This nickname doesn’t deceive: Marcia Lucas was married to George Lucas between 1969 and 1983.
But she was also one of its major contributors, having written several books and documentaries, including How Star Wars Was Saved by the Editor. [Como ‘Star Wars’ foi salvo na sala de montagem]to show how he played a pivotal role in transforming the crude version of George Lucas’ 1977 film into what is now known to millions of fans.
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Profanity suggests that the director did not do anything as well as when he was married to Marcia Lucas, who edited his first film, American Graffiti: Nova Geração (1973), which won the Academy Award for Best mounting. Star Wars and was featured in the sequels The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983).
With such authority, Marcia Lucas revealed that she was “pissed off” by the latest films, which made her realize that producer Kathleen Kennedy and director and screenwriter JJ Abrams “don’t understand” the Star Wars phenomenon.
“I like Kathleen. I always liked her. She was very smart and brilliant. A really wonderful woman. […] Now that she runs Lucasfilm and makes films, it seems to me that Katie Kennedy and JJ Abrams have no idea what Star Wars is. They don’t understand it, ”he explains in an interview for Howard Kazanjian: The Life of a Producer by the late Star Wars historian J. W. Rinzler, whose excerpts have gone viral on social networks over the past few hours.
The power awakens
The reviews went even further: “And JJ Abrams writes these stories. When I saw this movie [‘O Despertar da Força’, 2015] when they killed Han Solo, I was furious. I was furious that they killed Han Solo. […] There was no reason for this. I thought, “You don’t understand Jedi history. You don’t understand the magic of Star Wars. Are you getting rid of Han Solo? And then, at the end of this last [a entrevista foi feita após ‘Os Últimos Jedi’, de 2017, e antes de ‘A Ascensão de Skywalker’, de 2019]decompose Luke. They killed Han Solo. They killed Luke Skywalker. And they no longer have Princess Leia. And they drop films every year. “
“And they consider it important to attract a female audience, so now their main character is this woman. [Rey]who supposedly possesses Jedi powers, but we do not know where she got Jedi powers or who she is. It sucks. The stories are bad. Just awful. Horrible. You can quote me – “JJ Abrams, Katie Kennedy – talk to me,” he concludes.
Phantom menace
Elsewhere in the book, Marcia Lucas talks about the devastating reaction she experienced when she saw Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), the first film in George Lucas’s prequels, which she describes as “in her”. heart and soul, a good person and a talented director. I would like him to continue making other films. “
“I remember going to the parking lot, sitting in the car and crying. I cried. [George Lucas] had such a rich vein to extract, rich palette to tell stories […] There were things I didn’t like about casting [dos atores] and what I didn’t like about this story was that there was something to see. Special effects, ”he said.
