User:Drewton/George Lucas interview

April 3, 2005

6:21 p.m.

It's an honor to have you with us, Mr. Lucas. Thanks, it's, uh, an honor for you to be here too. Fans of Star Wars are dying to know what will happen in the third installment of the series, Revenge of the Sith. Can you tell us a bit about that? '''It is...very, very, very, very, very dark. Ultimately, the story is about Yoda and Obi-Wan. And Pamde and Anakin. Those four characters. It's a tragedy. But I've given the bad guys' droids some silly voices for comic relief. The disappearing Jedi issue will be resolved. And the Jedi who has been hiding Kamino from the Jedi will be revealed.''' Can you hint at Anakin's reasons for becoming the man in the black suit we all know? '''Well, uh, I think Rick leaked most of the info for that. But the scene where Anakin does actually become Vader is pretty good. I mean, I like it. It's a little in the vocabulary of…I don't know how much I want to give away…but it's in the vocabulary of a time - of the 1930s and 1940s. It's a pretty neat little thing, I think, and hopefully it's going to work. So at least Darth Vader is in Episode III. Only for two minutes, but he's in it.''' How much action is in this one compared to the others? '''The first hour of the film is all fighting. The last hour of the film is all fighting. The middle is the gushy stuff.''' So, what's next for the Star Wars franchise? '''Well, I think they were doing some books and a few silly comics about the Clone Wars, the time between Episodes II and III, but those were all really, really silly. They did them all wrong. And that cartoon was on a few years ago was...better, but really, a TV series in name only. And the future of, uh, everything, is television. Soon, there will be no more movies. No more theaters. And, hopefully, no more actors who never understand what I tell them to do. That's the future, that and computers. I think I'm going to go back to that pivotal time and make a TV series. A real one, this time. It's going to be really, really, really, dark. Like, it could have a PG-13 rating. So we'll have to, uh, give Anakin a Padawan for the kiddies. There's a guy who really likes some Jedi who dies in this one who I might give it to, because he's good with kids. He's a fan of Jar Jar, too, which is always a big plus. He's a tragic character, you know, and no one understands him. Not even me. I might make him a General, too...the Gungan General. Sounds catchy. There's some character who I heard about called Mara Jade from the books which I might decide to use, too. It's important that we always give everything a fresh feel, ignoring everything that came before. It's going to be great.''' What are your thoughts on the so-called "expanded universe" of Star Wars? '''You know, I don't really know much about it. All I really can remember right now is that Luke had a son. But from what I've seen, everything is silly, silly. Rick told me one time about some guy named Faun - what the hell are Fauns doing in Star Wars - and he's now leading the Empire, ten years after the originals. The Empire still exists ten years after the originals?! I mean, that ruins the happy ending in the last one, with all the bears dancing. I'll speak to Leeland Chee tomorrow about killing him off in the next special edition. The one after we're just rereleasing them with no changes whatsoever. And none of the stories after Return of the Jedi really happened, either, because Anakin's story ended there. That's why it's great going back to the Clone Wars and being able to focus on other characters.''' Will you be directing anything after the final installment of Star Wars is complete? '''Well, there's an Indiana Jones movie that my friend Steven wants me to do, but then I go on to television. I might try to, you know, help some aspriing...people. We live in a revolutionary time right now. Soon everything will be done by computers. That's the future. While working on the new Clone Wars series with Dave, I realized...we don't need a script! I mean, that's what the old days are for. Those things are as old as, uh, fireplaces. I'll have the animators animate some stuff, and maybe we'll add some dialogue.''' Well, it's been good speaking with you, George. Thank you, I know.