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'Star Wars': George Lucas's 1981 prequel outline revealed
3 hours ago | Digital Spy | See recent Digital Spy - Movie News news »
George Lucas's 1981 outline for the Star Wars prequels has been revealed.
The original plans for the prequels, which did not feature Anakin as a child, have been made public for the first time in a preview of Jw Rinzler's upcoming The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
"Well, anyway, Luke's father gets subverted by the Emperor," said Lucas in the transcript published by The Huffington Post. "He gets a little weird at home and his wife begins to figure out that things are going wrong and she confides in Ben, who is his mentor.
"On his missions through the galaxies, Anakin has been going off doing his Jedi thing and a lot of Jedi have been getting killed - and it's because they turn their back on him and he cuts them down.
"The president is turning into an Emperor and Luke's mother suspects that something has happened to her husband. »
Return Of The Jedi 30th Anniversary Doc by Kyle Newman
16 hours ago | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
This Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi. To help celebrate the occasion, Fanboys director Kyle Newman made a great short documentary called The Return of Return of the Jedi: 30 Years and Counting. It includes interviews with Seth Green, Kevin Smith, Chris Hardwick, Jaime King, Topher Grace, Fall Out Boy, Eli Roth, and Jason Mewes.
Return of the Jedi was the one Star Wars film I got to see on the big screen when it was originally released. I remember going to the local Drive-In theater with my parents, and I remember how much I loved it! That's one of my earliest movie going experiences that I remember.
Check out the fun documentary for yourself over on Entertainment Weekly. They don't have an embeddable video at the moment. When you're done watching, let us know about your first experience with Return of the Jedi! »
- Joey Paur
Jon Favreau Directs 'Destiny' Ad For Bungie
17 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
Jon Favreau directed a partially live-action ad for Bungie's follow-up to the "Halo" series, "Destiny." It's really cool, and we haven't even mentioned the cameo from Giancarlo "Gus Fring" Esposito.
Also, lots and lots of "Return of the Jedi" stuff in today's Dailies!
» Check out these early "Return of the Jedi" returns from a 1980s fan magazine. [Huffington Post]
» Jon Favreau directs live-action "Destiny" ad [Variety]
» "Return of the Jedi" documentary [Entertainment Weekly]
» 4-year-old knows her Marvel trivia! [Cbr]
» "Rush" trailer [/Film]
Welcome to the Dailies, where the MTV Movies team runs down all the film and television news, odds and ends that are fit to print! From awesome fan art to obscure casting news, this is your place to feast on all the movie leftovers you didn't know you were hungry for.
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- Kevin P. Sullivan
'Return of the Jedi' Doc Short & 'Star Wars' Prequel Notes from 1981
17 hours ago | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Though many Star Wars fans probably are aware, maybe there are some out there who don't know that this year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Return of the Jedi, the conclusion of the original Star Wars trilogy. It seems fitting to celebrate the film when a continuation of the space saga is coming with Star Wars: Episode VII, directed by J.J. Abrams. And so Entertainment Weekly commissioned Fanboys director Kyle Newman to gather up some talking heads of fellow Star Wars fans like Kevin Smith, Chris Hardwick, Topher Grace and many more to talk about their feelings about the film on this anniversary. Click the image below to watch The Return of Return of the Jedi: 30 Years and Counting from EW: Plus, another interesting tidbit tied to the third part of George Lucas' original trilogy was just revealed. First of all, for those who don't know, »
- Ethan Anderton
Here's How George Lucas Revealed 'Star Wars' Prequel Plans Back in 1981
19 hours ago | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
There are all kinds of fascinating stories about how Star Wars was created, including entire books devoted to individual films in the series. A new one, chronicling how Return of the Jedi came into existence, is due out this October from author J.W. Rinzler. In anticipation of that big event, The Huffington Post snagged a very cool excerpt from the upcoming tome – one wherein George Lucas essentially lays out the roadmap for the prequels. That’s not too mindblowing – until you realize that Lucas did this during a story conference held back in 1981, meaning he had this stuff planned out almost two decades before the movies came into existence. There’s a bit of skepticism about this in some corners, and we understand why. Given Lucas’ penchant for...
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- Mike Bracken
Ewok Infographic: Learn All About The Creatures For 'Return Of The Jedi' Anniversary
21 hours ago | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of "Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi" (May 25th), we are celebrating all things Ewok. For those readers new to the "Star Wars" universe, the Ewoks are tiny tree-dwelling creatures who assist in the film's climactic battle between the good guys (the Rebel Alliance) and bad guys (the Empire) — on the good side, of course.
As a part of our celebration, the folks at Next Movie put together a handy infographic that can function as your quick guide to Ewoks.
Check it out after the jump!
The most prominent Ewok in "Jedi" is Wicket W. Warrick, played by a then-eleven-year-old Warwick Davis. Davis, who has also appeared in the "Harry Potter" films as Griphook and Professor Flitwick, worked with "Star Wars" creator George Lucas again on the 1988 film "Willow" and spoke with MTV News earlier this year, before the Blu-ray release of that film. »
- Tami Katzoff
Read Leonard Nimoy's Angry Letter About Spock's Death
22 hours ago | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"No, there is another." This one line spoken by Yoda during "The Empire Strikes Back" set off three years of speculation before it was revealed in "Return of the Jedi" that Leia was Luke Skywalker's twin sister and, therefore, the "other" hope to defeat the Dark Side. Yet there was no Internet to post every hare-brained theory like there is today, so where did self-respecting nerds go for their dose of rumors? There's where the great "Starlog" magazine came in.
J.W. Rinzler's wonderful "The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" (to be released Oct. 1) recounts a disagreement between George Lucas and his collaborators over Luke Skywalker's new lightsaber -- basically, "how did he get it?" In the end, Lucas shrugged off the need an explanation, pointing out that the worst that could happen is that someone would write a letter to "Starlog."
Back in December, I went »
- Mike Ryan
Say What? 1981 'Star Wars' Talks Reveal Yoda Didn't Fight and Padme Lived!
23 hours ago | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Reverberations are still being felt in the geekosphere from an auspicious meeting of the minds that took place at George Lucas' Park Way house in San Anselmo, California in July of 1981, when he, director Richard Marquand, screenwriter Lawrence Kasdan and producer Howard Kazanjian held court for a "Return of the Jedi" story conference.
With J.W. Rinzler's exhaustive "The Making of Return of the Jedi" hitting bookshelves in October, Huffington Post got ahold of a tantalizing transcript of said 1981 meeting included in the book, which fans will surely line up for once they hear how closely Lucas stuck to his guns on the Skywalker backstory… as well as the nutty ideas that changed before cameras rolled on the prequels.
"Anakin gets worse and worse," Lucas explained to his team, according to the transcript, "and finally Ben has to fight him and he throws him down into a volcano and Vader is all beat up. »
- Max Evry
Read George Lucas' Original Plan For The Star Wars Prequels Back In 1981
23 hours ago | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
A book promo for J.W. Rinzler's upcoming The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi reveals a transcript of George Lucas’ 1980s story conference with Star Wars alums Richard Marquand, Lawrence Kasdan, and Howard Kazanjian. The outline is basically Lucas' original idea for a series of Star Wars prequel films, and while the overall character arcs for Anakin and Obi Wan are pretty much the same and they both end up where they did in the movies we got, how they get there is a little different. Might the prequels have been stronger if Lucas had stuck to his original plan? Have a read and sound off in the usual place. “Well, anyway, Luke’s father gets subverted by the Emperor. He gets a little weird at home and his wife begins to figure out that things are going wrong and she confides in Ben, who is his mentor. »
Video: Kevin Smith, Eli Roth, Jaime King & More Discuss The Return Of The Jedi
23 May 2013 4:49 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
This is a must watch for Star Wars fans. Entertainment Weekly and Kyle Newman have put together a very interesting short called The Return Of The Jedi: 30 Years And Counting, which brings together some of the geek elite (such as Kevin Smith, Sam Witwer, Seth Green, Chris Hardwick, Jaime King, Topher Grace, Fall Out Boy, Eli Roth, Jason Mewes and others) to talk about the polarizing third film in the original trilogy as its 30th anniversary draws near. Everything from Slave Leah, to Lando's really crappy disguise, to those damn Ewoks is covered. No embed unfortunately, so click on the image below to watch. Follow @RorMachine !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', »
This George Lucas conference call from 1981 shows how far back the prequel stories were in development
23 May 2013 4:27 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
It is crazy to think that this year mark's the 30th anniversary of Return Of The Jedi, the lone Star Wars original trilogy film released during my lifetime. Man, I feel old. Introducing the original trilogy to my kids was a moment I will never forget. I still love revisiting the films and learning all sort of new tidbits about them. With that in mind, this October will show the release of J.W. Rinzler's "The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" which follows his massive »
- Alex Maidy
Returning to 'Jedi': Ewok down memory lane with Kevin Smith, Seth Green, Chris Hardwick, Eli Roth -- Video
22 May 2013 9:01 PM, PDT | EW - Inside Movies | See recent EW.com - Inside Movies news »
EW approached filmmaker Kyle Newman (Fanboys) with a simple proposition: Will you make us a short film that collects famous voices talking about Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi and their feelings about the film as it reaches its 30th anniversary?After sweet-talking him with promises of no money and too-little time, we mentioned that he was our only hope and, weirdly, that worked. The result is The Return of Return of the Jedi: 30 Years and Counting, which shows elite geeks — among them Kevin Smith, Seth Green, Chris Hardwick, Jaime King, Topher Grace, Fall Out Boy, Eli Roth, »
- Geoff Boucher
1981 Star Wars Prequel Map - Lucas' Different Take on The Universe
22 May 2013 2:10 PM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
Here's some cool behind the scenes Star Wars information that you might want to know! Back in 1981, George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, Richard Marquand, and Howard Kazanjian mapped out the Star Wars prequel story and the fall of Anakin Skywalker during a story conference for what was then titled Revenge of the Jedi.
Return of the Jedi turns 30 years old soon, and a transcript from that meeting was posted on the Huffington Post, which is an excerpt from J.W. Rinzler's upcoming book The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
There's a lot of great little details here. There's stuff we saw brought to life in the prequels and other things that ended up being changed. For example, Lucas goes through and breaks down the relationship between the Emperor and Vader, which is essentially beat-for-beat from what we saw in the prequels.
He also explains how Yoda is not »
- Joey Paur
'Return Of The Jedi' 1981 Story Conference Teases Prequel Storylines, Suggests Yoda Shouldn't Fight
22 May 2013 10:52 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
A new book, "The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi" by J.W. Rinzler, is hitting shelves just in time for the 30th anniversary of "Episode VI," and in the lead-up to the book's release, the Huffington Post has posted a fascinating excerpt.
The passage comes from a transcript taken from a 1981 story meeting held by George Lucas, Lawrence Kasdan, director Richard Marquand and producer Howard Kazanjian. During the conversation, Lucas fills in the backstory of Darth Vader in order to help the rest of the team craft an appropriate ending for the fallen Jedi.
What's so interesting about the conversation is how closely it matches the story from the prequel films, decades before they reached theaters, and how Lucas' explanation differs in other respect. For example, Lucas breaks down the relationship between the Emperor and Vader, essentially beat-for-beat from the prequels, but he explains how Yoda »
- Kevin P. Sullivan
Thanks 'Star Wars' For These 30 Things
22 May 2013 9:24 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
This Saturday, "Star Wars VI: Return Of The Jedi," the capstone of George Lucas' original trilogy, turns 30. Not only does this mean you're old, it means it's time to consider precisely 30 things Lucas and his wildly successful franchise introduced into the world. Some (incest kiss) aren't too popular; others are downright magical. But they're all here thanks to one man and his crazy, mad expensive, dream. Time to scroll, like those revolutionary opening credits.
1. Crowd pleasing science-fiction. Big budget sci-fi movies before "Star Wars” tended to be apocalyptic, along the lines of "Planet of the Apes," or "Soylent Green". Lucas didn't eradicate that genre entirely, but he made room for a new one. In a matter of a few years after "Star Wars," we got not only "Alien" and "Blade Runner," but the significantly kinder world of “E.T.”
2. A "used future." Film scholars credit George Lucas for pioneering the »
- The Huffington Post
The Secret 1981 Meeting That Led To Four 'Star Wars' Movies
22 May 2013 7:42 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
On May 25, the third film in the original Star Wars trilogy, "Return of the Jedi," will turn 30 years old. To celebrate, HuffPost Entertainment is publishing this exclusive excerpt from J.W. Rinzler's excellent "The Making of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi," due to be released on October 1.
Die-hard "Star Wars" fans should appreciate this transcript of a July 1981 story conference for the franchise's third installment, then titled "Revenge of the Jedi." In attendance were series creator George Lucas, writer Lawrence Kasdan, director Richard Marquand and producer Howard Kazanjian.
To give the others a better idea of who Darth Vader is, George Lucas maps out the character's pre-Dark Side life as Anakin Skywalker. Lucas' words here, in 1981, offer a startlingly accurate preview of what would eventually become the "Star Wars" prequels, released between 1999 and 2005. And yet there are notable exceptions, as well. For instance, Lucas compares The Force to »
- The Huffington Post
'Return of the Jedi': 25 Things You Didn't Know About the Original 'Star Wars' Trilogy Finale
21 May 2013 12:09 PM, PDT | Moviefone | See recent Moviefone news »
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away... well, Ok, 30 years ago (on May 25, 1983) in our own galaxy, came the theatrical release of "Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi." The installment triumphantly wrapped up the "Star Wars" saga for all time. Or so we thought. Little did we know that the movie's cuddly-but-ferocious Ewoks would soon spawn a cottage industry of spinoffs, or that we'd be getting a trilogy of "Star Wars" prequels in another 16 years, and "Jedi" sequels another 15 years after that ("Episode VII" is due in 2014). Nor did we know, at the time, how close "Jedi" came to being an art-house film (judging by the directors whom "Star Wars" guru George Lucas initially asked to take the helm), or how close we came to losing Han Solo (Harrison Ford), or many of the other secrets of "jedi," which you can read below. 1. David Lynch »
- Gary Susman
Did Harrison Ford Hate 'Return Of The Jedi'? Exclusive Look At 'The Making Of Return Of The Jedi'
21 May 2013 7:02 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"Return of the Jedi," the third film in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, was released on May 25, 1983. Lucasfilm, the production company founded by "Star Wars" creator George Lucas, is celebrating the film's 30th anniversary with a new book documenting the making of "Jedi." ("Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back" already have books of their own.) "The Making of Return of the Jedi" won't come out until Oct. 1, but HuffPost Entertainment will have an exclusive excerpt later this week in time for the official anniversary on Saturday.
In the meantime, we present the very first look at the book's trailer, above, as well as an interview with the book's author, J.W. Rinzler. Ahead, Rinzler's best quotes on topics ranging from Harrison Ford's Han Solo death wish to the rumors of rampant, behind-closed-doors Ewok sex.
On sex among the actors who played Ewoks:
I don't know how much »
- The Huffington Post
Star Wars Rebels Animated Series Plots 2014 Debut on Disney Xd
20 May 2013 9:00 PM, PDT | TheHDRoom | See recent TheHDRoom news »
If you recognized numerous familiar faces and names from the original Star Wars trilogy scattered throughout Lucasfilm's animated television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, you haven't seen anything yet. The time will be coming for the Rebellion to assemble and fight back against the Empire on the small screen.
Disney and Lucasfilm have revealed the next animated Star Wars series will be titled Star Wars Rebels. As the name implies, it will be set between the events of Revenge of the Sith that saw the Empire and Darth Vader come to be, and A New Hope in which Luke Skywalker began his heroic journey from farm boy to savior of the Galaxy. This is a time period that has not yet been explored in the Star Wars mythos on the big or small screen, one in which Darth Vader leads the Empire to rule the Galaxy with an iron »
Star Wars 7 Casting: Jonathan Rhys Meyers First New Name to Pop Up!
20 May 2013 5:32 PM, PDT | E! Online | See recent E! Online news »
Well, Jonathan Rhys Meyers is familiar with Roman numerals... The Irish actor, who cut his dastardly teeth playing King Henry VIII on The Tudors, is reportedly at the top of J.J. Abrams' wish list of new faces for Star Wars Episode VII, currently in the early stages of production at Disney. A new face, that is, as in he wouldn't be one of the franchise-familiar faces of Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher or Mark Hamill, all of whom are said to be involved with the next installment of the franchise, which will pick up after the events in The Return of the Jedi. There's no word yet on what Episode VII will be about, much less word on what role Rhys Meyers would »
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