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EjkoUSC
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Hyuck and Katz did Uncredited rewrites on Ep IV
Did anyone else hear that just prior to production, Gloria Katz & Willard Hyuck did some script doctoring on the script for Star Wars? Lucas mentioned in the annotated screenplay that he gave it to "some friends" to look at just prior to production. And in an interview i read with the husband/wife writing team then claimed they rewrote some of the dialogue to infuse it with more banter.
This would make sense since they rewrote American Graffiti for him and also wrote Temple of Doom. Surely they got paid, but the fact that they didn't get credit is not totally out of the ordinary if they were just making some superficial changes.
Nevertheless I think its safe to assume that alot of the quotes and exchanges we love between these characters would probably be credited to Katz and Hyuck. No way Lucas could have come up with...
"So whaddya think of her Han?"
"Trying not to kid."
"Good."
"Still. She's got a lot of spirit. I dont know, do you think a princess and a guy like me could..."
"No."
Its probably safe to say that ANY LINE you quote from the original Star Wars was written by them. They'd probably feel uncomfortable boasting that much of what we love was their contribution. Anyways, anyone else hear this? I wouldn't be surprised to see this fact presented in the new Making of Star Wars book.
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Apr 25th, 2007 05:13 PM |
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Alliance
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I dunno, I quote a hell of alot of lines from Star Wars...even the stupid ones, which have to be written by Lucas.
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Apr 26th, 2007 12:49 AM |
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queeq
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Apr 26th, 2007 06:45 AM |
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I'm under the opinion that more people had a rôle to play in those O.T. screenplays/scripts than are credited. I wouldn't go so far, however, as to say that one or two people were likely the progenitors of even most of the lines that we quote today.
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Apr 26th, 2007 11:35 PM |
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queeq
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Maybe. Maybe the new book will reveal all.
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Apr 27th, 2007 08:15 AM |
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EjkoUSC
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
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How many quotables do you find in the prequels? Stilted flat dialogue. Lucas was far less collaborative on those scripts. The only contributors to the prequel scripts were Jonathan Hales (ep II) and POSSIBLY Tom Stoppard (ep III). Lucas is not a great dialogue writer. Hes notoriously bad according to francis ford coppola, Harrison Ford, himself etc. His lines are virtually un-sayable (see: prequels). Katz and Huyck and Kasdan were there to make it easier on the eyes. Lucas just doesn't write those great exchanges between characters. Those little things that havent anything to do with plot. Those are my personal favorites.
But yeah Lucas probably wrote the line "may the force be with you". Im just saying if you laughed at all, it probably wasnt him.
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Apr 27th, 2007 06:23 PM |
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queeq
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He did. He borrowed it from the Bible though.
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May 1st, 2007 03:42 PM |
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This was talked about in SKYWALKING, Lucas' autobio which came out in the mid-1980's. Old news.
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Aug 21st, 2007 06:23 PM |
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General G
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Missed that.
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Aug 21st, 2007 10:05 PM |
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queeq
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Get The Making of SW... it's in there too.
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Aug 22nd, 2007 12:51 PM |
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General G
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Expensive...
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Aug 22nd, 2007 05:10 PM |
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queeq
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But great.
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Aug 23rd, 2007 06:36 AM |
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General G
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I will wait until the book store runs out of copies, then I can order one, they are less expensive that way.
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Aug 23rd, 2007 12:51 PM |
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queeq
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Cheapskate
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Aug 25th, 2007 08:29 PM |
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General G
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Yup.
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Aug 26th, 2007 10:07 PM |
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queeq
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Lame.
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Aug 27th, 2007 07:13 AM |
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General G
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I am not ashamed.
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Aug 27th, 2007 01:39 PM |
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queeq
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You should be.
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Sep 10th, 2007 11:41 AM |
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General G
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But I'm not.
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Sep 11th, 2007 01:08 AM |
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queeq
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You should be.
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