Lucas Biographer: The New Trilogy is Most Exciting!
Only two days since the big news, more interesting facts appear.
Lucas biographer Dale Pollock shared some interesting bits about the initial idea of the SW saga.
“It was originally a 12-part saga. The three most exciting stories were 7, 8 and 9. They had propulsive action, really interesting new worlds, new characters. I remember thinking, ‘I want to see these 3 movies.” The prequel trilogy on the other hand was dreadful. I think they’re horrible. For me, the first one is the worst. Maybe the second prequel is better one. I didn’t like the third one at all. When he did the three prequels, he was in a Lucas vacuum. No one saw the scripts [in advance], they were dreadful screenplays. I thought they seemed dry. They were medieval in terms of court intrigue. And it was a weird way to start out the story.”
About the new sequel trilogy, Pollock revealed that they take place approximately 20 years after the events of the original trilogy. This places Luke Skywalker in his late 30s or early to mid-40s. According to Pollock, Lucas’ outlines will be an essential foundation of the upcoming trilogy – “Writers will absolutely take his outline. That’s in part what Disney bought.”
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