To produce six films with two trilogies

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To produce six films with two trilogies
Original trilogy (Episode IV-VI)
Original Trilogy (Episode IV-VI)
Prequel Trilogy (Episode I-III)
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George Walton Lucas, Jr.

• Writer
• Producer
• - (Lucasfilm)
• Director

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• Star wars - silly idea
• Rejected by Universal Studios and every single
  studio in Hollywood
  
• Accepted by 20th Century Fox with 11 million
  budget to release Episode IV- A New Hope (May
  1977)
  

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• No time limit to release all 6 episodes
• But allocate 3 years for each Star Wars film
• 1974 Start writing the
  Original Trilogy
  
• 1997,1980,1983 Original Trilogy release
• 1984-1993 Lucas stop producing Star
  Wars
  
• 1994 Start writing the Prequel
  Trilogy
  
• 1999,2002,2005 Prequel Trilogy release

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1980
2005
1999
1983
1977
2002
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• 20th Century Fox
• Lucasfilm
• (1995)-signed a deal for the movie ties-in
  related to Prequel Trilogy with
  
• Pepsico (Pepsi, Pizza Hut, KFC, Taco Bell and
  Frito Lay)

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• Episode IV-A New Hope (1977) - over time limit
• Expected release date December 1976
• Actual release date May 1977
• Problems with effects work, editing and shooting
• Episode V-Empire Strikes Back (1980) - budget
  overruns
  
• Original budget 18 million
• Actual Budget up to 30 million
• Not directed by Lucas but by Irvin Kershner

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• Motion picture Box Office
• Toys
• Home video
• Video games
• Publishing

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• Luke Skywalker name based on Lucas nickname.
• Star wars original title was The Adventure of
  Luke Starkiller
  
• Lucas and Fox
• Lucas was not asking for money, but control
• the right to the final cut of the film
• 40 of the net box-office gross
• all rights to future sequels and ownership of
  all the merchandising rights associated with Star
  Wars.

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references

• http//www.jitterbug.com/origins/lucas_myth.html
• http//www.starwars.com
• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_wars
• http//www.supershadow.com
• http//www.forbes.com/business/2005/05/16/starwars
  land.html