A long time ago in a city far, far away, a young director with several films under his belt

had an idea for a movie. His idea was to create a modern version of an old space adventure

film like Flash Gordon. He wrote a story that would cover several films, negotiated a groundbreaking

contract, and in the process, completely change the film industry.

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I've previously done episodes on movies that were groundbreaking and had fascinating production

stories, such as Citizen Kane and The Godfather. Star Wars most definitely qualifies as such a

movie. The story of Star Wars begins in the early 70s with George Lucas. Lucas was an up-and-coming

filmmaker. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in

1967, where he made experimental short films such as Electronic

Labyrinth, THX-1138-4EB. That film was later turned into the studio film, THX-1138, starring Robert

Duval and Donald Pleasance, which wasn't that successful at the box office. He did find success with American Graffiti in 1973, a coming-of-age film set in the early 1960s,

which became a box office hit, earning multiple Academy Award nominations,

and established Lucas as a major young filmmaker in Hollywood.

After the success of American graffiti, Lucas originally wanted to make a modern retelling

of the Flash Gordon serials that he had loved as a child.

But when he failed to secure the rights to Flash Gordon, he set out to create his own

space fantasy.

He drew inspiration from a wide variety of sources, Joseph Campbell's ideas on myth and the hero's journey from The Hero with a Thousand Faces.

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