Lucas Quotes From Vanity Fair - Possible Spoilers
I wasn't able to get ahold of the mag itself but a mate of mine sent over some highlights for me that I thought I'd share. (to be honest I'm not even sure if it's out yet (been a busy few weeks!) It does contain some 'possible' spoilers so beware.
anyway here goes(spoiler tags):
Spoiler:
(About EP3 ROTS) It's the missing link. Once it's there it's a complete
work, and I'm proud of theat. I do see it, tonality wise, as two
trilogies. But they do, together, form one epic of fathers and sons.I'm not a great writer. I'm trying to tell a story using cinema, not
trying to write a great script. I use the script as a blue print.(on the Films Rating)I don't really mind a PG-13.
(About Anakins Birth) It was a virgin birth in an
ecosystem of symbiotic relationships. It means that between the Force,
which is sort of a life force, and reality, the connectors between
these two things are what we call midichlorians. They're kind of based
on mitochondria, which are a completely different species, a different
animal, that live inside every single cell and allow it to live, allow
it to repoduce, allow life to exist. They also, in their own way,
communicate with the Force itself. The more you have, the more your
cells are able to speak intuitively to the Force itself and use the
powers of the force. Ultimatly, I would say the Force itself created
Anakin.(about Hyden's acting in AOTC) Poor Hayden. His perfomance is great. They just
don't like the character.(About Anakin) You basically get somebody who's going to make a
pact with the Devil, a pact that says 'I want the power to save
somebody from death. I want to be able to stop them from going to the
river Styx, and I need a god for that, but the gods won't do it, so I'm
going to go down to Hades and get the Dark Lord to allow me to have
this power that will allow me to save the very person I want to hang on
to.'
Anakin, as Skywalker, as a human being, was going to be extremely
powerful. But he ended up losing his arms and a leg and became partly
a robot. So a lot of his ability to use the Force, alot of his powers,
are curbed at this point, because, as a living form, there's not that
much of him left.
So his ability to be twice as good as the Emperor disappeared, and now
he's maybe 20 percent less than the Emperor.
So that isn't what the Emperor had in mind. He wanted this really
super guy, but that got derailed by Obi-Wan. So he finds that, with
Luke, he can get a more primo version if he can turn Luke to the Dark
Side.(About Vader) You learn that Vader isn't this monster. He's a pathetic
individual who made a pact with the Devil and lost. And he's trapped.
He's a sad, pathetic character, not an evil big monster.
Wayne...