"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine." -Ben Kenobi
Author's Purpose:
"The reason I'm making Star Wars is that I want to give young people some sort of faraway exotic environment for their imaginations to run around in, I have a strong feeling about interesting kids in space exploration. I want them to want it. I want them to get beyond the basic stupidities of the moment and think about colonizing Venus and Mars. And the only way it's going to happen is to have some dumb kid fantasize about it — to get his ray gun, jump in his ship and run off with this wooky into outer space. It's our only hope in a way." -George Lucas
About 1971, Lucas and his partner, Gary Kurtz, wanted to write a sci-fi movie unlike any other to-date. The other movies, and most of the other sci-fi books of the time, were based around dystopic futures and alien invasions. Lucas and Kurtz decided they wanted to make something more along the lines of a
"space opera".
Multiple studios turned down their screenplay until 20th Century Fox decided to take the gamble. Filming began in 1976 with a budget of 7.5 million dollars, although more funding was necessary and an additional 3.5 million dollars was given for production. Source
"space opera".
Multiple studios turned down their screenplay until 20th Century Fox decided to take the gamble. Filming began in 1976 with a budget of 7.5 million dollars, although more funding was necessary and an additional 3.5 million dollars was given for production. Source
Author to Character Comparison:
Aspects of George Lucas's life and personality can be found sprinkled throughout the book. Whether or not these correlations were intentional is unknown. One easy comparison is between George Lucas and Luke Skywalker. Both grew up on farms and had big dreams for the future.
Another notable instance is the relationship between Luke and Ben, which could be a subtle reference to George Lucas and his mentor, Francis Coppola
As far as who Lucas would be as a character in the Star Wars universe, Lucas has said multiple times that if he could become a character in Star Wars he would step into the shoes of
Jar-Jar Binks. As someone who is currently using the internet, I can only assume that you have moderate knowledge on the subject of Star Wars, and as such I'd expect that we now share the same opinion about who George Lucas is as a person.
Another notable instance is the relationship between Luke and Ben, which could be a subtle reference to George Lucas and his mentor, Francis Coppola
As far as who Lucas would be as a character in the Star Wars universe, Lucas has said multiple times that if he could become a character in Star Wars he would step into the shoes of
Jar-Jar Binks. As someone who is currently using the internet, I can only assume that you have moderate knowledge on the subject of Star Wars, and as such I'd expect that we now share the same opinion about who George Lucas is as a person.