProgtologist wrote: Australian wrote: <P =Msonormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Depends how much the buyer is willing to pay. But you're right its a continuous way of making hundreds of millions of dollars a year without lifting a finger on his part. <?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN>     Also..one thing you have to understand is that no film studios or other companies have their claws in the SW franchise.Lucas owns it all,even 100% of all merchandising because none of the film studios thought the first movie was going to do any good,so they basically let him have it all.

And for this reason Lucas is my hero-- an original and independant thinker, and an entrepreneur in the truest sense.

    

Atavachron wrote: Anyone care to discuss the power of myth and how it deeply affected Lucas? Ancient fables, King Arthur, Tolkein, all of it.

There is an incredible documentary called Star Wars:Empire of Dreams(it was re-aired on A&E last night,I think),that goes into the power of myth and how it affected his story.There was one book in particular that deeply affected him and the story,I am going to drive myself crazy trying to think about it.It's on the tip of my tongue.

Besides myth he also got alot of inspiration from the old Republic serial movies of the 50's,war movies and westerns.You can clearly see those influences in the film.
    
    

Edited by TheProgtologist - November 27 2006 at 01:45

Atavachron wrote: Yes I saw it last night for the third time. Not sure but I think the book you mention was Joseph Campbell's 'The Power of Myth', though he wrote many others. Apparantly Lucas was Campbell's best pupil.

That's the one!!!!!

That show is probably the best SW documentary I have seen so far.I missed it last night but have seen it a couple of times before that.

I like when they show the screen tests for the first film.Kurt Russell as Han? William Katt as Luke?