{"id":114,"date":"2005-05-18T18:42:26","date_gmt":"2005-05-18T21:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=114"},"modified":"2005-05-18T18:42:43","modified_gmt":"2005-05-18T21:42:43","slug":"if-david-lynch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoogervorst.ca\/arthur\/?p=114","title":{"rendered":"If David Lynch…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I<\/span>f David Lynch had directed ‘Return of The Jedi’, would we have seen a different ‘Star Wars’<\/a>?\n<\/p>\n

I wasn’t aware of this fact nugget: that indeed he was asked by Lucas to direct ‘Return of the Jedi’<\/a>. Lynch’s comment on his refusal to be part of Star Wars:\n<\/p>\n

  “Because it was George Lucas’ film. He had already designed these little–bears; he had already done all this stuff. I didn’t understand why he wanted another director to come in. It would really be George’s puppet on a string and I couldn’t see what my value would be. So it was very friendly. I was flattered that George even wanted me to. But I think he should direct those himself. They’re his things.”\n<\/p>\n

We may have ended with better dialogues, as Roger Ebert<\/a> finds out (once again) in his review of ‘Sith’ (most of it positive):\n<\/p>\n

 “To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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