ANAKIN RETURNS FROM THE DEAD: GEORGE LUCAS’ ORIGINAL SCRIPT

Star Wars Theory

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🗓️ 2 June 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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George Lucas’ original Return of the Jedi script had a different ending. Listen as we open up this original script and discover George’s original plan to bring Anakin back from the dead. This is a very interesting idea and it would have changed things quite a bit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	If you would be long, man, if you would join us.
0:06.2	Within one semester, I was completely hooked.
0:08.2	I mean, this film was my life.
0:10.2	Suddenly, cars were not important to me.
0:12.2	Nothing was important to me except film.
0:14.0	Because I got in there and I realized I knew what I was doing.
0:16.4	It was like I was at home.
0:18.5	And it's the most wonderful feeling in the world.
0:21.0	The best feeling in the world is to be able to discover yourself, discover what it is you're
0:26.0	good at and that you feel comfortable with and that you enjoy doing.
0:29.2	And no matter what it is, if you stay there, you're going to be happy.
0:32.3	You know, and eventually you'll make a living now.
0:36.2	Hey guys, welcome back to my Star Wars Theory Podcast.
0:41.2	Today we are going to talk about a very cool alternate script that George Lucas had for
0:44.8	Return of the Jedi.
0:46.2	One of the remarkable things about George is his ability to open ideas and look at them
0:50.4	from different angles.
0:52.1	It's quite a testament to his process to find the best ingredients for a scene or a character.
0:57.2	This is what you see with his work are pieces of a lot of different ideas that are used
1:01.2	together in some way, shape or form for the final production.
1:04.6	It's almost like a quilt of great ideas.
1:07.8	Bits and pieces put together to find a hole.
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