Released in UK today, US on Sunday. Only $190! Expect to see many articles in coming days, a few yesterday.
https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/film/all/01171/facts.the_star_wars_archives_19992005.htm
https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Archives-1999-2005/dp/3836563444
George Lucas Expected Disney to Give Him ‘a Little Bit More Say’ in ‘Star Wars’ Sequel Trilogy
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/george-lucas-painful-selling-star-wars-disney-1234602797/
Eight years after Lucasfilm sold to Disney in a deal worth over $4 billion, George Lucas says the decision to give up control of his iconic space franchise remains “very, very painful.” Lucas sat down with author Paul Duncan for an interview as part of the just-released new book “The Star Wars Archives: Episodes I-III 1999-2005,” an excerpt from which finds the filmmaker getting honest about his career-defining decision to prioritize family over “Star Wars.”
10 THINGS WE LEARNED FROM THE STAR WARS ARCHIVES 1999-2005
https://www.starwars.com/news/10-things-we-learned-from-the-star-wars-archives-1999-2005
From 1981. Prequels are almost the same.
https://www.slashfilm.com/george-lucas-anakin-skywalker-original-backstory/
Here is the full passage detailing Lucas’ pitch during the five-day story conference for Return of the Jedi from The Star Wars Archives: 1995-2005:
Anakin Skywalker began hanging out with the Emperor, who at that point nobody knew was that bad, because he was an elected official. He was a politician. Richard M. Nixon was his name. He subverted the senate and finally took over and he was really evil. But he pretended to be a really nice guy. Luke’s father gets subverted by the Emperor. He gets a little weird at home and his wife begins to figure out that things are going wrong and she confides in Ben, who is his mentor.
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