Ghost Power

Killing Obi-Wan in ANH was Lucas' wifes idea.

If there are ghosts in AOTC then I don't think they'll be the same type as in the OT.

err, no, the ghost idea was alec guinesses he wanted ob1 to be more mystical and so vader killing him was alec's idea.

I've heard a dozen ideas about whose idea it was to do the ghost thing. I remain unconvinced by any,

Yerssot- no, the RPG is not in the slightest bit better than speculation. What it syas is no more authoiritativemthan any idea that you and I come up with and want to say is official. It's an opinion, nothing more.

The DVD has some vague clues, more stuff for speculation. Lucas kept hammering on how he likes cycles, that everything repeats itself.
Well, another repetition is that the mentor dies in the first episode. OB1 in ANH and QGJ in TPM. So maybe, just maybe, it's QGJ that discovers the ghostlike shape..... Who knows. After hearing GL taking about endless repetition and cycles between the PT and the OT, it doesn't sound TOO unlikely QGJ is to appear as a ghost.

Sand Person it was Lucas' wifes idea to kill Obi-Wan and have him as a ghost. Lucas has said that, his ex wife has said it, the ANH producers said it, the other writers said it.

But Alec Guiness didn't. He said it was his idea. This thing has never been conclusive.

Doesn't really matter though. GL did decide to let him die because he had no real purpose for him anymore.

That I think all agree on. And then in turn he invented Yoda because he needed a Jedi back in business for ESB.

Good invention.

I have a Star Wars documentry on tape from the early 1990's and Lucas said it was his wifes idea. He says something about needing to have Obi-Wan help Luke during the Death Star battle. Then it cuts to the other two writers who say his wifes idea made more sense because it added more depth to Obi-Wan and the Force.

But I think we're talking about two different things here. It was Lucas wifes idea to kill Obi-Wan and have him "speak" to Luke from beyond. And at that time it was okay for him to kill Obi-Wan off because he didn't know if he was going to make the other two.

We don't see Obi-Wan as a ghost until ESB.

where he was needed to sent Luke to Dagobah, convincing him with a ghost-appearance

I'm pretty sure GL came up with the ghost long before starting to film ESB. Why else contract Guinness again.

darn it!
don't know

I think he had the idea but he wasn't sure if he really wanted to go with it for a long time..He doesn't like to make decisions like that I think.

True, he makes one movie at a time.

not true, he already taped a scene in Marrocco for Tatooine in EpIII

Also true, but he still had the bulk of the script to write.

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not on tatooine again, for a such a small insignificant planet it doesn't half play an important role in the chosen ones life.

nah, he lifed there, got back, his son was there and the life of his son was played their.