![]() ![]() ![]() So Lucas decided to craft a serial adventure of his own, set in space against the backdrop of civil war. The quick and dirty version of the film’s history is that George Lucas tried to buy the rights to Flash Gordon in the early 70s in order to fulfill a dream of treating his B-movie childhood hero like serious art, but he was unable to strike a deal. ![]() Now a billion-dollar industry unto itself, Star Wars began life as an indie film that tricked a studio into financing it. That’s 40 years and 4,000 miles away from where all of this began, with a writer/director struggling with technical problems in a far-off desert country on the ballooning budget of a passion project starring mostly unknown actors. After a $4 billion Disney deal, 87 different trailers, and over a year of hype, Star Wars: The Force Awakens premieres worldwide this week after a red-carpet frenzy. ![]()
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