Star Wars & George Lucas
After setting up the American Zoetrope film
production company with Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas's
first film, THX1138, didn't receive much attention, but his
second, American Graffiti, is now one of Hollywood's great
classics, and, riding high on the success of American Graffiti,
George Lucas began shooting the first Star Wars film and Hollywood
history was in the making...
Star Wars is a phenomenon, but it a phenomenon
that isn't surprising because the foundation for the success
is, first and foremost, George Lucas is a great writer. The
stories are excellent, and, as in all the work by George Lucas,
the characters are supremely well drawn. Strong characters
set in a great story is the recipe for a great film. If the
writer can also direct and bring the characters and story
to life on film, suddenly we have stuff of box-office dreams,
but if the great writer is equally as great a director and
one of cinemas greatest innovators, then magic happens...
And everyone of the Star Wars films is pure magic...
But George Lucas has weaved the magic twice
because he is also the creator of Indiana
Jones... The guy's a genius and I am genuinely in awe...
Tim Rees
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